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

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and

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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 ...

and the

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band Celtic Frost.

Career

Uenala and his brother Kurt grew up in

Aadorf Aadorf is a municipality in the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. In 1996 Ettenhausen, Guntershausen bei Aadorf, and Wittenwil merged into Aadorf.God Leaves (And Dies) ''God Leaves (And Dies)'' is the debut EP by Swiss industrial metal band Apollyon Sun, released in 1997 via Mayan Records. "God Leaves" and "The Cane" were taken from the band's 1997 ''Industry Demonstration'' and were remastered for this rele ...

'' (EP); 2000's '' Sub'' and the ''Sub Sampler'' EP. For Celtic Frost, he played guitars and did electronic

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for the 2002 ''Prototype'' demo and for 2006's ''Monotheist'' single.

References

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