CELTIC FROST - INTO THE PANDEMONIUM 1st press MUSEUM copy Darkthrone Slayer 1987

	£		54
	$		72

CELTIC FROST - 

INTO THE PANDEMONIUM

1st German Press

1987

N 0065

1ST PRESS-  DE 1987 
****VERY SCARCE  SEMINAL CELTIC FROST ALBUM ON VINYL, MOST WERE ON CD'S - FINAL UPGRADE*****ONE OF THE VERY HARDEST TO FIND!!!

Notes

B4: Leads: Warrior-Dobler-Warrior-Dobler

Reed St. Mark plays SONOR Drums and Paiste cymbals exclusively.

Recorded at Horus Sound Studio, Hannover Germany, January/February/March/April 1987.
Copyright by CELTIC FROST/MODERN MUSIC/NOISE INTERNATIONAL and Maldoror Musikverlag, 1987

Published by Maldoror Musikverlag except A1 published by Big Talk Illegal Music

Noise International
a division of Modern Music
? + © 1987
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First edition without barcode, unlike repress Into The Pandemonium.

Issued in a gatefold sleeve with a printed inner sleeve with lyrics and Noise catalogue.
The cover shows a small part of Hieronymus Bosch's triptych "The Garden Of Earthly Delights" (1504).
Early copies included a 'Phoenix Versand' mail order card for Celtic Frost fan merchandise.

Unlike the other members of the string quartet, Jürgen Paulmann is only credited in the general credit section, not in the credit section of B4 and B5 which feature this quartet exclusively.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: GEMA
• Label Code: LC 9066
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, "SNB" etched, variant 1): SNB N 0065-A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, "6" and "SNB" etched, variant 1): SNB N 00 ?7? 65-B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, "2" and "SNB" etched, variant 2): SNB N 0065-A2
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, "6" and "SNB" etched, variant 2): SNB N 00 ?7? 65-B

"Angrier, heavier, darker, and all-around a whole lot more sinister than the first album. It's hard to decide which of the two is more atmospheric, but PANDEMONIUM'S......'s drums are more noticeable and its riffs are more substantial. Additionally, more unique distortion and effects are used in this album, which does not take away from the evil mood , but it does add a new dimension to the vocals. Basically equal to s/t. Everything I said in my review there goes here, too. All of the pre-1990 Frost albums are my absolute shit and I love them." (review: rateyourmusic.com)

One of the most influential, yet generally very underrated, avant-garde metal albums, "Into Pandemonium" is really something else. First off, it starts out with a cover track and contains a Motown-funk-meets-metal tracks in "I Won't Dance". Secondly, there is the proto-industrial metal track "One In Their Pride" which makes use of electronic drum beats and samples. Thirdly, there's the classical peace with spoken French language lyrics "Tristesses De La Lune". Fourthly, there are Tom Fischer's moaning vocals on the melancholic "Mesmerized", "Sorrows of the Moon" (given its name, there must be some conceptual connection between this track and "Tristesses De La Lune"), and "Caress Into Oblivion (Jade Serpent II)" and the use of percussion in the sections ("Caress Into Oblivion" eventually morphs into a more straight metal tune ... with some spacey effects though). Fifthly, there's the use of timpani, violin and female operatic vocals on the dark and doomy "Rex Irae (Requiem)" which also features Tom Fischer's more mournful vocals. "Oriental Masquerade" is stylistically similar, making use of a dark classical ensemble. There are also the more all out metal tracks like "Inner Sanctum", "Babylon Fell (Jade Serpent)" and "In the Chapel, In the Moonlight", "The Inevitable Factor" (which does feature some spacey effects, though).

This album is not for everyone and anything but straightforward. It took me a loooong time to be able to appreciate it, because its dark avant-garde nature was something I simply wasn't prepared for back then. But once, it gets under one's skin, it becomes obvious that "Into the Pandemonium" is an early avant-garde metal masterpiece.(review from:metalmusicarchives.com)

  Vinyl: NM.  A sensational find worthy of an archive!!! Possibly totally unplayed vinyl. I have played this in FULL twice over> The replay is ASTOUNDING!!! I first played for a general listen and a second time for a more detailed observation. There are NO jumps NO skips NO sticks. Best recorded version of this album. It beats the CD and remasters hand down. There are no hairlines at all even under a strong light source this vinyl is close to over the counter condition. This is a KEEPER copy that will serve as a very healthy investment for the future!! I am very glad to be able to report that this is a fine slab of vinyl without any problems at all and as such worthy of inclusion of any great prog metal collection.

      Gatefold Sleeve:  EX++/NM.  Great condition sleeve without any noticeable wear. Please consult the accompanying pictures. Sharpest opening, all edges fully intact without any colour loss. Spine fully legible. Please do not hesitate to ask me for alternate views etc. and I will gladly provide these.

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