Editing Into the Pandemonium (section)

==Musical style==
The band had in mind the bold objective to surpass all their previous body of work.<ref name=Fischer177>{{cite book|last=Fischer|first=Thomas Gabriel|title=Are You Morbid? Into the Pandemonium of Celtic Frost|date=2000|publisher=Sanctuary Publishing Limited|location=London|isbn=1860743102|page=177}}</ref> The push came largely from being blown away by the freshness of [[New wave music|new wave]]. Every newly discovered record presented other musical vistas, a neverending supply of novel and original ideas. With this broadening of horizons, Celtic Frost were adamant that no set of rules would smother their creativity—especially those of [[extreme metal]]. "We hated these unwritten limitations in the metal scene", Warrior reminisced.<ref name="Kerrang!">{{cite web |url=https://www.kerrang.com/celtic-frost-interview-tom-gabriel-fischer-morbid-tales-to-mega-therion-into-the-pandemonium-h-r-giger-danse-macabre |last=Ruskell |first= Nick|title=Celtic Frost: "We hated these unwritten limitations in the metal scene… Music should be adventurous" |work=Kerrang! |date=22 October 2022 |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref> [[Chuck Eddy]] deems the group to be "[[avant-garde music|avant-gardy]] opportunists" who—having recognised that both [[disco]] and heavy metal's respective percussion elements "in fact makes the phyla kissing cousins"—effectively "go disco" on the record with the presence of specifically rhythm-based songs.<ref name="Eddy">{{cite book |last1=Eddy |first1=Chuck |title=Stairway to Hell: The 500 Best Heavy Metal Albums in the Universe |date=1991 |publisher=Harmony Books |location=New York |isbn=0517575418 |page=63}}</ref>

Both Warrior and Ain were [[post-punk]] devotees, especially of goth acts [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]], [[Christian Death]], [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] and [[The Sisters of Mercy]].<ref name="Decibel">{{cite web |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/pandemonium-inside-no-limits-album-destroyed-celtic-frost |last=Wiederhorn |first= Jon|title='Into the Pandemonium': Inside "No Limits" Album That "Destroyed" Celtic Frost |work=Revolver Magazine |date=31 May 2019 |access-date=31 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="DarkSide">{{cite web |url=https://www.voicesfromthedarkside.de/interview/celtic-frost-2 |last=Willems |first= Steven|title= Celtic Frost |work=Voices From The Darkside |access-date=6 June 2024}}</ref> [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]] main composer and guitarist [[Gregor Mackintosh]] spotted the Christian Death influence on Warrior's new "whiny" vocal style, used throughout the album. In his opinion, it was "lifted straight" from the late [[Rozz Williams]], especially his singing on ''[[Only Theatre of Pain]]''.<ref name="MusicRadar">{{cite web |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/paradise-lost-guitarist-greg-mackintosh-my-8-favourite-goth-albums |last=Rees |first= Adam|title=Paradise Lost guitarist Greg Mackintosh: My 8 favourite goth albums |work=Decibel Magazine |date=22 April 2020 |access-date=3 June 2024}}</ref>

One particularly controversial portion of the album was the [[dance music|dance]]-oriented "One in Their Pride", a track built around [[soundbites]] from [[NASA]]'s [[Apollo program]]. Its use of [[Sampling (music)|sampling]] and [[drum machines]] reminded Belgian [[Electronic body music|EBM]] group [[Front 242]]. [[Dan Lilker]], former [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] and [[Nuclear Assault]] bassist, confessed his enstrangement with this track. Lilker said this enstrangement was generalized throughout the scene at the time. This was an instance where Tom Warrior acknowledged that the band "went too far" on their experiments. In the long run, he considered this track a mistake.<ref name=Christie21>{{cite book|last=Christie|first=Ian|title=Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal|date=2003|edition=First|publisher=Harper Entertainment|location=London|isbn=006052362X|page=21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whosampled.com/Celtic-Frost/One-in-Their-Pride/samples/|title=Tracks Sampled in One in Their Pride by Celtic Frost|website=[[WhoSampled]] |access-date=1 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="LouderFrost">{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/celtic-frost-into-the-pandemonium-story-behind-the-album |last=Dome |first= Malcolm|title=Celtic Frost's Into The Pandemonium: the madness and the magic of metal's most visionary album |work=Louder |date=28 August 2020 |access-date=3 June 2024}}</ref> Eddy compares "One in Their Pride", with its pared-down bass, to [[Adrian Sherwood]]'s production work for [[Tackhead]] and [[Keith Le Blanc]].<ref name="Eddy" /> "Rex Irae", another rhythmic song, was described by Eddy as "a [[dub music|dub]]/riff mixture" that is comparable to [[Chain Gang (band)|Chain Gang]], [[Ruts DC]] and [[A.R. Kane]].<ref name="Eddy" />