Tragic Serenades

Tragic Serenades
EP by
Celtic Frost
ReleasedJuly 1986
Recorded13–15 March 1986
StudioMusiclab Studio in Berlin (new recordings)
Genre
Length11:40
LabelNoise
ProducerThomas 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
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[2]
Kerrang![3]

Tragic Serenades is an EP by Swiss extreme metal band Celtic Frost, released in July 1986 through Noise Records. The EP features three reworked tracks from previous releases.

Overview

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 two tracks from To Mega Therion.[4] The re-recorded version of "Return to the Eve" shows Reed's habit of loudly goofing off during songs, with Reed loosely sharing lead vocals. The original version was featured on the Morbid Tales album.[5] Celtic Frost included this "party-like studio jam" of the song on Tragic Serenades as their "first public display of light-heartedness".[6]

The EP was reissued in 2018, with 2,500 copies pressed for Record Store Day 2018.[7]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."The Usurper"3:26
2."Jewel Throne"4:03
Side two
No.TitleLength
3."Return to the Eve" (Party Mix)4:10
Total length:11:40

Personnel

Celtic Frost
Production
  • Horst Müller – engineer (original recordings)
  • Harris Johns – engineer (new recordings)
  • Karl "Jeder Will 1500" Walterbach – executive producer

References

  1. ^ "Celtic Frost – Tragic Serenades review". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  3. ^ Russel, Xavier (7 August 1986). "Celtic frost 'Tragic Serenades'". Kerrang!. No. 126. United Magazines ltd. p. 18.
  4. ^ Fischer 1999, page 6.
  5. ^ Fischer 2000, page 116.
  6. ^ Fischer 2000, page 138.
  7. ^ "RSD '18 Special Release: Celtic Frost - Tragic Serenades".

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