In 2010, the organizers of Holland’s highly acclaimed Roadburn Festival invited Tom Gabriel Warrior, founder of Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, and Triptykon, to act as the curator at that year’s festival. Under the banner of Only Death Is Real, Roadburn 2010 thus became the venue for the presentation of Triptykon’s newly-released debut album, Eparistera Daimon…

The following piece was originally posted today in Tom Gabriel Warrior’s “Homewards”: “The view across the street from Prowling Death Records Limited’s office in North London, photographed in the course of a rainy November during the early days of Triptykon.” “Prowling Death Records was founded in early 1983 in my bedroom in Nürensdorf, Switzerland. I cre…

The following piece was originally posted today in Tom Gabriel Warrior’s “Delineation II” blog, entitled “Wounds”: “As we emerge from Triptykon’s bunker, the weather has undergone a dramatic change. Forceful autumn winds and wild gusts of rain have not only transformed the meagre remaining daylight into a mesmerizing blue-grey haze, they have indeed chang…

Live footage is now available from Triptykon’s performance at the Meh Suff! Metal Festival on September 7, 2012. Footage is courtesy of Lumbago Productions.