Celtic Frost - Into The Pandemonium - Gatefold - LP Vinyl Original 1987
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Description
The disc (no scratches), cover and sleeve are in excellent condition for age - You can see condition in the pictures
The pictures show dust due to static that is easily removed with a good vinyl cleaning cloth etc. (that I did not have at the time of taking the pictures)
Apologies if the photographs make the cover look like it is not square (It was the camera angle) - The cover is square
Buy up to three LP's/12" Singles and only pay postage for one
Into the Pandemonium is the second studio album by Swiss extreme metal band Celtic Frost, released in 1987. The album is more varied than Celtic Frost's past LPs, with unlikely covers (Wall of Voodoo's "Mexican Radio"), emotionally charged love songs, the album's recurring industrial-influenced rhythmic songs of demons and destruction, traditional Frost-styled songs about dreams and fear, and a dark, classical piece with female vocals.
The album is vastly different from the band's previous work which cemented its late 1980s avant-garde metal term; it is also a departure from the style found on the band's previous albums, Morbid Tales and To Mega Therion that Celtic Frost had become known for. However, it does have the recurring symphonic elements found on previous albums. The album has a more classic heavy metal style within the songs with elements of industrial, classical, gothic rock and doom metal. Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic called it "one of the classic extreme metal albums of all time."
The track "Rex Irae" is the opening part of Celtic Frost's requiem; the third, concluding part of which, "Winter (Requiem, Chapter Three: Finale)" can be heard on 2006's Monotheist. The second part of the requiem was never released by the band. Thomas Gabriel Fischer has performed the whole piece, with the long missing second part ("Grave Eternal"), at Roadburn 2019 with Triptykon along with the Metropole Orkest. A registration of this performance has been released.
"Inner Sanctum" was featured in the 2009 video game Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned.
Track Listing
Side One No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Mexican Radio" (Wall of Voodoo cover) Marc Moreland, Stan Ridgway 3:28 2. "Mesmerized" Martin Eric Ain, Thomas Gabriel Warrior 3:24 3. "Inner Sanctum" Warrior, Ain 5:14 4. "Sorrows of the Moon" Ain 3:02 5. "Babylon Fell" Warrior 4:18 Side Two No. Title Writer(s) Length 6. "Caress into Oblivion" Warrior 5:10 7. "One in Their Pride" Warrior 2:50 8. "I Won't Dance" Warrior 4:31 9. "Rex Irae (Requiem)" Warrior 5:57 10. "Oriental Masquerade" Warrior 1:15price rating
