Triptykon – the band featuring frontman Tom Gabriel Warrior (ex-Celtic Frost, ex-Hellhammer), guitarist V. Santura (Noneuclid, ex-Dark Fortress), bassist Vanja Šlajh (ex-Freitod, ex-Niryth), and drummer Hannes Grossmann (Blotted Science, ex-Obscura, ex-Hate Eternal, etc.) – is plotting their long-awaited third album for 2025.
In a lengthy Instagram post, Triptykon noted the new album will be released by Century Media in 2025 with a possible EP or "onstage glimpses" coming prior. The new material will be Triptykon's first since their 2014 album Melana Chasmata.
"After an extended period of frantic inactivity on the recording front, Swiss/German avant-garde extreme metal group Triptykon are convening in 2024 to focus on the completion and recording of material for the band's long-awaited fourth album," wrote Triptykon in their post.
"The album is scheduled to be released by long-time music industry partners Century Media Records/Sony Music Entertainment in 2025. For this purpose, Triptykon (via the group's own label Prowling Death Records) signed a new, vastly enhanced licensing agreement with CMR/SME on 1 June 2024. It is likely that an EP or onstage glimpses of Triptykon's new music will precede the album.
"Once the songwriting and arrangement sessions at the band's base in Zurich, Switzerland, are concluded to the band's satisfaction, Triptykon will relocate to guitarist V. Santura's own studios in Bavaria, Germany, to conduct recording and mixing sessions. The album will again be produced by V. Santura and Tom Gabriel Warrior.
"In light of the fact that Triptykon was established as the direct successor to Celtic Frost, there also exists an emblematic undertone to these sessions, as they are taking place exactly 40 years after Celtic Frost commenced work on that band's debut album, Morbid Tales."
In the meantime, you should definitely check out Triptykon's 2019 live album Requiem (Live at Roadburn 2019). The record features Triptykon and the Dutch Metropole Orkest performing two Celtic Frost songs, as well as a massive 32 minute piece called "Grave Eternal". It's a lot to take in, but it's a great side-by-side comparison of Warrior's unique musical voice then and now. Stream that in full here.
