Trepaneringsritualen Explained

Trepaneringsritualen
Alias:	T × R × P
Origin:	Gothenburg, Sweden
Years Active:	2008-present
Website:	https://www.de-za-kh-a-da-sh-ba-a-ha-v.se/
Current Members:	Thomas Martin Ekelund Peter Johan Nÿland

Trepaneringsritualen is an industrial and dark ambient project created in 2008 by Swedish artist Thomas Martin Ekelund.^{[1] [2]}

Style and themes

Pitchfork defined the project as "heavy ritual ambient" with "an almost psychedelic quality"^[3] Orlando Weekly described it as "an immersive experience with few equals in the world of experimental music, a pagan assault on all the senses"^[4]

The name Trepaneringsritualen is a reference to the surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the human skull known as trepanning.^{[5] [6]}

Ekelund has referred to english punk rock band Crass as his most important influence for teaching him "the importance of irreverence of form, and that music isn’t confined to the guitar-bass-drums paradigm".^[7]

Members

• Thomas Martin Ekelund (2008–present)
• Peter Johan Nijland (2017–present)^[8]

Discography

Studio albums

• Ritualer, blot och botgöring (2008)
• Veil the World (2011)
• Deathward, to The Womb (2012)
• Deathstench / Trepaneringsritualen – Deathstench / Trepaneringsritualen (2013)
• Perfection & Permanence (2014)
• Trepaneringsritualen & Sutekh Hexen – One Hundred Year Storm (2014)
• T × R × P // Body Cargo – T × R × P // Body Cargo (2016)
• Kainskult (2017)
• Rituals (2017)
• Mz.412 / Trepaneringsritualen – X Post Industriale / Rituals 2015 e.v. (2017)
• Oberhausen Ritual – Live at Maschinenfest 2016 E.V.(2017)
• ᛉᛦ – Algir; eller Algir i Merkstave (2019)

Other aliases

Thomas Ekelund has also released a lot of music as Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, including several different releases called No Words, as well as records under the name Teeth.^{[9] [10]}

External links

• Official website
• Trepaneringsritualen at Bandcamp
• Trepaneringsritualen discography at MusicBrainz
• Trepaneringsritualen discography at Discogs

See also

• List of dark ambient artists
• List of ambient music artists

Notes and References

1. Web site: Trepaneringsritualen - Biography by AllMusic. 13 November 2020. AllMusic.
2. Web site: Trepaneringsritualen. 13 November 2020. Discogs.
3. Web site: Kelly. Kim. 21 July 2014. Trepaneringsritualen - Perfection & Permanence. 13 November 2020. Pitchfork.
4. Web site: Moyer. Matthew. 31 August 2017. Tonight, Sweden's Trepaneringsritualen combine ritual and noise into a transformative experience. 13 November 2020. Orlando Weekly.
5. Web site: Trepaneringsritualen Interview at Inferno Metal Festival 2014. 2021-01-11. YouTube.
6. News: Wheeldon. Chris. Trepaneringsritualen talks Death / Ritual / Sweden. en. RTRFM / The Sound Alternative.
7. Web site: 22 July 2015. Exploring the Terrifying Genius Behind Trepaneringsritualen's Gothic Death Industrial. 18 November 2020. Vice.
8. Web site: 7 January 2019. Trepaneringsritualen – Interview. 28 June 2022. This Is Darkness.
9. Web site: Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words . Discogs . 13 March 2024.
10. Web site: Teeth (2) . Discogs . 13 March 2024.