Celtic Frost frontman: Group "could only be destroyed from within."
April 17 2008 at 09:30:35 PM
In a new message posted on his
Delineation blog, Thomas Gabriel Fischer explains his decision to leave Celtic Frost as unavoidable and, without going into details, maintains his departure stems from reasons other than the artistic direction of the group.
"In its second incarnation, Celtic Frost was far more unassailable than in its first. It could only be destroyed from within. And this, we accomplished to perfection.
Leaving the project which was the focus of most of my existence, the group that was the content of my life, was not a decision I took hastily or lightly. On the contrary, it was, and still is, extremely difficult and almost unbearably painful. My departure was a consequence of the personal environment prevailing within the group for some five years, and particularly since Celtic Frost stepped back into the limelight in May 2006. I would not have taken this step if there had been a glimpse of another option. But there wasn't; the damage incurred had finally become irreversible.
For the past seven and a half years, Celtic Frost was for the second time synonymous with my life, my energy, my passion, my vision, and my creativity. So much so, that I was frequently berated by those around me for the intensity of my identification with the band. But Celtic Frost was of course not just art and creativity, it was also an assemblage of very distinctive and extremely volatile human characters. This was the group's very propellant and, ultimately, its ruin. The thought that this great, extraordinary band no longer exists, that it had to disintegrate due to what in effect constituted human complacency, is utterly insufferable."
Full statement is available
here.
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