Emperor's Return

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").^[3] The band's bleak publicity photographs from this period had an influence on the fashion and style of the developing black metal genre.^[2] The tracks of Emperor's Return were remastered and re-released in the 1999 edition of Morbid Tales and yet again remastered and included in the 2017 edition of To Mega Therion.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10^[5]

Track listing

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

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

Personnel

Celtic Frost

Tom G. Warrior – guitars, vocals, effects, producer, engineer on tracks 1, 4, 5
Martin Ain – bass, bass effects, co-producer, assistant engineer on tracks 1, 4, 5
Reed St. Mark – drums

Additional musicians

Stephen Priestly – drums on tracks 2 and 3

Production

Horst Müller – producer and engineer on tracks 2 and 3
Rick Lights – producer on tracks 1, 4, 5
Thomas Süsstrunk – engineer on tracks 1, 4, 5
Karl Walterbach – executive producer
Phil Lawvere – cover art

References

^ "Gatefold of Best of Metal Blade, Vol. 1" (JPG). Metal Blade Records. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
^ ^a ^b Strachan, Guy (February 2005). "Part Two: In the Name of the Lore". Terrorizer. No. 128. p. 42.
^ Fischer, Thomas Gabriel (2000). Are You Morbid?: Into the Pandemonium of Celtic Frost. London, UK: Sanctuary. p. 100. ISBN 978-1860743108.
^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Celtic Frost - Emperor's Return review". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 68. ISBN 978-1894959315.

[1] "Gatefold of Best of Metal Blade, Vol. 1" (JPG). Metal Blade Records. Retrieved 19 May 2013.

[Strachan2005-2] Strachan, Guy (February 2005). "Part Two: In the Name of the Lore". Terrorizer. No. 128. p. 42.

[3] Fischer, Thomas Gabriel (2000). Are You Morbid?: Into the Pandemonium of Celtic Frost. London, UK: Sanctuary. p. 100. ISBN 978-1860743108.

[4] Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Celtic Frost - Emperor's Return review". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

[martin-5] Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 68. ISBN 978-1894959315.

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