To Mega Therion
Hall of Fame Countdown: Celtic Frost’s “To Mega Therion”
April 11, 2019 Greg Pratt
Ranking the songs on Celtic Frost‘s Hall of Fame-inducted masterpiece To Mega Therion from worst to best.
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Gabriel Fischer – Classic Celtic Frost Albums To Be Reissued
October 17, 2016 Justin Norton
Tom Gabriel Fischer talks to Decibel first about the pending Celtic Frost reissues.
Celtic Frost – “To Mega Therion”
April 6, 2015 Bruno Guerreiro
dB HoF 123
To Mega Therion
Label: Noise
Release date: October 27, 1985
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To Mega Therion is Greek for “The Great Beast.” It’s a pseudonym for the Antichrist in the Book of Revelation and a nickname for every metal musician’s favorite mystic, Aleister Crowley. And it’s the very fitting title for Celtic Frost’s first real full-length album.
When Celtic Frost finished their breakthrough Morbid Tales EP in 1984, co-founders Tom Gabriel Fischer and Martin Ain immediately considered bigger aspirations. Morbid Tales let them distance themselves from Hellhammer—then very much a sore spot for the pair—and showed that two outcasts from farm villages could deliver on their promise to become a much better band. But what if Celtic Frost could take it a step further and write an album that was not only competitive with the best thrash metal coming from the United States, but also radically reimagined what was possible with heavy music? What if they incorporated classical music and vocals and wrote songs that deserved to be paired with art by famed Swiss surrealist H.R. Giger? What if their music could finally match their vision? It seemed impossible, but Fischer and Ain had already done so much with little more than their dreams.
Celtic Frost – “To Mega Therion”
April 6, 2015 Justin Norton
To Mega Therion is Greek for “The Great Beast.” It’s a pseudonym for the Antichrist in the Book of Revelation and a nickname for every metal musician’s favorite mystic, Aleister Crowley. And it’s the very fitting title for Celtic Frost’s first real full-length album.
The Deciblog Interview: Oliver Amberg
March 18, 2015 Justin Norton
When Oliver Amberg was barely out of his teens he joined Celtic Frost as they started perhaps the most contentious shift in extreme metal history. But Amberg’s roots with the band stretch back several years; he was friends with bassist Dominic Steiner, who played on To Mega Therion (see the Hall Of Fame in our…