To Mega Therion [Import]

Celtic Frost | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 6, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: 101 DISTRIBUTION
• ASIN: B000H1C3Z2
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,982 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ...The Usurper"s Tears, Guide My Sword, February 27, 2009

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Shad Nunemaker (Denver, Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: To Mega Therion (Audio CD)

"Blood and sand, mark the way...the usurper's tears guide my sword".

Look kids, if you still don't know what Warrior is saying in the lyrics of this album, then you probably don't know about the Necronomicon either, or Giger, or forgotten memories.

This music is to be understood, not merely listened to and head banged to (although that is somewhat inevitable). I still believe this to be the most brutal and yet articulate masterpiece of occult lore in the medium of music and other imagery.

If you are a soldier, and the the other guys are listening to Metallica, then you had better be listening to Celtic Frost. Morbid Tales, too.

I heard once that the military was experimenting with the playing of heavy metal to combat terrorists. Well folks, drop a couple of hits of LSD under his tongue, wait an hour, then play this album with surround sound full volume. Try that and let me know how it works.

Thanks.

Shad

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An underappreciated metal masterpiece, September 9, 2011

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David Keppel "Ozakyl" (Pennsylvania , USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: To Mega Therion (Audio CD)

This is not a review for the people who are familiar with this album. Instead, I wanted to say a few words of recommendation for music fans who might be considering adding this to their collection.
First, I wanted to say that I am not a lifelong Celtic Frost fan. Truth be told, I only started listening to them in the past few months. I remember seeing this album in my brother's vinyl collection many years ago & the cover art ingrained itself into my memory. I stumbled across this album recently & decided to take a chance on it. Glad that I did. This is an extremely heavy slab of metal that doesn't sound the least bit dated to my ears. It impressed me so much that after giving it multiple listens, I also ordered Morbid Tales & the Hellhammer album called Demon Entrails. All of these were fantastic but To Mega Therion struck me as the masterpiece of the 3.
If you like extreme metal and you want something seasoned but outside of the metal mainstream, this might be for you. It doesn't surprise me at all that this album was & is a huge influence on metal artists from around the world.
Incredible songs, incredible album!