Celtic Frost ( Rus. "Celtic frost" ) is a Swiss metal band from the city of Zurich , known for its strong influence on extreme metal [1] . The group was active between 1984 and 1993 and was re-formed in 2001. After the departure of one of the members of the group, , Celtic Frost decided to permanently cease its activities [2] . Bassist Martin Eric Ain, one of the founders of the band, died of a heart attack on October 21, 2017 [3] .
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| Genres | See the section "Genre" |
| Years | 1984 - 1993 2001 - 2008 |
| A country |  Switzerland |
| City | Zurich |
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| Language of songs | English |
| Labels | Century Media Records , Noise Records , Metal Blade Records |
| Other projects | Hellhammer , Apollyon Sun, Mind Funk , Triptykon , |
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The group was inspired by both other metal bands such as Black Sabbath , Judas Priest and Venom , as well as gothic rock bands such as Bauhaus , Siouxsie and the Banshees and Christian Death [4] , and the hardcore punk band Discharge [5] .
Genre
Since Celtic Frost changed the genre of their songs throughout their careers, the exact definition has been the subject of debate. In various sources, their work is tagged with various metal genres. Fans and critics often classify their early music as thrash metal , black metal and even death metal [6] [7] [8] , and their subsequent works as dark metal , doom metal [7] and gothic metal [7] [9] .
In the album “ Cold Lake ” they showed their experiment with glam metal [6] [7] [9] . The level of experimentation on albums such as Into The Pandemonium has led some journalists to describe the band's direction as avant-garde metal [6] [10] .
Group Composition
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Discography
- Studio albums
- To Mega Therion ( 1985 )
- Into The Pandemonium ( 1987 )
- Cold Lake ( 1988 )
- Vanity / Nemesis ( 1990 )
- Monotheist ( 2006 )
- Mini Albums
- Morbid Tales ( 1984 )
- Emperor's Return (1985, reissued on the same disc as Morbid Tales with mixed track order in 1986)
- Tragic Serenades (1986)
- Wine in My Hand (Third from the Sun) (1990)
- Singles
- The Collector's Celtic Frost (1987)
- I Won't Dance (1987)
- Cherry Orchards (1988)
- The Celtic Frost Story (1989)
- Collections
- Parched With Thirst Am I and Dying (1992)
- Are you Morbid? (2003)
- Videography
- Live At Hammersmith Odeon (1989, VHS)
Notes
- ↑ Celtic Frost Profile . Centurymedia.com . Date of treatment March 26, 2008. Archived February 22, 2008.
- ↑ September 9, 2008 - PRESS RELEASE
- ↑ Celtic Frost bassist Martin Eric Ain dies at 50
- ↑ Thomas Gabriel Fischer interview www.pyromusic.net
- ↑ J. Bennett, “Procreation of the Wicked”, Precious Metal: Decibel Presents the Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces , Albert Mudrian, ed., Da Capo Press, p. 34.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Rivadavia, Eduardo. Celtic Frost Biography . Allmusic.com . Date of treatment November 7, 2012. Archived June 28, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Celtic Frost Bio and Discography . metal-archives.com . Date of treatment November 7, 2012. Archived June 28, 2012.
- ↑ Celtic Frost Biography . MusicMight Date of treatment November 7, 2012. Archived on February 26, 2008.
- ↑ 1 2 Celtic Frost Profile . Nolifetilmetal.com . Date of treatment November 7, 2012. Archived June 28, 2012.
- ↑ Into the Pandemonium Review . Metalstorm.ee . Date of treatment November 7, 2012. Archived June 28, 2012.
Links
- celticfrost.com - official site of Celtic Frost
- Interview with Martin Eric Ain . Broward-Palm Beach New Times (October 19, 2006). Date of treatment November 7, 2012. Archived November 21, 2012.
- Interview with Tom Gabriel Fisher . www.avantgarde-metal.com (2010). Date of treatment November 7, 2012. Archived November 21, 2012.