Martin Eric Stricker was 16 when he and his friend Tom Gabriel Fischer formed Hellhammer. They were teenagers in Nürensdorf, a town outside Zurich, Switzerland that had nothing going on at all ...

Brooklyn Vegan points out that Martin Eric Ain, longtime bassist for the influential Swiss underground metal greats Celtic Frost, died on Saturday after suffering from a heart attack. Ain was 50.

Martin Eric Ain, best known as bassist with Celtic Frost, has died after a reported heart attack. He was 50 years old. Ain, real name Martin Stricker, was a co-founding member of the acclaimed ...

Warrior, real name Thomas Gabriel Fischer, led Celtic Frost during their two stints from 1984 to ’93 and 2001 to ’08. Ain was his longest serving bandmate in the Swiss extreme metal pioneers ...

This war of attrition wore the band down. Founding member Ain, who had been Fischer’s partner in the pre-Celtic Frost ...

Celtic Frost were one of the most important bands of the ’80s. ... long-time co-conspirator Martin Ain, ... Tom Gabriel Warrior’s Triumph Of Death announce Resurrection Of The Flesh live album.

Monotheist, the band’s 2006 farewell album, was a true collaboration and labor of love between Tom Gabriel Fischer and Martin Eric Ain.They started working on it in 2000, and entered the studio ...