History Music / CelticFrost

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Tom Gabriel Warrior and Martin Eric Ain. Tom's real name, Thomas Gabriel Fischer, is only slightly less so.

* ContemptibleCover: ''Emperor's Return'', which looks like something Frank Frazetta would draw.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally stuck to a 9; occasionally lighter interludes, intros, and outros appear for contrast.

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* DramaticTimpani: Used on "Innocence and Wrath".

* EpicRocking: Most of their longer songs were 6 minutes long, but ''Monotheist'' takes it to a new level, with "Triptych: II. Synagoga Satanae" being the absolute longest, spanning at 14:23 minutes.
* GenreShift: Their original sound was very similar to {{Music/Venom}} [[BlackMetal black]] / [[ThrashMetal thrash]] metal with some DeathMetal elements. ''Into the Pandemonium'' was somewhat less dark and had avant-garde influences, ''Cold Lake'' was GlamMetal, ''Vanity/Nemesis'' was ThrashMetal and finally ''Monotheist'' was GothicMetal.
* {{Goth}}: The band's aesthetic around the time of ''Monotheist''.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally stuck to a 9.

* SopranoAndGravel: Used in a few songs on ''Monotheist''.

* AlbumIntroTrack: "Innocence and Wrath" is one of the most famous in metal.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Monotheist'' with its gothic sound, heavy production, and occult lyrical themes.

* IAmTheBand: Arguably Tom G. Warrior, as the frontman and primary composer of the band.

Celtic Frost was founded by guitarist Tom Gabriel Fischer after he had left the band Hellhammer. He formed the band with Martin Eric Ain and Stephen Priestly to record the mini-LP ''Morbid Tales'', which garnered interest in the undeground metal scene. A year later, they released the highly influential ''To Mega Therion''. With full attention on them, they released the highly avant-garde ''Into the Pandemonium'', which featured classical instruments, operatic female vocals, and sampling. Despite this, ''Into the Pandemonium'' is still held in high regards by fans. They eventually went on a tour to America. Because of this and many internal and external conflicts in the band, they released the album ''Cold Lake''. This album adopted many of the hair metal elements that were being used by many American metal bands at the time. This alienated their strong fanbase in Europe yet the album sold well in America. They soon released the album ''Vanity / Nemesis'' which combined the elements of ''Cold Lake'' and their earlier albums, but they still could not regain the popularity they had years before. Their final album they released before breaking up was ''Parched With Thirst I Am Dying'', which contained unreleased material, re-recordings of older songs, studio versions. Their final album was to be titled ''Under Apollyon's Sun'', but it never came to fruition. They eventually reunited in 2001 and began writing material for a new album, which resulted in ''Monotheist'', a return to their original style, but [[DarkerAndEdgier much darker]], with elements of DoomMetal. This was only short lived, because as of 2008, Tom and Martin decided to lay Celtic Frost to rest for good.

Celtic Frost is/was a gothic metal band from Zurich, Switzerland. It is, along with Music/{{Bathory}} and Music/{{Helloween}}, one of the most influential metal bands to come out of Europe. Celtic Frost (along with Music/{{Bathory}}) was heavily influential on the extreme metal scene, particularly the {{black metal}} scene. Some have regarded Celtic Frost as a "missing link" between thrash metal and black metal.

%% * DarkerAndEdgier: ''Monotheist''.

* GenreShift: Their original sound was very similar to {{Music/Venom}} [[BlackMetal black]] / [[ThrashMetal thrash]] metal with some DeathMetal elements. ''Into the Pandemonium'' was somewhat less dark and had avantgarde influences, ''Cold Lake'' was GlamMetal, ''Vanity/Nemesis'' was ThrashMetal and finally ''Monotheist'' was GothicMetal.
%% * IAmTheBand: Tom G. Warrior.

* CoverVersion: They have covered "Mexican Radio" by Wall of Voodoo, "This Island Earth" by Bryan Ferry and "Heroes" by DavidBowie.

Celtic Frost was founded by guitarist Tom Gabriel Fishcer after he had left the band Hellhammer. He formed the band with Martin Eric Ain and Stephen Priestly to record the mini-LP ''Morbid Tales'', which garnered interest in the undeground metal scene. A year later, they released the highly influential ''To Mega Therion''. With full attention on them, they released the highly avant-garde ''Into the Pandemonium'', which featured classical instruments, operatic female vocals, and sampling. Despite this, ''Into the Pandemonium'' is still held in high regards by fans. They eventually went on a tour to America. Because of this and many internal and external conflicts in the band, they released the album ''Cold Lake''. This album adopted many of the hair metal elements that were being used by many American metal bands at the time. This alienated their strong fanbase in Europe yet the album sold well in America. They soon released the album ''Vanity / Nemesis'' which combined the elements of ''Cold Lake'' and their earlier albums, but they still could not regain the popularity they had years before. Their final album they released before breaking up was ''Parched With Thirst I Am Dying'', which contained unreleased material, re-recordings of older songs, studio versions. Their final album was to be titled ''Under Apollyon's Sun'', but it never came to fruition. They eventually reunited in 2001 and began writing material for a new album, which resulted in ''Monotheist'', a return to their original style, but [[DarkerAndEdgier much darker]], with elements of DoomMetal. This was only short lived, because as of 2008, Tom and Martin decided to lay Celtic Frost to rest for good.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Tom Gabriel Warrior and Martin Eric Ain. Tom's real name, Thomas Gabriel Fisher, is only slightly less so.

Celtic Frost is/was a gothic metal band from Zurich, Switzerland. It is, along with {{Bathory}} and Music/{{Helloween}}, one of the most influential metal bands to come out of Europe. Celtic Frost (along with {{Bathory}}) was heavily influential on the extreme metal scene, particularly the {{black metal}} scene. Some have regarded Celtic Frost as a "missing link" between thrash metal and black metal.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Monotheist''.

* IAmTheBand: Tom G. Warrior.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Tom Fischer's new band, Triptykon, was styled to continue in pretty much the exact same direction as ''Monotheist'' era Celtic Frost.

* IAmTheBand: Tom G Warrior

* OldShame: ''Cold Lake''.
** Oliver Amberg actaully ended up getting fired for this album. Additionally, this album was intentionally left unmastered and is out of print.

Celtic Frost was founded by guitarist Tom Gabriel Fishcer after he had left the band Hellhammer. He formed the band with Martin Eric Ain and Stephen Priestly to record the mini-LP ''Morbid Tales'', which garnered interest in the undeground metal scene. A year later, they released the highly influential ''To Mega Therion''. With full attention on them, they released the highly avant-garde ''Into the Pandemonium'', which featured classical instruments, operatic female vocals, and sampling. Despite this, ''Into the Pandemonium'' is still held in high regards by fans. They eventually went on a tour to America. Because of this and many internal and external conflicts in the band, they released the album ''Cold Lake''. This album adopted many of the hair metal elements that were being used by many American metal bands at the time. This alienated their strong fanbase in Europe yet the album sold well in America. They soon released the album ''Vanity / Nemesis'' which combined the elements of ''Cold Lake'' and their earlier albums, but they still could not regain the popularity they had years before. Their final album they released before breaking up was ''Parched With Thirst I Am Dying'', which contained unreleased material, re-recordings of older songs, studio versions. Their final album was to be titled ''Under Apollyon's Sun'', but it never came to fruition. They eventually reunited in 2001 and began writing material for a new album, which resulted in ''Monotheist'', a return to their original style, but [[DarkerAndEdgier much darker]], with elements of DoomMetal. This was only short lived, because as of 2008, Tom and Martin decided to lay [[http://www.mikelceltic.com/ Celtic instruments]] Frost to rest for good.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Tom Fischer's new band, Triptykon, was styled to continue in pretty much the exact same direction as ''Monotheist'' era Celtic instruments Frost.

Celtic Frost is/was a gothic metal band from Zurich Switzerland. It is, along with {{Bathory}} and Music/{{Helloween}}, one of the most influential metal bands to come out of Europe. Celtic Frost (along with {{Bathory}}) was heavily influential on the extreme metal scene, particularly the {{black metal}} scene. Some have regarded Celtic Frost as a "missing link" between thrash metal and black metal.

* 1986 - ''Tragic Serenades'' [[note]]Features tracks from ''To Mega Therion'' with original bass lines by Dominic Steiner replaced by Ain's[[/note]]

Celtic Frost was founded by guitarist Tom Gabriel Fishcer after he had left the band Hellhammer. He formed the band with Martin Eric Ain and Stephen Priestly to record the mini-LP ''Morbid Tales'', which garnered interest in the undeground metal scene. A year later, they released the highly influential ''To Mega Therion''. With full attention on them, they released the highly avant-garde ''Into the Pandemonium'', which featured classical instruments, operatic female vocals, and sampling. Despite this, ''Into the Pandemonium'' is still held in high regards by fans. They eventually went on a tour to America. Because of this and many internal and external conflicts in the band, they released the album ''Cold Lake''. This album adopted many of the hair metal elements that were being used by many American metal bands at the time. This alienated their strong fanbase in Europe yet the album sold well in America. They soon released the album ''Vanity / Nemesis'' which combined the elements of ''Cold Lake'' and their earlier albums, but they still could not regain the popularity they had years before. Their final album they released before breaking up was ''Parched With Thirst I Am Dying'', which contained unreleased material, re-recordings of older songs, studio versions. Their final album was to be titled ''Under Apollyon's Sun'', but it never came to fruition. They eventually reunited in 2001 and began writing material for a new album, which resulted in ''Monotheist'', a return to their original style, but [[DarkerAndEdgier much darker]], with elements of DoomMetal. This was only short lived, because as of 2008, Tom and Martin decided to lay Celtic Frost to rest for good.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Tom Fischer's new band, Triptykon, was styled to continue in pretty much the exact same direction as ''Monotheist'' era Celtic Frost.

* EpicRocking: Most of their longer songs were 5 to 6 minutes long, but ''Monotheist'' takes it to a new level, with "Triptych: II. Synagoga Satanae" being the absolute longest, spanning at 14:23 minutes.

* EpicRocking: Most of their longer songs were 5 to 6 minutes long, but ''Monotheist'' takes it to a new level, with "Triptych: II. Synagoga Satanae" being the absolute longest.

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3058.jpg

* CoverVersion - They have covered "Mexican Radio" by Wall of Voodoo, "This Island Earth" by Bryan Ferry and "Heroes" by DavidBowie.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - "Circle of the Tyrants".
* DarkerAndEdgier - ''Monotheist''.
* FaceOfTheBand - Tom Fishcer. When he left the band, the remaining member knew that without him, there would be no purpose in continuing to call themselves "Celtic Frost."
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel - The music video for "A Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh."
** Actually, ''Monotheist'' in general is this trope.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness - Generally stuck to a 9.
* OldShame - ''Cold Lake''.
* SpiritualSuccessor - Tom Fischer's new band, Triptykon, was styled to continue in pretty much the exact same direction as ''Monotheist'' era Celtic Frost.

* SurprisinglyGentleSong - The sections of the Requiem featured on multiple albums, as well as the bonus track, "Incantation Against You."