Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales [EP]
Band
Celtic Frost
Style
Avantgarde metal, First wave of black metal, Thrash metal
Release date
November 1984
Owners
489
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1 trades it
Tracklist
01. Into The Crypts Of Rays02. Visions Of Mortality
03. Procreation (Of The Wicked)
04. Return To The Eve
05. Danse Macabre
06. Nocturnal Fear
Line-up
Tom Gabriel "Warrior" Fischer - vocals, guitars, sound effects
Martin Eric Ain - bass, vocals, sound effects
Stephen "Evoked Damnator" Priestly - drums, percussion, sound effects (tracks 2-9 only)
Reed St. Mark - drums (tracks 10-12 only)
Guests:
Horst Müller - vocals
Hertha Ohling - vocals
Oswald Spengler - violin
Tom Gabriel "Warrior" Fischer - vocals, guitars, sound effects
Martin Eric Ain - bass, vocals, sound effects
Stephen "Evoked Damnator" Priestly - drums, percussion, sound effects (tracks 2-9 only)
Reed St. Mark - drums (tracks 10-12 only)
Guests:
Horst Müller - vocals
Hertha Ohling - vocals
Oswald Spengler - violin
Additional info
1999 reissue edition contains both EP's "Morbid Tales" and "Emperor's Return", featuring the following tracklist:1- Human (intro)
2- Into The Crypts Of Rays
3- Visions Of Mortality
4- Dethroned Emperor
5- Morbid Tales
6- Procreation Of The Wicked
7- Return To The Eve
8- Danse Macabre
9- Nocturnal Fear
10- Circle Of The Tyrants
11- Visual Aggression
12- Suicidal Winds
Tracks 1 and 2 were originally only one track called Into The Crypts Of Rays, but it was split in the CD release.
Rating:
8.8
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Out of all the black metal pioneers of the 80s, I'd say that Celtic Frost's schtick has aged better than anyone else's. They weren't interested in the role of Satan's cheerleaders like, oh, say Venom, Bathory, Sodom and even Tom G. Warrior's previous group, Hellhammer. Those guys seemed more intent on coming off as evil as possible without much subtly, providing a good amount of unintentionally amusing moments. While Celtic Frost's lyrical content and image were pretty unique, mixing ideas from different ancient religions and forms of paganism. Not that it put them on any pedestal for maturity, but gave them an aura of mystery and mystique. Read more ›› |
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Bit long for an EP, isn't it?
---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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This is too long to qualify as an EP, and everywhere else it is listed as a studio album anyway. Pretty decent album, though. It definitely laid the groundwork for their 1985 seminal masterpiece.
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Posts: 18612 Written by M C Vice on 03.02.2012 at 10:00 Written by Sleeping Dragon on 05.04.2012 at 10:41 Not in MA, they got it right as well. The original is actually 6 songs. Around 25 min long. That's the original european release, a bit later the american one got it with two extra tracks making it an LP. But that doesn't change anything. This IS an EP.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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Like Mr Doctor siad this is originally an e.p. Not matter how many extra tracks there are on the subsequent re-releases.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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Posts: 33 Written by X-Ray Rod on 05.04.2012 at 12:25 Ahh, I didn't know that. My mistake, then.
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Mediocre, boring and totally overrated.
---- They shake your hand and they smile and they buy you a drink They say we'll be your friends we'll stick with you till the end But everybody's only looking out for themselves And you say who can you trust I'll tell you nobody
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Posts: 40071 Written by RavenKing on 08.04.2012 at 20:04 like the band's entire discography.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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Posts: 1941 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 08.04.2012 at 20:27 Yes, but "To Mega Therion" is better than this. By the way, Marcel, do you like "Monotheist", since you're a big Doom fan?
---- They shake your hand and they smile and they buy you a drink They say we'll be your friends we'll stick with you till the end But everybody's only looking out for themselves And you say who can you trust I'll tell you nobody
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Posts: 40071 Written by RavenKing on 08.04.2012 at 20:33 It's okay but nothing more and not really doom even though it is slow. Let's say it would be doom than it would be a very average album in the grander scheme of the doom genre.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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Posts: 1941 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 08.04.2012 at 20:37 OK. I don't like it at all but I think it's only normal, as I have no liking for Doom. And what makes it not really Doom?
---- They shake your hand and they smile and they buy you a drink They say we'll be your friends we'll stick with you till the end But everybody's only looking out for themselves And you say who can you trust I'll tell you nobody
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I don't care whether people consider this an EP or an LP, this is one of the greatest recordings ever. There's not a single thing which is overrated about early Frost. This was better than just about everything else released at the time. It blew me away in the 80's and it still sounds amazing now.
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Yeah this is fun  I love the guitar sound. It reminds me of something, but I'm not sure what  ("Danse Macabre" sounds ridiculous though)
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My personal Top 3 songs from the album: Human + Into The Crypts Of Rays Procreation (Of The Wicked) Nocturnal Fear
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The first thing one notices when listening this EP/album is the excellent sound. Extreme metal, in 1984, the underground. It is absolutely mystifying how Tom managed to pull out this excellent production. A crunchy guitar sound with drums not sounding shoddy either. Most 'extreme' metal bands in the 80s would've given an arm and a leg to have this sound. Even for today's standards, this production quality packs a punch, way better than the overtly sanitized production used these days. The production on this album is so good that it makes it rather difficult to rate it. We are all sound fetishists to some extent. I place far more importance on the songwriting but even I can't help myself and react positively to such a great sound, especially from that era. Into the Crypts of Rays shows how far ahead the Frosties were compared to their peers Sodom and the others. Clean, tight, powerful playing, nothing like the bloody amateur mess that is Sodom's first EP and first album. Dance Macabre is one of Tom's early experiments. Musically quite useless, but at least it succeeds in creating atmosphere. Unlike practically all of his later experiments which were duds. Who says Pantera invented groove metal? Even the earliest thrash metal pioneers had it, as evidenced in Nocturnal Fear. At around 2:00 the song even features a very brief moment of free jazz.
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