Austin’s Sweet-Ass Album of the Month: Triptykon- Eparistera Daimones

Once a month, I, holy lord editor, Austin will post a new album that I find compelling and worth checking out.

I am not some ol’ fogy who was around when Celtic Frost or Hellhammer were first making waves. Honestly, I really didn’t care about Tommy G. till a few years after Monotheist came out. But now I am a Tom G. Warrior convert. What I had heard of Celtic Frost pre-Monotheist did not prepare me for the beast of an album that Monotheist is. It left my jaw on the floor and my head buried in some dirty alley. I did not, however, think it was nearly as good as certain publications made it out to be. Monotheist was great, but I felt that something was missing- the fabled difference between a great album and a holyhitgoddamnthisisthebestthingI’veeverheard album.

Triptykon is Tom G’s newest band and Eparistera Daimones is their much hyped debut. Wow! What an album!

Few artists manage to do as much justice to the hype around them as Tom G. and Co. The album’s first track, Goetia, sets a high bar for the rest of the album to follow. Fortunately, the rest does not disappoint. Riffs are undressed down to the bare essentials, while the structure takes subtle twists and turns. Except for two instances, even the solos bring out a raw, simple intensity that I’ve only associated with legendary musicians of yesteryear.

All these things are great compliments to Triptykon, but what I like most about Eparistera Daimones is that it sounds like itself-the structure and tones are uniquely its own. Tom G. did not create a doom record, a black metal record, or anything else. He created Triptykon- Eparistera Daimones, which I believe will become one of the most important albums of this decade.

Only time will tell,

Austin