"Monotheist" is the greatest comeback album in the history of metal.

Into the Pandemonium masterpiece!! I love it. Some of the vocal textures "moaning" were a tribute to Rozz Williams from Christian Death. A lot of postpunk influence.

WE NEED AN ‘OBITUARY’ ALBUMS RANKED!!!!!!!

1. Morbid Tales/Emperor's Return 2. Monotheist 3. To Mega Therion 4. Vanity Nemesis 5. Into the Pandemonium 6. Cold Lake

Ty for saying it "Keltic"Frost so many Americans say Celtic as in the Boston Celtics .

This was awesome!!! I have a soft spot for Cold Lake only because it was the first CF I ever heard. I had read a ton in zines about how sinister they were and couldn't wrap my mind around it. Later in life I heard the older stuff and understood, but still like the glam stuff for nostalgia.

Celtic Frost is basically Venom is Venom could actually play their instruments

Used section of a record store around '90... "Why are there so many copies of Cold Lake?"

Damn, I love this video and pretty much agree with your album rankings

Great video, all of you! My favourite have always been To Mega Therion and Morbid Tales. Cheers. 🥃

Random fact: I traded my Diabolus in musica CD for Into the pandemonium. I didn't really like the former and I absolutely loved the latter. :D

Say what you will about the Jammin' One, but he is a brave and rugged individualist. He jams to the beat of his own drummer, a drummer who cannot be heard by the herd. We mere mortals are not destined to understand the logic of Giants & Gods. We hear with human ears, so the sublime sounds of say A Cold Lake sound like a cacophony of cringe to us. Meanwhile the blissful tones of an Altar Of Madness sound like the powerful, pounding of elder godliness to us. But the Jammin'One is not fooled, for he knows what he hears. I for one bow to the inscrutable Titan of Jams. Hail m'Lord!

Digging the channel, gents.

You guys are amazing

My ranking: 1. Morbid Tales/Emperor's Return (I combined both since I have the CD where it's the combined version called Morbid Tales) 2. To Mega Therion 3. Into the Pandemonium 4. Monotheist 5. Vanity/Nemesis (so underrated yet so good) 6. Cold Lake

1. Morbid Tales 2. To Mega Therion 3. Into the Pandemonium 4. Monotheist

Love Thralls discography rankings! Two suggestions of bands that I would love to see ranked by the Thralls lads! Voivod and Nile! I think both would be entertaining as all hell to rank and for us to watch!

Cool video I forgot about this band I think I will do a ranking video too. I would say unless the USA version of Emperor's Return is different to Europe, only Circle Of The Tyrants ended up on other albums. That EP rules for me.

Dethroned Emperor cover art is one of my all time fav covers. Fkn sexy

I actually had the good fortune of catching them live when they were touring for Monotheist. To this day, it stands as one of the best shows I have ever been to in my life.

I remember watching Circle of the Tyrants video on the Much Music Power Hour back in 85 here in Canada and the puffy pirate shirt (envisioning the episode from Seinfeld) that Dominic Steiner was wearing LOL this was my first taste into Black / Death Metal. Awesome Song.

Jon smoking rocks. Cold Lake is so bad that they don’t even have it uploaded on Spotify

Great video, guys, but if you don't mind, I'd like to correct a few inaccuracies. The only song from Emperor's Return EP which was later recorded for the following full-length album is Circle of the Tyrants. Some other songs from this EP were added to the re-issue of To Mega Therion from 2017 as bonus tracks. Songs Dethroned Emperor and Morbid Tales were added to the American version of Morbid Tales EP released by Metal Blade (in 1984 on cassette and in 1985 on vinyl). The original European version released by Noise Records doesn’t include these two songs. The song Inner Sanctum from Into the Pandemonium was written in 1985 and that is why it sounds so different from the rest of the material. As far as I know, the label forced the band to change many things on that record (including the order of songs) so it is possible that Mexican Radio was not originally supposed to be the album opener. Concerning those annoying moaning vocals, they remind me of early records of the gothic rock band Christian Death released in early eighties, but it can only be a coincidence. The live album recently released by Triptykon includes material originally written for Celtic Frost. Rex Irae is from Into the Pandemonium, Winter is from Monotheist and the middle part of the trilogy called Grave Eternal was not previously released.

I'm with Jon regarding Cold Lake. All the hate is greatly exaggerated. A lot of people who bash it have actually never heard it, most are just parroting what they've read on the electric interwebs.

I just listened to vanity/ nemesis one of the best things I ever listened to heheh. Im gonna listen to more albums by them.

I'm really digging that Mortician shirt.

Had my Mega Therion shirt on so let’s see what ranks the Thralls traverse.

I like Cold Lake too 😉

I haven't even started the video and I already know Cold Lake is gonna be #1

"Diet W.A.S.P." -THE best line of this video -HAHA!

Monotheist would be my favorite as much as I like albums like morbid tales and to mega therion. There is a Darkness about monotheist that I absolutely like.

What other band could do a blackened cover of Dean Martin? Morbid Tales is my favorite. I have to be honest, I love Cold Lake. It's solid glam.

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my list 1 Into The Pandemonium 2 To Mega Therion 3 Morbid Tales 4 Vanity/Nemesis 5 Monotheist 6 Cold Lake

Looks like Shred Lord is mentally dissecting the songs note for note, in his mind sometimes..

HEY...Hip Hop Jugend SLAPS and no one can tell me otherwise

Agreed. 🤘🏽😃🤘🏽

The Monotheist tour was the only time I saw Celtic Frost/Triptykon where they were great live…the other two times were Celtic Frost opening for Type O Negative and Triptykon headlining for the first album, and there seemed to be little to no effort in ensuring the shows were good (at least Type O was awesome)…I’ll listen to Celtic Frost and Triptykon’s studio recordings but I’ll never see another concert where Tom Warrior takes the stage

I rank my Celtic Frost as: 1. To Mega Therion 2. Monotheist 3. Morbid Tales 4. Vanity/Nemesis 5. Into the Pandemonium 6. Cold Lake For me, Celtic Frost has a clear top 3 and clear bottom 3. I have the most history with To Mega Therion, with songs like The Usurper, Jewel Throne and Circle of the Tyrants being some of my favorites. But I completely understand people putting Monotheist #1. It's heavy af and it's just an amazing record. I do love the production on Monotheist as well, and it's a phenomenal album. One of the best comeback albums and one of the best final album. I don't absolutely despise Cold Lake, but it was a big career blunder for Celtic Frost. The image of the band, the lyrics, and the vocal performance of Tom G Warrior killed the album. Tom G Warrior is best at doing thrash/death metal.

6. Cold Lake 5. Vanity/Nemesis 4. Morbid Tales 3. To Mega Therion 2. Into the Pandemonium 1. Monotheist

I have a compilation of demos celtic frost did from '84 and '85 that is pretty cool- its a heavier/ more raw version of the punky metal on Morbid Tales. Maybe more Hellhammer- esque. Im sure you guys have heard it, but if you havent- worth a listen!

Wow... Not 1, not 2 but 3 metalheads that think the Monotheist is the best Celtic Frost release... Finally...! I also think it is their best effort. Most of my friends, although they love Monotheist, feel and think sentimental and say I can't put Monotheist at the top of the list when we have To Mega Therion or Morbid Tales. I understand the love for those albums. They are the stepping stones for what was to come and change our worlds in metal. We owe a lot of what we listen to today to those great, early Frost albums. But Monotheist is a great final stamp from a great band. It is their most mature and advanced album without compromising on what made them Celtic Frost...

#6) Cold Lake - No explanation needed here... utter garbage. #5) To Megatherion - Now here I need to give some explanations for sure. First off it has Necromantical Screams and Dawn Of Megiddo... two haunting and absolutely well penned tunes and Circle Of The Tyrants is also a great cut. But regarding the rest of the tracks I think they're a bit similar to their debut that I happen to like more than the ones here. So there you have it: another classic album that never resonated that much with me. #4) Morbid Tales - And from now on it's all great stuff. Celtic Frost's debut is indeed a game changer: mid tempo heavy and somber as hell compositions that gave a substantial help to pave the way to extreme metal. Procreation (Of The Wicked), Visions Of Mortality, Return Of The Eve or the speediest opener Into Crypts Of Rays are raw, linear yet captivating sonic landscapes of total darkness. Classic. #3) Monotheist - Now I must confess this is perhaps Celtic Frost's finest album with tons of variety and amazing compositions. Plus either be it the more melodic tracks or the raspier ones this is one of the darkest and more disturbing things I've ever listened to (and I listened to some weird stuff). There's a darkness embedded in every single tune here. Picking some of ideas from their two demos that never came out (Prototype and Nemesis Of power) and adding a crap load of more this is a hell of a return. As standouts I have the heaviness of Progeny, the almost post metal A Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh, the melodic yet somber as hell Drown In Ashes and Obscured (that was previously featured on Prototype) and man... don't even start me with Synagoga Satanae. Overall I think this record deserves #1 by a considerable margin. But fact I really grew incredibly fond of the following two records throughout the ages. #1) Into The Pandemonium - Well, the only gripe I have with this album is why the hell it starts with a half baked cover of Mexican Radio that should be on a B side. Other than that this was simply a game changer as Tom and the boys mixed their blueprint with goth rock and if I'm not mistaken this was the first time these two genres were mixed in a deliberate way. There are huge influences here from goth bands especially Christian Death and Tom's moaning voice is a blatant mimic of Rozz Williams' vocals (Jonathan Davies? WTF?). I Won't Dance, Inner Sanctum, Mesmerized, Caress Into Oblivion, Sorrows Of The Moon or Rex Irae are superb cuts that would later inspire countless bands. To sum it up this record is years ahead of its time and proof is bands like super influential bands like Paradise Lost, Anathema and My Dying Bride among others came back to drink from it several years after. Absolutely genial and ground breaking. #1) Vanity/ Nemesis - Now this is a wrongly maligned album as far as I'm concerned. This is a version of Celtic Frost more restrained but yet it recovers lots of its dark undertones only in a more dissimulated way one has to unwrap to truly enjoy. The Heart Beneath opens up the damn thing in a powerful way, Third From The Sun keeps the adrenaline pumping while Wings Of Solitude and This Island Earth are somewhat re ashes of their Into The Pandemonium legacy. The Name Of My Bride sounds like what if Celtic Frost wrote In My Darkest Hour. On the other hand The Restless Seas and A Kiss Or A Whisper have some of the bands early aggressive traits. Nemesis closes the album picking a bit from each era and wraps up the whole thing in a superb way. Underrated as hell, this is one of the band's best records IMO and I believe it's bashed because the band didn't retrieve their evil outfits and fans were still suffering from Cold Lake's disappointment. As far as I'm concerned, Vanity/ Nemesis simply rules.

I’ve heard the reasoning for ranking EP’s kind of low🔎🕵🏽‍♂️ my beef with your ranking is: if you would’ve heard these releases when they came out, you would be ranking them much higher….

saw Celtic Frost with(Voi Vod opening) back in 86. Great show classic band but Cold Lake is abysmal.

1. To Mega Therion 2. Morbid Tales/Emperor's Return 3. Monotheist 4. Vanity Nemesis 5. Into the Pandemonium 6. Cold Lake

I will also agree: Monotheist is their best record, their ultimate statement.

Auuuuuuugggghhhhhooooowww, this is a good video.😂

Check out the first Christian Death album, "Only Theatre Of Pain" if you haven't. A lot of the moaning you talk about on the Into The Pandemonium album comes from the influence of the vocalist on that album. The singing isn't even the best part, its really the guitar work of Rikk Agnew and the songs...its really good, and its one of the first "goth" albums, 1982. They were as scary to me as Venom's first album. I am old enough to get a good chuckle out of the Korn comparison too.

YEAH FUCKING JAMMIN JON

My ranking : 1). To MegaTherion (catchiest riffs + heaviness = the best balance of those two things they ever achieved) 2). Morbid tales!! 3) Monotheist ( yes, thee Heaviest of theirs, but i kind of think the more modern riffage was a little stale after awhile , i.e. a few similar sounding songs, and tad too much slow stuff, but still great stuff) . It should have been the Lp made after Into the Pand......! 4). Into the Pandamonium ( i like everything on it , ...yes im weird'! 5). Vanity/Nemesis . 6). Cold Lake. i do remember one song that had a good riff. they should have reworked that one and made it heavier on another record. I'll have to see which song that is again .....

the saddest thing about Frost is they came back in like 2001 ,worked on the new record for 5,6 years, toured then it all imploded again. After all that rebuilding . I was hoping for at least 2 more records. maybe like a double concept record and a DVD of live stuff , a live record ...ect... Then later, even sadder, Martin died . then it was truly over for good.

The seagulls follow the trawler...

7:55 8:57 😆😂🤣 I laughed my ass off

Is the guy from downfall Network still on here

You didn't mention it but I actually kind of dug Tom G. Warrior's industrial band Apollyon Sun. it was better than Halford's 2WO. lol. And he brought the guitarist, Erol Uenala, from that band with him to play on Monotheist. If Jon hates Tom G. Warriors vocals, I wonder what he thinks of Coroner's vocals? They're very similar in style. Tom G. Warrior even sung on Coroner's demo "Death Cult".

Cold Lake is fucking great!

Jamming Jon ranked Emperor's Return bellow Into the Pandemonium...

Prototype!

The cover of "Mexican Radio" = *dumpster fire!*

The third guy made me piss my pants tabarnak!

into pandemonium = celtic frost gothic masterpiece how are people not bored by monotheist too fkn slow wtf do or stick it on 45?

It must be you young guys. I got the cassette and the Vinyl when it came out and it wasn't a EP. It had 9-10 songs on it. Or 8-9. and if you ask anyone 45 -53 age it's Cell-tic Frost!! And Tom A-Ray-A. Don't care how he fuckin pronounces it! We didn't have the internet, we had Combat records and the Metal shop radio.

Cold Lake is a great album... If you've never heard any other Celtic Frost album. I mean it's okay for what it is but easily the weak link in the discography. (See also: Megadeth: Risk)

Sorry for the late like🤫🤘

Are you Morbid

Into the Pandemonium is a bleeding masterpiece!! But you boys like the repulsive Vanity / Nemesis more! Unbelievable. Uuuuungghh

I agree that I could never get into Into the Pandemonium. I want to like it so bad, but I just can't. There are good moments/songs on it that I enjoy. Mexican Radio and I Won't Dance belong on B-sides. One in their Pride just feels out of place. Honestly, I would rearrange the song order too. I feel atmospherically there are some songs that would work better if they lead into other songs. And I feel that Mesmerized or Babylon Fell are better openers than Mexican Radio. For me, and I'm going to get hate for this, I compare this album to Morbid Angels Illud Divinum Insanus, as shitty as that album is I think I liked 3 songs. The first 2 releases will always be my favorite, after that Vanity/Nemesis and than Monotheist. I honestly can't tell you the last time I listened to Monotheist.

I like all the bands Celtic Frost inspired, and dig the music, but I can't stand their vocals. So I'm with you John.

What's with bleaping of swears lads 🤔

For me "Into The Pandemonium" is pure shit, I like "Vanity Nemesis" and "Cold Lake" much better. My list: 1- Morbid Tales 2- To Mega Therion 3- Vanity Nemesis 4- Cold Lake (the vilified 😡) 5- Monotheist ( boring 😒) 6- Into The Pandemonium (total garbage)

Morbid tales for me and nothing else from them. All their other albums do nothing for me. I think they're way overrated.

....but anyway. Morbid tales, To Mega Theron, Emperor's return Monotheist tied. The other trash isnt them. Its imposter's