Celtic Frost - Monotheist
Tracklist
01. Progeny02. Ground
03. A Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh
04. Drown In Ashes
05. Os Abysmi Vel Daath
06. Obscured
07. Domain Of Decay
08. Ain Elohim
09. Triptych: Totengott
10. Triptych: Synagoga Satanae
11. Triptych: Winter (Requiem, Chapter Three: Finale)
Line-up
Tom Gabriel "Warrior" Fischer - vocals, guitars, programming
Martin Eric Ain - bass, vocals
Franco Sesa - drums, percussion
Erol Unala - guitar
Additional:
Simone Vollenweider - vocals
Lisa Middelhauve - vocals
Olav "Ravn" Bergene - vocals
Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven - vocals
Peter Tägtgren - vocals
Cornelia Bruggmann - vocals
Orchestral musicians:
Michael Sopunov - french horn
May-Britt Altendorf, Laurent Plettner, Frauke Pohlmann - violin
Katarzyna Bugala, Sandra Rehle - viola
Jong Sung Choi - double bass
Ben Groocock, Volker Hormann, Dmitry Struchkov, Ya-Hee Yoon - cello
Choir: Carla Grundmeier (soprano), Sibylle Hauf & Viola Hauf (alto), Florian Lohmann (tenor), Sebastian Naglatzki (bass), Keno Weber (baritone)
Christoph Littmann - classical/choral arrangements
Tom Gabriel "Warrior" Fischer - vocals, guitars, programming
Martin Eric Ain - bass, vocals
Franco Sesa - drums, percussion
Erol Unala - guitar
Additional:
Simone Vollenweider - vocals
Lisa Middelhauve - vocals
Olav "Ravn" Bergene - vocals
Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven - vocals
Peter Tägtgren - vocals
Cornelia Bruggmann - vocals
Orchestral musicians:
Michael Sopunov - french horn
May-Britt Altendorf, Laurent Plettner, Frauke Pohlmann - violin
Katarzyna Bugala, Sandra Rehle - viola
Jong Sung Choi - double bass
Ben Groocock, Volker Hormann, Dmitry Struchkov, Ya-Hee Yoon - cello
Choir: Carla Grundmeier (soprano), Sibylle Hauf & Viola Hauf (alto), Florian Lohmann (tenor), Sebastian Naglatzki (bass), Keno Weber (baritone)
Christoph Littmann - classical/choral arrangements
Additional info
Limited edition Digipak bonus track: Temple of Depression (5:00)Limited edition Gatefold Double LP bonus track: Incantation Against You (5:06)
Art direction by Martin Eric Ain & Michel Casarramona
Cover design and artwork by Michel Casarramona
Photography by Jozo Palkovits
Celtic Frost and Prowling Death Records logos by Tom Gabriel Fischer
Azazel-Heptagram by Martin Eric Ain
Produced by Celtic Frost and Peter Tägtgren
Recorded and engineered by Peter Tägtgren, Walter Schmid, Philipp Schweidler, and Erol Unala. Assistant engineering by Benjamin Schäfer, Arne Neurandt and This Schweizer.
Mixed by Peter Tägtgren, Walter Schmid, and Philipp Schweidler.
"Drown in Ashes" mixed by Peter Tägtgren and Tom Gabriel Fischer. "Winter (Requiem, Chapter Three)" and "Incantation Against You" mixed by Arne Neurandt and Tom Gabriel Fischer. "Totengott" mixed by Philipp Schweidler.
Recorded at Horus Sound Studio (Hanover, Germany), Oakland Recording (Winterthur, Switzerland), Celtic Frost Bunker (Zurich, Switzerland), Apollyon Sun Bunker (Zurich, Switzerland), Department of Noize (Kilchberg, Switzerland), FSK-18 (Winterthur, Switzerland), Transmutation (Thalwil, Switzerland), 2002 to 2005.
Mixed at Horus Sound Studio (Hanover, Germany), Oakland Recording (Winterthur, Switzerland), Department of Noize (Kilchberg, Switzerland), summer/autumn 2005.
Mastered by Walter Schmid at Oakland Recording (Winterthur, Switzerland), November/December 2005.
All Songs published by Diktatur des Kapitals.
Executive producers: Roland Brümmer, Martin Eric Ain, Tom Gabriel Fischer, for Prowling Death Records. Popkredit der Stadt Zürich.
Rating:
9.4
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The Emperor HAS Returned It would probably not be too much of an over-generalization to say that Celtic Frost fans are divided into two groups. The first group is made up of extreme metal fans who see the Swiss band's seminal records like Morbid Tales and To Mega Therion as the major influence and inspiration on the black, death and doom metal genres that they definitely and unquestionably are. The second group consists of the people who love Celtic Frost for their fearless avant-garde attitude that manifested itself on Into The Pandemonium, when the band incorporated gothic, operatic and even industrial elements into their abrasive metal style. Read more ›› |
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I don't think this album has ever stopped growing on me.
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I remember a friend gave me this album when i was a biggner in metal :p.. and i still have it
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I absolutely love "Ground", "Os Abysmi Vel Daath", "Domain of Decay", "Tottengott" and "Synagoga Satanae". This is great stuff. Blend of doom, gothic and brief slightly thrash-esque moments.
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I like the sound and recording quality, but the songs are just too plodding and sludgy. The original Celtic Frost had great bouncy rhythms that drove the songs, but this just sort of stumbles along. Only one listen so far.
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Great closing track.
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Posts: 5277 Written by [user id=101272] on 30.04.2014 at 02:37 But I so like Vanity/Nemesis. Seriously. I must be a dork eh?
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Account deleted Written by tea[m]ster on 30.04.2014 at 16:22 I didn't say that you could like the other ones; just remember this one is better. 
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Posts: 3593 Written by [user id=101272] on 30.04.2014 at 02:37 Agreed.
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Just listened to this again. It's quite good, though I still prefer Triptykon's debut.
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I was only 16 when this came out and it blew me away. Nine years later it's still one of my favourite albums of all time.
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It doesn't get better than this
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Why is not even in the top 200?
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Posts: 21306 Written by Kvothe on 31.05.2020 at 02:47 Not enough vote abuse.
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CF's best, and possibly the 2nd best extreme doom metal album in history behind Transcendence into the Peripheral. not really avant garde I don't think, more blackened doom
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Posts: 185 Written by Kvothe on 31.05.2020 at 02:47 This definitely deserves to be in the top 200 a lot more than most of the other gothic metal albums
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Monotheist is probably Celtic Frost's best album (As good as To Mega Therion and Morbid Tales are), and it's one of the best comeback albums out there. It is something of a disappointment that they never followed up on Monotheist, but what a way to sign off.
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Posts: 1807 Written by DarkVoid on 30.03.2025 at 00:48 But they did follow up Monotheist, that’s what Triptykon is.
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I suppose Triptykon could be seen as a follow up (and Triptykon is really good also). It's definitely got that distinctive TGF sound, but it is also a bit of a different direction musically to Celtic Frost. Then again, Monotheist is a pretty different direction to earlier Celtic Frost. So I guess it depends on perspective. Either way, great album.
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My personal Top 3 songs from the album: A Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh Triptych: Synagoga Satanae Ground
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I'm not sure why but I've never loved this album as much as others. For me, CF are all about Morbid Tales and To Mega Therion. I care for this much less.
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