Triptykon

Triptykon
Triptykon live in Zagreb, Croatia.
Background information
Origin	Zurich, Switzerland
Genres	Gothic metal, doom metal, black metal, death 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.

— 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.^[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 - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming (2008–present)
• V. Santura - lead guitar, backing vocals (2008–present)
• Vanja Slajh - bass, backing vocals (2008–present)
• Norman Lonhard - drums, percussion (2009–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	Released: 22 March 2010 Label: Prowling Death, Century Media Formats: CD, LP, digital download[18]	28	73	81	264	—	—	—	—	US: 1,300[19]
Melana Chasmata	Released: 14 April 2014 Label: Prowling Death, Century Media Formats: CD, LP, digital download[20]	16	32	69	294	11	162	171	103	US: 7,810[21]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

EPs

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions
		FIN [10]
Shatter	Released: 25 October 2010 Label: Prowling Death, Century Media Formats: CD, LP, digital download[22]	8
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

Title	Single details
Breathing	Released: 17 March 2014 Label: Prowling Death, Century Media Formats: CD, LP

References

1. Gorania, Jay H. "Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones Review - Review of Eparistera Daimones by Triptykon - About.com". About.com. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
2. "Former CELTIC FROST Frontman Launches TRIPTYKON". roadrunnerrecords.com. 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
3. "TALKIN' TRIPTYKON WITH TOM G. (WARRIOR) FISCHER - MetalSucks". MetalSucks. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
4. Thomas Gabriel Fischer (2009-08-05). "Triptykon Press Release". Retrieved 2009-05-06.
5. "Triptykon To Begin Recording Debut Album". metalunderground.com. 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
6. Thomas Gabriel Fischer (2009-12-21). "Triptykon Press Release". Retrieved 2009-12-31.
7. "Former Triptykon Press Release". fischerisdead.blogspot.com. 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
8. "Triptykon Press Release". fischerisdead.blogspot.com. 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
9. "Triptykon Press Release". fischerisdead.blogspot.com. 2014-02-07. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
10. 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
11. http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=triptykon&cat=a
12. "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.
13. "gveBR̃AoドLO". ORICON STYLE. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
14. http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=triptykon&cat=a
15. http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=triptykon&cat=a
16. Eduardo Rivadavia. "Triptykon - Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
17. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/140426cluk.txt
18. "iTunes - Music - Eparistera Daimones by Triptykon". iTunes. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
19. "Triptykon: 'Eparistera Daimones' First Week Chart Positions Revealed - Blabbermouth.net". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
20. "iTunes - Music - Melana Chasmata by Triptykon". iTunes. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
21. 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
22. "iTunes - Music - Shatter - EP by Triptykon". iTunes. Retrieved 25 November 2014.

External links

• Official website