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| To Mega Therion | ||||
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:To_Mega_Therion_-_Celtic_Frost.jpg) Cover art by H. R. Giger[1] | ||||
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| Released | October 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 14–28 September 1985 | |||
| Studio | Casablanca, Berlin | |||
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| Length | 39:52 | |||
| Label | Noise | |||
| Producer | Horst Müller, Tom G. Warrior, Karl Walterbach | |||
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To Mega Therion is the second studio album[note 1] by Swiss extreme metal band Celtic Frost, released in October 1985 through Noise Records.[2] The cover artwork is a painting by H. R. Giger titled Satan I.
"To Mega Therion" translates to the great beast in Greek.[according to whom?] It is an expression found in the Bible but was also a nickname used by Aleister Crowley
- ^ "Celtic Frost, 'To Mega Therion'". Rolling Stone. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ a b Raggett, Ned. "Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ a b c Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 68. ISBN 978-1894959315.
- ^ Pitchfork Staff (10 September 2018). "The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s". Pitchfork. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
...To Mega Therion, their sophomore album, which spread apocalyptic visions over ungodly, vicious thrash metal.
- ^ RIVADAVIA, EDUARDO (24 June 2014). "INFLUENTIAL CELTIC FROST DEBUT ALBUM 'MORBID TALES' TURNS 30 YEARS OLD". Loudwire. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ Warrior, Tom. "Rolling Stone Magazine's "The 100 Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time" Delineation II". Retrieved 7 June 2023.
...it is of course a significant honour to find Celtic Frost's debut album Morbid Tales of 1984 featured as number 28 of Rolling Stone magazine's 'The 100 Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time'.
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