Eparistera Daimones

Eparistera Daimones is the debut album by Swiss extreme metal band Triptykon, the most recent musical project of Thomas Gabriel Fischer, founding member of the pioneering heavy metal bands Hellhammer and Celtic Frost and industrial project Apollyon Sun.

Eparistera Daimones
cover art by H. R. Giger
Studio album by Triptykon
Released	22 March 2010
Recorded	August - November 2009 [1][2]
Studio	Various Woodshed Studio, Landshut, Germany The Inner Sanctum, Zürich, Switzerland Studio Zollhaus, Oensingen, Switzerland
Genre	Doom metal gothic metal black metal death metal avant-garde metal[3]
Length	72:41
Label	Prowling Death Century Media
Producer	Antje Lange (exec.) Thomas Gabriel Fischer (also exec.) V. Santura
Triptykon chronology
Eparistera Daimones (2010) Shatter (2010)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
About.com	[5]
Blabbermouth	[6]
Angry Metal Guy	[7]
Babbermouth.net	9/10[8]
Metal Storm	8.4/10[9]
Popmatters.com	8/10[10]
Lords of Metal	100%[11]
Metal Reviews	92/100[12]
Metal Crypt	not rated[13]

The album was released by Prowling Death Records Ltd., under a licensing agreement with Century Media Records on March 22, 2010,[14] and was released by Victor Entertainment Japan on April 21, 2010 with a bonus track, "Shatter". Upon its release, Eparistera Daimones was met with universal acclaim by both music critics and band fans.

Eparistera Daimones was produced by Tom Gabriel Warrior and Triptykon guitarist V. Santura and recorded in V. Santura's own Woodshed Studio in southern Germany, in the course of the second half of 2009. Like Celtic Frost's Monotheist album, Eparistera Daimones was mastered by Walter Schmid at Oakland Recording in Winterthur, Switzerland.

The album features artwork by H. R. Giger and Vincent Castiglia.

The title of album is originally from Aleister Crowley's Liber XXV: The Star Ruby ritual. Eparistera Daimones (ΕΠΑΡΙΣΤΕΡΑ ΔΑΙΜΟΝΕΣ)[15] in Greek means On my left hand the Daemones[15][16] or To my left, the demons.[17]

"Myopic Empire" comes from "Relinquished Body", a demo track from Celtic Frost's 2002 demo album "Prototype".[18]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Goetia"	Thomas Gabriel Fischer	Fischer	11:00
2.	"Abyss Within My Soul"	Fischer	Fischer	9:26
3.	"In Shrouds Decayed"	Fischer	V. Santura	6:55
4.	"Shrine" (Instrumental)		Fischer	1:43
5.	"A Thousand Lies"	Fischer	Fischer	5:28
6.	"Descendant"	Fischer	V. Santura	7:41
7.	"Myopic Empire"	Fischer	Fischer, Unala, Gadient	5:47
8.	"My Pain"	Fischer	Fischer	5:19
9.	"The Prolonging"	Fischer	Fischer	19:22
Total length:				72:41

[19]

Japanese Edition

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
10.	"Shatter"	Fischer	Fischer	4:58

Formats

Eparistera Daimones has been released in several formats including CD, Digipak CD, and Double Gatefold LP.

Chart positions

Chart (2010)	Peak position
German Albums Chart	81[20]
Greek Albums Chart	17
Finnish Albums Chart	28[20]
Swiss Albums Chart	73[20]
US Billboard Top Heatseekers	27[20]

Personnel

• Thomas Gabriel Fischer - vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming
• V. Santura - guitar, vocals
• Norman Lonhard - drums & percussion
• Vanja Slajh - bass

Credits

Collaborations

• Simone Vollenweider - additional vocals
• A. Acanthus Gristle - additional vocals
• Fredy Schnyder - grand piano
• Nadine Rimlinger - violin

Production

• Tom Gabriel Warrior and V. Santura - Production, recording and mixing
• Walter Schmid - Mastering
• Antje Lange and Tom Warrior - Executive producers
• Vincent Castiglia - Band illustrations
• H. R. Giger - Cover art "Vlad Tepes"

References

1. Thomas Gabriel Fischer (2009-08-05). "Triptykon Press Release". Retrieved 2009-05-06.
2. "Triptykon To Begin Recording Debut Album". metalunderground.com. 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
3. Gorania, Jay H. "Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones Review - Review of Eparistera Daimones by Triptykon - About.com". About.com. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
4. Allmusic review
5. "Triptykon Eparistera Daimones Review - Review of Eparistera Daimones by Triptykon". Heavymetal.about.com. 2010-03-22. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
6. Bergman, Keith. "Review: Eparistera Daimones". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
7. http://www.angrymetalguy.com/triptykon-eparistera-daimones-review/
8. http://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/eparistera-daimones/
9. http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=8136
10. http://www.popmatters.com/review/122906-triptykon-eparistera-daimones/
11. http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/en/reviews/view/id/16159
12. http://www.metalreviews.com/reviews/album/6171
13. http://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=6380
14. Thomas Gabriel Fischer (2009-12-21). "Triptykon Press Release". Retrieved 2009-12-31.
15. http://www.kaaos.org/faerie/starruby.html
16. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2012-07-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
17. http://www.metalsucks.net/2010/03/18/talkin-triptykon-with-tom-g-warrior-fischer/
18. "Celtic Frost - Prototype - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". www.metal-archives.com. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
19. "Eparistera Daimones: Triptykon: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
20. "Eparistera Daimones first-week chart positions revealed". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. 8 April 2010. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2010.