Morbid Tales

Morbid Tales
Studio album by Celtic Frost
Released	24 June 1984
Recorded	1984
Genre	Thrash metal First wave black metal Death metal
Length	24:51 (Europe) 32:09 (USA)
Label	Noise (Europe) Metal Blade (USA)
Celtic Frost chronology
Morbid Tales (1984) Emperor's Return (1985)

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Morbid Tales is the debut album by the Swiss extreme metal band, Celtic Frost. It was released in June 1984. The first American release by Enigma/Metal Blade added two tracks, making Morbid Tales an LP.

Morbid Tales had a major influence on the then-developing death metal and black metal genres.^[2][3] It included elements that were adopted by the pioneers of both styles.

Track listing

European version

Side One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Into the Crypts of Rays"	4:46
2.	"Visions of Mortality"	4:49
3.	"Procreation (Of the Wicked)"	4:02

Side Two
No.	Title	Length
4.	"Return to the Eve"	4:05
5.	"Danse Macabre"	3:51
6.	"Nocturnal Fear"	3:35

USA version

Side One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Into the Crypts of Rays"	3:39
2.	"Visions of Mortality"	4:49
3.	"Dethroned Emperor" (additional song)	4:37
4.	"Morbid Tales" (additional song)	3:29

Side Two
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Procreation (Of the Wicked)"	4:04
6.	"Return to the Eve"	4:07
7.	"Danse Macabre"	3:52
8.	"Nocturnal Fear"	3:36

Remaster

Morbid Tales/Emperor's Return
Compilation album by Celtic Frost
Released	1999
Recorded	1984–1985
Length	50:02
Label	Noise Records

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Morbid Tales/Emperor's Return is a 1999 remastered edition of the first Celtic Frost album Morbid Tales along with the tracks from their 1985 release Emperor's Return.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Human (intro)" (additional song)	0:41
2.	"Into the Crypts of Rays"	3:39
3.	"Visions of Mortality"	4:49
4.	"Dethroned Emperor" (additional song)	4:37
5.	"Morbid Tales" (additional song)	3:29
6.	"Procreation (Of the Wicked)"	4:04
7.	"Return to the Eve"	4:07
8.	"Danse Macabre"	3:51
9.	"Nocturnal Fear"	3:36
10.	"Circle of the Tyrants" (additional song)	4:27
11.	"Visual Aggression" (additional song)	4:10
12.	"Suicidal Winds" (additional song)	4:36

Credits

• Tom Gabriel Fischer – guitars, vocals
• Martin Eric Ain – bass
• Stephen Priestly – session drums

Guest musicians

• Horst Müller : Additional vocals (Tracks 3, 5 & 7)
• Hertha Ohling : Additional vocals (Track 6)
• Oswald Spengler : Violin (Track 7 & 8)

References

1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r3490
2. ^ Raggett, Ned. "((( Morbid Tales > Overview )))". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r688241. Retrieved 2003-05-13. 
3. ^ "The First Wave", 2005, page 42.
4. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r688257

Further reading

• Black Metal Foundations Top 20: The First Wave (2005). Terrorizer, 128, 42-43.