A NEW TRIPTYKON EP ALREADY? SUH-WEET!

Triptykon’s debut, Eparistera Daimones, just came out earlier this year, and I imagine it will end up near the top of many year-end lists (including my own); but the band is doing a U.S. tour in October, and I guess in the name of having something brand-spankin’ new to promote (’cause some people can’t be bothered to remember what came out in February), they’ve announced that they’ll release a new EP, Shatter, via Century on October 26. It will consist of three previously unreleased tracks from the Eparistera Daimones recording sessions, plus live covers of the Celtic Frost classics “Circle of the Tyrants” and “Dethroned Emperor.”

And I’m sure the live covers will be great and all — I mean, Tom G. Warrior did write ’em in the first place, so unless he went all Slash on us and added a rap section, it’s hard for me to see Triptykon fucking those up — but honestly, I’m just really, really super-stoked for the new original material. (Although I hated the demo version of one of those songs, “Crucifixus,” having heard how awesome the group ended up being, I’m willing to give the final recording of the track another chance.) I still listen to ED constantly, and the chorus of “A Thousand Lies”  (“DDDDDDDDDDIIIIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!!!”) has become my strangle-a-hooker-to-death anthem of the year (not to be confused with my barfight anthem of the year, Lair of the Minotaur’s “Let’s Kill These Motherfuckers”). So, yeah, I will happily take three more songs… thanks!

-AR