Spellhammer
Metalproto-black metalextreme metal pioneersSwiss metal underground
Hellhammer was an early-1980s extreme metal band from Switzerland and popular briefly in Europe in the mid-1980s. They were a vital influence on black metal, death metal and doom metal, although their sound is most accurately described as mid-paced, proto-black metal (with exceptions such as the doom paced "Triumph of Death"). Members went on to form the massively influential band Celtic Frost. Guitarist/vocalist Tom Gabriel Fischer (then known as Satanic Slaughter) and bassist/vocalist Steve Warrior formed the band in March 1982
- Active:
- 1982-1984
- Scene:
- Swiss metal
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