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HARDLINE MEDIA are beyond pleased to present the music of HELLHAMMER performed by Tom Gabriel Warrior’s TRIUMPH OF DEATH, live in Australia, this August, 2024.The impact of Swiss extreme metal forefathers Hellhammer is one that still resonates around the global metal scene today, such was their influence on the early extreme, death, and black metal genres. In the 40 years that have passed since their humble beginnings in Nurensdorf, Switzerland, in May 1982, they have gained a mythically iconic status despite existing for a mere two years. However the band left a highly influential body of work behind, including the three demos Death Fiend, Satanic Rites and Triumph Of Death (al re-released in 2008 as the Demon Entrails demo retrospective), the seminal Apocalyptic Raids EP, and two tracks from the legendary Death Metal compilation. In light of this legacy, it is almost inconceivable that Hellhammer never performed this music on stage.Celtic Frost, the successor group formed by Hellhammer founding member Tom Gabriel Warrior and former Hellhammer bassist Martin Eric Ain, would sporadically play a Hellhammer song or two, and Warrior’s current band, Triptykon, have played the occasional Hellhammer song live, but the vast body of Hellhammer's work remained unperformed, until the inception of Triumph Of Death.In 2019 Tom Gabriel Warrior stated: Hellhammer will never return and will never be reformed. It is absolutely impossible to reform a band so closely linked to a very specific and unique period in time. But Hellhammer's music exists, and it is an extremely important part of my life's path. And I would like to play it onstage before my demise.
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Hellhammer existed for a mere two years, from May 1982 to May 1984. During this time, the band
wrote material for three demos, one 12" EP, and the legendary Death Metal compilation album, along
with a number of unrecorded songs.
In light of Hellhammer's now mythically iconic status in the global metal scene, it is almost inconceivable that most of this music had never been performed life for almost four decades. Hellhammer's successor group, Celtic Frost, formed by ex-Hellhammer members Tom Gabriel Warrior and Martin Eric Ain, initially played two of Hellhammer's songs but soon abandoned this habit due to the band rapidly developing its own material. Tom Gabriel Warrior's Triptykon, founded in 2008, have played the occasional rare Hellhammer song during special occasions. The vast body of Hellhammer's work remained unperformed, however. Until the inception of Triumph Of Death.
The resurrection of the music of Hellhammer had been an idea Tom Gabriel Warrior and Martin Eric
Ain have discussed for many years, sparked not least by their renewed collaboration in the reformed
Celtic Frost in the 2000s and by the years of work on Warrior's second book Only Death Is Real
(2009), which details the history of Hellhammer and early Celtic Frost.
Tom Gabriel Warrior, 2019: Hellhammer will never return and will never be reformed. It is absolutely
impossible to reform a band so closely linked to a very specific and unique period in time. I never considered it, no matter what offers have been pitched to me over the years. But Hellhammer's music exists, and it is an extremely important part of my life's path. And I would like to play it onstage before my demise.
The first steps towards the realization of Triumph Of Death, named after Hellhammer's most infamous song and intended to be a very respectful and authentic tribute to Hellhammer, were finally taken in 2014, and the band was officially founded in autumn of 2019. Triumph Of Death consists of individuals who not only love this music but truly understand it. The line-up emulates Hellhammer's final incarnation of April/May 1984, when the group had added an additional guitarist.
Since its inception, Triumph Of Death has played a number of highly acclaimed concerts, such as at
Hellfest (France), Wacken Open Air (Germany), Party.San (Germany), Brutal Assault (Czech Republic), Psycho Las Vegas (USA), Merry Christless (Poland), Inferno Festival (Norway), Maryland Deathfest (USA), UK Deathfest, or Mexico Metal Fest. The release of live recordings is currently under consideration.
Triumph Of Death is an open-ended project, based in Zurich, Switzerland.
Read Morewrote material for three demos, one 12" EP, and the legendary Death Metal compilation album, along
with a number of unrecorded songs.
In light of Hellhammer's now mythically iconic status in the global metal scene, it is almost inconceivable that most of this music had never been performed life for almost four decades. Hellhammer's successor group, Celtic Frost, formed by ex-Hellhammer members Tom Gabriel Warrior and Martin Eric Ain, initially played two of Hellhammer's songs but soon abandoned this habit due to the band rapidly developing its own material. Tom Gabriel Warrior's Triptykon, founded in 2008, have played the occasional rare Hellhammer song during special occasions. The vast body of Hellhammer's work remained unperformed, however. Until the inception of Triumph Of Death.
The resurrection of the music of Hellhammer had been an idea Tom Gabriel Warrior and Martin Eric
Ain have discussed for many years, sparked not least by their renewed collaboration in the reformed
Celtic Frost in the 2000s and by the years of work on Warrior's second book Only Death Is Real
(2009), which details the history of Hellhammer and early Celtic Frost.
Tom Gabriel Warrior, 2019: Hellhammer will never return and will never be reformed. It is absolutely
impossible to reform a band so closely linked to a very specific and unique period in time. I never considered it, no matter what offers have been pitched to me over the years. But Hellhammer's music exists, and it is an extremely important part of my life's path. And I would like to play it onstage before my demise.
The first steps towards the realization of Triumph Of Death, named after Hellhammer's most infamous song and intended to be a very respectful and authentic tribute to Hellhammer, were finally taken in 2014, and the band was officially founded in autumn of 2019. Triumph Of Death consists of individuals who not only love this music but truly understand it. The line-up emulates Hellhammer's final incarnation of April/May 1984, when the group had added an additional guitarist.
Since its inception, Triumph Of Death has played a number of highly acclaimed concerts, such as at
Hellfest (France), Wacken Open Air (Germany), Party.San (Germany), Brutal Assault (Czech Republic), Psycho Las Vegas (USA), Merry Christless (Poland), Inferno Festival (Norway), Maryland Deathfest (USA), UK Deathfest, or Mexico Metal Fest. The release of live recordings is currently under consideration.
Triumph Of Death is an open-ended project, based in Zurich, Switzerland.
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