Ranking the Studio Albums: Celtic Frost (w/Chris Alo)

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  • @tomanvil7507
    @tomanvil7507 3 года назад +41

    Into The Pandemonium is an incredible album! Started avant-garde metal (black metal) ...original, heavy and plenty of 'oohs'

    • @RichVader
      @RichVader 2 года назад +2

      Absolutely. If you don't like "Into the Pandemonium" you don't understand Celtic Frost.

    • @eaglebauer944
      @eaglebauer944 Год назад

      @@RichVader I don't understand Celtic Frost then. Horrible album, I honestly like Cold Lake better.

    • @fringeailments
      @fringeailments Год назад +1

      Hey!!

  • @ClaudLeon
    @ClaudLeon 3 года назад +8

    6. Cold Lake
    5. Vanity/Nemesis
    4. Into The Pandemonium Distinguished them from everything els at the time. Daring and original. I believe this album was a huge influence so many Goth Metal/Symphonic Black Metal bands. Love it. Interchangeable with number 3.
    3. Monotheist
    2. Morbid Tales
    1. To Mega Therion.
    On a side note - The Emperor's Return version of Circle Of The Tyrants is my all time favorite Celtic Frost track ever!

    • @kylehoulihan3875
      @kylehoulihan3875 2 месяца назад

      Why is itp seen as the influential album when into mega therion was also goth and came before it?

  • @johnmichaelwilliams6694
    @johnmichaelwilliams6694 3 года назад +6

    Always great to see Chris in the co-captain chair for a ranking the albums episode. Thanks to him and to Pete for informative show for someone not familiar with the band.

  • @mikerussell8587
    @mikerussell8587 3 года назад +3

    Love the Frost
    1. Morbid Tales / Emperor's Return
    2. Into the pandemonium (I like the weirdness on this album more than most)
    3. To Mega Therion
    4. Monotheist (As an old Frost fan I haven't given this one the listening to I really should have - but I vow I will)
    5. Vanity/Nemesis
    6. Cold lake
    Also "Parched with thirst am I and dying" has some great original tracks you can't find elsewhere. And Hellhammer's "Apocalyptic Raids" really should be considered for this list as both mainstays of CF were on this precursor to Morbid Tales.

  • @recordmass6298
    @recordmass6298 3 года назад +6

    The moaning vocal style on Into the Pandemonium is a personal tribute to Ross Williams of Christian Death. A masterpiece of an album in my eyes. I also love post-punk and goth and Christan Death, so great.
    The real problem for me with Cold Lake is:
    1. The weak and thin/poor production
    2. Toms voice style
    3. Image and song titles.
    But the essence is Celtic Frost as far as riff style and compositions.

  • @anfrankogezamartincic1161
    @anfrankogezamartincic1161 3 года назад +3

    I met Martin Ain in Zürich, summer '86, he was working in a record shop, very nice guy, he had no problem to sign the C.Frost/Hellhammer records

  • @purpletemple1
    @purpletemple1 3 года назад +13

    "Into the Pandemonium" is in my top 5 fav albums of all time. It's such a creative album, it's a bit unfocused but that's also why I like it so much. I've never had a problem with the inclusion of a cover or the electronic "Pride", I think it all fits together so well and makes a perfect album for me. #2 is "To Mega Therion".

    • @shovedhead
      @shovedhead 3 года назад +2

      Agree 100%

    • @Intermentor
      @Intermentor 3 года назад +1

      Pride I always skip. And I think I will never hear it again. To be honest is the worst song in my large cd collection. The rest of the album I listen to. Yes, he has some strange vocals here. But I dont mind as I also like the more gothic bands like for example Christian Death

    • @shovedhead
      @shovedhead 3 года назад +1

      @@Intermentor I can see that. For me, Pride definitely fits in with my love of weird Electronic and Techno stuff. I just respect how Warrior was brave enough to make those kinds of moves.

  • @drewrose374
    @drewrose374 3 года назад +10

    Chris Alo kills me! I was thinking it as he said it!!! “Golden P….” 😆

    • @Shawn-1971
      @Shawn-1971 2 года назад +2

      Watching him I'm not suprised he said it but that they left it in is great.

  • @mindful2864
    @mindful2864 3 года назад +20

    Celtic Frost is one of my favorite metal bands and aside from Cold Lake, they have a solid discography. Here's my ranking:
    6. Cold Lake
    5. Vanity/Nemesis
    4. Into the Pandemonium
    3. Morbid Tales
    2. To Mega Therion
    1. Monotheist

    • @dickwhiskey8041
      @dickwhiskey8041 3 года назад +2

      I have the same ranking.

    • @andywitch666
      @andywitch666 3 года назад +2

      Same !..!

    • @joroblex279
      @joroblex279 3 года назад +3

      Monotheist - the greatest comeback ever! Even live. The slow, crushing version of Procreation of the Wicked.. just incredible

  • @pvdguitars2951
    @pvdguitars2951 3 года назад +4

    The impact of Celtic Frost on Therion and so many other bands is immense.
    I will never forget the impact of hearing Horus/Agressor by Hellhammer for the first in 1984. Made Venom sound like choir boys

  • @nickgonzalez4081
    @nickgonzalez4081 3 года назад +4

    To Megatherion is what got me into Celtic Frost back in the day. My favorite!

  • @jimhawkes
    @jimhawkes 3 года назад +4

    1) Morbid Tales
    2) To Mega Therion
    3) Into the Pandemonium
    4) Monotheist
    5) Vanity/Nemesis
    6) Cold Lake
    Great band, really regret getting rid of my vinyl copies of the first three!

  • @markwilliams8802
    @markwilliams8802 3 года назад +11

    Morbid tales to me is one of the greatest metal albums

  • @tschingsch
    @tschingsch 3 года назад +5

    Despite what a lot of people think, no bad records here. I've listened to all of these albums a ton. How often does a band have 2 landmark albums from different subgenres? Ugh!
    6. Cold Lake
    5. Monotheist
    4. Vanity/Nemesis
    3. Morbid Tales
    2. To Mega Therion
    1. Into the Pandemonium

  • @robr2303
    @robr2303 Год назад +1

    First song i heard by them was dying god into human flesh and i was blown. Second song i heard by them was mexican radio. And i just couldn't go further because i was just so thrown off my the style change that i gave up. Fortunately, recently i stumbled across some of tom g's interviews and saw that he seems to be a really cool dude. So i decided to check out hellhammer and the first celtic frost album. Now i'm hooked. Love this band.

  • @meloralovesdarkness2495
    @meloralovesdarkness2495 3 года назад +5

    What an Exelent Ranking by a Huge Groundbreaking band! I could not agree more by you guys rankings! I would like say to novice fans out there, Parched witth Thirst am I and Dying is another great introduction, which has some great Cold Lake re makes which give justice to some songs IMHO, as well as some Great heavy remixes overall, but this should Not overshadow the trilogy!

  • @rockonthestone4907
    @rockonthestone4907 3 года назад +2

    Beast of a band, hearing these guys early albums when they dropped must've been completely awe inspiring, definitely set a new standard in metal in terms of heaviness as well as artistic creativity.
    Monotheist is my favourite of theirs though, one of my favourite albums ever from one of my favourite bands ever

  • @MagicFan81
    @MagicFan81 3 года назад +6

    I persoanlly love Into the Pandemonium precisely b/c of how eclectic it is, and how Tom & co really challenged themselves songwriting-wise. Monotheist is such a bludgeoning-ly dark and heavy record, my god, such a great swan song for a legendary extreme metal band.

  • @infernicide666
    @infernicide666 3 года назад +1

    Here’s my list
    6. Monotheist (You guys said it best it’s a doom album and I’m not really into doom. It’s why I never really got into Triptykon).
    5. Vanity Nemesis
    4. Cold Lake (It’s not that bad folks sure it’s different but it’s good for what it is)
    3. Into the Pandaemonium
    2. To Mega Therion
    1. Morbid Tales

  • @leejones5026
    @leejones5026 3 года назад +2

    To Mega Therion is my favorite album of Celtic Frost, when I first heard it, it blew my mind!

  • @RueMorgueDweller
    @RueMorgueDweller 3 года назад +2

    I was wondering if we would ever get a Ranking the Studio Albums of Celtic Frost. Great video!
    When i was 14/15 i first heard Morbid Tales, and i had that album in my CD player for months, it was that awesome. It is still one of my favorite Black Metal albums ever.
    I guess I'm in the minority but I love Into the Pandemonium and I rank it high on my list. I'm guessing people do not hold it in such high regards because it is too Avant-garde sounding, and it being such a departure from To Mega Therion. I dig the album now than I did then, perhaps because I am into 80s goth rock as well. It is an album where you either love it or hate it.

  • @Bryan-ce6bo
    @Bryan-ce6bo 3 года назад +4

    I JUST got into Celtic Frost in a big way recently so that’s pretty crazy

  • @m.b.6129
    @m.b.6129 3 года назад +4

    Monotheist was the prelude to the coming Triptycon Albums....

  • @aaroarponen8610
    @aaroarponen8610 3 года назад +1

    6. Vanity/Nemesis
    5. Monotheist
    4. Cold Lake
    3. Into the Pandemonium
    2. Morbid Tales
    1. To Mega Therion
    I really like every single album they made, even Cold Lake. I guess that not being there at the time helps to take it as it is now.
    Morbid Tales is a fun record, a real headbanger. To Mega Therion on the other hand is as you said of Monotheist agonizingly heavy. A very well put together piece of art and unbeatable in my eyes.

  • @t702942
    @t702942 3 года назад +9

    Cold Lake is my favorite! It was my first Frost album, and I love it.

    • @keng.2468
      @keng.2468 3 года назад +1

      I love that album too. I know it's universally hated, but yet it has always stuck with me!

    • @seagullpoet
      @seagullpoet 3 года назад +1

      It’s not MY favorite. I know that.

  • @dennisbudgell8802
    @dennisbudgell8802 2 года назад

    Thanks for the video, Pete and Chris. So cool you had an opportunity to meet Reed and played a part in reconnecting him with Tom.
    1. To Mega Therion (Giger Artwork, Best tunes - Circle, Jewel, Usurper, Meggido, Necromantical Screams!). 2. Monotheist (So freaking heavy...Ground is punishing). 3. Morbid Tales - (Into the Crypts of Rays!!!! Procreation of the Wicked). 4. Into the Pandemonium 5. Vanity/Nemesis 6. Cold Lake - I like them all, even aspects of the album that shall not be named... 🤘🏻🇨🇦

  • @drewrose374
    @drewrose374 3 года назад +1

    Great show!!! I haven’t pulled out Celtic Frost in a looooong time, I only have the first three… a lot of history with them! I have to grab the last three and give ‘em a listen

  • @griefforest1870
    @griefforest1870 3 года назад +2

    I love them! (As well as Hellhammer and Tryptikon) Into the Pandemonium is one of my favourite albums from the 80s, and Monotheist is my favourite album from the 00s

  • @SardonicWrath
    @SardonicWrath 3 года назад +3

    Great ranking, guys. Have any of you heard the Norwegian band Order, featuring a couple of the original Mayhem members? They're basically the second coming of Celtic Frost for me. Their first ep, Folly Grandeur, is brilliant. Oh, and they cover Procreation (of the Wicked) on their debut album.

    • @chrisalo2989
      @chrisalo2989 3 года назад +1

      I don't know them, but it sounds like I should check them out. Thanks!

    • @DarkAnubis
      @DarkAnubis Год назад +2

      Thanks for the rec, will be checking them out 🤘🏻

  • @colef6855
    @colef6855 3 года назад +9

    love that Tom G Warrior and Reed St Mark story Pete, really cool

  • @TalesFromTheCrypt13
    @TalesFromTheCrypt13 Год назад +1

    6. Cold Lake (1988)
    5. Vanity/Nemesis (1990)
    4. Monotheist (2006)
    3. Into The Pandemonium (1987)
    2. To Mega Therion (1985)
    1. Morbid Tales (1984)

  • @lumpytimberman7286
    @lumpytimberman7286 2 года назад

    I've been a fan since 1984
    7. Cold Lake
    6. Vanity/Nemesis
    5.Parched with Thirst Am I and Dying
    4. Into the Pandemonium
    3. Morbid Tales
    2. To Mega Therion
    1. Monotheist

  • @wernermoritz882
    @wernermoritz882 3 года назад +3

    Killer Topic suggestion: Misfits albums ranked feat. Chris Alo! 👊🙂

    • @chrisalo2989
      @chrisalo2989 3 года назад +4

      I'm in!

    • @Gregbaltzer
      @Gregbaltzer 3 года назад

      I love Misfits but they only had 3 albums with Danzig, and that includes Static Age which never got released until 1996

  • @zer0ed779
    @zer0ed779 3 года назад +1

    The Tom G. Warrior impressions had me spitting out my food!!! And you know what, you're both right!

  • @darlatidwell6255
    @darlatidwell6255 3 года назад +3

    Celtic Frost, since way back in the past..( just like the Boston Keltics)lol. I didn't know that much about them back then, but SOT changed that. Good band. Thanks Pete, (and Chris.)

  • @erikberg5363
    @erikberg5363 3 года назад +1

    An amazingly diverse band which, in my opinion, has no bad albums. I really like all of them, including Cold Lake. I’m only 26 so I never got distracted by the band’s change of image back then. I’ve also never cared very much about lyrics, and for me the musical aspect of it is great. I can agree that the vocals are pretty weird but overall I really enjoy the album.
    Anyway, here’s my ranking:
    1. To Mega Therion
    2. Morbid Tales
    3. Monotheist
    4. Into the Pandemonium
    5. Vanity / Nemesis
    6. Cold Lake

    • @keng.2468
      @keng.2468 3 года назад +1

      I absolutely agree. They were always a diverse sounding band and there isn't really a bad release in the set.

  • @KevinOrtega1980
    @KevinOrtega1980 3 года назад +1

    Always loved this band even when they did Cold Lake, didn’t care that they made that album:
    1. To Mega Therion
    2. Into the Pandemonium
    3. Morbid Tales
    4. Monotheist
    5. Cold Lake
    6. Vanity/Nemesis
    I love all the Triptykon albums as well

  • @stevepoleri7604
    @stevepoleri7604 3 года назад +3

    I had the original 4 albums on vinyl. Cold Lake is the equivalent of their Billy Squire Rock Me Tonight moment.

  • @rjg2112
    @rjg2112 3 года назад +3

    Great CF review!

  • @lisaw1525
    @lisaw1525 Год назад

    Lisa's husband, Andy here. I have to disagree with some of what is said here. Back in the eighties Into the Pandemonium and Voivod's Dimension Hatross totally stand out as the best 'extreme' metal of its time. I agree when I first heard this album I said what the 'f'' is this? Genius, different and ahead of its time, that's what it was. I miss the eighties and these guys were considered as thrash metal then but with the two albums I have mentioned, you can't go wrong if you want to test the boundaries in every sense. All the best from the U.K. 👍

  • @lening9
    @lening9 3 года назад +3

    1) Morbid Tales/Emperor’s Return
    2) To Mega Therion
    3) Monotheist
    4) Into the Pandemonium
    5) Vanity/Nemesis
    6) Cold Lake

  • @dickwhiskey8041
    @dickwhiskey8041 3 года назад +1

    Great show guys. I agree with both of your sets of 3 and much of your analysis. Monotheist wins for me though. I think Monotheist is the best album of the 2000s and easily a top 5 all-time metal album. Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh, Obscured, Ain Elohim, Os Abysmi vel Daath, and the Triptych are all perfect songs to me. Ground and Progeny are great too. I agree with you guys on Into the Pandemomium, but it has 3 killer tracks- Babylon Fell, Inner Sanctum and Rex Irae.
    1. Monotheist
    2. To Mega Therion
    3. Morbid Tales/Emperor's Return
    4. Into The Pandemonium
    5. Vanity/Nemesis
    6. Cold Lake

  • @donaldellis8952
    @donaldellis8952 3 года назад +1

    6. Cold Lake
    5. Vanity Nemesis
    4. To Mega Theron
    3. Monotheist
    2. Morbid Tales
    1. Into The Pandemonium

  • @Superhiknapada
    @Superhiknapada 3 года назад +1

    6. Cold Lake
    5. Vanity/Nemesis
    4. Morbid Tales
    3. To Mega Therion
    2. Monotheist
    1. Into the Pandemonium

  • @keng.2468
    @keng.2468 3 года назад +4

    I've been listening to Frost since the mid 80's. Pandemonium will always be my favorite Frost album, but Cold Lake is still a total favorite of mine! I don't care if it is universally hated, the album has always stuck with me.

    • @Protometal66
      @Protometal66 3 года назад +3

      Yeah, it seems to me the biggest issue is their look? I don't know. The music should be what's important but that's just me.

  • @MrGeweldig
    @MrGeweldig 3 года назад +1

    I've been waiting for this awesome

  • @Rabant777
    @Rabant777 3 года назад +6

    Add me onto the list of Pandemonium lovers. A true avant garde masterpiece.

  • @ronnywilson2112
    @ronnywilson2112 3 года назад +1

    Celtic Frost, great band! one of my favorite Extreme Metal bands ever. I love all their albums and EP's even "Cold Lake" and "Vanity / Nemesis", these two I see them more Thrash Metal than their typical Extreme early Black Metal sound. Obviously the abrupt style change kill them quickly now people understand way better changes like that.

    • @piotrb8434
      @piotrb8434 2 года назад

      CF were never "black metal".

    • @ronnywilson2112
      @ronnywilson2112 2 года назад

      @@piotrb8434 Sorry, my mistake, how did I forget that they are a Flamenco band?!

  • @magnuswettermark8293
    @magnuswettermark8293 3 года назад +3

    Cold lake is underated as hell,exactly like angel rat by voivod. All albums by Celtic Frost is good in my humble opinion👍🤘

    • @seagullpoet
      @seagullpoet 3 года назад +1

      I just listened to Cold Lake. It’s bad.

    • @magnuswettermark8293
      @magnuswettermark8293 3 года назад

      Haha..ok..the taste is like the ass. Split..

    • @patrickmohan2220
      @patrickmohan2220 2 года назад

      @@magnuswettermark8293 You should see a doctor about that.

  • @purpletemple1
    @purpletemple1 3 года назад +2

    Anyone knows what Reed St Mark 's up too lately? I've always loved his drumming, both in CF and Mind Funk. Any oher release with him on the drums (apart from the Francis X and the Bushmen Ep)? Pete, if you see him again, tell him he's one THE BEST drummers out there, one of the few thrash drummers with so much groove, and we miss him. Love that guy!

    • @chrisalo2989
      @chrisalo2989 3 года назад +1

      Pete and I talked with Reed St Mark for the Rock Fantasy Files about a month ago. ruclips.net/video/577bcMGfgVY/видео.html

    • @scottwalker5275
      @scottwalker5275 3 года назад +2

      I’ll be honest I have never heard anything from Celtic Frost but I love Mind Funk. Agree with you on Reeds drumming. So I’m gonna have to check out Celtic Frost at least to hear the drumming on that.

  • @sabinoabdala5685
    @sabinoabdala5685 3 года назад +1

    1- To MegA Therion
    2- IntO The Pandemonium
    3- Morbid Tales
    4- MonoTheist
    5- Vanity/Nemesis
    6- Cold LaKe

  • @davidhajek1506
    @davidhajek1506 3 года назад +1

    Great program. Can you rank Swallow the Sun albums ?

  • @gwts1171
    @gwts1171 3 года назад

    I like all of these records. I would have no problem listening to any of them.
    6) Into The Pandemonium (A bit too weird for my tastes - but still pretty good)
    5) Cold Lake (I don't dislike this like some others do, obviously. There are some good tracks, for sure)
    4) Vanity/Nemesis (I've changed these last three a bunch of times...)
    3) Monotheist (Amazing return - wish they'd kept going - I can't get into Triptykon for some reason)
    2) Morbid Tales (The first I owned, so there's some nostalgia here as well)
    1) To Mega Therion (Flawless album - right down to the artwork)
    Thanks Pete & Chris! It's surprising that it took this long for you to do this catalog.
    Are you at all into Anacrusis? I'd love a ranking show on them!

  • @oskarklang8616
    @oskarklang8616 3 года назад

    Wow I’ve been waiting for this.Thank you

  • @FlashBastard1964
    @FlashBastard1964 3 года назад +6

    Like I've always said, if "Cherry Orchards" was on "Into The Pandemonium" people would have raved about it.

  • @neugey
    @neugey 3 года назад +1

    6) Cold Lake (really like They Were Eagles though!)
    5) Pandemonium
    4) Vanity/Nemesis
    3) Mega Therion
    2) Monotheist
    1) Morbid Tales

  • @DamageCase91
    @DamageCase91 3 года назад +1

    Oh man this is gonna suck!
    1. Morbid Tales/Emperor’s Return
    2. To Mega Therion
    3. Monotheist
    4. Vanity/Nemesis
    5. Cold Lake
    6. Into the Pandemonium
    * now I love the operatic and orchestral pieces . . As a classical fan, Prog fan, etc. those are pretty damn good on Pandemonium. . But the album kinda drags for me. So, Cold Lake . . Yeah it’s the nadir, and would be great with a different moniker (i.e. Load/ReLoad) and I grant that idea, but it’s a bit more straightforward and even. I like the fact that Tom went for that FM hit sound, and he pulls it off! Gotta give him his dues . . He and Quorthon are the damn David Bowie(s) of Black Metal!

  • @careytamburrino746
    @careytamburrino746 3 года назад

    Loved this! I would love to have a few beers with you guys while listening to some of this!!! Morbid Tales for me though 👍🍺

  • @chud67
    @chud67 Год назад

    What a great band, no one else quite like Celtic Frost. I saw them once back in the day with Voivod opening and a great local band called Watchtower at Liberty Lunch in Austin and was blown away. I agree with your choices for number one and number two. To Mega Therion and Morbid Tales are the ones I have in my CD collection. I checked out and stopped listening to the band when I saw the picture on the Cold Lake album, but I just ordered Monotheist based on what y'all said about it.
    I wish you had continued the conversation and talked about Hellhammer and Triptykon, did you ever make a video about those? I am not too familiar with Tom G Warrior's other projects.

  • @josephzummo9685
    @josephzummo9685 2 года назад

    Saw Celtic frost, Voi Vod, and whiplash @ L'amour's in Brooklyn 1986. I don't remember much. My ears always hurt when I left that place. Voi Vod came on after whiplash with gas masks on. Frost was never my favorite but definitely the best band that night. If that sez anything!

  • @Trifyllonews
    @Trifyllonews 3 года назад +6

    You haven't covered 2 of my favourite bands yet Pete, Stryper and W.A.S.P. You HAVE TO hear those new Stryper records you are really missing out, they are exceptional. And that comes from an agnostic 23 year old from Greece, so i am not biased at all.

    • @ploooop84
      @ploooop84 3 года назад +1

      Pete said he is not a fan of W.A.S.P. I don’t know about stryper

    • @liquidvizionsmadferit
      @liquidvizionsmadferit 3 года назад +1

      Sadly he isn't into either. W.A.S.P. are beyond greatness.

    • @MikeTyson_II
      @MikeTyson_II 3 года назад

      Wasn't into Stryper in the 1980s. W.A.SP. had a couple hits.
      The last couple of Stryper's album are phenomenal. Oh yea Jesus is God Almighty.

    • @liquidvizionsmadferit
      @liquidvizionsmadferit 3 года назад

      @@MikeTyson_II W.A.S.P. were not about the hits. Their deep tracks were for the most always better.

    • @MikeTyson_II
      @MikeTyson_II 3 года назад +1

      @@liquidvizionsmadferit yea I thought about it for awhile 🤔 W.A.SP in general were a pretty alright band. Blackie stays Lawless.🤘🏼

  • @benedictdonald4338
    @benedictdonald4338 3 года назад +8

    A fan since early ‘85…".prior to “To Mega Therion”. This said, none of their releases comes close to the 2006 magnum opus, “Monotheist”.

  • @DokkenSabbath
    @DokkenSabbath 3 года назад

    Big fan! My very loose ranking:
    1. Morbid Tales
    2. Cold Lake
    3. Vanity / Nemesis
    4. Into the Pandemonium
    5. To Mega Therion
    6. Monotheist

  • @liquidvizionsmadferit
    @liquidvizionsmadferit 3 года назад +3

    Cold Lake didn't kill them. They were never that popular to begin with. They were a underground cult fav but they never sold much. So that album may have disappointed the older fans but they really didn't have much to lose. Tom only looks bad on it because it didn't work. But at the time he said we wasn't selling albums so we said fuck it and did Cold Lake. We had bills to pay and were desperate. Gotta respect the honesty.
    Sadly the comeback album sold worst than all of them. Just wasn't meant to happen for this band.

  • @LENGTHEATER
    @LENGTHEATER 5 месяцев назад

    Heyheyhey!!!!!! Uuhh!!!! Martin Ain!

  • @paradoxofepicurus
    @paradoxofepicurus Месяц назад

    1. Morbid Tales / Emperor's Return
    2. Monotheist
    3. To Mega Therion
    4. Vanity/Nemesis
    5. Into the pandemonium
    6. Cold lake

  • @shovedhead
    @shovedhead 3 года назад +4

    Cold Lake is a great take on Hair Metal. I love that album.

    • @seagullpoet
      @seagullpoet 3 года назад +1

      Celtic “ hair metal “ Frost

    • @shovedhead
      @shovedhead 3 года назад +1

      @@seagullpoet why not? I just see them as one of the most adventurous bands from that era.

  • @chrisharper6088
    @chrisharper6088 Год назад

    Brought Into The Pandemonium the day it was released, a long time ago and enjoy all their albums even Cold Lake, how things change as notice that one of the high brow newspapers here in the UK, The Guardian has an in depth feature on Celtic Frost on their website.

  • @TimmyTantrum
    @TimmyTantrum 3 года назад +2

    Cold Lake wasn't nearly as bad as people think. Just close your eyes, it sounds like a thrash band's last cocaine freakout album before their post-rehab over-produced commercial comeback. They "sold out" way before any other thrash/black metal band, proving that Celtic Frost were ahead of their time in practically every way.

    • @overtheedge4711
      @overtheedge4711 3 года назад +1

      I think Cold Lake is great! If it's a hair metal album, it's the most warped and damaged hair metal album ever made (in a good way, of course) !

  • @wastelander1015
    @wastelander1015 3 года назад +1

    1. To mega therion
    2. Monotheist
    3. Morbid tales
    4. Into the pandemonium
    5. Vanity/nemesis
    6. Cold lake

  • @SuperChangcho
    @SuperChangcho 3 года назад +1

    I really like Into the Pandemonium

  • @timtaylor2202
    @timtaylor2202 3 года назад +1

    Mentioning the mistake of Cold Lak,you could also mention the mistake of becoming Celtic Frost because hellhammer was very popular and that last song they did,Blood Insanity, with the Heavy! bass intro and the Quorthon-esque sounding vocals was darn good

  • @frankmesiti4824
    @frankmesiti4824 Год назад +1

    Reed St Mark rocks!!

  • @oskarklang8616
    @oskarklang8616 3 года назад +3

    I agree about Cold Lake Mr Alo.It’s my least favourite of CF’s albums.It is still better than a lotta bands whole discographies

  • @EQPTV
    @EQPTV 3 года назад +2

    Monotheist is the pinnacle to me - the culmination of their efforts, the point at which Frost's means caught up with their ambition.
    Monotheist
    To Mega Therion
    Into the Pandemonium
    Morbid Tales
    Vanity/Nemesis
    Cold Lake

    • @dickwhiskey8041
      @dickwhiskey8041 3 года назад

      👍🥃 Totally agree. They put it all together on Monotheist!

  • @alanthorne3921
    @alanthorne3921 3 года назад +1

    Discovered Celtic Frost when I was offered a a box of Noise Records cheap back in the 80s.Coroner,Kreator,Helloween and Celtic Frost.To Mega Therion,Into the Pandermodium were ground breaking albums.Disowned them after Cold Lake.Almost didn’t buy the album because of that back photo.Oliver Amberg ‘s guitar work on it is atrocious.My fave is probably ITP

  • @timolson2047
    @timolson2047 3 года назад +1

    Pete, are you going to rank Zebra's catalog? Or not a fan?

  • @markc.2824
    @markc.2824 3 года назад +1

    They had such an Influence on so many bands from back in the day......

  • @36ELRIC
    @36ELRIC 3 года назад

    I love the story about Reed & Tom great stuff. My top 6 is very similar

  • @JohnWilson-vu1no
    @JohnWilson-vu1no 3 года назад

    i have celtic frosts first album and it's crushing i love it a lot

  • @SuperChangcho
    @SuperChangcho 3 года назад

    Cool story about Reed & Tom! I've got to get Monotheist

  • @billschwenke790
    @billschwenke790 Год назад

    The video Metal VHS interview magazines of the day had Thomas Gabriel Fischer saying Celtic as it sounds or seems phonically but he changed to 'keltic' in recent years, so yeah, right either way technically, there's no wrong way to say it and I prefer the C sound of it

  • @godetonter4764
    @godetonter4764 3 года назад +2

    Morbid Tales was Heavy, but To Megatherion even won the critics over . I always have considered them a Death Metal band . Lyrically and musically they're closer to Obituary and Morbid Angel than Marduk . They had songs about Absu, Tiamat and Azagthoth which became prevalent in Death Metal. Tom didn't have a raspy Donald Duck Vocal, nor did they sing much about Christian Satanism, or play a lot of fast tremolo picking type of riffs. Other than some bad production quality there was little to relate their music to second wave Norwegian Black Metal. Even the production standards when measured by Black Metal standards, Celtic Frost albums were state of the art .

    • @neuroisis85
      @neuroisis85 3 года назад +2

      Agree with this, although I wouldn't say there a death metal exactly. They sound like a primordial stew of extreme metal. I hear elements of death, doom, black, thrash and sludge but I wouldn't call them any of those. Such a unique and great band.

    • @bluewinter6660
      @bluewinter6660 2 года назад +1

      Hellhammer made the Black metal Sound on Satanic Rites.

    • @godetonter4764
      @godetonter4764 2 года назад

      @@bluewinter6660 I have the Satanic Rites demo. To me it sounds like Traditional NWOBHM early Saxon type Metal performed with a very limited amount of musical skills, and recorded on a cheap cassette player boombox ghetto blaster portable stereo with dirty heads. Sometimes music is labeled Punk, or Black Metal just because the sound quality is horrible. This was amateur Traditional Metal played by guys with primitive musical skills and recorded poorly. The only reason it was associated with Black Metal is by accident, they were struggling to sound like Angel Witch and wound up sounding like a very poor amateur type of Garage Punk Rock band. If you only like Black Metal performances by novice level musicians that are recorded extremely bad, I guess that this is as Kvlt as Fvck . Personally I only own the Satanic Rites demo for the novelty of liking Morbid Tales and To Megatherion when they sounded like a Real band. I find all of Hellhammer difficult to listen to, other than the pure unique style of the Apocalyptic Raids rendition of the song Triumph of Death I find that they were an awful band. Celtic Frost is Heavier, more atmospheric, produced better, and just more interesting than the Hellhammer project. As far as badly produced Necro Black Metal performed with out of tune guitars I prefer Dark Evil bands that don't sound like absolute cheap garbage. Bands like Demonic Christ, and Acheron are just as Evil without sounding like low fi trash. Albums are expensive, I don't know any good reason to spend $20 on something that probably cost $1 to record. If I just want to waste money and listen to noise, I will just sit down by a construction site and make a bonfire out of $100 bills. That makes about as much sense as buying a bunch of tinny sounding low fi Necro Black Metal Albums. At least I can actually hear the sounds of the jackhammers are making. Probably clearer than the drums on a lot of Black Metal Albums

  • @bboydobriy
    @bboydobriy Год назад

    I like the vocals on Into the Pandemonium because I like Christian Death

  • @georgegsroomofrock9868
    @georgegsroomofrock9868 3 года назад +1

    Monotheist is a great album! And I'm in the minority in liking Cold Lake, though it shouldn't have been called Celtic Frost

  • @bluewinter6660
    @bluewinter6660 2 года назад

    Love hellhammer and Celtic Frost

  • @kenfrederick6223
    @kenfrederick6223 3 года назад +2

    There is a big Christian Death influence on "Into The Pandemonium". I actually had a letter published in Metal Forces magazine defending their poor review of the album.

    • @kenfrederick6223
      @kenfrederick6223 3 года назад

      Meaning I defended the album from their unfair review.

    • @GMHG777
      @GMHG777 3 года назад

      I agree definite CD vibes on ITP. Good call !

  • @electric-toadstool
    @electric-toadstool 3 года назад +3

    Should you ever decide to do a "Albums that Killed A Band " or "Albums A Band Couldn't Recover From" Cold Fake. .I mean Lake .. would definitely be there. They were destined for greater things and suddenly they decide to be Motley Frost? Wtf?

    • @EZ-vm1up
      @EZ-vm1up 3 года назад +1

      It's a whole different beast. Honestly more of a Traditional Metal record. Kinda sounds like a mashup of early Crue and late 80s Priest. I dig it a lot and it's probably my favorite record in their discography.

  • @Intermentor
    @Intermentor 7 месяцев назад +1

    Their last album is pretty cool, but I think I like Triptykon more

  • @thywarhag1131
    @thywarhag1131 2 года назад

    That " Cold Lake " rumor still present to this day is really strange . It never existed........😂😂😂
    Cheers ya morbids 🍺

  • @Harpie606
    @Harpie606 3 года назад

    Are you going to rank the albums of Opeth?

  • @seagullpoet
    @seagullpoet 3 года назад

    Cold Lake breakdown - funny as Spinal Tap !

  • @briandunlap8534
    @briandunlap8534 3 года назад

    1.Morbid Tales
    2.To Mega Therion
    3.Into the Pandemonium
    4.Monotheist
    5.Vanity Nemesis
    6.Cold Lake

  • @TheRetrocade
    @TheRetrocade Год назад

    I rewatched this video after recently getting the Danse Macabre box set. After revisiting the catalog, I think Into the Pandemonium is a hot mess and I would put it at the very bottom of the list. Cold Lake is actually a good album. I would put To Mega Therion at the top, Morbid Tales second, Monotheist third, Vanity/Nemesis fourth, Cold Lake fifth and Into the Pandemonium last.

  • @setgreen7877
    @setgreen7877 3 года назад +1

    If you want to see Reed St Mark jam n dethroned emperor. I have a 2018 video on my page of him during a cover of it. Check it out fans. 🤘🤘🤘💀

  • @JohnWilson-vu1no
    @JohnWilson-vu1no 3 года назад

    celtic frost were one of the developers for black metal death metal thrash metal

  • @theartofhavoc5467
    @theartofhavoc5467 3 года назад

    Gotta give some kudos for Pandemonium - I hated stuff like "One In Their Pride" or "Tristesses De La Lune" at first back then, but as I was too lazy to skip 'em, they grew on me. In hindsight, those tracks may even helped to pave ky way into Electronic/Hip-Hop, who knows. Anyway, for me, it's always been Sssseltic, not Keltic.

  • @EZ-vm1up
    @EZ-vm1up 3 года назад +2

    This is probably gonna get a lot of hate, but Cold Lake is my favorite. It's so unique and nothing else really sounds like it. It's like Atmospheric Moody Melodic Glam Metal, lol.

    • @keng.2468
      @keng.2468 3 года назад +1

      I love Cold Lake too. You just have to live with the haters.

  • @purpletemple1
    @purpletemple1 3 года назад +1

    Don't forget Thomas (know as Thomas Gabriel Fischer then) also did Apollyon Sun between CF and Triptykon in 2000.

    • @chrisalo2989
      @chrisalo2989 3 года назад

      Yes! I'm pretty sure I have the EP, but I totally forgot about that. Good point!!

    • @purpletemple1
      @purpletemple1 3 года назад

      @@chrisalo2989 There's an Ep but a full album too (Sub). Cool stuff, a bit more electro, but still pretty dark (and it also featured Stephen Priestly from CF). Great show!

    • @chrisalo2989
      @chrisalo2989 3 года назад

      @@purpletemple1 Hmmm, I will have to check to see what I have. I honestly can't remember. Thank you!! :)

  • @jensbaumann6945
    @jensbaumann6945 3 года назад

    Guess you nailed it... almost 😉
    01 morbid Tales
    02 to mega Therion
    03 into the pandemonium
    04 monotheist
    05 vanity/nemesis
    06 [ignore mode]
    Guess i would put hellhammer on 3 if included
    Tryptikon never did it for me.