Thomas Gabriel Fischer
Background information
Birth name	Thomas Gabriel Fischer
Also known as	Tom Warrior
Born	July 19 1960
Origin	Switzerland
Genre(s)	Black Metal, Heavy metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, Songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Guitar
Associated acts	Hellhammer, Celtic Frost,Apollyon Sun

Thomas Gabriel Fischer (born July 19, 1960), earlier known by his stage name of "Tom Gabriel Warrior", is a Swiss singer and guitarist. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of the death metal style of singing or growling. Together with Bruce Day and Steve Warrior he formed the seminal thrash/black metal band Hellhammer in 1982. In late 1983, bassist and songwriter Martin Eric Ain joined Hellhammer and the line-up of Fischer, Ain and Day recorded an EP, "Apocalyptic Raids", as well as a series of demos for the German label Noise Records before disbanding in May 1984. If you hold the copyright to an image (e. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Heavy metal redirects here. ... For the popular-music magazine, see Musician (magazine). ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making music. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... Hellhammer was an early-1980s extreme metal band, hailing from Switzerland and popular briefly in Europe in the mid-1980s. ... Celtic Frost are a black metalthrash metal band from Zürich, Switzerland, known for their influence on the extreme metal and gothic metal genres. ... 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. ... Bruce Day was a bassist and vocalist for the California smooth rock band Pablo Cruise and previously for Santana. ... Hellhammer was an early-1980s extreme metal band, hailing from Switzerland and popular briefly in Europe in the mid-1980s. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Martin Eric Ain is the left-handed bassist of Swiss thrash metal band Celtic Frost. ... 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). ... 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. ...

Fischer and Ain joined forces once again and formed black/thrash metal three-piece group called Celtic Frost in June 1984. Celtic Frost are a black metalthrash metal band from Zürich, Switzerland, known for their influence on the extreme metal and gothic metal genres. ...

Fischer also formed the ebm/industrial rock project Apollyon Sun in 1994. EBM can be an acronym for: electronic body music evidence-based medicine Everybody But Microsoft - A virtual group that acts as a competitor to Microsoft and its partners. ... Industrial Rock is a musical genre which is a fusion between Industrial Music and specific Rock n Roll subgenres such as Punk, Oi!, Hardcore and later on Hard Rock. ... 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. ...

In 2000 Fischer's book "Are You Morbid?: Into the Pandemonium of Celtic Frost" was published by Sanctuary Publishing Ltd (29 Jun 2000) ISBN-10: 1860743102; ISBN-13: 978-1860743108. It received many favourable reviews, including this from Record Collector: "Intelligent, humble, questioning, insightful - the cultured side of extreme metal."

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Trivia

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• In 1985, Fischer was asked to co-produce and sing on the first demo, titled Death Cult, by fellow Swiss group Coroner. Fischer also wrote the lyrics for the recorded songs. Two of the members of Coroner formed part of Celtic Frost's road crew until 1986.
• Fischer also performed in Probot on the song "Big Sky"

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External links

• Official Celtic Frost Website
• Delineation - Tom Gabriel Fischer’s blog