Celtic Frost are a black metalthrash metal band from Zürich, Switzerland, known for their influence on the extreme metal and gothic metal genres.^[1] Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1333x563, 211 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Celtic Frost ... Dimmu Borgir onstage at Tuska 2005. ... Location within Switzerland   Zürich[?] (German pronunciation IPA: ; usually spelled Zurich in English) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by high speed riffing and aggression. ... Glam metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s - early 1980s in the United States. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by high speed riffing and aggression. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Century Media Records is an independant metal record label with offices in the USA, Brazil, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom. ... Hellhammer was an early-1980s extreme metal band, hailing from Switzerland and popular briefly in Europe in the mid-1980s. ... Thomas Gabriel Fischer, better known as Tom Warrior, is the singer/guitarist for the band Celtic Frost. ... Martin Eric Ain is the left-handed bassist of Swiss thrash metal band Celtic Frost. ... Reed St. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by high speed riffing and aggression. ... For other uses of Zurich, see Zurich (disambiguation). ... Extreme metal is an umbrella term, somewhat loosely defined, for a variety of heavy metal subgenres developed since the 1980s. ... Gothic metal is a genre of heavy metal music that originated during the mid 1990s in Europe as an outgrowth of doom-death, a fusion genre of doom metal and death metal. ...

History

Celtic Frost's frontman, guitarist and singer Tom Gabriel Fischer, adopted the alias Tom Warrior. With Steve Warrior on bass, he formed one of the earliest extreme metal bands, Hellhammer, in 1982. Steve Warrior was later replaced by Martin Eric Ain - also a pseudonym. The band attracted a small international fan-base, got signed to Noise Records in Germany and recorded their debut EP Apocalyptic Raids in March 1984, now a rare finding on e-Bay or second hand record stores around the world. Thomas Gabriel Fischer, better known as Tom Warrior, is the singer/guitarist for the band Celtic Frost. ... Hellhammer was an early-1980s extreme metal band, hailing from Switzerland and popular briefly in Europe in the mid-1980s. ... Martin Eric Ain is the left-handed bassist of Swiss thrash metal band Celtic Frost. ... Noise Records is a German record label founded by infamous German music industry personality Karl-Ulrich Walterbach in 1984 as an expansion of the concept of his label Aggressive Rock Produktionen. ... Apocalyptic Raids was originally released in 1984 as a 12 EP, then re-issued in 1990 with a new cover and two additional tracks (then re-issued in 1999 with two additional tracks and the original cover). ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ...

By May 1984, Hellhammer had disbanded. Fischer and Ain, along with session drummer Stephen Priestly, regrouped as Celtic Frost. Their 1984 debut LP, Morbid Tales was a hit on the underground metal scene, and the band set out on its first tour, through Germany and Austria. This was followed with an EP "The Emperor Returns". Both early releases are now available on the one CD. One of their more influential recordings was 1985's "To Mega Therion", followed in 1987 by Into the Pandemonium. These albums were some of the pivotal LPs for underground metal and inducted a new and more varied sound. Celtic Frost, along with Venom and Bathory were pioneers in the still underground black metal scene, although Celtic Frost were much more experimental with the addition of classical instruments, opera vocals and sampling. They were given the new title of avant-garde metal. Morbid Tales is the 1984 debut album of death/thrash metal band Celtic Frost. ... To Mega Therion is the 1986 release by the Swiss death/thrash metal band Celtic Frost. ... Into the Pandemonium is the 1987 (see 1987 in music) album by death/thrash metal band Celtic Frost. ... Venom are a heavy metal band, formed in late 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. ... Bathory was a highly influential Swedish thrash metal/black metal/viking metal band, and were regarded as one of the forefathers of black metal and founder of viking metal. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Avant-garde metal or experimental metal is generally regarded as a cross-genre reference to metal bands or more exactly as a stylistic adjunction with specific traits (just like Progressive-, Symphonic-, Viking-, Pagan-, Folk-, Industrial-). It is characterized by large amounts of experimentation and by non-standard sounds, instruments, and...

After a subsequent North American tour (which saw the addition of a second guitarist, Ron Marks to the groups ranks), financial trouble, personal tension between the band members and an ill-fated relationship with their record label led to a complete dissolution of the band. Six months later, Warrior decided to reform the band with Stephen Priestly back on drums, Oliver Amberg on guitars and Curt Victor Bryant on bass. The resulting album Cold Lake was a disappointment to most of the group's established fan-base but achieved notable success in the North American market. Bryant fired Amberg and former live guitarist Ron Marks returned as a guest for the recording of Vanity/Nemesis in 1990. The most significant change, however, was the return of early bassist Martin Eric Ain. But Celtic Frost's reputation did not fully recover. The group's next (and, as it would turn out, last for several years) album was a collection of rare and unreleased recordings called Parched With Thirst Am I and Dying (1992). The compilation's title was inspired by an old Roman prayer. It featured unreleased material, re-recorded versions of older songs and some studio session versions, closing the chapter on one of the most underground and experimental bands of all time. Cold Lake is the title of an album by Celtic Frost. ... Vanity/Nemesis is a 1990 album by Celtic Frost. ... Martin Eric Ain is the left-handed bassist of Swiss thrash metal band Celtic Frost. ... Parched with Thirst Am I and Dying is a 1992 compilation album of the Black Metal band Celtic Frost. ...

A final album titled "Under Apollyon's Sun" never eventuated under that title, although Fischer co-founded a new group called Apollyon Sun.

Apollyon Sun

Several years following the disbanding of Celtic Frost, and after quite some time spent away from the music industry, Fischer co-founded a new group called Apollyon Sun with his close friend Erol Unala on guitars in the mid-1990s and recorded an EP God Leaves... ... and Dies and a full-length album Sub. Although clearly based on Celtic Frost's dark and more adventurous music, Apollyon Sun was a industrial metal project. During his hiatus from music, Fischer had also finished work on an autobiographical book, called Are You Morbid?, which was published by London-based Sanctuary Publishing to fan acclaim in 2000. Apollyon Sun was an industrial/EBM project formed by singer/guitarist Tom Gabriel Fischer and guitarist Erol Unala in early 1995, after the termination of Celtic Frost, Fischers prior group. ... Look up sub, sub- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws elements from industrial music and heavy metal music. ...

Comeback

In late 2001, Fischer and Ain began to write music together again, along with Unala on guitar and, from late 2002, experienced Swiss drummer Franco Sesa (also known within the group as the Inverted Cross). The aim was to develop and record a new, very dark and heavy album. The completion of the project took far longer than anticipated (in part due to the DIY nature of the project and the project's financing) but finally resulted, in late 2005, in what Fischer and Ain describe as "perhaps the darkest album Celtic Frost have ever recorded", based on a combination of the musical aura of To Mega Therion and Into The Pandemonium.

The newest and seventh Celtic Frost album was financed by the group itself through its own imprint, Prowling Death Records, and publishing imprint, Diktatur des Kapitals. Prowling Death Records originally was the self-founded underground label which released the Hellhammer demos and managed Hellhammer's career in 1983 and 1984. The album was produced by Celtic Frost with Peter Tägtgren (of Bloodbath/Hypocrisy/Pain fame) and mixed by Fischer and Ain. Celtic Frost and Prowling Death Records subsequently entered into a worldwide licensing deal with Century Media Records. The album, titled "Monotheist", was released on May 30th, 2006. Peter Tägtgren (born June 3, 1970) is a Swedish musician. ... For the 1971 Italian horror directed by Mario Bava, see Twitch of the Death Nerve. ... Hypocrisy is a death metal band from Sweden. ... For other music bands, see Pain (disambiguation). ... Monotheist is a comeback album by Swiss metal band Celtic Frost, released in 2006. ...

On May 29, 2006, Celtic Frost embarked on the most extensive tour of the band's career, the "Monotheist Tour", initially headlining festivals (e.g. the Wacken Open Air festival, in front of an audience of 50,000) across Europe the United States and Canada in 2006, and the group's first ever shows in Japan in January 2007. In early 2007 the European leg of the tour took place and a return to the United States as a special guest to Type O Negative. Further festival appearances and concerts followed in mid-2007. is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the German town, see Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein. ... This article is about the band. ...

On stage, Celtic Frost play with an additional tour guitar player. This position was initially filled by Anders Odden (Cadaver, Apoptygma Berzerk, Magenta), now by V Santura (of Dark Fortress). For other uses, see Cadaver (disambiguation). ... Apoptygma Berzerk is a Norwegian musical group. ... Magenta is a Norwegian rock band formed in 1995 by Anders Odden and Vilde Lockert. ... Dark Fortress is a melodic black metal band from Landshut, Germany, formed in 1994. ...

In early 2007, Celtic Frost began writing material for a new album, possibly due for release in 2008.

Metalunderground posted interview with Tom Fischer about new album.

” "Only a few hours until I am to depart to Norway for a few weeks to participate in the production of a black metal project with close friends and peers. In early March I shall return to Switzerland to take further steps towards the realization of my own black metal/doom side project, the idea for which has taken an increasingly defined shape during the past months."

Fischer spoke to Spanish metal webizne Hall Of Metal recently about new material: "I’m actually working on a new album of Celtic Frost and I think it’s going to be really extreme and dark. Celtic Frost has its own style, its own sound and it expresses a lot of emotions. The music I write shows the state of my life, and now I feel very comfortable with such dark music." ”

On April 9th, 2008, this message was displayed on the official Celtic Frost website, celticfrost.com.

"Celtic Frost singer and guitarist Tom Gabriel Fischer has left Celtic Frost due to the irresolvable, severe erosion of the personal basis so urgently required to collaborate within a band so unique, volatile, and ambitious. "

Genre

As Celtic Frost changed their sound throughout their career their exact genre has been a topic of debate. They have been labeled with various metal genres by the media and it continues today. Their music is often classified as thrash metal,^[2][3] death metal,^[3][4][5] doom metal,^[5] gothic metal,^[5][6] black metal,^[3][5][6] and also glam metal with the album Cold Lake.^[5][6] The level of experimentation on albums like To Mega Therion and Into the Pandemonium, lead certain journalists to describe the band's direction as avant-garde metal.^[3][7] Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by high speed riffing and aggression. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Gothic metal is a genre of heavy metal music that originated during the mid 1990s in Europe as an outgrowth of doom-death, a fusion genre of doom metal and death metal. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Glam metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s - early 1980s in the United States. ... Cold Lake is the title of an album by Celtic Frost. ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: Revelation (KJV) Chapter 13 To Mega Therion (Τὸ Μέγα Θηρίον) is Greek for The Great Beast and is a reference to the Book of Revelation: Revelation 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast [θηρίον, therion] rise up out... Into the Pandemonium is the 1987 (see 1987 in music) album by death/thrash metal band Celtic Frost. ... Avant-garde metal or experimental metal is generally regarded as a cross-genre reference to metal bands or more exactly as a stylistic adjunction with specific traits (just like Progressive-, Symphonic-, Viking-, Pagan-, Folk-, Industrial-). It is characterized by large amounts of experimentation and by non-standard sounds, instruments, and...

Influences

Celtic Frost have influenced a number of black, death, thrash, and heavy metal bands. The band Therion, for example, took its band name from the album To Mega Therion.^[8] Other bands that have cited Celtic Frost as an influence, or have covered Celtic Frost, include Melvins, Sigh, Opera IX, Evoken, Nile(band), Opeth, Amorphis, Stormtroopers of Death, Paradise Lost, Anathema, Nirvana, HIM, Dimmu Borgir, The Gathering, Sarcófago, Sepultura, Samael, Tiamat, Black Crucifixion, Emperor, Mayhem, Darkthrone, Satyricon, High on Fire, Nokturnal Mortum, Obituary, Gorgoroth, Mortician, Noothgrush and many others. Dave Grohl (ex-Nirvana, Foo Fighters) has stated on several occasions that Celtic Frost were an influence. He subsequently invited Celtic Frost singer Tom Gabriel Fischer to participate in the recordings of his 2004 solo project, Probot, resulting in the co-written song "Big Sky". Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987. ... Melvins are an American rock/metal band that usually perform as a trio. ... Look up sigh in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Opera IX was created in 1988 by Ossian. ... Evoken is an American death/doom band that is highly inspired by the Australian band Disembowelment. ... Nile is a death metal band from South Carolina, USA. Their music and lyrics are inspired by Ancient Egyptian mysticism, history, religion and art. ... Opeth are a heavy metal band from Stockholm, Sweden. ... Amorphis is a Finnish metal band started by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari and Esa Holopainen in 1990. ... Stormtroopers of Death, more commonly known as S.O.D., formed in New York in 1985. ... Paradise Lost are a death/doom and later gothic metal band formed in 1987 in Halifax, England. ... Anathema are an English band from the city of Liverpool, which, together with Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride, helped to develop the death/doom sound, a subgenre of doom metal. ... This article is about the Buddhist concept. ... This article refers to the Finnish band. ... For the geologic feature in Iceland, see Dimmuborgir. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Sarcófago are a Deathrash band from Brazil. ... Sepultura is a Brazilian thrash metal band, formed in 1984. ... Samael is a heavy metal band formed in 1987 in Sion, Switzerland. ... Tiamat is a band that formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1988. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy one of the guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia on one of the following topics: If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand the article to establish its notability, citing reliable sources. ... Emperor is a seminal and infamous Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991. ... Mayhem (often called The True Mayhem) is an infamous, pioneering black metal band formed in 1984[1] in Oslo, Norway. ... Darkthrone is a prominent Norwegian black metal band formed in 1987. ... This article is about the band. ... High on Fire is a heavy metal band from Oakland, CA, USA. Their music is generally classified as stoner metal or doom metal. ... Nokturnal Mortum is a NS folk black metal band from Ukraine, and is one of the major black metal bands from eastern Europe, along with Graveland. ... Obituary are one of the pioneering bands of the death metal genre. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Mortician is a brutal death metal band from Yonkers, New York founded in 1989. ... Noothgrush is a sludge metal band with a very heavy, down-tuned and down-tempo sound and lyrics grounded in misanthropy. ... This article is about the American grunge band. ... This article is about the band. ... Probot (portmanteau: probe + robot) is a musical project masterminded by Dave Grohl. ... Big Sky is a phrase that is generally used in some references to the U.S. state of Montana. ...

Despite this, when frontman Tom was asked to comment on their influence on heavy metal, he replied "no, I try to stay away from that. I'm a musician, I don't want to get involved with all that. It's not healthy. I want to do good albums. I'm still alive and I feel there's still so much in front of me. I don't want to be bothered with who has influence and where we stand and all that. I think it's a negative thing."[1]

Band members

Current Members

• Tom Gabriel Fischer - vocals, guitars, programming
• Martin Eric Ain - bass guitar, vocals
• Franco Sesa - drums, percussion
• V Santura - guitar (tour guitarist)

Thomas Gabriel Fischer, earlier known by his stage name of Tom Gabriel Warrior, is a Swiss singer and guitarist. ... Martin Eric Ain is the left-handed bassist of Swiss thrash metal band Celtic Frost. ...

Former members

• Curt Victor Bryant - guitar, bass guitar (1988–1993)
• Oliver Amberg - guitar (1988–1989)
• Ron Marks - guitar (1987)
• Anders Odden - tour guitarist (2006–2007)
• Dominic Steiner - bass guitar (1985)
• Reed St. Mark - drums, percussion (1985–1988, 1992–1993)
• Stephen Priestly - drums, percussion (1984, 1988–1992)
• Erol Unala - guitar (2001–2006)

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Discography

Studio Albums & EPs

• Morbid Tales (1984)
• Emperor's Return (EP, 1985)
• To Mega Therion (1985)
• Tragic Serenades (EP, 1986)
• Into the Pandemonium (1987)
• Cold Lake (1988)
• Vanity/Nemesis (1990)
• Monotheist (2006)
• TBA (2008/2009) [2] [3]

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Compilations

• Parched With Thirst Am I and Dying (1992)

Parched with Thirst Am I and Dying is a 1992 compilation album of the Black Metal band Celtic Frost. ...

Re-releases

• Morbid Tales/Emperor's Return (1999)
• To Mega Therion (1999)
• Into the Pandemonium (1999)
• Vanity/Nemesis (1999)

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Videography

• Live At Hammersmith Odeon (VHS, 1989)

References

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External links

• Official website
• Delineation - Tom Gabriel Fischer’s blog
• Interview with Martin Eric Ain, Broward-Palm Beach New Times, 2006-10-19
• Interview with Martin Eric Ain, Metallian, 04.05.2007
• Celtic Frost at MySpace
• Interview with Tom Fisher about new album, "www.metalunderground.com"
• Interview w/ Tom Gabriel Fischer, 16.01.2008 "www.muzyka.onet.pl"
• Second interview w/ Tom Gabriel Fischer, 15.02.2008 "www.muzyka.onet.pl"