Its weird how things pan out. Just the other night I had an inkling to once again listen to Celtic Frost’s brilliant and masterful ‘Monotheist’ album. (covered extensively on this here blog upon its release). I played this album to death when it came out on a musical rotation policy that lasted for months. Every so often I would also check out Celtic Frost’s mainman Tom Gabriel Fischer’s blog which is always an interesting read and keeps people informed and involved in all the dastardly deeds in the Frost camp.
Several days ago, the blog was offline and appeared to have been hacked. A new blog sprung forth and featured some exciting news about Tom’s involvement in the H.R. Giger camp. For those in the know, Celtic Frost and Giger are a match made in the outer reaches of hell! Celtic Frost’s music is so perfectly in sync with the sick and twisted stylings of H.R. Giger.
Right here on Dogmatic we posted about a forthcoming gig featuring Celtic Frost performing at the Giger Museum’s 10th Anniversary bash. Things were looking promising.
Within the span of several hours, Fischer announces his exodus from Celtic Frost. Huh? How is this possible? He IS Celtic Frost.
I was personally upset at the news as this is a band I have followed since 1983. I managed to find an email address for Tom and sent of a supportive email. I was pleasantly surprised to hear back from him and it all appears to be true… he is no longer a member of Celtic Frost.
In his email to me Tom states: “…John, It is indeed a tragedy. I am deeply affected. Unfortunately, I don’t think things can be fixed, as the others don’t regard Celtic Frost to be that important…”
In a post on his new blog Fischer explains: “…I am devastated beyond description, and I am infinitely disappointed. As the one member of Celtic Frost who is exposed most dramatically to the feedback by our audiences and the media, I feel troubled and humiliated about being unable to honor the enormous goodwill extended to Celtic Frost during the past few years and meet the justified expectations of our fans…”
It will be interesting to see what happens from this point on. But if Celtic Frost are no more (let’s face it, without Tom they are nothing!) - here’s hoping that Tom Gabriel Fischer is not lost to the world of Avant Garde music…
Yeah man…
This came as devastating news for me.
I consider Tom a real artist.
It’s sad to see how things somehow always manage to not work the way he wants.
that’s a tragedy for all fans of metal and doom, please come back!!!
Ive always thought of most death metal as silly,
but Celtic Frost was always a band to be taken seriously and held in the highest esteem by me and anybody who knows anything about real music.
I was just getting back into listening to their music after years of not listening to them at all because of monotheist, hearing that they got back together, being blown away by the intensity of their new work which is as great as anything theyve ever done, reminding me that frost was indeed one of the best bands ever.
only to hear a day later that theyve broken up again.
God.
What a world we live in.
I wish the best to Tom G Ficsher (and Martin Eric Ain) and hope that he never gives up making music.
keep it going.