Celtic Frost is an extreme metal band from Zürich, Switzerland, best known for their influence on the thrash, black, goth, doom, grindcore and death metal genres. They experimented with melding classical music and heavy metal, this source was important for the symphonic metal and gothic metal scene. History Celtic Frost's frontman, guitarist and singer Tom Gabriel Fischer, changed his name to Tom Warrior. With Steve Warrior on bass, he formed one of the earliest extreme metal bands, Hellhammer, in 1982. Steve Warrior was later replaced by Martin Eric Ain - also a pseudonym. The band attracted a small international fan base, got signed to Noise Records in Germany and recorded their debut EP Apocalyptic Raids in March of 1984, now a rare finding on e-Bay or second hand record stores around the world.By May of 1984, Hellhammer had disbanded; Fischer and Ain, along with session drummer Stephen Priestly, reappeared with Celtic Frost. Their 1984 debut LP, Morbid Tales was a hit in the me

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