Artist
Celtic Frost
Celtic Frost is a black metal artist from Zürich, Switzerland formed in 1984. 16 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Black Metal · Zürich, Switzerland · Best black metal albums
- 16
- Releases
- 1984–2026
- Active years
- 1984
- Formed
Artist
Celtic Frost is a black metal artist from Zürich, Switzerland formed in 1984. 16 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Black Metal · Zürich, Switzerland · Best black metal albums
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Monotheist
2006
Formed from the remains of seminal death/black metal pioneers Hellhammer in June 1984, with every one of their releases both in the Billboard and UK charts, the Swiss-American Celtic Frost were a pivotal influence on both the extreme metal and gothic metal genres, establishing many of the musical elements that have since become synonymous with bands such as Sepultura, Pantera, Therion, Emperor, Melvins, Paradise Lost, Cradle of Filth, Foo Fighters, Darkthrone, Dimmu Borgir, Obituary, Nile, and uncounted others. The primal fury captured on Celtic Frost's first album, "Morbid Tales" (1984), and the subsequent EP, "Emperor's Return" (1985), have been widely emulated and are cited as influences on such recordings as Nirvana's "In Utero" (1993). Co-founders and co-writers Tom Gabriel Fischer (a.k.a. Tom Gabriel Warrior, voice and guitars) and Martin Eric Ain (bass) created stark and compelling vistas reminiscent of the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Aleister Crowley, and Charles Baudelaire. Fischer's trademark nordic warrior vocals and Celtic Frost's unique combination of a primitive yet at the same time highly intricate sonic assault soon made the group one of the leade…
