TRIPTYKON — Eparistera Daimones (review)

TRIPTYKON — Eparistera Daimones album cover Album · 2010 · Doom Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
5/5 ·
bonnek
Hoofed Lord of Metal, you have not forsaken us! I am a huge fan of all sorts of progressive rock music, progressive metal hybrids included, but damn, have I been missing some straight, real, true, undiluted and vintage Metal lately. It's not that such albums weren't released but I found that so few had anything to say that hadn't been said more convincingly earlier. Luckily there's Tom G Warrior and his gang of mutants to remind us of the ominous epic power that metal can have.

"Eparistera Daimones" is a perfect continuation of Warrior's previous album "Monotheist", then still under the banner of Celtic Frost but given the minimal differences with this release it can't be doubted who the creative brain was behind that album. It's no straight copy though; in fact I would say that the Avant elements have been toned down a bit in favor for the Gothic Doom-Death power. There's not a trace of Black Metal here at all, but still it doesn't get any blacker then this. Essentially, this album reaches down straight to the filthiest pits of human existence, only to come back triumphantly with a menacing slab of rancid rotten doom. I think the end-result is even an improvement over "Monotheist". (Yes, an improvement over another monolithic metal album).

Celtic Frost was a ground-breaking band in the 80's, but after the badly received "Cold Lake", they faded from the radar. After almost 15 years of silence, only interrupted by the sub-par "Apollyon Sub" project, I had given up on Tom G Warrior. I'm so glad to be proven wrong again for the second time in a row. My best metal album for 2010, not a single doubt about that.
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UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Hmm...monotheist didn´t do too much for me ( there are a couple of killer tracks on the album but it´s inconsistent IMO), so I´ve layed off getting this one, but I guess I´d better give it a listen or two.
Pekka wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Brilliant review! I love Monotheist, but this one takes the immense darkness to such levels that I seriously have a hard time listening to this at times.

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