Former CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer (a.k.a. Tom Gabriel Warrior) says that he is open to the idea of bringing back CELTIC FROST for “one or two shows” in memory of late bassist Martin Eric Ain.
Ain passed away in October 2017 after suffering a heart attack at the age of 50.
Fischer, who is currently fronting TRIPTYKON, discussed the possibility of a CELTIC FROST comeback in a new interview with Heavy Culture. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I have talked to the original drummer of CELTIC FROST, Reed St. Mark, who lives in America. He’s still one of my best friends. And we’ve talked about maybe doing one or two CELTIC FROST tribute shows in memory [of] Martin Ain. We haven’t really finalized these plans, but maybe we’ll do that one day, that we’ll play with just ex-CELTIC FROST members who were in CELTIC FROST at the time and maybe play a full CELTIC FROST set that incudes all the eras of CELTIC FROST and maybe play one or two festivals and also record it as a memorial to Martin Eric Ain.”
Fischer, who played with Ain in both HELLHAMMER and CELTIC FROST, added: “We all think you cannot reform CELTIC FROST ever without Martin but we could maybe do one or two memorial shows for him.”
CELTIC FROST reformed in 2001 and released their comeback album “Monotheist” via Century Media/Prowling Death in 2006 before breaking up two years later, with Fischer going on to form TRIPTYKON.