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Celtic Frost

Swiss metal band

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Origin: Zürich , Switzerland
Genres: Thrash metal avant-garde metal black metal doom metal
Years active: 1984–1987 1988–1993 2001–2008
Labels: Century Media Noise Metal Blade
Spinoffs: Triptykon
Spinoff of: Hellhammer
Past members: Thomas Gabriel Fischer Martin Eric Ain Franco Sesa Isaac Darso Stephen Priestly Reed St. Mark Ron Marks Dominic Steiner Curt Victor Bryant Oliver Amberg Erol Unala Renee Hernz
Website: celticfrost .com

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Celtic Frost (/ˈkɛltɪk frɒst/) was a Swiss extreme metal band from Zürich. Their early work had a strong influence on the development of extreme metal, especially the death, black and doom metal genres, and they are noted for their avant-garde approach to music.

Guitarist and vocalist Thomas Gabriel Fischer and bassist Martin Eric Ain formed Celtic Frost in June 1984 after disbanding their previous band, Hellhammer. Celtic Frost's debut record, Morbid Tales, was released later that year. It was followed by the albums To Mega Therion (1985) and the more experimental Into the Pandemonium (1987). All three records were highly influential.