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When Hellhammer was laid to rest in 1984, the more mature and successful Celtic Frost rose from the ashes. Both of these bands have been very important in the development of today's extreme metal scene and plenty of black and death metal bands have found inspiration in their releases. Musically, what we have here is basically laid-back thrash metal riffing combined with a raw, punkish attitude and occult lyrical themese. On top of this we have to add the harsh vocals from band leader Thomas "Warrior" Fischer. "Morbid Tales" is of course the debut album from Celtic Frost and although it is more polished and structured than the Hellhammer material was, it is still a rather primitive and straight-forward release. Despite the primitive nature of the music, they lift away from mediocrisy by adding little hooks and turns to the otherwise simple riffing. Tom's vocals sometimes sound like a rawer version of the former Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di'Anno. It is also nice to hear that Tom's adoration of the NWOBHM scene is shining through on several songs on this album. The early releases from Hellhammer and Celtic Frost have as I said been a major influence to many modern day black / death metal acts and Carpathian Forest have more or less stolen "Procreation (Of The Wicked)" for one of their albums. If you are into primitive black / thrash / punk then you already own this album. You others, check it out but perhaps you should better start out with their second album "To Mega Therion".
| Tracklist |
| 1. Into The Crypts Of Rays |
| 2. Visions Of Mortality |
| 3. Dethroned Emperor |
| 4. Morbid Tales |
| 5. Procreation (Of The Wicked) |
| 6. Return To The Eve |
| 7. Danse Macabre |
| 8. Nocturnal Fear |
: 32.10
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