Erol Uenala, also known as Erol Unala, is a Swiss industrial and

metal A metal () is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electrical resistivity and conductivity, electricity and thermal conductivity, heat relatively well. These properties are all associated wit ...

musician. He was a member of the industrial metal band

Apollyon Sun Apollyon Sun was a Swiss industrial metal band formed by singer/guitarist Tom Gabriel Fischer and guitarist Erol Unala in early 1995, after the termination of Celtic Frost, Fischer's prior group. The group was unofficially dissolved in 2001 whe ...

and the

thrash metal Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an Extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, ...

band

Celtic Frost Celtic Frost () was a Swiss metal music, heavy metal band from Zürich. They are remembered for their strong influence on the development of several metal subgenres, particularly extreme metal,Bukszpan, Daniel. ''The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal' ...

Career

Uenala and his brother Kurt grew up in

Aadorf Aadorf is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Münchwilen (district), Münchwilen in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. In 1996 Ettenhausen, Guntershausen bei Aadorf, and Wittenwil merged in ...

, Switzerland. Apollyon Sun were an industrial metal band co-formed by Uenala in early 1995. He played guitars on the following three Apollyon Sun recordings: 1998's '' God Leaves (And Dies)'' (EP); 2000's '' Sub'' and the ''Sub Sampler'' EP. For Celtic Frost, he played guitars and did electronic drum programming for the 2002 ''Prototype'' demo and for 2006's ''Monotheist'' single.

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