{"id":4446,"date":"1986-05-11T00:00:41","date_gmt":"1986-05-11T00:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=4446"},"modified":"2012-02-23T20:20:40","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T20:20:40","slug":"live-review-celtic-frost-11-05-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/live-review-celtic-frost-11-05-86\/","title":{"rendered":"CELTIC FROST – Hammersmith Palais, London, England (May 11th, 1986) | Live Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

CELTIC FROST<\/span>
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\nHammersmith Palais, London, England<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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\nMay 11th, 1986<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tom G. Warrior and Martin Ain (Celtic Frost)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Pic: Tim Keenan<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

If I had asked you lot what Switzerland had given to the world before tonight, what would you have said? Cheese and chocolate I suppose. But many of you know another secret. Switzerland produced something far less friendly and far more harmful \u2013 Celtic Frost! Mot\u00f6rhead proved that three guys can be loud, gross and mean all at once and now Frost are out to prove that Switzerland too has the potential to be as mean and as gross, and what\u2019s more, I love it \u2013 so there!<\/p>\n

11.45pm is late, I agree, but I wasn\u2019t going home. Unfortunately, few of London\u2019s faithful seem to agree and it was a much reduced crowd that faced Tom G. Warrior as the first chords of \u2018Into The Crypts Of Rays\u2019 assaulted the PA leads. The faithful few went berserk and the atmosphere took over so that I momentarily forgot I was in London \u2013 true escapism man!<\/p>\n

I had expected bass noise and bad E chords, but what emerged was quite a surprise. True, I didn\u2019t hear one word of the vocals all night, but who\u2019s interested in those when your neck\u2019s on automatic pilot. The sound was alarmingly clear, even during Tom G. Warrior\u2019s solos, and Martin Ain\u2019s bass playing was impressive, particularly as he never stopped moving, stretching his neck muscles to incredible lengths. Also, very active was Reed St. Mark who attacked his kit with an array of rolling pins and beat the hell out of several good drum skins, and half the stage, showing that his skill in backing Warrior\u2019s riffs is second to none; although the solo seemed pointless?<\/p>\n

The crowd didn\u2019t seem to care what each track was and were swept along in a sea of thundering riffs, including \u2018Procreation (Of The Wicked)\u2019 and \u2018Jewel Throne\u2019, which accelerated and decelerated like a perfectly tuned racing machine on its way to certain victory.<\/p>\n

In no time Celtic Frost reached \u2018Return To The Eve\u2019 and \u2018Morbid Tales\u2019, and then departed. I don\u2019t believe this gig should be judged on the fact that the vocals were nowhere to be heard, or that the image is too plain, or that Frost seem to be over doing a successful pattern; it\u2019s true that a lot of the tracks don\u2019t register their titles immediately, but I believe it should be judged on the riffs and the atmosphere generated in the gig. That\u2019s why I like Celtic Frost. So come on, freeze together and join the legions of the Frost!<\/p>\n

Mike Exley<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review taken from Metal Forces, Issue 18 (1986)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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