Emperor's Return

Emperor's Return
Emperor's Return
EP by Celtic Frost
Released	August 1985
Recorded	October 1984 at Caet Studio in Berlin, Germany (tracks 2 and 3); April 1985 at Line in Recording Studio in Zürich, Switzerland (tracks 1, 4, 5)
Genres	Thrash metal; black metal;
Length	21:21
Labels	Noise (Europe); Enigma/Metal Blade (USA)
Producers	Horst Müller, Rick Lights, Tom Warrior, Martin Ain, Karl Walterbach
Celtic Frost chronology

Emperor's Return is the second release by the Swiss extreme metal band Celtic Frost. It was released in 1985 as an extended play and was their first record featuring American drummer Reid Cruickshank (a.k.a. "Reed St. Mark").^[3] The band's bleak publicity photographs from this period had an influence on the fashion and style of the developing black metal genre.^[2] The tracks of Emperor's Return were remastered and re-released in the 1999 edition of Morbid Tales and yet again remastered and included in the 2017 edition of To Mega Therion.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10^[5]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Circle of the Tyrants"	4:29
2.	"Morbid Tales"	3:29

Side two
No.	Title	Length
3.	"Dethroned Emperor"	4:37
4.	"Visual Aggression"	4:11
5.	"Suicidal Winds"	4:36
Total length:		21:21

Personnel

Celtic Frost

Tom G. Warrior – guitars, vocals, effects
Martin Ain – bass, co-producer
Reed St. Mark – drums (except "Morbid Tales" and "Dethroned Emperor")

Additional musicians

Stephen Priestly – drums on "Morbid Tales" and "Dethroned Emperor"

Production

Andrew Loyd – producer
Horst Müller – engineer
Karl Walterbach – technician
Phil Lawvere – cover art

References

↑ "Gatefold of Best of Metal Blade, Vol. 1" (JPG). Metal Blade Records. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
1 2 Strachan, Guy (February 2005). "Part Two: In the Name of the Lore". Terrorizer. No. 128. p. 42.
↑ Fischer, Thomas Gabriel (2000). Are You Morbid?: Into the Pandemonium of Celtic Frost. London, UK: Sanctuary. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-86074-310-8.
↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Celtic Frost – Emperor's Return review". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
↑ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.

[1] "Gatefold of Best of Metal Blade, Vol. 1" (JPG). Metal Blade Records. Retrieved 19 May 2013.

[Strachan2005-2] 1 2 Strachan, Guy (February 2005). "Part Two: In the Name of the Lore". Terrorizer. No. 128. p. 42.

[3] Fischer, Thomas Gabriel (2000). Are You Morbid?: Into the Pandemonium of Celtic Frost. London, UK: Sanctuary. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-86074-310-8.

[4] Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Celtic Frost – Emperor's Return review". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

[martin-5] Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.

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v t e Celtic Frost
Thomas Gabriel Fischer Martin Eric Ain Franco Sesa Curt Victor Bryant Oliver Amberg Dominic Steiner Reed St. Mark Stephen Priestly
Studio albums	Morbid Tales (LP) To Mega Therion Into the Pandemonium Cold Lake Vanity/Nemesis Monotheist
Compilation albums	Parched with Thirst Am I and Dying
Extended plays	Morbid Tales Emperor's Return Tragic Serenades
Related	Apollyon Sun Coroner Hellhammer Triptykon In Memory of Celtic Frost

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Emperor's Return

Track listing

Personnel

References