Morbid Tales/Emperor's Return

Morbid Tales/Emperor's Return

Track Listings

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:

Human (Intro)
Into The Crypts Of Rays
Visions Of Mortality
Dethroned Emperor
Morbid Tales
Procreation (Of The Wicked)
Return To The Eve
Danse Macabre
Nocturnal Fear
Circle Of The Tyrants
Visual Aggression
Suicidal Winds

Customer Reviews:

influential.......2007-06-21

A great album that influenced many bands. I can think of a few bands that covered songs from this album... Opeth, Mayhem, Marduk... like any of those bands or hate them, I just thought it would be cool to point out how influential this album really is.

This is where it all started..........2006-11-27

Everyone from Napalm Death to Darkthrone to Goatwhore nabbed riffs from this masterpiece, and as a result we're all better off. Despite Tom G's bizzare (if charming and aggressive) vocals, this album remains as timeless and punishing as the day it was first pressed to vinyl as a 6-song MLP. The more time I spend talking about this album, the less time is spent listening to it, so I'm going to end this now and turn on Morbid Tales!

Must Have!.......2006-09-14

Do you ou really need a review of this?
Shame on anyone who doesn't have this already!

Top Ten deserted on an island metal album.......2006-08-25

I remember this vinyl vividly popping, rumbling, loud through the speakers to 'Human (Intro)' to 'Into the Crypts of Rays'.
Holy crap....
My friend and I bought every metal album we thought looked good back in '84.
The big 4? Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax...
This was #5 for me.
Celtic Frost.
Most songs to love, some to hate.
As it is with any Frost record.
The noise 'songs' like Danse Macabre suck, push skip.
Dethroned Emperor, beautiful.
Just like the rest of this album.
It's raw, real, classic and just damn good.
5 stars because it's a personal Top 10 Album.
If you like metal...
Buy it, worship it.

Extremely influential extreme metal classic.......2006-06-29

In 1984 while much of the world was headbanging to the likes of Ride the Lightning, Powerslave, and even stuff like Quiet Riot there were a smaller group of people getting into the much more evil Celtic Frost. This along with the CF precursor band Hellhammer, Mercyful Fate, and Bathory were laying down the foundation for black metal and the other extreme metal styles that were still coming into being. In 1984 all three of these bands made influential and groundbreaking releases. What really sets this one in particular apart was CF's ultimate guitar tone from Hell, their doomy/sludgy/thrashy riffs were unlike any other. Tom G Warrior's (isn't such a cool stage name?) voice was also quite unique, his deeper more guttural voice coupled with his heavy accent adds an evil touch to the songs that no one else really had at the time. Quorthon and King Diamond had much higher pitched vocals yet still unrelentingly evil as well.

As for the actual songs, they're filled with occult themes and those proto-doom/thrash/black metal riffs. If speed's what you're looking for check out the opener "Into the Crypts of Rays", the title track, and Nocturnal Fear leave you headbanging into rigor mortis. If you're looking for doom and gloom we have that too! Listen to Visions of Mortality and Procreation of the Wicked. There's even more midpaced songs like Return of the Eve and Dethroned Emperor to satisfy all your cravings. WAIT A SEC! This album also contains perhaps the creepiest soundscape ever in Danse Macabre, I'm not even going to bother describing it you just have to hear it to believe it, words couldn't do justice. Yes it's true these three guys might not be the most talented "technically proficient" (that phrase is overused) guys in the biz but they still managed to churn out a f*cking classic. This is just another reason technicality is sometimes overrated if you ask me. I know this is a big hit with the older group of metal fans and with damn good reason too, and with people like me spreading the good word it should be liked and appreciated by my generation as well.

If you like this and are interested in more of the roots of extreme metal pick up basically all the stuff that's listed in the "customers who bought this cd also bought..." section up above. I leave you asking this very important question-

ARE YOU MORBID???

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Morbid Tales/Emperor's Return
Celtic Frost
Manufacturer: Noise Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000008E3Y
Release Date: 1990-10-08

Tracks:

Human (Intro)
Into the Crypts of Rays
Visions of Mortality
Dethroned Emperor
Morbid Tales
Procreation (Of the Wicked)
Return to the Eve
Danse Macabre
Nocturnal Fear
Circle of the Tyrants
Visual Aggression
Suicidal Winds

COLLECTOR'S SPECIAL "Limited Edition Package" Fallout from the War [ENHANCED] "PLUS" Officially licensed SKULL T-Shirt (see product description)

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COLLECTOR'S SPECIAL "Limited Edition Package" Fallout from the War [ENHANCED] "PLUS" Officially licensed SKULL T-Shirt (see product description)
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Binding: Audio CD

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