{"id":14254,"date":"2014-11-24T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=14254"},"modified":"2014-11-23T19:27:01","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T00:27:01","slug":"triptykon-tree-of-suffocating-souls-a-video-breakdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/triptykon-tree-of-suffocating-souls-a-video-breakdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Triptykon &#8211; Tree Of Suffocating Souls: A Video Breakdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">There&#8217;s minimalist and then there are <strong>Triptykon<\/strong> videos.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Triptykon is the vehicle for Tom G. Warrior post his departure from the highly influential band <strong>Celtic Frost<\/strong>. It&#8217;s funny to think of CF as being both lovingly praised with some of their releases and widely ridiculed for others <b>coughColdLakcough.<\/b> I thoroughly enjoyed the band&#8217;s return album <em>Monotheist<\/em>, which was actually my first real introduction to the band. It was dark and mysterious with Gabriel&#8217;s hollow voice creating each haunting word. I also remember their video for \u201cA Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh\u201d. It was simple, yet effective. Not a whole heck of a lot happens, but it manages to work well with song. Fast forward to today and Warrior&#8217;s Triptykon takes a stab with the same approach. Will lightning strike twice?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_26422\"  width=\"320\" height=\"240\"  data-origwidth=\"320\" data-origheight=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oMamBKqz_8U?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">0:06: Wow, Tom Warrior is looking pretty good. He must moisturize.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">0:10: Yep&#8230;that sure is a left hand. Let&#8217;s focus on it a few more seconds.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">0:15: Oooo, now the right hand gets it&#8217;s time to shine.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">0:23: Aaaand now the drummer&#8217;s face for a few seconds. Was there a spider on the camera and the cameraman was afraid to move it?<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">0:28: What is that? It looks like a horse&#8217;s tail.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">0:40: This video already has more shots of flowing hair than a commercial for Nair.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">0:46: Ok intro, you can finish up any time now.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">0:54: Dear god, what&#8217;s that sad melting clown with the knit hat doing in Triptykon?<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">0:55: Oh wait, <i>that&#8217;s<\/i> Tom Warrior. Yeesh, I guess I was wrong about the moisturizing.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">1:00: And his hair looks like it was taken from an old Muppet.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">1:07: Um&#8230;aren&#8217;t the vocals supposed to be matching his mouth movements?<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">1:18: Why even bother having a cable for bass? There aren&#8217;t any amps around.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">1:24: Tom Warrior&#8217;s soul patch. That&#8217;s it. That&#8217;s the joke.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">1:34: If that camera were any closer, we&#8217;d be able to smell his breath.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">1:39: It&#8217;s hard to be minimalist when you shoot from every possible angle.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">1:47: Seriously, when do we get the shot from beneath Tom Warrior&#8217;s balls?<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">2:00: Left AND right hands shot at the same time. Wowzers.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">2:08: Sure, film the solo from an angle where you can&#8217;t see his hands. Why not?<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">2:16: Bounce bounce bounce like you&#8217;re in an <a title=\"Aversions Crown \u2013 \u201cVectors\u201d: A Video Breakdown\" href=\"https:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/aversions-crown-vectors-a-video-breakdown\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Aversions Crown<\/strong><\/a> video.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">2:30: I wonder where Tom Warrior gets his hats from.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">2:35: You think he knits them himself?<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">2:36: Or does he go to the store and ask to see something in the \u201cGrim and Tall\u201d section?<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">2:44: That bass is getting more screen time than Steven Seagal in <em>Executive Decision.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">2:57: OG Warrior bounce!<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">3:07: His hair is looking fried. Dude needs to lather, rinse, repeat. Always repeat.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">3:27: Warrior&#8217;s got the \u201cEhhhh, I guess this is ok\u201d look, like he just ate plain oatmeal.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">3:38: Black eyes. The most painful eye color possible&#8230;uh, other than pink.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">3:50: Man, he&#8217;s got a pointy chin. He could slice cheese with that thing.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">4:16: So&#8230;is anything, like, going to happen in this video?<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">4:25: I only ask because we&#8217;re about halfway through. Just, y&#8217;know, curious.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">4:42: Maybe it&#8217;s one of those slow builds like \u201cHouse Of The Devil\u201d where absolutely nothing happens for 90% of the movie and then the end is all an intense mindfuck.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">4:50: Sloooowww mooooooo fooorrrrr nooooooooo reeeeeaassssooonnnnnn.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">4:52: This solo should come with a free stick of incense.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">5:25: I&#8217;m beginning to suspect that this isn&#8217;t a slow build.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">5:29: BYAH!<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">5:45: Problem with the \u201ceverything in your video is black\u201d idea? Smudges on your guitar.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">6:00: Ok, there&#8217;s definitely nothing happening in this video.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">6:09: Now that I think about it, there aren&#8217;t even trees in it! Missed opportunity!<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">6:15: Alright, I&#8217;m going to make a turkey sandwich.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">6:17: Let me know if I miss anything.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">6:20: Just kidding.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">6:26: Do you want anything from the kitchen?<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">6:42: Where&#8217;s that damn mustard?<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">6:58: I found it. It was behind the Cholula.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">7:13: I&#8217;m going to have some chips. Want me to just bring the whole bag?<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">7:22: Did I miss anything? Yeah, I didn&#8217;t think so.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">7:41: I think Tom nodded off. I don&#8217;t blame him.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">7:47: Great. Now everyone in the band is in a coma.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Eight minutes. Eight minutes of nothing that you&#8217;ll never get back. What was the point? Most won&#8217;t sit through all of that just to watch it. They&#8217;ll probably put in on just to the song while doing other things. At that point, they might as well have just uploaded the song with a picture of the band accompanying it.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">In making the video, Warrior said, \u201cAs intensely minimalist as Triptykon\u2018s approach and music are, as perfect and passionate was [director] Philipp [Hirsch] in creating images which combine such minimalism with the required darkness. \u201c<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">You know what else would have been minimalist? <strong>NOT FILMING A VIDEO<\/strong>. That would have been the most minimal thing of all. 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