Luxi Lahtinen: BATHORY – An Epic Interview With Quorthon. 2001, abgerufen am 22. Februar 2010 (englisch): „After all, BATHORY's origin is a mixture of early Black Sabbath, early Motörhead and early GBH. […] I have always said that if you want to know where the initial BATHORY stuff came from, all you have to do is to listen to early Black Sabbath, early Motörhead and early GBH at the same time.“
Interview of: Tom G. Warrior – Celtic Frost/Hellhammer. PyroMusic.net, abgerufen am 6. September 2010: „There was basically two fields of music that influenced me. There was Heavy Metal, and New Wave. In Heavy Metal, it’s fair to say bands like Black Sabbath, Angel Witch and Venom influenced us. Martin and I were heavily influenced by the New Wave music of the time too, such as Bauhaus, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Christian Death etc and I think it’s a mix of these musical directions that influenced the sound of Celtic Frost.“
Mark Eglinton: The Crypts Of 25 Years: Tom Araya On The Anniversary Of Slayer’s Hell Awaits.The Quietus, 16. August 2010, abgerufen am 6. September 2010 (englisch): „We did covers of Venom, Maiden, Priest. We were listening to the same stuff everybody else was – you can name them all. They were the metal bands. Sabbath was there, Richie Blackmore... Jeff’s a big fan of fuckin’ Richie Blackmore – I found that out last night [laughs]. So those core bands were the ones. Venom was a big influence on Kerry as far as the imagery, and how we did the song-writing.“
