EP · 1985
Emperor's Return
by Celtic Frost
Emperor's Return is a 1985 avant-garde metal EP by Celtic Frost. It runs 5 tracks across 21 minutes on Noise International.
Avant-Garde Metal · Black Metal · Metal
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- 5
- Tracks
- 21 min
- Runtime
- 111 bpm
- Tempo
- A minor
- Key
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5 tracks · 21 min
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Emperor's Return is the second release by the Swiss extreme metal band Celtic Frost. It was released in 1985 as an extended play and was their first record featuring American drummer Reid Cruickshank (a.k.a. "Reed St. Mark"). The band's bleak publicity photographs from this period had an influence on the fashion and style of the developing black metal genre. The tracks of Emperor's Return were remastered and re-released in the 1999 edition of Morbid Tales and yet again remastered and included in the 2017 edition of To Mega Therion.
In brief
- When was Emperor's Return released?
- Emperor's Return was released in 1985 on Noise International.
- How many tracks are on Emperor's Return?
- Emperor's Return has 5 tracks, with a runtime of 21 minutes.
- What genre is Emperor's Return?
- Emperor's Return is catalogued under Avant-Garde Metal, Black Metal, Metal.
- What BPM is Emperor's Return?
- Emperor's Return runs at a median tempo of 111 BPM across its tracks, most often in A minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Emperor's Return?
- Listeners of Emperor's Return also rate Under the Sign of the Black Mark by Bathory, Storm the Gates by Venom, Blood Fire Death by Bathory.





