Bloodstock 2023: Anthrax cancel, replaced by Triptykon performing Celtic Frost!

Following on from the bonanza 15-band announcement earlier this week, Bloodstock has some more news to share about 2023's event. In these rapidly changing times, unfortunately Saturday's special guest Anthrax have pulled out of their slot. With regret, the band have issued a brief statement saying, “Due to logistical issues beyond our control Anthrax will … Continue reading Bloodstock 2023: Anthrax cancel, replaced by Triptykon performing Celtic Frost!

Triptykon – new album, single and tour with At The Gates

Created in May 2008 to further develop the darkness invoked by its immediate precursors, seminal black/extreme metal pioneers Hellhammer and Celtic Frost, Triptykon evolved from a Celtic Frost side project initiated by Tom Gabriel Fischer (a.k.a. Tom Gabriel Warrior), the group's singer, guitarist, and main songwriter. Work on the successor to Eparistera Daimones began after the … Continue reading Triptykon – new album, single and tour with At The Gates

Triptykon – new album due in April 2014

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, … Continue reading Triptykon – new album due in April 2014

Year in Review – Gigs (and which were the best?)

Well, December is almost over and it's time to dig through the reviews and see what I reckoned was the live musical high-point of the year. And it's bloody hard, believe me. If you just want to skip down to the bit where I try to make my mind up, scroll down until you see … Continue reading Year in Review – Gigs (and which were the best?)

Cannibal Corpse / Triptykon – Glasgow O2 ABC

[More pics of both bands in the following Flickr sets: Triptycon and Cannibal Corpse] This was a 4-band show with Job For A Cowboy and Enslaved making up the "Destroyers of the Faith". However, with a 6:30 door opening and (unbeknownst to us) a bloody club night on, it meant a really early start for … Continue reading Cannibal Corpse / Triptykon – Glasgow O2 ABC