To Mega Therion (from Greek “The Greatest Beast”) is the second album of the Swiss group Celtic Frost , recorded in 1985. Like the first album, he had a strong influence on the formation of such extreme metal genres as death metal and black metal . The cover for the album was a picture of the famous artist from Switzerland and friend Tom Warrior Hans Rudi Giger - "Satan I". The Swedish Symphonic Metal Band Therion takes its name from this album.
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| Celtic Frost Studio Album | ||||
| Date of issue | October 27, 1985 1985 | |||
| Genres | thrash metal , death metal , black metal | |||
| Duration | 39:52 | |||
| Producer | Horst Muller | |||
| Label | Noise | |||
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List of Songs
All songs were written by Thomas Gabriel Fisher , except as indicated.
| No. | Title | Duration |
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| one. | Innocence and Wrath | 1:02 |
| 2. | "The Usurper" | 3:24 |
| 3. | Jewel Throne | 3:59 |
| four. | "Dawn of Meggido" | 5:42 |
| 5. | "Eternal Summer" | 4:29 |
| 6. | "Circle of the Tyrants" | 4:36 |
| 7. | "(Beyond the) North Winds" | 3:04 |
| 8. | "Fainted Eyes" | 5 a.m. |
| 9. | "Tears in a Prophet's Dream" | 2:30 |
| 10. | Necromantical Screams | 6:06 |
| eleven. | “Return to the Eve” (Fisher, Martin Eric Ain ) (Bonus song at the 1999 reissue, taken from EP Tragic Serenades (1986) | 4:08 |
Record Members
- Tom Gabriel Fisher - guitar , vocals
- Martin Eric Ain - bass (in songs 2 and 3)
- Reed St. Mark - drums ,
- Dominic Steiner - Bass