Year : 2010 (Century Media Records)
Style : Gothic / Doom Metal
Country : Switzerland
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 106 mb
Bio:
Triptykon is a musical project of Thomas Gabriel Fischer, founding member of the pioneering heavy metal bands Hellhammer, Celtic Frost and Apollyon Sun. Fischer announced his departure from Celtic Frost in May 2008 and shortly afterwards revealed his new project would be entitled Triptykon.The name of the band is a play on the word "triptych", because Triptykon is founding member Thomas Gabriel Fischer's third project after Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. The band logo is inspired by a writing pattern used in Weimar Republic.Triptykon will sound as close to Celtic Frost as is humanly possible, and the album I am working on will feature all the material I envisioned for the successor to Celtic Frost's Monotheist. I desire the album to be a darker, heavier and slightly more experimental development of Monotheist. The first audio sample, for the song "Crucifixus", can be heard on the band's official Myspace page, among others.— Thomas Gabriel Fischer.On August 5, 2009, Triptykon issued a press release indicating the recording of their debut album, Eparistera Daimones, would commence in the middle of August and continue through November, with a release in the spring of 2010.On December 21, 2009, Triptykon issued a new press release to reveal Prowling Death Records Ltd. entered into a licensing agreement with Century Media Records to release Eparistera Daimones on March 22, 2010.A follow-up EP, entitled Shatter, was released on October 25, 2010.A music video for the song Shatter has also been released.Triptykon is currently working on a new album, which is due for release in early 2014.It was announced on October 22, 2013 that the new album will be titled Melana Chasmata.On February 7, 2014, Melana Chasmata's release date was revealed as being on April 14, 2014
Album:
Celtics Frost's comeback album, "Monotheist", was unexpected as a release, but also as an CF album. Though certainly CF had never made two albums that sounded the same, much less in a row, and most fans were quite satisfied with the outcome. So was I. Celtic Frost's disbandment was as heartbreaking as "Monotheist" had been spirit-raising (in a crushing manner). Tom G. Warrior knew what he held in his hands and saw that it was far too good to be allowed to go in waste, even if he had to start from scrap. Actually, the acclaim and success that "Monotheist" met ensured he didn't have to start from scrap. Triptykon may have been a new band, but so strongly a continuation of "Monotheist" that none who had liked the album would miss "Eparistera Daimones". In fact, I think this album was hyped even more than its predecessor.It is actually good that "Eparistera Daimones" is not a CF album, for they were known for never doing the same album twice (as I have now said twice). Triptykon kind of ensured that Tom could do "Monotheist" a hundred times if he so felt. "Eparistera Daimones" may indeed be a continuation of "Monotheist", but is more of natural evolution than a carbon copy. Gone are the most atmospheric, freezing songs of minimalist silence fused with utter rage. After all, they were the work of Martin Eric Ain, not Thomas Gabriel Fischer. Also, this album focuses less on riffs than its predecessor. The guitars are there to do but one thing - crush. I was actually surprised to see the wide acclaim this album received because the riffs are nothing magnificent on their own, but only as a part of the bigger picture. As is everything, actually, apart from Tom's vocal delivery which is as powerful as ever (yes, the UH! is there, no need to worry). If this album isn't a riff-tastic masterpiece (though it is a masterpiece), then it isn't an atmospheric one either (!). "Eparistera Daimones" is an album of pure, raw emotion. Sure, the guitars crush and the drums pound, every now and then actually playing something interesting. Bass isn't very audible, but at times you realize it's there just like the guitars. The production more modern than on any CF album, which does take some of Norman Lonhard's power behind the drums away, but otherwise it suits this black mass of pure apocalyptic wrath.In the musical stylings there is a lot of doom on this album, meaning it is mostly a slow moving one with long songs. The opener, "Goetia", one of the best songs on this one, is 11-minutes long and the aptly titled closer, "The Prolonging", lasts for almost 20-minutes (not an easily accessible album, I'd say). There's also the more avant-garde stylings of later CF and some gothic influences to be heard as well as some faster torture on "A Thousand Lies". "My Pain" and "Shrine" offer sort breathers from all the devastation of the more crushing material.All the hate and bitterness towards a couple of former band mates is actually more than a wearisome experience, which further increases my surprise towards the mostly very positive attention this album has garnered. It is not an easy album, but a very rewarding one.
Line-Up:
Tom Gabriel Warrior - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Programming, Songwriting (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7-9), Lyrics
V. Santura - Guitars, Vocals, Programming (track 3), Bass (track 6), Songwriting (tracks 3, 6)
Vanja Šlajh - Bass
Norman Lonhard - Drums, Percussion
Tracklist:
01. Goetia 11:00
02. Abyss Within My Soul 09:26
03. In Shrouds Decayed 06:56
04. Shrine 01:43 instrumental
05. A Thousand Lies 05:28
06. Descendant 07:41
07. Myopic Empire 05:47
08. My Pain 05:19
09. The Prolonging 19:22
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