#celticfrost are my most beloved metal band. Slayer had dropped "reign in blood" in 1986 along with Metallica's "master of puppets", I was in 9th grade and we all knew the metal landscape was changing. I was raving about Possessed "seven churches" album and Destruction's "infernal overkill" to a hesher at school and he slipped me a cassette that had morbid angel's first demo, a Thanatos demo and Celtic Frost's "morbid tales". Celtic Frost's smeary riffs, throaty vocals and mid tempo approach stuck to me like gum to a shoe. On our next trip to Cavages Records I found a cassette version of the "emperor's return" ep. One look at that cover and I snatched it up (the giger cover for "to mega therion" usurped it as gates cover of all time). Has been a cherished release since.
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