Editing Into the Pandemonium (section)

==Themes==

Celtic Frost were always fascinated with the rise and fall of ancient civilizations; their own name stands for this idea. Three songs from ''Into the Pandemonium''—"Babylon Fell", "Caress into Oblivion" and "Rex Irae"—deal with the myths and history of the [[Babylonians]], especially those of king [[Nebuchadnezzar II]] and [[Marduk]], god-patron of the city of [[Babylon]], capital of the [[Persian Empire]].<ref name="ArchiveBabylon">{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/celticfrostarchive/photos/a.230998588441555/253077459567001/?type=3 |title=Celtic Frost Archive|work=Facebook |date=31 December 2020 |access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref>

"I Won't Dance (The Elders' Orient)" was inspired originally by the [[Culture of Egypt|Egyptian]] ''[[Book of the Dead]]''.<ref name="ArchiveBook">{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/celticfrostarchive/posts/pfbid02APFCGHw1qRoQTSjQJWuPFpdeuuFur6r3PFkhaxwbe3Ayfrrus6c6g1ZwYCDGCz5nl |title=Celtic Frost Archive|work=Facebook |date=5 February 2024 |access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref>

19th-century poetry was another source of inspiration for the lyrics. For example, significant portions of "Inner Sanctum" are directly quoted from [[Emily Brontë]] poems. Martin Ain discovered these on ''L'Homme devant la mort'' ({{cite book |title=The Hour of Our Death |url=https://archive.org/details/hourofourdeath00aris }}) by French historian [[Philippe Ariès]].<ref name="ArchiveSanctum">{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/celticfrostarchive/posts/these-poems-by-emily-bronte-were-the-source-of-the-lyrics-for-the-song-inner-san/211110673763680 |title=Celtic Frost Archive|work=Facebook |date=4 October 2020 |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref> On the other hand, the lyrics to "Tristesses de la lune" are borrowed from the poem of the same name in [[Charles Baudelaire]]'s ''[[Les Fleurs du mal]]''. The lyrics to "Sorrows of the Moon" are an English translation of the same. [[Moonspell]] vocalist [[Fernando Ribeiro]] discovered Baudelaire through this song.<ref name="MoonspellFanSite">{{cite web |url=https://moonspell.cz/en/2012/08/13/interview-with-fernando-about-duality-of-alpha-noir-and-omega-white |last=Matus |first= Dominik|title=Interview with Fernando about duality of Alpha Noir and Omega White |work=Moonspell - Fansite |date=13 August 2012 |access-date=3 June 2024}}</ref>