Morbid Tales and To Mega Therion were ground-breaking stuff for the mid-80s IMO and the first two albums of such music I ever owned.
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But my favorites of his are almost all on "Into The Pandemonium". A truly awesome album packed with heavy metal, poetry, techno beats, and a Wall of Voodoo cover of "Mexican Radio".
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And my favorite CF song from their later stuff is "The Hearth Beneath".
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But I really can't explain this abomination at all.
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\m/ All Things METAL \m/
Yep earlier stuff was alot more raw sounding >
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XesD_wpAp0
Some of CFs stuff was over the top but definately some great tracks..
Oh and heres another thrash classic from ST >
maybe this one will play OK man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwk_KTp4dfE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XesD_wpAp0
Some of CFs stuff was over the top but definately some great tracks..
Oh and heres another thrash classic from ST >
maybe this one will play OK man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwk_KTp4dfE
Acid, thanks again for Triptykon! I have listened to nothing else for two days. It is awesommmme. His best effort! It's like Celtic Frost and Tiamat called up Trouble for a threesome, but nobody had any condoms, so they had a kid. And then dipped it in blood and kicked it down the stairs, thus toughening it up for my discerning ears. BRAVO!!!
Triptykon - Even their promos are badass. "As you perish, I shall live!"
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Triptykon - Even their promos are badass. "As you perish, I shall live!"
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Triptykon "Eparistera Daimones" Album Artwork
Eparistera Daimones, the forthcoming debut album by Triptykon, the group founded by former Hellhammer/Celtic Frost singer and guitarist Tom Gabriel Warrior, is not only musically a leviathan. Remarkably, the album will also feature the epic artwork by renowned Swiss artist HR Giger and New York-based surrealist Vincent Castiglia.
In an exceptionally rare gesture, HR Giger has granted Triptykon the use of his dramatic painting Vlad Tepes (work no. 412, 200 x 140 cm, acrylic on paper on wood, 1978). It is the artist's first authorized appearance on an album cover in 17 years, and the second time he collaborates with Warrior (following Celtic Frost's To Mega Therion album in 1985).
Vincent Castiglia contributes Triptykon, a specially created portrait of the members of the group, painted in the artist's own blood (86 x 86 cm, blood/iron oxide on archival paper, 2009). As Castiglia aptly put it, the amalgamation of works by HR Giger, Vincent Castiglia, and Triptykon on Eparistera Daimones forms a creative triptych in itself.
HR Giger: I am very proud to work with Triptykon. My art hasn't appeared on an album cover for quite some time, and I feel honored to have been approached by Tom about such a collaboration for Triptykon's very first release.
Vincent Castiglia: It's been a tremendous honor to work with both Triptykon and HR Giger on the forthcoming release of Eparistera Daimones. It was a project of enormous depth for me, conceptually as well as visually. I think the resonance between Triptykon's music, Giger's art, and my work is extremely powerful, and it coalesces in quite an amazing, and singular way.
Tom Gabriel Warrior: We feel deeply privileged to be able to adorn our very first album with the work of two artists we respect enormously. To us, their astonishing contributions convey significant symbolism both with respect to our personal frame of mind as well as for this particular album and its history.
It is an immense pleasure to be able to work with HR Giger again. He was one of our most significant mentors during the days of Hellhammer and early Celtic Frost, and he is an extraordinary human being and an artist without equal.
Vincent Castiglia has become a close friend in recent years, and we both sensed that the time had come to create something truly unique together. I am infinitely grateful that he has lent us his incredible talent, not least because I know he incorporates as much passion, darkness, and pain into his work as I do, too.
Eparistera Daimones will also feature detailed credits, full lyrics and extensive liner notes to all songs.
Eparistera Daimones, the forthcoming debut album by Triptykon, the group founded by former Hellhammer/Celtic Frost singer and guitarist Tom Gabriel Warrior, is not only musically a leviathan. Remarkably, the album will also feature the epic artwork by renowned Swiss artist HR Giger and New York-based surrealist Vincent Castiglia.
In an exceptionally rare gesture, HR Giger has granted Triptykon the use of his dramatic painting Vlad Tepes (work no. 412, 200 x 140 cm, acrylic on paper on wood, 1978). It is the artist's first authorized appearance on an album cover in 17 years, and the second time he collaborates with Warrior (following Celtic Frost's To Mega Therion album in 1985).
Vincent Castiglia contributes Triptykon, a specially created portrait of the members of the group, painted in the artist's own blood (86 x 86 cm, blood/iron oxide on archival paper, 2009). As Castiglia aptly put it, the amalgamation of works by HR Giger, Vincent Castiglia, and Triptykon on Eparistera Daimones forms a creative triptych in itself.
HR Giger: I am very proud to work with Triptykon. My art hasn't appeared on an album cover for quite some time, and I feel honored to have been approached by Tom about such a collaboration for Triptykon's very first release.
Vincent Castiglia: It's been a tremendous honor to work with both Triptykon and HR Giger on the forthcoming release of Eparistera Daimones. It was a project of enormous depth for me, conceptually as well as visually. I think the resonance between Triptykon's music, Giger's art, and my work is extremely powerful, and it coalesces in quite an amazing, and singular way.
Tom Gabriel Warrior: We feel deeply privileged to be able to adorn our very first album with the work of two artists we respect enormously. To us, their astonishing contributions convey significant symbolism both with respect to our personal frame of mind as well as for this particular album and its history.
It is an immense pleasure to be able to work with HR Giger again. He was one of our most significant mentors during the days of Hellhammer and early Celtic Frost, and he is an extraordinary human being and an artist without equal.
Vincent Castiglia has become a close friend in recent years, and we both sensed that the time had come to create something truly unique together. I am infinitely grateful that he has lent us his incredible talent, not least because I know he incorporates as much passion, darkness, and pain into his work as I do, too.
Eparistera Daimones will also feature detailed credits, full lyrics and extensive liner notes to all songs.
check it out all ^^
pause that vid above at 2.57 ! Really sweet guitar there OMH :) Ok check these guys out > this has really got me pumped at the moment!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEVkkZCEoho
Aaaah, the Kalmah ees goot! \m/ What also ees goot? My new shirt!
If anyone else wants one, it's here on eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/TRIPTYKON-2-SIDED-T ... 500wt_1154
And let's toss some kickass metal in here as well.
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If anyone else wants one, it's here on eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/TRIPTYKON-2-SIDED-T ... 500wt_1154
And let's toss some kickass metal in here as well.
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You could solve those grey hair areas with a little bit of pink dye OMH.. it'd make you look 20 years younger too 
I will definately purchase a Triptykon T-shirt - unless it is poor quality?
I mean does it fade easy and have lots of fluff coming off it all the time?
Looks great from the photos.. ? What's it like m8?
I bought a T from Ebay before and it literally fell apart after a few washes..
Pink??? Are you mad? :D
RE: T-Shirt - I don't have it with me at the moment, but I must admit it is a bit thinner than most cotton tshirts I have. I wore it over a white thermal shirt with black pants, then saw myself on a surveillance camera and the shirt appeared to be purple in the monitor.
And only time will tell how well the art will stay intact. I wash all such things inside-out these days.
And speaking of metal, I'm about to walk into the dentist for a root canal and a stainless steel crown! \m/
RE: T-Shirt - I don't have it with me at the moment, but I must admit it is a bit thinner than most cotton tshirts I have. I wore it over a white thermal shirt with black pants, then saw myself on a surveillance camera and the shirt appeared to be purple in the monitor.
And only time will tell how well the art will stay intact. I wash all such things inside-out these days.
And speaking of metal, I'm about to walk into the dentist for a root canal and a stainless steel crown! \m/
Too much body metal makes it difficult to get past airport customs!
The pink hair on the other hand is recommeded
Something I dug out today and thought why not post it>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlgXx7g8zjA
The pink hair on the other hand is recommeded
Something I dug out today and thought why not post it>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlgXx7g8zjA