Celtic Frost To Headline Roadburn Festival, Video Interview w/Tom Gabriel Fischer

October 30th, 2007 by Richiedude

Roadburn Press Release:

“Swiss advant garde/metal pioneers Celtic Frost have been confirmed as the main headliner of the 13th annual Roadburn Festival, which will take place April 18-19, 2008, at the 013 Club in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Although Celtic Frost are recognized as a pivotal influence on both the extreme metal and gothic metal genres, Roadburn also considers Celtic Frost a seminal influence on the current stoner, doom and psychedelic scene.

Indeed, we feel Celtic Frost merits notice alongside such established pioneers as Hawkwind and Black Sabbath.

In celebration of this lesser-acknowledged side to the metal giants, Celtic Frost will perform a special one-off show at Roadburn, comprised of a repertoire which will be slightly different from the tour repertoire played in 2006 and 2007. They will be playing on Saturday, April 19, 2008.

Tom Gabriel Fischer: ‘We are very proud to have been invited to headline Roadburn. Much like Celtic Frost, Roadburn follows an artistic path which deviates slightly from the norm. We all think that Roadburn and Celtic Frost is a perfect combination, and we are looking forward very much to our concert there.’ ”

Here is an intense interview with Tom that was done last year during the band’s tour in support of their latest release ‘Monotheist’. He reveals much about himself, his childhood, what motivates him musically, the dynamics & inner workings of the band & hints towards a possible Celtic Frost DVD project in the future.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS
Interview with Tom Gabriel Fischer