CELTIC FROST - Cold Lake 12" Vinyl LP Album

"Cold Lake" is the Fourth full-length album by the Swiss Thrash Metal band: "Celtic Frost". It was produced by Karl-Ulrich Walterbach and released in the year 1986.

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Collector's notes ( detailed background information on the persons working on this album)

Tom Warrior (real name: Tom Gabriel Fischer) founded the Hellhammer and "Celtic Frost" band. While playing with Hellhammer he used the pseudonym: "Satanic Slaughter". He has also been co-producer of many of "Celtic Frost" and "Coroner" albums.

Stephen Priestly (real name: Stephen Gasser) used the pseudonym "Evoked Damnator" while playing in the "Hellhammer" band.

  Karl-Ulrich Walterbach founder and owner of "Noise" records ( Noise Records being a sub-label of Modern Music ). Producer and Executive producer of countless mainly Germany Heavy Metal albums.

Tony Platt is a British Freelance music engineer and producer. Working with many British bands, including Iron Maiden but also with the French Trust band.

Martin Becker (Photographer) during the 1980s "Martin Becker" has photographed around two dozen heavy metal bands. These bands include the two Swiss bands: "Coroner" and "Celtic Frost" as well other bands like: "Kreator", "Rage", Running Wild", "Tankard" and several others.

Album Fact Sheet: CELTIC FROST - Cold Lake

Music Genre:

 Trash Metal 

Album Production Information:

 

The album: "CELTIC FROST - Cold Lake" was produced by: Celtic Frost and Tony Platt

Executive producer: Karl-Ulrich Walterbach

Sound/Recording Engineer(s): Dexter

Album cover photography: Martin Becker

Additional Information on the production team-members:

  Martin Becker (Photographer) during the 1980s "Martin Becker" has photographed around two dozen heavy metal bands. These bands include the two Swiss bands: "Coroner" and "Celtic Frost" as well other bands like: "Kreator"  ,  "Rage" ,  "Running Wild"  ,  "Tankard" and several others.

  Karl-Ulrich Walterbach founder and owner of "Noise" records ( Noise Records being a sub-label of Modern Music ). Producer and Executive producer of countless mainly Germany Heavy Metal albums.

 

Record Label Information:

  Noise International N 0125-1

Record Format:

 12" Vinyl Stereo Gramophone Record
Total Album (Cover+Record) weight: 230 gram  

Year & Country:

  1988 Made in Germany  
Personnel/Band Members and Musicians on: CELTIC FROST - Cold Lake
    Band-members, Musicians and Performers
  • Tom Gabriel Fischer - Guitars, Vocals
  • Oliver Amber - Guitars
  • Curt Victor Bryant - Bass
  • Stephen Preistly - Drums, Additional Vocals
Complete Track-listing of the album "CELTIC FROST - Cold Lake"

The detailed tracklist of this record "CELTIC FROST - Cold Lake" is:

    Track-listing :
  1. Intro-Human II
  2. Seduce Me Tonight
  3. Petty Obsession
  4. (Once) They Were Eagles
  5. Cherry Orchards
  6. Juices Like Wine
  7. Little Velvet
  8. Blood on Kisses
  9. Downtown Hanoi
  10. Dance Sleazy
  11. Roses Without Thorns
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Celtic Frost Band Information:

  Celtic Frost was a Swiss heavy metal band formed in 1984 by Thomas Gabriel Fischer and Martin Eric Ain. The band's music blended elements of thrash, black, and death metal with avant-garde and classical influences, making them a pioneering force in extreme metal.

 The band's debut album, "Morbid Tales," released in 1984, was a groundbreaking work that helped establish Celtic Frost's reputation as an innovative and influential metal band. The album's combination of ferocious riffs, unconventional song structures, and eerie atmosphere set a template for many extreme metal bands that followed.

 Celtic Frost's follow-up album, "To Mega Therion," released in 1985, expanded on the band's sound with longer and more complex compositions that incorporated elements of classical music and Gothic horror. The album's title track, a 23-minute epic that alternates between searing metal riffs and haunting choral sections, is widely regarded as a masterpiece of extreme metal.

 Over the next few years, Celtic Frost continued to push the boundaries of metal with albums such as "Into the Pandemonium" and "Vanity/Nemesis," which incorporated elements of industrial, electronic, and world music into their sound. The band also became known for their striking album artwork and stage costumes, which often featured skulls, spikes, and leather.

 After a hiatus in the 1990s, Celtic Frost returned with a more experimental sound on their 2006 album, "Monotheist." The album featured a slower and more atmospheric approach, with more emphasis on melody and texture than on raw aggression. Despite the departure from their earlier sound, "Monotheist" was well received by fans and critics, cementing Celtic Frost's legacy as one of the most important and innovative metal bands of all time.

  Tragically, Martin Eric Ain passed away in 2017, and the band announced their disbandment shortly afterward. However, Celtic Frost's influence can still be heard in countless metal bands that have followed in their wake, and their legacy as pioneers of extreme metal will continue to inspire new generations of metalheads for years to come.