Triptykon – new album due in April 2014

Triptykon [Photo (c) Iain Purdie]
Triptykon [Photo (c) Iain Purdie]
Press release copy/paste time. Sorry, but if you want the Alter Bridge review up any time this evening I need to cut corners somewhere!

Triptykon, the occult/avant-garde metal project formed by former Hellhammer/Celtic Frost singer, guitarist, and main songwriter Tom Gabriel Warrior after his exit from Celtic Frost in 2008, is proud to announce that the groups’ second album, titled Melana Chasmata, will be released on April 14 (Europe) and April 15 (North America), 2014.

The album’s release will take place through a collaboration between the group’s own label, Prowling Death Records Ltd., and renowned metal giant Century Media Records. This is the same label partnership already responsible for Celtic Frost’s final album, [amazon text=Monotheist&chan=default&asin=B000F7CKHY] (2006), Hellhammer’s [amazon text=Demon Entrails&chan=default&asin=B0012JPH1A] demo compendium (2008), and Triptykon’s debut album, [amazon text=Eparistera Daimones&chan=default&asin=B00362DROK], and Shatter EP (2010).

Melana Chasmata is evolving to be a vastly varied and strikingly dark and heavy album. The album’s title may be translated, approximately, as “black, deep depressions/valleys”.

Songwriting, arrangement, and recording sessions for Melana Chasmata have occurred, intermittently, since 2011. Among the music available for inclusion on the album are songs such as Boleskine HouseStasisGate To My Own DeathDemon PactGehinnamTree Of Suffocated SoulsUnchristian Anthem, and many more. A final track listing for Melana Chasmata will be issued in due course, along with further details on both album and artwork.

Much like Eparistera DaimonesMelana Chasmata is being produced by Tom Gabriel Warrior and Triptykon guitarist V. Santura, and recorded and engineered by V. Santura at his own Woodshed Studio in Bavaria, Germany, as well as at Triptykon’s bunker in Zurich, Switzerland.

Tom Gabriel Warrior: We have been working on Melana Chasmata for some three years, in various shapes and forms. It’s not an easy album by any means, and to me personally it reflects an extremely complex gestation period, musically, spiritually, and, due to certain circumstances in my life, emotionally. At the same time, the album unquestionably reflects the continuity I was longing for so much during Celtic Frost’s period of self-destruction and demise. Hearing Triptykon creating such utter darkness again and exploring the potential of these new songs has been incredibly invigorating and inspiring.”

Triptykon consists of V. Santura (guitar, vocals), Norman Lonhard (drums, percussion), Vanja Slajh(bass), and Tom Gabriel Warrior (voice, guitars).

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