Hellhammer/Celtic Frost Book To Be Published

Only Death Is Real: An Illustrated History of Hellhammer and Early Celtic Frost will be published by Bazillion Points in November, 2009. Authored by former Hellhammer and Celtic Frost mainman Tom Gabriel Fischer with cooperation from Martin Eric Ain, the large-format 288 page hardcover will feature over 300 photos documenting the dawn of death metal and black metal.

Here's the book blurb: "Hellhammer's adolescent hardships were played out in dramatic and sometimes violent episodes set in small villages around Zurich, Switzerland, during 1983 and 1984. The ultimate insider document of the earliest era of death metal and black metal, Only Death Is Real documents this unique and cataclysmic moment in modern music history with hundreds of never-seen vintage images, classic artwork reprinted by kind permission of HR Giger, a full visual reference to Hellhammer promotional material, flyers, and memorabilia documenting the birth and evolution of extreme metal—all supported by sharp-tongued oral accounts direct from Tom G. Fischer, Martin Ain, Stephen Priestly, Steve Warrior, and other survivors of the Hellhammer inner circle."

Looks like it will be an interesting book. Bazillion Points has put out some really good releases in their brief history. Too bad Fischer left Celtic Frost again last year. They had a really nice comeback, but apparently couldn't keep it going.