In the eighth episode of the Plague Rages Podcast, heavy metal writers Wolf Rambatz and Stephen David Stevenson-Davison talk about a bunch of junk including:
0:33: Steve Dave chats about Sumerlands in the summer time
1:33: CORRECTIONS. Uhhh, we’ve been gone for a long time. Ancient Enemy EP on the horizon. Midnight Chaser is dunzo. Hands of Goro has an EP in the can. Nite toured and got sick.
4:03: WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO. Steve Dave has been listening to Sumerlands, Skeleton, and Hammers of Misfortune. HAMMERS NEWS! Wolf has been listening to Scarcity, Vórtize, and Mulk.
11:23: ALBUM LISTENING CLUB. Celtic Frost - Cold Lake (1988)
11:50: Wolf runs the stats on Cold Lake
14:05: How did we get here? Warrior’s background
17:55: Hellhammer!
21:10: Celtic Frost time
25:05: Is Celtic Frost Van Halen?
28:20: The saga of Into the Pandemonium
41:10: Steve Dave talks about his experiences with Cold Lake
42:29: What is good about Cold Lake?
48:19: What is bad about Cold Lake?
69:12: Steve Dave and Wolf rate Cold Lake?
70:08: The aftermath
74:26: Steve Dave unveils the next ALC assignment, Dismember’s Like an Everflowing Stream
Music in this episode:
Sumerlands - “Dreamkiller”
Ancient Enemy - “The Plague Ship”
Skeleton - “Skeleton”
Hammers of Misfortune - “Flying Alone”
Scarcity - “II”
Vórtize - “Mundo Bipolar”
Mulk - “M03W”
Celtic Frost - “Cherry Orchards”
Celtic Frost - “Mexican Radio (New Version)”
Venom - “In League With Satan”
Hellhammer - “Messiah”
Celtic Frost - “Into the Crypt of Rays”
Celtic Frost - “Circle of the Tyrants”
Van Halen - “You Really Got Me”
Nirvana - “Blew”
Celtic Frost - “Mesmerized”
Celtic Frost - “Inner Sanctum”
Celtic Frost - “Dance Sleazy”
Celtic Frost - “Petty Obsession”
Celtic Frost - “Seduce Me Tonight”
Celtic Frost - “Cherry Orchards”
Celtic Frost - “Juices Like Wine”
Fate - “I Won’t Stop”
Fate - “Diamond in the Rough”
Def Leppard - “Getcha Rocks Off”
Celtic Frost - “Hip Hop Jugend”
Celtic Frost - “Nemesis”
Apollyon Sun - “God Leaves”
Celtic Frost - “Progeny”
Triptykon - “Aurorae”
Dismember - “Override of the Overture”
Other media:
Tom G Warrior "death grunt" appreciation society tribute video
Kevin MacLeod - “Bass Walker”*
Applause Sound/Fx (Non- Copyright Sound effects) Free to use
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The Ladies Man (2000)
Airplane! (1980)
*"Bass Walker"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Citations:
“My Life Story: Tom G. Warrior Of Celtic Frost” by Dom Lawson, published in Metal Hammer
“The Triumph of Tom G. Warrior” by Kory Grow, published in Rolling Stone
“The Long Shadow Of Tom Warrior, Metal's Dark Innovator” by Adrien Begrand, published in NPR
“Interview With Thomas Fisher (aka Thomas Gabriel Warrior)
of Celtic Frost and Apollyon Sun” by EvilG, published in Metal Rules
“TALKIN’ TRIPTYKON WITH TOM G. (WARRIOR) FISCHER” by D.X. Ferris, published in Metal Sucks
“'Into the Pandemonium': Inside "No Limits" Album That "Destroyed" Celtic Frost” by Jon Wiederhorn, published in Revolver
“Former CELTIC FROST Guitarist Oliver Amberg Talks Cold Lake ‘Piece Of Shit’ - ‘Curt Victor Bryant’s Pants Being Unzipped Was An Accident’,” published in Brave Words
“TOM GABRIEL FISCHER Says CELTIC FROST's 'Cold Lake' Was 'A Monumental Failure' And 'An Artistic Embarrassment',” published in Blabbermouth
“Fun With SoundScan” by Wolf Rambatz, published in Plague Rages
Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal by Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman, published by It Books
“Interrogating the Origin Myth of Celtic Frost” by Stephen Hudson, published in ISMMS
If you want to know more, I highly recommend Warrior's biography, Are You Morbid? If you want to know more about Noise Records, check out Damn the Machine - the Story of Noise Records by David E. Gehlke. I'll also add that Warrior's blog, in which he takes a lot of pictures of cats, is a delight.
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