Celtic Frost - Monotheist (Dlx) (Dig)
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Artist: Celtic FrostEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2006-05-30
Music Label: Century Media
Soundtracks:
- Progeny
- Ground
- A Dying God Coming into Human Flesh
- Drown in Ashes
- Os Abysmi Vel Daath
- Temple of Depression
- Obscured
- Domain of Decay
- Ain Alohim
- Triptych: Totengott
- Triptych: Synagoga Satanae
- Triptych: Winter (Requiem, Chapter Three: Finale)
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Free Music Review: ONE OF TOP TEN METAL ALBUMS OF ALL TIME
Hit: 5 Stars
Celtic Frost released the heavy, avante-garde, and downright weird "Into the Pandemonium" in 1987, and it instantly became one of the greatest metal albums of all time (along with Voivod's "Nothingface", Tool's "Aenima," and Opeth's "Blackwater Park"). So, you have to handicap the first Frost release in 16 years - there is no way they can top themselves, even though most have probably forgiven Thomas G. for the "Cold Lake" debacle. But this is more complicated than that.
"Monotheist" quite possibly is the heaviest metal album ever recorded. Ever. This thing is a beast. While there are "One In Their Pride"-type experimental moments, Celtic Frost's comeback CD will generally leave your eardrums throbbing.
The sound is somewhat reminiscent of the band's "Morbid Tales"-era Frost, with emphasis on the slower, doomier songs like "Procreation of the Wicked." But "Monotheist" is 21st century metal, and tight as hell - a pummelling update of late 80's pre-black metal thrash. And the song topics are about as dark as you can get, with the weaving concept of a man, or a god, or both, trying to find one's place in reality.
"Domain of Decay" is the absolute standout. I can't listen to that track enough. And I love the fact that Thomas G. has returned his vocals to their earlier state: angry, intense, and powerful, rather than that whiny, glam-rock purr he used in Cold Lake, the one that somehow filtered into "Vanity/Nemesis." (A quick note about that one: "Vanity/Nemesis" probably would have been considered a decent record if it wasn't preceded by "Cold Lake." But it wasn't good enough to make us forget. "Monotheist" has obliterated all memory of "Cold Lake," and then some.)
"Monotheist" should be in any metalhead's CD collection. As the header suggests, it is one of the top 10 metal albums ever released. Celtic Frost, the legendary band from Switzerland, has shown they are heavier, darker, and better than the rest. And maybe even better than that. It just took them nearly two decades to go out and prove it again.
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Founding members Tom Gabriel Fischer and Martin Eric Ain are rightfully considered the "elder statesmen" of innovative metal. In 2000 the two co-founders eventually began work on a new Celtic Frost album. Their new album, Monotheist, was produced by the band and coproduced by Peter T?gtgren (Hypocrisy, Dimmu Borgir, Immortal). It is an extremely dark, inventive, and radically heavy release that features monolithic, droning doom anthems that rival the primitive massiveness of Hellhammer as well as forays into their gloomy experimental side ala the classic Into The Pandemonium release. Doubtlessly Celtic Frost's most sinister album to date. Only death is real!Hard Rock & Metal Music CDs
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