Tragic Serenades

EP by Celtic Frost

Released

1986

Recorded

13–15 March 1986

Studio

Musiclab Studio in Berlin (new recordings)

Genre

Black metal, death metal^[1]

Length

11:40

Label

Noise

Producer

Thomas G. Warrior, Martin Eric Ain, Karl Walterbach

Celtic Frost chronology

To Mega Therion
(1985)

Tragic Serenades
(1986)

Into the Pandemonium
(1987)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10^[3]
Kerrang!	^[4]

Tragic Serenades is an EP by the Swiss extreme metal band Celtic Frost. It was released in 1986, and was an influence on the developing death metal and black metal genres. According to frontman Thomas Gabriel Fischer, the purpose of this EP was to include Martin Eric Ain's bass lines and improve on Horst Müller's original production of tracks from To Mega Therion.^[5]

Overview

The re-recorded version of "Return to the Eve" (the original version of which was featured on the Morbid Tales album) features Reed's habit of loudly goofing off during songs, with Reed loosely sharing lead vocals.^[6] Celtic Frost included this "party-like studio jam" of the song on Tragic Serenades as their "first public display of light-heartedness".^[7]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Usurper"	3:26
2.	"Jewel Throne"	4:03

Side two
No.	Title	Length
3.	"Return to the Eve" (Party Mix)	4:10

Personnel

Celtic Frost

Thomas G. Warrior - vocals, guitar, effects, producer
Martin Ain - bass, effects, producer
Reed St. Mark - drums, percussion, effects

Production

Horst Müller - engineer (original recordings)
Harris Johns - engineer (new recordings)
Karl "Jeder Will 1500" Walterbach - executive producer

Notes

↑ Metal Storm: Celtic Frost timeline
↑ "Celtic Frost - Tragic Serenades review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
↑ 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 978-1894959315.
↑ Russel, Xavier (7 August 1986). "Celtic frost 'Tragic Serenades'". Kerrang!. No. 126. London, UK: United Magazines ltd. p. 18.
↑ Fischer 1999, page 6.
↑ Fischer 2000, page 116.
↑ Fischer 2000, page 138.

References

Thomas Gabriel, Fischer (1999). To Mega Therion (CD Booklet). Celtic Frost. Berlin, Germany: Noise Records. N 0326-2.
Fischer, Thomas Gabriel (2000). Are You Morbid?: Into the Pandemonium of Celtic Frost. London, UK: Sanctuary. ISBN 978-1860743108. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

Celtic Frost
Thomas Gabriel Fischer Martin Eric Ain Franco Sesa Curt Victor Bryant Oliver Amberg Ron Marks Anders Odden Dominic Steiner Reed St. Mark Stephen Priestly Erol Unala
Albums	Morbid Tales To Mega Therion Into the Pandemonium Cold Lake Vanity/Nemesis Monotheist
EPs	Emperor's Return Tragic Serenades I Won't Dance
Compilations	Parched with Thirst Am I and Dying
Related	Apollyon Sun Coroner Hellhammer Triptykon In Memory of Celtic Frost

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