CELTIC FROST - Danse Macabre Box Set

It almost seems churlish to regard Celtic Frost as one of the great extreme metal bands, because they were so much more than that. It's better to hail them as among the finest extreme and experimental bands of the 1980s. Refusing ever to do what was expected or demanded, the band constantly changed musical direction, always brought in surprising influences, and kept people guessing as to where they might venture next. Their catalogue of albums is formidable and unmatched. Each is not only unique, but part of an entire tapestry that only now can be appreciated for being a remarkable part of music history. Despite, or maybe because of, constant turmoil on so many fronts, Celtic Frost achieved an artistic level few others would even have dared to dream of aspiring towards. They climbed high because they were never afraid to fall. Which is why the band are now rightly regarded as icons, and iconoclasts.

The essential multi-format Danse Macabre box set includes: Morbid Tales (colored vinyl LP); To Mega Therion (gatefold colored vinyl LP); Into The Pandemonium (gatefold colored vinyl LP); Emperor's Return (back on colored vinyl for the first time in 37 years); Tragic Serenades (colored 12" EP); I Won't Dance (colored 12" EP, back on vinyl for the first time in 35 years); The Collector's Celtic Frost (colored 12" single, back on vinyl for the first time in 35 years with silk screen print on Side B); Visual Aggression (colored 7" single with new artwork); and Grave Hill Bunker Rehearsals (four track rehearsal demo cassette from 1984)

The set is rounded out with a 12" x 12" 40 page book of brand new interviews with founding member Tom G Warrior and drummer Reed St Mark; rare and previously unseen photos from the era; ‘Heptagram' figurine USB drive containing MP3 audio of all the albums, including bonus tracks; Two sided, A2 poster; Necromaniac Union fan club enamel badge; and Danse Macabre sew on woven patch.

LP1

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

LP2

Innocence and Wrath

The Usurper

Jewel Throne

Dawn of Meggido

Eternal Summer

Circle of the Tyrants

(Beyond the) North Winds

Fainted Eyes

Tears In a Prophet's Dream

Necromantical Screams

LP3

Mexican Radio

Mesmerized

Inner Sanctum

Tristesses de la Lune

Babylon Fell (Jade Serpent)

Caress Into Oblivion (Jade Serpent II)

One In Their Pride (Porthole Mix)

I Won't Dance (The Elders' Orient)

Rex Irae (Requiem)

Oriental Masquerade

LP4

Circle of the Tyrants

Morbid Tales

Dethroned Emperor

Visual Aggression

Suicidal Winds

12"

The Usurper

Jewel Throne

Return to the Eve (1985 Studio Jam)

12"

I Won't Dance (The Elders' Orient)

One In Their Pride (Re-Entry Mix)

Sorrows of the Moon

12"

In The Chapel, In The Moonlight (The Collector's Celtic Frost)

7"

Visual Aggression

Journey Into Fear

Cassette

Morbid Tales (1984 Rehearsal)

Messiah (1984 Rehearsal)

Procreation (Of the Wicked) [1984 Rehearsal]

Nocturnal Fear (1984 Rehearsal)