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PRESS RELEASE from Celtic Frost

Nihil Verum Nisi Mors
In the wake of the events transpiring earlier this year, we, who together formed Celtic Frost in 1984 and together reformed the group in 2001, have discussed the situation and agree that any continuation of Celtic Frost without either one of us would be irreconcilable with our original ideas and detrimental to the group’s legacy. We have therefore jointly decided to lay Celtic Frost to rest for good and to treasure and honor what we have created together in the course of the history of this truly unique band. All that is left to do now is to bow our heads in sincere gratitude and pay respect to Celtic Frost’s audiences and friends who have made this group’s existence possible in the first place.

Martin Eric Ain & Tom Gabriel Fischer, Zurich, Switzerland, September 9, 2008

Tom G. Fischer’s departure from Celtic Frost is a big loss, I had my hopes that another strong Celtic Frost album would be on its way… but that will NOT happen, this seems to be the end.

But after reading The Warriors blog I feel a little better, this is a quote from his blog
“I saw “Monotheist” as only the first of hopefully several distincive albums by this group. I thus plan on continuing exactly in the artistic vein of Celtic Frost. I had very a distinct vision of what the next two Celtic Frost albums might consist of, and I intend to eventually fulfill this vision and complete these albums with a new group.“

Okay, here we go.

Sitting at work and listening to Hellhammers demo collection Demon Entrails… got it delivered a couple of days ago and it is great! It is 25 years since they released them and it is nice to hear them re-mastered. A must buy if you missed them in the eighties, or if your into grim, cold groundbreaking metal.

I saw Celtic Frost last years European tour and it was one of the best gigs I have ever seen, the sound and atmosphere was total death… hope they will tour Sweden again.