Celtic Frost

Switzerland
1984 – 2008

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Celtic Frost were a Swiss extreme metal band from Zürich. They are known for their strong influence on the development of extreme metal. Formed in 1981 as Hellhammer, the band became Celtic Frost in 1984 and was active until 1993. It re-formed in 2001 and disbanded following frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer's departure in 2008. The band was inspired by metal bands such as Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Venom as well as alternative/gothic rock groups like Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Christian Death and by the hardcore punk of Discharge.

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67 tracks
118 stations
31 countries

Celtic Frost top songs

1	Circle of the Tyrants
2	Into the Crypts of Rays
3	Dethroned Emperor
4	Procreation (Of the Wicked)
5	Visions of Mortality
6	Morbid Tales
7	Mexican Radio
8	The Usurper
9	Progeny
10	Ground
11	A Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh
12	Nocturnal Fear
13	Eternal Summer
14	Cherry Orchards
15	Return to the Eve
16	Visual Aggression
17	I Won't Dance (The Elders' Orient)
18	Wings of Solitude
19	Idols of Chagrin
20	Dawn of Meggido
21	Obscured
22	Wine in My Hand (Third from the Sun)
23	Innocence and Wrath
24	Inner Sanctum
25	The Heart Beneath

Celtic Frost quotes

I think if you are a musician, and artist, you have to have a certain courage. Repeating yourself or photocopying other's art... it's cowardice. If you actually risk your career to do something new, even if it's in a very small way, then it's art.