Sarcophagic | Only Death Is Real

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

Need some new art on your walls? then i think you should check out Tom Gabriel Fischer’s Death Masks. Cast from concrete and mounted on an anodized black aluminum frame. Handpainted by Tom in a variety of technics, numbered and signed. very cool indeed.

Each life-size death mask is cast individually by hand by Tom Gabriel Fischer. The mold used in the process was made from the artist’s face by Josh Turi (special makeup effects artist), Tom Denier, Jr. (special makeup effects artist), and Eli Livingston (sculptor for, among others, HR Giger), in New York in May 2007.

More pictures and info at selfdeceased.blogspot.com.

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.“