Celtic Frost finishes pre-production work on new record

Celtic Frost have finished recording pre-production demos for their brand new record. The demos were completed on May 8th. Band mastermind Tom Fischer states "We focused entirely on heavy material, and these songs are a clear indication of what the album is going to be like, they are dark, ferocious, sometimes very unique, and very intense."

The recordings were tracked, for the most part live, at the band's own rehersal studios, then mixed at Oakland Recording in Winterthur, Switzerland.

Fischer continues, "Almost everything came out as intended. The only song that doesn't yet work is "Os Abysmi vel Daath". This is a bitter pill to swallow, for it is one of our earliest dark songs for the new album, and we had a lot of faith in it. We will have to go back and put some very concise work into it. The song seems so simple, and yet it is very complex and has managed to defeat us every step of the way so far.

The other songs of the demo sound extremely Celtic Frost to me, in details sometimes astonishingly close to "Morbid Tales" or "To Mega Therion". "Ain Elohim" and "Temple of Depression" are perhaps my favourites among these songs. Although it is a new song, the title and some of my contributions to "Temple of Depression" go back to the original Celtic Frost of many years ago."

Currently, the group is negotiating with labels to release the new record.