Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion (1985)

Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion (1985)

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Side one

1. "Innocence and Wrath" 1:02

2. "The Usurper"     3:24

3. "Jewel Throne"       3:59

4. "Dawn of Megiddo" (Warrior, Martin Ain. Consistently misspelled as Dawn of Meggido on re-releases)   5:42

5. "Eternal Summer"   4:29

Side two

6. "Circle of the Tyrants"    4:36

7. "(Beyond the) North Winds"   3:04

8. "Fainted Eyes"      5:00

9. "Tears in a Prophet's Dream" (Celtic Frost, Steve Warrior)   2:30

10. "Necromantical Screams" (Warrior, Ain)      6:06

Celtic Frost Band Members

Tom G. Warrior – guitars, vocals, effects, co-producer, assistant engineer

Dominic Steiner – bass, bass effects

Reed St. Mark – drums, percussion, effects

Martin Ain – bass (tracks 2 and 3 on 1999 re-release; songs originally from Tragic Serenades EP)

Wolf Bender – French horn (tracks 1, 4 and 10)

Claudia-Maria Mokri – additional vocals (tracks 2, 6 and 10)

Horst Müller, Urs Sprenger – sound effects (track 9)

To Mega Therion (meaning the great beast in Greek) is the debut studio album by Swiss extreme metal band Celtic Frost, released on 27 October 1985 by Noise Records. The cover artwork is a painting by H. R. Giger entitled Satan I. The album was a major influence on the then-developing death metal and black metal genres.

Frost was an influential metal band from Zurich, Switzerland. They are known for their heavy influence on the extreme metal and gothic metal genres.

The group was first active from 1984 to 1993, and re-formed in 2001. Following Tom Gabriel Fischer's departure in 2008, Celtic Frost decided to break up again.

Celtic Frost's frontman, guitarist and singer Tom Gabriel Fischer, adopted the alias Tom Warrior. With Steve Warrior on bass, he formed one of the earliest extreme metal bands, Hellhammer, in 1982. Steve Warrior was later replaced by Martin Eric Ain - also a pseudonym. The band attracted a small international fan-base, got signed to Noise Records in Germany and recorded their debut EP "Apocalyptic Raids" in March 1984, now a rare finding on e-Bay or second hand record stores around the world.

Years Active

1984 – 2008 (24 years)

Founded In

Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland

Celtic Frost Members

Curt Victor Bryant (1988 – 1993)

Martin Eric Ain

Oliver Amberg (1988 – 1989)

Reed St. Mark (1985 – 1992)

Ron Marks (1987 – 1990)

Steven Priestly (1986 – 1992)

Thomas Gabriel Warrior (1984 – 2008)