The final effort of Swiss Metal titans, the ever evolving Celtic Frost, Monotheist is heavy, heavier than a mammoth, possibly the most heavy album ever. Pummeling & frankly traumatizing, Monotheist barely lets up, & when it does, the calmer & more beautiful sections only serve to "soften" you up for the ensuing death. Lyrically it is stark, blasphemous & very, very negative, but as a piece of art they fit in & even enhance the masterpiece. Musically it is an ever changing deathscape. Opening with
Progeny, the album starts with pace, the following 2 songs are slower & very heavy.
Drowning in Ashes is a more melodic & beautiful break followed by three more slabs of insanely destructive, hellish Metal,
Incantation Against a second melodic break. After the break a further two which are heavy enough to crush whole planets... & Then
Triptych: I. Totengott, which sounds like the voice of the devil, by far the most traumatizing passage of music ever, it can & will disturb you. The last two tracks are one heavy beast & a closer of lighter melodic orchestration, just to calm your mind for the exit of your own sonic hell. A thrillingly hellish ride, which is both Soul challenging & rewardingly enlightening. Listen to it & allow the death rattle of true titans to caress your mind with its blackened claws. Magnus Oppus ???
Dominus Opus I say.Best Tracks: A Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh, Os Abysmi Vel Daath, Ain Elohim & Triptych: I. Totengott (ofcourse a listen-through adds perspective to the master work)
