# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martin-eric-ain
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:15:17.602Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-eric-ain"
name: "Martin Eric Ain"
slug: "martin-eric-ain"
description: "Martin Eric Ain was a Swiss musician of American origin best known as the bassist of the influential extreme metal bands Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. He used the stage name Martin Eric Ain throughout."
tagline: "American-born Swiss bassist (1967–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martin_Eric_Ain.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1967-07-18"
deathDate: "2017-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.67
  momentum:             4.993696700037079
  historical:           8.879776
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "مارتين اريك اين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AC%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BD_%CE%88%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA_%CE%88%CE%B9%CE%BD"
    title: "Μάρτιν Έρικ Έιν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Eric_Ain"
    title: "Martin Eric Ain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Eric_Ain"
    title: "Martin Eric Ain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Eric_Ain"
    title: "Martin Eric Ain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Eric_Ain"
    title: "Martin Eric Ain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Eric_Ain"
    title: "Martin Eric Ain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Eric_Ain"
    title: "Martin Eric Ain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Eric_Ain"
    title: "Martin Eric Ain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/48b5a7b1-5bb8-4b36-8484-a8a0fdbb2417"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3354461"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump