Zyklon (band)

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Background information
Origin	Norway
Genre(s)	Blackened death metal
Years active	1998– present
Label(s)	Candlelight Records
Website	www.zyklontribe.com
Members
Odd Tony "Secthdamon" Ingebrigtsen, Tomas "Samoth" Thormodsæter Haugen, Thor Anders "Destructhor" Myhren, Kai Johnny "Trym Torson" Mosaker
Former members
Daemon Cosmocrator

Zyklon is a Norwegian blackened death metal band formed in 1998 by members of Norwegian black metal band Emperor, Samoth and Trym, as well as former members of Myrkskog in order to make up for the fact that Emperor were no longer playing live. Despite Samoth being in a previous Emperor side project called Zyklon-B, the two are not related; while Zyklon B is the name of a lethal gas, which was used by German Nazis in the extermination of Jews during the World War II. Zyklon is, according to Samoth, a play on the word "cyclone." All the bands lyrics are written by former Emperor drummer Faust who is currently a member of Casey Chaos' side project SCUM and Italian industrial black metal band Aborym.

Zyklon's debut album, entitled World ov Worms, was quite similar to that of Destructhor's band Myrkskog's album Deathmachine. The album was made up of extremely fast riffing and blast beats aided by the vocals of Daemon and lyrics written by Faust, formerly the drummer for Emperor. However, after this release, Zyklon changed. Secthdamon was brought to replace Cosmocrator, and Daemon was replaced by Secthdamon, even though Secthdamon had been drumming for Myrkskog. At this point the official line-up was Samoth, Trym Torson, Destructhor, and Secthdamon.

Zyklon's second album, Aeon, exposed the band to more media attention. The production is much more clear, with the possible exception of "An Eclectic Manner", which was produced with the cloudy and visualizing effect that is reminiscent of Emperor, in order to create a more melodic yet insidious atmosphere. Videos were made for two tracks, Core Solution and Psyklon Aeon.

The band's third effort, Disintegrate, was released on May 15, 2006 to great critical acclaim. Clocking at 45:06, Disintegrate is Zyklon's longest album, and was recorded in November - December 2005 at the "Akkerhaugen Lydstudio", in Norway.