Adam Schnellenbach's video: Vital Vinyl Vlog: Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales

Vital Vinyl Vlog: Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales - https://youtu.be/4b5krjUSahk - SUPPORT THE CHANNEL//ENTER THE MONTHLY CONTEST/UPDATED DAILY: - http://www.patreon.com/vitalvinylvlog - - https://youtu.be/_i3Q5P6YpFc?si=-z6Z9weEx4DwYdFp - - https://youtu.be/KkWogF3ZpKA?si=0dKqm-AW52ZUPoWW - VIEWER SUBMISSION FROM, AARON AKA , "KRANG"!!! INFERNAL GRATITUDE AND HEAVY HAILS FOR SUPPORTING THE CHANNEL!!! "CELTIC FROST -MORBID TALES" ON RED 2xLP VINYL!! A STONE COLD CLASSICK FROM 1984, THIS REISSUE IS TOP NOTCH AND ABSOLUTELY 100% ESSENTIAL FOR REASONS IF YOU ARE READING THIS YOU ALREADY KNOW, SO HAILS TO, "CELTIC FROST" AND R.I.P MARTIN ERIC AIN... "In order to be outstanding amidst one's peers, they need not explicitly seek to be the most polarizing or unique of the bunch. Rather, having a distinct and clear vision, whether derivative of other bodies of work or not, and being able to execute it to its fully realized potential, is the deciding factor in what makes a work of art truly "good", in my opinion - uniqueness can often be a byproduct of this creative honesty. That's the best segue into a monolith of an early extreme metal classic like Celtic Frost's seminal debut EP/album I can think of, because, bar none, I take this to be the greatest piece of proto-black/death metal of the entire first wave movement, wielding a punishing atmosphere, an intriguing sense of esotericism, and sick fucking extreme metal riffs all as colors on a palette of unparalleled classiness. It's that classiness that makes this album feel entirely timeless and not even remotely dated to this day - and this is coming from someone who regards Hell Awaits, Seven Churches, and Pleasure to Kill as untouchable essentials of early extreme metal as well. Something about early Celtic Frost, though, feels darker and more solemn than the works of their boundary-pushing contemporaries, while retaining the overall crudeness, and it's not just because of abstract works of art like "Danse Macabre" and "Tears in a Prophet's Dream." The latter point is evident from the very beginning of "Into the Crypts of Rays" wherein the band's riff structures and progressions present themselves as ever so slightly more involved and metallic than they were on the Satanic Rites demo released under the band's previous moniker, Hellhammer. This makes for a song that may superficially appear to be, but most certainly is anything but, a standard 80's extreme metal rager. The repetition of the chunky, bludgeoning riffs (which has influenced Obituary-type death metal bands to a larger extent than most second wave black metal bands excluding Darkthrone) met with Tom Warrior's proto-death growls makes for the most intense music yet conceived in 1984, and compositionally and tonally, still some of the most intense you can listen to. "Visions of Mortality" and the now standard song which wasn't on the original EP "Dethroned Emperor" are the perfect balance of crude thrash, doomy oppression, and mid-paced brooding. I cannot stress enough how well these songs embody driving, mid-paced, menacing aggression, counterbalancing the chug-heavy fare which serves as the marrow of the substantial caveman riffs with power chord crunches that do not offer any melody but do offer intriguing progressions which lend memorability and sullen catchiness to the music. Basically, this is the template for crude, dark extreme metal riffs, neither fast nor slow, and it's the reason why bands like Obituary, Bolt Thrower, Morta Skuld, Asphyx, or Benediction are so successful at delivering mid-paced devastation." "Morbid Tales is the debut record by the Swiss extreme metal band, Celtic Frost, released in November 1984. It was originally released in Europe on Noise Records as a mini-LP with six tracks, while the American release by Enigma/Metal Blade added two tracks, bringing it to the length of a regular studio LP. The band retrospectively refers to the LP release as the band's debut studio album". BACKGROUND MUSIC: HELLHAMMER -APOCALYPTIC RAIDS - https://youtu.be/_i3Q5P6YpFc?si=-z6Z9weEx4DwYdFp - CELTIC FROST -MORBID TALES .- https://youtu.be/KkWogF3ZpKA?si=0dKqm-AW52ZUPoWW - - https://youtu.be/4b5krjUSahk -