Thrashcast Episode 60: Celtic Frost's "Into The Pandemonium" album
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Show Notes:
Episode Sixty: Celebrates the brilliance, but yet highly divisive third album from extreme metal band Celtic Frost. Released June 1st 1987 on Noise Records, Into The Pandemonium, the album went off in a different direction to include more progressive and challenging music that went against the grain of the established template first heard on To Mega Therion.
Into the Pandemonium quickly became one of Noise Records best sellers, gaining sales that saw over 100,000 units being sold worldwide. Despite the success, some fans felt the music went too far into directions that included industrial metal, goth and symphonic genres. Frontman Tom Warrior did say years later he regretted recording a song like One In Their Pride, however once cannot deny the experimentation was a good thing overall. Most of the album has been considered a visionary piece and helped pave the way for avant-guarde metal to exist in modern day music.
Fun Facts: The album artwork featured a detail from Hieronymus Bosch's Triptych "The Garden of Earthly Delights". The panel was taken from the right side and it depicted a highly gothic style image of hell. The idea to use the painting came from bassist Martin Ain, after the original concept for a cover fell through. It has been stated the band intended to use another H.R. Giger artwork, but were unsuccessful at the time to gain a commissioned piece.
Kenneth Gallant, HMS
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