History YMMV / CelticFrost

* GatewaySeries: Celtic Frost is probably one of the most common gateway band into black metal, particularly among thrash listeners, as they, along with Bathory, early Sodom, Venom, Hellhammer, etc. are part of first-wave black metal.

** GatewaySeries: Celtic Frost is probably one of the most common gateway band into black metal, particularly among thrash listeners, as they, along with Bathory, early Sodom, Venom, Hellhammer, etc. are part of first-wave black metal.

* FaceOfTheBand: Tom Fischer. When he left the band, the remaining member knew that without him, there would be no purpose in continuing to call themselves "Celtic Frost."
* GatewaySeries: Celtic Frost is probably one of the most common gateway band into black metal, particularly among thrash listeners, as they, along with Bathory, early Sodom, Venom, Hellhammer, etc. are part of first-wave black metal.

* {{Tearjerker}}: While their early records were "dark" in a more silly fashion, Monotheist encapsulates a more genuinely grim tone. "Drown in Ashes", "Obscured", "A Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh" (Also NightmareFuel) and the final part of the triptych "Winter" all deserve note.
** Bassist and co-founder of Celtic Frost, Martin Eric Ain's death also counts.
*** Tom's multiple posts in regards to Martin's death, memories of him, and tributes. He stresses Martin as his friend and band-mate and how important he was to him in his life. ''Damn...''

* WinBackTheCrowd: ''Monotheist'' got this for many fans, especially for those who feel it was a perfect close for Celtic Frost.
* TheWoobie: Tom G. Warrior, '''ever''' so much. When one reads about [[BrokenBird his life]] and the TraumaCongaLine of him losing so many loved ones (most notably Creator/HRGiger and fellow band-mate Martin Eric Ain) and the fact his blog's URL is ''[[SelfDeprecation "Fischer is Dead"]]'', it makes you wonder how he hasn't gone off the deep end.
** He ''has'', if one learns about the fact he was almost DrivenToSuicide during the recording of Triptykon's ''Melana Chasmata''.

* DorkAge: The most die-hard Celtic Frost fans can't stand up for ''Cold Lake''.
** And even those that champion ''Cold Lake'', refuse to defend the ''Prototype'' demo. This includes Tom G Warrior, who has tried to at least explain why ''Cold Lake'' was even made to begin with (he had just come out of a grueling battle with his record company and "was all to willing to let the darkness go, all the way up to the music.") [[HeWhoMustNotBeNamed He's made no such attempt for Prototype.]]

* {{Tearjerker}}: "Drown in Ashes", "Obscured" and the final part of the triptych "Winter".

* CompleteMonster: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5prpJMrWhs Into the Crypts of Rays]]": UsefulNotes/GillesDeRais was a French marshal who fought alongside [[UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc Jeanne D'Arc]] as her personal guard. A rich nobleman, de Rais found himself deep in debt after squandering his wealth on lavish living, resorting to dabbling in mysticism and the occult to increase his riches. He enticed several children into partaking in his black masses where he [[WouldHurtAChild sexually abused]] and [[HumanSacrifice sacrificed them]] to different demons. He took sadistic delight in snuffing out the lives of his [[SerialKiller 140 victims]].

* CompleteMonster: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5prpJMrWhs Into the Crypts of Rays]]": [[AristocratsAreEvil Gilles de Rais]] was a French marshal who fought alongside [[UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc Jeanne D'Arc]] as her personal guard. A rich nobleman, de Rais found himself deep in debt after squandering his wealth on lavish living, resorting to dabbling in mysticism and the occult to increase his riches. He enticed several children into partaking in his black masses where he [[WouldHurtAChild sexually abused]] and [[HumanSacrifice sacrificed them]] to different demons. He took sadistic delight in snuffing out the lives of his [[SerialKiller 140 victims]].

** For that matter, the riff from "Dethroned Emperor" to the one from [[Music/DiamondHead "Am I Evil?]].

** And even those that champion ''Cold Lake'', refuse to defend the ''Prototype'' demo. This includes Tom G Warrior, who has tried to at least explain why ''Cold Lake'' was even made to begin with (he had just come out of a grueling battle with his record company and "was all to willing to let the darkness go, all the way up to the music.") [[HeWhoMustNotBeNamed He's made no such attempt for ''Prototype''.]]