In June 2010, Cormac O’Síocháin conducted an interview with former Hellhammer/Celtic Frost  singer and guitarist Tom Gabriel Warrior in Tokyo, Japan about black metal and the legacy of Hellhammer, the breakup of Celtic Frost  and Tom’s new band, Triptykon. Watch the chat in two parts below.

Decibel Magazine and Stereogum / Haunting the Chapel present the “Weltenbrand Tour 2010″ featuring the North American debut of Triptykon with 1349 and Yakuza rounding out the bill. Be sure to visit Triptykon’s Myspace to view the entire tour itinerary.

Tom Gabriel Warrior (vocals, guitars) describes his emotions on the eve of 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!”

Continue reading: BLABBERMOUTH.NET – TOM G. WARRIOR On CELTIC FROST’s Breakup, TRIPTYKON’s Future (Video).