TRIPTYKON, the group formed by former HELLHAMMER/CELTIC FROST singer, guitarist, and main songwriter Tom Gabriel Warrior, have issued the following announcement:

"Starting on March 15th, Triptykon fans in Germany who are too impatient to wait for the release of Triptykon's first album, Eparistera Daimones, will have a chance to listen to the album at a nearby branch of the Saturn store. This is how it works:

Postcard-size flyers can be found at the information desk of Saturn's CD section. These flyers contain information regarding Triptykon's album (if there are no flyers left, fans may ask the staff to provide more). The flyers also feature the barcode of Eparistera Daimones. To listen to the album, simply hold the barcode under the scanner of the listening terminal and the album will begin to play."

Triptykon's debut album, Eparistera Daimones, will be released in March 2010 (dates below). To catch a glimpse at this monolithic opus either visit the band’s official MySpace page where you can already stream two full songs, or watch the following atmospheric online teaser clips featuring short music samples taken from the album below.

Audio samples for all tracks featured on Eparistera Daimones are available at Amazon.

Eparistera Daimones will be released as Deluxe Mediabook CD Edition incl. 28-page booklet and extensive liner notes as well as Gatefold Double LP via Century Media Records under exclusive license from Prowling Death Records Ltd. on the following dates:

Germany/Austria/Switzerland/Italy - March 19th

UK/Benelux/France/Greece/Denmark/Norway/Portugal/rest of Europe - March 22nd

Spain - March 23rd

Sweden/Finland/Hungary - March 24th

In an exceptionally rare gesture, HR Giger has granted Triptykon the use of his dramatic painting Vlad Tepes (work no. 412, 200 x 140 cm, acrylic on paper on wood, 1978). It is the artist's first authorized appearance on an album cover in 17 years, and the second time he collaborates with Warrior (following Celtic Frost's To Mega Therion album in 1985).

A new and exclusive gallery showing HR Giger and Vlad Tepes from 1978 has been added to the "Multimedia/Imagery" section on the band’s official homepage.

Triptykon recently announced a couple of warm-up shows prior to the band’s appearance at this year’s Roadburn Festival where Tom G. Warrior is hosting the special event Only Death Is Real on April 16th.

Roadburn Warm Up shows:

April

13 - Rostock, Germany - Alte Zuckerfabrik
14 - Essen, Germany - Zeche Carl

Festivals 2010

April

16 - Tilburg, Netherlands - 013 / Roadburn Festival
30 - Barroselas, Portugal - SWR Barroselas Metalfest