To Mega Therion

~ Release by Celtic Frost (see all versions of this release, 20 available)

Annotation

Celtic Frost's second outfit is often considered as their best. It was one of the very first metal album supported by orchestrations. Reed St. Mark, drummer, also used the sound of tympani on some of the songs.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#	Title	Length
A1	Innocence and Wrath assistant engineer: Rick “Lights” engineer and producer: Horst Müller co-producer: Thomas Gabriel Warrior bass guitar [bass]: Dominic Steiner French horn: Wolf Bender guitar [guitars]: Thomas Gabriel Warrior percussion and timpani: Reed St. Mark additional arranger: Steiner arranger: St. Mark, Steiner and Warrior recording of: Innocence and Wrath (from 1985-09-14 until 1985-09-28) composer: Thomas Gabriel Warrior	1:03
A2	The Usurper recording of: The Usurper (from 1985-09-14 until 1985-09-28) lyricist and composer: Thomas Gabriel Warrior	3:26
A3	Jewel Throne recording of: Jewel Throne (from 1985-09-14 until 1985-09-28) lyricist and composer: Thomas Gabriel Warrior	4:05
A4	Dawn of Megiddo assistant engineer: Rick “Lights” engineer and producer: Horst Müller co-producer: Thomas Gabriel Warrior bass guitar [bass]: Dominic Steiner drums (drum set) [drums] and timpani: Reed St. Mark French horn: Wolf Bender guitar [guitars]: Thomas Gabriel Warrior vocals: Thomas Gabriel Warrior additional arranger: Steiner arranger: Ain, St. Mark, Steiner and Warrior recording of: Dawn of Megiddo (from 1985-09-14 until 1985-09-28) writer: Martin Eric Ain and Thomas Gabriel Warrior	5:47
A5	Eternal Summer assistant engineer: Rick “Lights” engineer and producer: Horst Müller co-producer: Thomas Gabriel Warrior bass guitar [bass]: Dominic Steiner drums (drum set) [drums]: Reed St. Mark guitar [guitars]: Thomas Gabriel Warrior vocals: Thomas Gabriel Warrior arranger: St. Mark, Steiner and Warrior recording of: Eternal Summer (from 1985-09-14 until 1985-09-28) lyricist and composer: Thomas Gabriel Warrior	4:34
B1	Circle of the Tyrants assistant engineer: Rick “Lights” engineer and producer: Horst Müller co-producer: Thomas Gabriel Warrior bass guitar [bass]: Dominic Steiner drums (drum set) [drums]: Reed St. Mark guitar [guitars] and background vocals [backing vocals]: Thomas Gabriel Warrior additional vocals: Claudia Maria Mokri vocals: Thomas Gabriel Warrior arranger: Ain, St. Mark and Warrior recording of: Circle of the Tyrants (from 1985-09-14 until 1985-09-28) lyricist and composer: Thomas Gabriel Warrior publisher: Zomba Music Publishing	4:39
B2	(Beyond the) North Winds assistant engineer: Rick “Lights” engineer and producer: Horst Müller co-producer: Thomas Gabriel Warrior bass guitar [bass]: Dominic Steiner drums (drum set) [drums]: Reed St. Mark guitar [guitars]: Thomas Gabriel Warrior vocals: Thomas Gabriel Warrior arranger: St. Mark, Steiner and Warrior recording of: (Beyond the) North Winds (from 1985-09-14 until 1985-09-28) lyricist and composer: Thomas Gabriel Warrior	3:07
B3	Fainted Eyes assistant engineer: Rick “Lights” engineer and producer: Horst Müller co-producer: Thomas Gabriel Warrior bass guitar [bass]: Dominic Steiner drums (drum set) [drums]: Reed St. Mark guitar [guitars]: Thomas Gabriel Warrior vocals: Thomas Gabriel Warrior arranger: Ain, St. Mark and Warrior recording of: Fainted Eyes (from 1985-09-14 until 1985-09-28) lyricist and composer: Thomas Gabriel Warrior	5:06
B4	Tears in a Prophet's Dream assistant engineer: Rick “Lights” engineer and producer: Horst Müller co-producer: Thomas Gabriel Warrior bass guitar [bass]: Dominic Steiner percussion: Reed St. Mark other vocals [voice effects]: Thomas Gabriel Warrior performer: Horst Müller, Urs Sprenger and Thomas Gabriel Warrior arranger: Horst Müller, St. Mark, Steiner and Warrior recording of: Tears in a Prophet’s Dream (from 1985-09-14 until 1985-09-28) composer: Urs Sprenger, Reed St. Mark and Thomas Gabriel Warrior	2:33
B5	Necromantical Screams assistant engineer: Rick “Lights” engineer and producer: Horst Müller co-producer: Thomas Gabriel Warrior bass guitar [bass]: Dominic Steiner drums (drum set) [drums]: Reed St. Mark French horn: Wolf Bender guitar [guitars]: Thomas Gabriel Warrior additional vocals: Claudia Maria Mokri vocals: Thomas Gabriel Warrior additional arranger: Steiner arranger: Ain, St. Mark and Warrior recording of: Necromantical Screams (from 1985-09-14 until 1985-09-28) writer: Martin Eric Ain and Thomas Gabriel Warrior is based on: Buried and Forgotten	6:04

Credits

Release

remastered versions:	To Mega Therion To Mega Therion

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/698797 [info]

Release group

included in:	Danse Macabre The Sign of the Usurper

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/12774 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Celtic-frost/To-mega-therion [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/celtic-frost/to-mega-therion/ [info] https://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/celtic-frost/to-mega-therion [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/3554/ [info] https://www.spirit-of-metal.com/en/album/To_Mega_Therion/293 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000651214 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1753985 [info]

Discogs