To Mega Therion (album)

To Mega Therion
Cover art by H. R. Giger[1]
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1985
Recorded14–28 September 1985
StudioCasablanca, Berlin
Genre
Length39:52
LabelNoise
ProducerHorst Müller, Tom G. Warrior, Karl Walterbach
Celtic Frost chronology
Emperor's Return
(1985)
To Mega Therion
(1985)
Tragic Serenades
(1986)

To Mega Therion (meaning the great beast in Greek) is the first full-length studio album by Swiss extreme metal band Celtic Frost, released in October 1985 by Noise Records.[2] 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.

  1. ^ "Celtic Frost, 'To Mega Therion'". Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b Raggett, Ned. "Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.

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