Editing Hellhammer (section)

== Criticism ==
Although its former members felt proud of Hellhammer's legacy by the end of the 1980s, that was not always so.<ref name=aprd1990 /> In fact, Tom Warrior feared that his prior commitment to Hellhammer could hinder the future of Celtic Frost. A 1985 ''[[Kerrang!]]'' review summed up his worst fears: "The truly execrable Hellhammer may now have turned into Celtic Frost but still suck on the big one."<ref name=terrorizer108>Gregori (2003), p. 11.</ref>

Other metal publications were also skeptical of Hellhammer's musical endeavor. ''[[Metal Forces]]'', for one, absolutely loathed the group; that started a long-lasting feud between that zine and Warrior, which kept Celtic Frost from playing in England for a couple of years.<ref name=terrorizer108 /> ''Rock Power'' was not fond of Hellhammer either; they considered it "the most terrible, abhorrent, and atrocious thing 'musicians' were ever allowed to record".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.centurymedia.com/index.aspx?page=detailed_artist&id_artist=192 |title='Death Fiends': A Short Biography of Hellhammer |date=December 2007 |author=Doe, Bernard |work=Century Media Records |access-date=10 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119104859/http://www2.centurymedia.com/index.aspx?page=detailed_artist&id_artist=192 |archive-date=19 January 2008 }}</ref> In fact, they were "receiving miserable reviews everywhere", Warrior concluded.<ref name=cf80 />

Regarding the controversial status of his former band, Thomas said:

{{cquote|Way back in 1984 and 85, when Martin Eric Ain and I recorded Celtic Frost's first two albums ''[[Morbid Tales]]'' and ''[[To Mega Therion (album)|To Mega Therion]]'', Hellhammer lasted on us almost like a curse. Even though Hellhammer was the very reason we had thought over our goals and conceived the Frost, HH's left-overs kept being mighty rocks in our way. Many voices saw Frost as the same band with just a name-change. The lack of musical quality in HH made it almost impossible for us to get an unbiased reaction for Frost. To make a long story short, it almost killed all our work and dreams.<ref name=aprd1990 />}}