Editing Into the Pandemonium (section)

==Touring and promotion==

In Warrior's recollection, three quarters into production Celtic Forst were forced, by Noise, to do some dates with Anthrax. If they didn't, the label would cut short the funding for ''Pandemonium''.<ref name=Gehlke247>{{cite book|last=Gehlke|first=David E.|title=Damn the Machine: The Story of Noise Records|date=2017|publisher=Deliberation Press|location=United States|isbn=9780692637135|page=247}}</ref> In his defense, label boss Karl-Ulrich Walterbach stated that he simply offered the tour and never pushed it. He knew the timing wasn't ideal for the band.<ref name=Gehlke248>{{cite book|last=Gehlke|first=David E.|title=Damn the Machine: The Story of Noise Records|date=2017|publisher=Deliberation Press|location=United States|isbn=9780692637135|page=248}}</ref> One of these dates was the 1987 edition of the Aardschokdag, a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] annual heavy metal festival. Frost played alongside Anthrax, [[Metal Church]], [[Crimson Glory]], [[Lȧȧz Rockit]] and headliners [[Metallica]] on February 8.<ref name="ConcertArchives">{{cite web |url=https://www.concertarchives.org/bands/celtic-frost?year=1987 |title=Celtic Frost's 1987 Concert History |work=Concert Archives |access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref>

After the album's release, American guitarist Ron Marks was invited to join the band, in part to bolster its live sound.<ref name=Gehlke248>{{cite book|last=Gehlke|first=David E.|title=Damn the Machine: The Story of Noise Records|date=2017|publisher=Deliberation Press|location=United States|isbn=9780692637135|page=248}}</ref>

Celtic Frost did a brief English tour on late October, with [[Kreator]] and Virus. They then flew to the United States, to be the opening act to the December leg of Anthrax's ''[[Among the Living]]'' tour.<ref name="ConcertArchives">{{cite web |url=https://www.concertarchives.org/bands/celtic-frost?year=1987 |title=Celtic Frost's 1987 Concert History |work=Concert Archives |access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref> Frost caught the thrash explosion in the US. In a few months, Anthrax went from playing to 500 people per show to 7,000 or 8,000 every night, without radio play or [[MTV]] exposure.<ref name="AnthraxTour">{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/among-the-living-anthrax-look-back-at-their-classic-album-30-years-on |last=Lawson |first= Dom|title=Among The Living: Anthrax look back at their classic album 30 years on |work=Metal Hammer |date=30 January 2017 |access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref>

After ''Into the Pandemonium'', Celtic Frost became one of Noise's bestsellers. By the end of the year, the band's third album had sold 100,000 records worldwide. Alongside the 250,000 sold by [[Running Wild (band)|Running Wild]]'s ''[[Under Jolly Roger]]'' and the 500,000 sold of [[Helloween]]'s ''[[Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I]]'', 1987 helped usher a new era for the German label. There were a number of factors that aided this turn of events: SPV's European distribution network, [[RCA]]'s promotional push behind Helloween and an enthusiastic metal press.<ref name=Gehlke225>{{cite book|last=Gehlke|first=David E.|title=Damn the Machine: The Story of Noise Records|date=2017|publisher=Deliberation Press|location=United States|isbn=9780692637135|page=225}}</ref>

[[Thomas Gabriel Fischer]] finally performed Celtic Frost's [[requiem]] at [[Roadburn Festival|Roadburn]] 2019 with [[Triptykon]], along with the [[Metropole Orkest]]. ''Into the Pandemonium''{{'}}s "Rex Irae" is the opening part; the third, concluding part—"Winter (Requiem, Chapter Three: Finale)"—can be heard on 2006's ''[[Monotheist (album)|Monotheist]]''. The second, long-missing second part ("Grave Eternal") was never officially released until these performances. A full, live rendition of the entire piece has been released.<ref name="Triptykon">{{cite web |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/triptykon-releases-rex-irae-video-from-requiem-live-at-roadburn-2019-cd-dvd |title=TRIPTYKON Releases 'Rex Irae' Video From 'Requiem (Live At Roadburn 2019)' CD + DVD |work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |date=15 May 2020 |access-date=19 June 2020}}</ref>