Home (Redux)

A night in Chicago/IL, October 16, 2010. Photographed by Nina Miceli, ninamiceliphotography.com, used with very kind permission.


Home… back home in Switzerland, at long last, after the video shoot in Leipzig, after Triptykon's Lausanne, Milan, Zagreb, Luxembourg, and Athens concerts, and after the band's first tour of North America. Home… even though I don't wish to be home. For I felt my true home to be on the road, onstage.

How infinitely hard it was to get off the bus after such a remarkable tour and leave behind what had become our world, second nature. Even though I have toured North America many times with Celtic Frost, the North American segment of Triptykon's first tour was truly unique and intense in every respect. None of us will ever be able to forget it.

What we were given, by our audiences, was overwhelming. It exceeded anything we might have ever been able to anticipate. We will do whatever we can to make it possible for Triptykon to return to North America. Moreover, we are deeply indebted to our core crew, who, along with the local crews at the venues, made this challenging tour possible in the first place and elevated it to a thoroughly professional level: Jarrett Pritchard (backline), Tony Laureano (drum tech), Kenny Nishimura (merchandising), Norm Lefferts (bus driver), and Pete Robertson (sound engineer/tour manager). Likewise, this tour would have never taken place without the dedication and hard work of Triptykon's concert agents Twisted Talent (Europe) and Matt Pike/The Kenmore Agency (USA) as well as Triptykon's manager, Antje Lange. And finally, we were very fortunate to be part of a tour package which consisted not only of respected peers but also of close friends: our co-headliners 1349, and our esteemed special guests Yakuza.

We are looking forward immensely to continuing Triptykon's touring in support of the "Eparistera Daimones" album in 2011. Until then, and beyond, we shall savor the memories of these special weeks past.