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1	Human (Intro) Voice – Martin Eric Ain, Thomas Gabriel Warrior*	0:41
2	Into The Crypts Of Rays Bass – Martin Eric AinDrums – Stephen Priestly*Voice, Guitar – Thomas Gabriel Warrior*	3:39
3	Visions Of Mortality Bass – Martin Eric AinDrums – Stephen Priestly*Voice, Guitar – Thomas Gabriel Warrior*	4:48
4	Dethroned Emperor Bass – Martin Eric AinDrums – Stephen Priestly*Vocals [Additional] – Horst MüllerVoice, Guitar – Thomas Gabriel Warrior*	4:38
5	Morbid Tales Bass – Martin Eric AinDrums – Stephen Priestly*Voice, Guitar – Thomas Gabriel Warrior*	3:28
6	Procreation (Of The Wicked) Bass – Martin Eric AinDrums – Stephen Priestly*Vocals [Additional] – Horst MüllerVoice, Guitar – Thomas Gabriel Warrior*	4:04
7	Return To The Eve Bass – Martin Eric AinDrums – Stephen Priestly*Vocals [Additional] – Hertha OhlingVoice, Guitar – Thomas Gabriel Warrior*	4:07
8	Danse Macabre Effects [Sound Effects], Arranged By – Horst MüllerPercussion, Effects [Sound Effects] – Stephen Priestly*Violin – Oswald SpenglerVoice, Effects [Sound Effects] – Martin Eric AinVoice, Guitar, Effects [Sound Effects] – Thomas Gabriel Warrior*	3:51
9	Nocturnal Fear Bass, Effects [Sound Effects] – Martin Eric AinDrums – Stephen Priestly*Violin – Oswald SpenglerVoice, Guitar, Effects [Sound Effects] – Thomas Gabriel Warrior*	3:38
10	Circle Of The Tyrants Bass – Martin Eric AinDrums – Reed St. MarkVoice, Guitar – Thomas Gabriel Warrior*	4:28
11	Visual Aggression Bass – Martin Eric AinDrums – Reed St. MarkVoice, Guitar – Thomas Gabriel Warrior*	4:13
12	Suicidal Winds Bass – Martin Eric AinDrums – Reed St. MarkVoice, Guitar – Thomas Gabriel Warrior*	4:36

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Noise Records

Credits

• Bass, Vocals [Additional], Effects [Bass Effects] – Martin Eric Ain
• Co-producer – Martin Eric Ain, Thomas Gabriel Warrior* (tracks: 1 to 9)
• Cover [Emperor's Return Front Cover Art - Boston 1984] – Phil Lawvere
• Design [Cover Design] – Thomas Gabriel Fischer*
• Design [Heptagram] – Martin Stricker
• Drums, Percussion – Reed St. Mark (tracks: 10,11,12), Stephen Priestly* (tracks: 1 to 9)
• Engineer – "Mad" Horst Müller* (tracks: 1 to 9), Thomas "I Hope It'll Work" Süsstrunk* (tracks: 10,11,12)
• Executive-Producer – Karl "Oh Gott, Ihr Schon Wielder..." Walterbach* (tracks: 1 to 9), Karl "Lebt Ihr Auch Noch?" Walterbach* (tracks: 10,11,12)
• Producer – "Mad" Horst Müller* (tracks: 1 to 9), Rick "Lights"* (tracks: 10,11,12), Thomas Gabriel Warrior* (tracks: 10,11,12)
• Remastered By – Walter Schmid
• Voice, Guitar, Effects [Special Effects] – Thomas Gabriel Warrior*
• Written-By – Ain* (tracks: 1, 3, 5 to 9), Warrior*

Notes

Originally released in 1984.

Tracks 1 to 9 recorded & mixed at Caet Studio, Berlin, October 8 - 15, 1984.
Tracks 10 to 12 recorded, mixed & mastered at Line In Recording Studio, Zurich, April 8 - 12, 1985.
1999 remastering at Oakland Recording, Winterthur, Switzerland.

All tracks remastered 1999. Tracks 10, 11 & 12 appear in their previously unreleased original mixes.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Printed): 4 988002 553860
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
N 0017	Celtic Frost	Morbid Tales ‎(LP, MiniAlbum, Ltd)	Noise	N 0017	Germany	1984
MBR 1033, 72016-1	Celtic Frost	Morbid Tales ‎(LP, Album)	Metal Blade Records, Enigma Records	MBR 1033, 72016-1	US	1985
EM200	Celtic Frost	Morbid Tales ‎(LP, MiniAlbum, RE)	Earmark	EM200	Italy	2005
N 0017	Celtic Frost	Morbid Tales ‎(12", MiniAlbum, Ltd, RP)	Noise	N 0017	Germany	1984
N 0017	Celtic Frost	Morbid Tales ‎(12", MiniAlbum, RP)	Noise	N 0017	Germany	1989

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