ARTIST: Hellhammer
LABEL: Noise Records
UPC: 4050538944266
GENRE: Heavy Metal
RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2024

In celebration of it’s 40th anniversary this classic album is being reissued on colored vinyl. This reissue features concept and art direction by Tom G Warrior and extended sleeve notes/unseen photos in a 24 page book. 2 posters are also included. Remastered by V. Santura (Triptykon).

Hellhammer were a metal band from Switzerland that are credited as being pioneers of extreme metal and the black metal genre, along with Venom and Bathory in the early 1980’s. Formed by Tom G Warrior and Martin Eric Ain (who went on to form Celtic Frost) ‘Apocalyptic Raids’ was originally released in 1984 and is a cult classic that is revered as a hugely influential release, that laid the blueprint for extreme metal as a whole. The band never performed live while active but in 2019 Tom G Warrior formed ‘Triumph Of Death’ as a tribute to his former band and has been performing their music at festivals globally since.