Swiss band Celtic Frost rose from the ashes of Hellhammerin 1984. They are considered to be one of the bands that paved the way for a darker black metal genre, along with Venomand Mercyful Fate; however, they are not considered a black metal band. Their sound is more accurately described as blackened thrash metal. Their 1987 album Into The Pandemonium was revolutionary in the sense that it was one of the first pieces of music to combine elements of heavy metal with gothic and operatic elements. This paved the way for the so-called "beauty-and-the-beast" doom metal bands of the 1990s and some avant-garde metal bands.
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The Usurper Lyrics

Celtic Frost

Lend me your steel-bearing hand
So I may reign the jewel throne
My soul feels the gods demand
As the lost kings uphold my side
(chorus)
Blood and sand
Mark their way
The usurpers tears
Guide my sword...
Fantasia slept in my thoughts
As I was a son of infinity
The emperor, forgotten, rests in my dreams
As, back to the wall, I start the conquest
Innocence and wrath
Now lie far beyond
As we cross the deserts
To reach the fortress gates
Tragical serenades
Are whispered in the wind
As eyes in fury
Grant us our strength
(theyre) throning on the dignity of might
But the successor is to enter the hall
False truth saw them climbing the steps
But I remain the jewel thrones choice