| Show n Celtic Frost release their first album in 15 years Amanda Chamberlain Arts Editor One would imagine that 15 years would be enough time for a band to either drop off the charts and into the shadows or to become a talked much-talked- about music history juggernaut And due to passionate musicianship and a commitment to their clad black-clad genre the Swiss-American Swiss metal band Celtic Frost has managed to prove the latter Its our first fast album in 15 years vocalist bassist Martin Ain says in a slight Swiss accent referring to the bands band's upcoming album release Monotheist Monotheist which will be released May 30 through Century Media will bethe be bethe bethe the veteran death black metal bands band's first release since their 1985 popular Therion length full-length To Mega It took us about four years of hard work and hard labor to get this er But when we had finished we realized realized realized real real- that we had created something special special special cial Ain said in deep thought It truly was after all the hard work time and even pocket out-of-pocket expenses that the three members of Celtic Frost vocals gui Ain Tom Gabriel Fischer Sesa tar programming and Franco percussion drums eventually put pui together an album that depicts the entire maturity and intensity of the process This album is way way more mature and we had to push ourselves way Its It's the intense harder Its It's much more and album the most concentrated concentrated concentrated concen concen- darkest have ever written we album Ain Am added j Monotheist isi is And to say that i their darkest and most intense album given the combined combined combined com com- bold statement is a discographies of not only Celtic Celtic Frosts Frost's infamous Frost but HellHammer founder Celtic Frost would not exist without without without with with- HellHammer Ain said explaining explain explain- out the two diabolical diabolical diabolical dia dia- history between ing the entities formed with the Frost was Celtic members of the notorious remaining metal pioneer HellHammer black early as 1981 which was started as And with the HellHammer name 1 comes a serious reputation as educated can attest I think that Celtic Frost was just as formative as Hell HellHammer Hammer with the second second second sec sec- ond wave of the black metal scene Especially with early Celtic Frost like Morbid Tales' Tales 1984 and To Mega Therion Ain said But Celtic Frost has gone on to utilize utilize utilize uti uti- lize their past and mold it into a sound of their own each individual member contributing their own knowledgeable piece to the y Frost-y pie And after years of crafting their own hitting hard-hitting confection confection confection con con- the band is eager to get their latest album out on the table I think Monotheist is a lifetime achievement for us With it you get who we are right now-highly now concen- concen and you also get whatever we envisioned as Celtic Frost in the first place Ain explains And to find out how exactly the band envisions themselves one must pick up the album and truly experience the brash intense pounding of the drums the brutally expedited vocals and charging charging charging ing guitar riffs on ones one's own However Ain does offer a few hints in regards to Monotheists dominant themes Honest true bleak dark heavy and highly intense Celtic Frost will also be touring the US U.S. throughout Summer 2006 Details regarding tour dates the band or the album can be found at or a Photo Dhow Courtesy Celtic Frosts Frost's album Monotheist t hit shelves May 30 |
