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After Celtic Frost disbanded and Tom G. Warrior announced the formation of Triptykon, he assured fans that his new project  ”will sound as close to Celtic Frost as is humanly possible.” That wasn’t just self-serving hype: Triptykon is not Celtic Frost in name only.

Seeing Triptykon live highlights this fact: Their set last Thursday evening here in Manhattan (with co-headliners 1349, who, unfortunately, I missed) was dominated by songs spanning the entire spectrum of Celtic Frost’s catalog, including Morbid Tales (“Circle of Tyrants,” “Dethroned Emperor”), Into the Pandemonium (“Babylon Fell”), and Monotheist (“Synagoga Satanae”). Triptykon might have new members, but they’re not a new band; they’re Celtic Frost with a very intense-looking woman, Vanja Slajh, playing bass instead of a very intense-looking man, Martin Eric Ain.

And will due respect to Ain, you probably won’t miss him.

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Just a couple of weeks ago the mighty Devin Townsend was praising Jacob Hansen for his work with Fear My Thoughts, and now the band has announced that they’re calling it quits. They’ll apparently play a string of shows in Europe this winter before doing a farewell gig in February.

I was never a huge Fear My Thoughts fan, but I always thought they were a good band, and I particularly enjoyed 2007′s Vulcanus. Join me in mourning the loss by watching a video from that album, “Blankness,” below.

-AR

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