Triptykon
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| Triptykon | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Zurich, Switzerland |
| Genres | Gothic metal, doom metal, black metal, avant-garde metal[1] |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Prowling Death, Century Media |
| Associated acts |
Apollyon Sun Celtic Frost Dark Fortress Hellhammer Mind Funk |
| Website | www.triptykon.net |
| Members |
Thomas Gabriel Fischer V. Santura Norman Lonhard Vanja Slajh |
| Past members | Reed St. Mark |
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.[2] 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.[3]
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.
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.[4][5]
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.[6]
A follow-up EP, entitled Shatter, was released on October 25, 2010.[7] A music video for the song Shatter has also been released.
It was announced on October 22, 2013 that the new album will be titled Melana Chasmata.[8]
On February 7, 2014, Melana Chasmata 's release date was revealed as being on April 14, 2014.[9]
Members
- Current
- Thomas Gabriel Fischer - vocals, guitar, programming (2008-present)
- V. Santura - guitar, vocals (2008-present)
- Norman Lonhard - drums, percussion (2009-present)
- Vanja Slajh - bass, backing vocals (2008-present)
- Former
- Reed St. Mark - drums, percussion (2008-2009)
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIN [10] |
SWI [11] |
GER [12] |
JPN [13] |
NLD [14] |
FRA [15] |
USA [16] |
UK [17] | |||
| Eparistera Daimones |
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28 | 73 | 81 | 264 | — | — | — | — |
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| Melana Chasmata |
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16 | 32 | 69 | 294 | 11 | 162 | 171 | 103 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
EPs
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIN [10] | |||||||||
| Shatter |
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8 | |||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Singles
| Title | Single details |
|---|---|
| Breathing |
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References
- ↑ Gorania, Jay H. "Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones Review - Review of Eparistera Daimones by Triptykon - About.com". About.com. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
- ↑ "Former CELTIC FROST Frontman Launches TRIPTYKON". roadrunnerrecords.com. 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
- ↑ "TALKIN' TRIPTYKON WITH TOM G. (WARRIOR) FISCHER - MetalSucks". MetalSucks. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ Thomas Gabriel Fischer (2009-08-05). "Triptykon Press Release". Retrieved 2009-05-06.
- ↑ "Triptykon To Begin Recording Debut Album". metalunderground.com. 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
- ↑ Thomas Gabriel Fischer (2009-12-21). "Triptykon Press Release". Retrieved 2009-12-31.
- ↑ "Former Triptykon Press Release". fischerisdead.blogspot.com. 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ↑ "Triptykon Press Release". fischerisdead.blogspot.com. 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
- ↑ "Triptykon Press Release". fischerisdead.blogspot.com. 2014-02-07. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/midprice/2010/44
http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/albumit/2010/13
http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/albumit/2014/17 - ↑ http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=triptykon&cat=a
- ↑ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Knstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de". musicline.de. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ "gveBR̃AoドLO". ORICON STYLE. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=triptykon&cat=a
- ↑ http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=triptykon&cat=a
- ↑ Eduardo Rivadavia. "Triptykon - Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/140426cluk.txt
- ↑ "iTunes - Music - Eparistera Daimones by Triptykon". iTunes. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ "Triptykon: 'Eparistera Daimones' First Week Chart Positions Revealed - Blabbermouth.net". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ "iTunes - Music - Melana Chasmata by Triptykon". iTunes. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ http://www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-625-the-fault-in-our-stars-in-stereo
http://www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-618-can-we-get-a-hellyeah
http://www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-612-the-charts-get-fcked-up
http://www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-64-a-kiss-torical-week-of-sales
http://www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-529-16-million-metallica-fans-cant-be-wrong
http://www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-521-people-still-really-like-mushroomhead
http://www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-514-nothing-that-magic-about-this-week
http://www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-57-whitechapel-break-into-the-top-10
http://www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-430-the-charts-have-seen-better-days
http://www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-423-charts-get-sevendust-ed - ↑ "iTunes - Music - Shatter - EP by Triptykon". iTunes. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
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