Celtic Frost

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Tom G Warrior and Roxy Music
“People might be surprised, but Roxy Music influenced Celtic Frost”: Extreme metaller Tom G Warrior’s prog roots

By Malcolm Dome Published

He pics his favourite Roxy record – but says it’s insulting to be made to choose just one artist from all those who matter to him

Bands & Artists
Celtic Frost in 1987
The turbulent story of Celtic Frost’s avant garde thrash masterpiece Into The Pandemonium

By Malcolm Dome Published

How Celtic Frost demolished metal’s boundaries with their classic 1987 album Into The Pandemonium

Albums
Photos of Death, Strapping Young Lad, Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy Kilmister
The 10 greatest final albums in heavy metal history

By Matt Mills Published

These masterpieces by Black Sabbath, Motörhead and White Zombie made sure their careers ended on flawless form

Albums
Celtic Frost
How Celtic Frost laid the blueprint for extreme metal, black metal and death metal with their debut Morbid Tales

By Paul Elliott Published

After Hellhammer ended, nobody expected Celtic Frost to amount to anything – let alone influence a generation of underground bands

Albums
Alter Bridge’s Mark Tremonti performing onstage and Celtic Frost posing for a photograph in the 1980s
Alter Bridge’s Mark Tremonti on the visionary extreme metal band who changed his life

By Metal Hammer Published

You may not hear Tremonti favourites Celtic Frost in Creed and Alter Bridge’s music but they’re there

Bands & Artists
Lowen press 2024
"System Of A Down made me feel like I belonged in metal."

By Liz Scarlett Published

Lowen vocalist Nina Saeidi picks the 10 records that changed her life

Tracks & Singles
Tom G Warrior shouting on stage
7 bands that defined Incineration Festival 2025

By Merlin Alderslade Published

London's premier extreme metal festival descended on Camden Town on Saturday night. These are the bands that ruled most

Music Festivals
Artworks for Lulu by Metallica and Lou Reed, No Prayer for the Dying by Iron Maiden, Turbo by Judas Priest and Cold Lake by Celtic Frost
Here are the famously ‘terrible’ metal albums we can’t get enough of

By Matt Mills Published

From Metallica and Lou Reed’s Lulu to Iron Maiden’s No Prayer For The Dying, the Metal Hammer team band together to defend their favourite clangers

Albums
Celtic Frost posing for a photograph in 2006
How underground metal legends Celtic Frost returned from the dead with the Monotheist album

By Tommy Udo Published

The story of the second coming of Celtic Frost

Interviews
Celtic Frost, pictured on the rear of Cold Lake
What happened when Celtic Frost embraced glam and destroyed their own career

By Sleazegrinder Published

Celtic Frost: From brutality and ethereal beauty to ham-fisted, party-glam travesties

Bands & Artists
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