Emperor's Return

Emperor's Return
EP by Celtic Frost
Released	15 August 1985 [1]
Recorded	April 1985 at Line in Recording Studio in Zurich, Switzerland "Dethroned Emperor" and "Morbid Tales" recorded October 1984
Genre	Black metal,[2] thrash metal
Length	21:21
Label	Noise
Producer	Celtic Frost
Celtic Frost chronology
Morbid Tales (1984) Emperor's Return (1985) To Mega Therion (1985)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Emperor's Return is the second release by the Swiss extreme metal band Celtic Frost. It was released in 1985 as an extended play and was their first record featuring American drummer Reid Cruickshank (aka "Reed St. Mark").^[4] The band's bleak publicity photographs from this period had an influence on the fashion and style of the developing black metal genre.^[2] Emperor's Return was later re-release together with the Morbid Tales EP as Morbid Tales/Emperor's Return.

Track listing

Side One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Circle of the Tyrants"	4:27
2.	"Dethroned Emperor"	4:38

Side Two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Morbid Tales"	3:29
2.	"Visual Aggression"	4:11
3.	"Suicidal Winds"	4:36

Credits

• Tom Gabriel Fischer - Guitars, vocals^[5]
• Martin Eric Ain - Bass^[5]
• Reed St. Mark - Drums^[5]
• Phil Lawvere - Cover art^[5]

References

1. "Gatefold of Best of Metal Blade, Vol. 1". Metal Blade Records. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
2. Strachan, Guy (February 2005). "Part Two: In the Name of the Lore", Terrorizer #128, p.42.
3. Eduardo, Rivadavia. "((( Emperor's Return > Overview )))". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
4. Fischer, Thomas Gabriel (2000). Are You Morbid? Into the Pandemonium of Celtic Frost. Page 100.
5. "Release Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 November 2012.