| Eparistera Daimones | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Triptykon |
| Cover: | Eparistera Daimones gatefold LP cover.jpg |
| Caption: | Cover art by H. R. Giger |
| Released: | 22 March 2010 |
| Recorded: | August–November 2009[1] [2] |
| Length: | 72:41 |
| Next Title: | Shatter |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
Eparistera Daimones is the debut album by Swiss extreme metal band Triptykon, the most recent musical project of Thomas Gabriel Fischer (a.k.a. Tom G. Warrior), founding member of the pioneering heavy metal bands Hellhammer and Celtic Frost and industrial project Apollyon Sun.
The album was released by Prowling Death Records Ltd., under a licensing agreement with Century Media Records on 22 March 2010,[3] and was released by Victor Entertainment Japan on 21 April 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 Thomas Gabriel Fischer 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)[4] in Greek means On my left hand the Daemones[5] or To my left, the demons.[6]
"Myopic Empire" comes from "Relinquished Body", a demo track from Celtic Frost's 2002 demo album Prototype.
Japanese edition
Eparistera Daimones was released in several formats including CD, digipak CD, and double gatefold LP.
| Chart (2010) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| German Albums Chart | 81[8] | |
| Greek Albums Chart | 17 | |
| Finnish Albums Chart | 28 | |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 73 | |
| US Billboard Top Heatseekers | 27 |