TRIPTYKON Kicked Off Debut North American Tour

Swiss extreme Metal act, TRIPTYKON, kicked off their first ever North American tour, the "Weltenbrand […]

By Maria Voutiriadou

• October 7, 2010

Swiss extreme Metal act, TRIPTYKON, kicked off their first ever North American tour, the "Weltenbrand Tour 2010", yesterday in New York City. Norway's technical black Metal band, 1349, and Chicago's veteran progressive Metal act, YAKUZA, will round out the package on the highly anticipated North American live debut of the 2008 project created by Tom Gabriel Warrior (CELTIC FROST, HELLHAMMER). The month-long voyage is sure to be this fall's heaviest tour.

Tom Gabriel Warrior (vocals, guitars) describes his emotions of anticipation on this new undertaking:

"Ever since my earliest days in HELLHAMMER and CELTIC FROST, I have been extremely fortunate to be able to count on the support, fanaticism, and immense loyalty of the North American Metal scene. The recognition my work has received there eclipses anything I have ever encountered in my own native country. Of the 125 concerts performed on the final CELTIC FROST tour in 2006 and 2007, for example, a full 71 were played in North America. Some of these performances rank among the most memorable ones in my entire career.

It is thus an immense honor for me to now bring my new group TRIPTYKON to North America for the first time. TRIPTYKON is further pursuing the path I once began with HELLHAMMER and CELTIC FROST, and I am looking forward to continuing to forge this darkest of musical alliances with all of you. We shall all celebrate masses of unleashed heaviness and morbidity. Only death is real!"

'Weltenbrand Tour 2010' dates are:

October
06 - New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theatre
07 - Boston, MA @ The Middle East
08 - Baltimore, MD @ Otto Bar
09 - Philadelphia, PA @ Polaris
10 - Montreal, QC @ Les Foufounes Electrique
11 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
13 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
14 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre
15 - Detroit, MI @ The Majestic Theatre
16 - Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge
17 - St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
19 - Denver, CO @ The Marquis Theatre
21 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
22 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
23 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
24 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
25 - Tucson, AZ @ The Rock
27 - Tulsa, OK @ The Marquee
28 - Fort Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theatre
29 - Austin, TX @ Emo's Outside
30 - Houston, TX @ The Warsaw