Tragic Serenades

Tragic Serenades is an EP by the Swiss extreme metal band Celtic Frost released in 1986. The EP presented 3 reworked tracks from previous releases.

Overview
According to frontman Thomas Gabriel Fischer, the purpose of this EP was to include Martin Eric Ain's bass lines and improve on Horst Müller's original production of two tracks from To Mega Therion. The re-recorded version of "Return to the Eve" shows Reed's habit of loudly goofing off during songs, with Reed loosely sharing lead vocals. The original version was featured on the Morbid Tales album. Celtic Frost included this "party-like studio jam" of the song on Tragic Serenades as their "first public display of light-heartedness".

The EP was reissued in 2018, with 2,500 copies pressed for Record Store Day 2018.

Personnel

 * Celtic Frost
 * Thomas G. Warrior – vocals, guitar, effects, producer
 * Martin Ain – bass, effects, producer
 * Reed St. Mark – drums, percussion, effects


 * Production
 * Horst Müller – engineer (original recordings)
 * Harris Johns – engineer (new recordings)
 * Karl "Jeder Will 1500" Walterbach – executive producer