Cold Lake (album)

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Cold Lake
Studio album by Celtic Frost

Publication
(s)

September 1, 1988

admission

Summer 1988

Label (s) Noise Records

Format (s)

LP, CD

Genre (s)

Heavy metal , glam metal

Title (number)

11

running time

38:30

occupation
  • Oliver Amberg: guitar, effects, background vocals
  • Curt Victor Bryant: bass, effects, backing vocals, guitar on track 11
  • Stephen Priestly: drums, backing vocals
  • Michelle Villanueva: backing vocals, vocals together with Tom Gabriel Warrior on track 5
  • Brian Hewet: Rap on track 1, background vocals on track 2
  • Xavier Russell: Backing vocals on tracks 1 and 11

production

Celtic Frost , Tony Platt, Karl-Ulrich Walterbach

Studio (s)

chronology
Into the Pandemonium (1987) Cold Lake Vanity / Nemesis (1990)

Cold Lake is the third studio album by the Swiss metal band Celtic Frost . It was released in 1988 under the Noise Records label and belongs to the heavy metal and glam metal genres.

Emergence

After the live tour "One in Their Pride" for Celtic Frost did not end as hoped, Tom Warrior decided to break up the band. From then on he only wanted to appear as a producer . He did this very soon, in connection with Oliver Amberg and his wife, who at that time wanted to bring out an album that Tom Warrior was supposed to produce. In many conversations Tom Warrior and Oliver Amberg got closer and closer, and ultimately Amberg persuaded Warrior to reactivate Celtic Frost with him as guitarist. The rest of the band members were soon found, above all it should be mentioned here that the same drummer played with Steven Priestley who was also to be heard on "Morbid Tales".

Although the project was supported by Tom Warrior, he cared little for it and allowed Amberg to do most of the musical composition.

Versions

In addition to the standard versions as LP and CD , the album was also sold as an MC.

reception

Holger Stratmann said for the music magazine Rock Hard : "Admittedly, it is certainly not bad what the new Celtic Frost team has put together. But similar to" Into The Pandemonium ", it will be interesting to see how the fans like the record will record [...] Certainly ALL songs by Cold Lake are heavier than most of the material from the controversial predecessor, but Celtic Frost have lost their profile and originality [...]

" Celtic Frost slipped drastically in 1988 with Cold Lake : The hellishly powerful Swiss demons of 1985 turned into glam metal imitators that made you stomach ache. First-class cover design was replaced by hairspray and publicly presented pubic hair, while the classic literary subjects became mundane Love songs to Marilyn Monroe congealed. "

Track list

page 1

  1. Human II (Intro) ( Warrior ) - 1:06
  2. Seduce Me Tonight (Warrior) - 3:18
  3. Petty Obsession (Text: Warrior, Music: Oliver Amberg) - 3:17
  4. (Once) They Were Eagles (Text: Warrior, Music: Amberg, Curt Victor Bryant) - 3:39
  5. Cherry Orchards (Warrior / Amberg) - 4:19
  6. Juices Like Wine (Warrior / Amberg, Bryant) - 4:17

Page 2

  1. Little Velvet (Warrior) - 3:40
  2. Blood on Kisses (text and music: Warrior, Michelle Villanueva) - 3:29
  3. Downtown Hanoi (Warrior / Amberg) - 4:15
  4. Dance Sleazy (Text: Warrior, Martin Eric Ain, Music: Amberg, Bryant) - 3:32
  5. Roses Without Thorns (Warrior / Bryant) - 3:26

Additional tracks on CD:

  1. Tease Me (Warrior / Amberg, Warrior) - 2:47
  2. Mexican Radio (New recording) (Text and music: Marc Moreland, Stan Ridgway) - 3:32

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.triptykon.net/vcf/band/biography.html
  2. ↑ https://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-angebote/7860-cold-lake.html
  3. ^ Höllen-Lärm - The Complete, Relentless, Unique History of Heavy Metal, Ian Christe , Koch International GmbH / Hannibal, 2013, pp. 23–237, ISBN 978-3-85445-402-1