Tom Gabriel Fischer
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| Birth name | Thomas Gabriel Fischer |
| Also known as | Tom Warrior |
| Born | 19 July 1963 |
| Origin | Switzerland |
| Genres | Doom metal, thrash metal, black metal, death metal, avant-garde metal, industrial metal, gothic metal, glam metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, programming |
| Associated acts | Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Apollyon Sun, Triptykon |
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Ibanez Iceman IC50 Ibanez H.R. Giger Iceman ICHRG2 St Blues Eliminator 1 |
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Thomas Gabriel Fischer (born 19 July 1963), also known by his stage names of Tom G. Warrior and Satanic Slaughter, is a Swiss metal musician. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of the death metal style of singing, which resembles guttural growling. He led the groups Hellhammer and Celtic Frost, and today is the frontman of the band Triptykon.
Together with Bruce Day and Steve Warrior, he formed the seminal metal band Hellhammer in 1982. In late 1983, bassist and songwriter Martin Eric Ain joined Hellhammer and the line-up of Fischer, Ain and Day recorded an EP, Apocalyptic Raids, as well as a series of demos for the German label Noise Records before disbanding in May 1984. Fischer and Ain joined forces once again and formed Celtic Frost, an influential avant-garde metal trio, in June 1984.
In 1985, Fischer was asked to co-produce and sing on the first demo, titled Death Cult, by fellow Swiss group Coroner. Fischer also wrote the lyrics for the recorded songs. Two of the members of Coroner formed part of Celtic Frost's road crew until 1986.
In 1987, many conflicts within Celtic Frost led to a dissolution of the band, but several months later, Tom reformed the band with a completely new lineup. The band's 1988 release, Cold Lake, established a drastic change in Celtic Frost's music, but greatly disappointed most fans. Tom has stated many times that he takes the blame for the negative direction of Celtic Frost's music during this period, since he was too distracted with a personal relationship and let the other band members do what they wanted. Celtic Frost eventually disbanded in 1993.
A year after Celtic Frost was laid to rest, Fischer formed the EBM/industrial rock project Apollyon Sun.
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