For this Sunday’s look back at metal bands of yesteryear, we’re featuring Norway’s Zyklon.
In addition to the quality of their music, Zyklon are notable because the band’s line-up included guitarist Samoth and drummer Trym Torson from Emperor.
In a way, the band could also be thought of as a continuation of the project called Myrkskog, since Zyklon also included Myrkskog members Destructhor (guitar) and Sechthdamon (bass, vocals). (The discography of Myrkskog, by the way, was the subject of Andy Synn’s seventh SYNN REPORT back in May 2011 — here.)
According to Metal Archives, “The name for this band came from, according to Samoth, a play on the word ‘cyclone’ (Zyklon is german for Cyclone). The band stated that there is nothing political about Zyklon or the name.” Zyklon should also not be confused with Zyklon-B, which was a past side project of Emperor that also included Samoth as well as Ihsahn.
Zyklon released three full-length albums between 2001 and 2006 and officially announced their split-up in early 2010. The music combines elements of industrial death and black metal. For the first album, World ov Worms, the vocals were provided by Daemon, the man behind Limbonic Art; for the next two albums, Aeon (2003) and Disintegrate (2006), Sechthdamon recorded the vocals.
Below I’ve picked four videos for your listening pleasure: “Hammer Revelation” from World ov Worms; an official video for “Psyklon Aeon” (the opening track from the second album); and then the band’s live performance at Party.San Open Air 2004 (divided into two parts), which was released on a CD/DVD in 2006 called Storm Detonation Live. Enjoy.
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I still listen to these guys pretty regularly actually. And The Wretched End. Great stuff all-round.
I was pretty bummed out when Zyklon announced they were finished, but The Wretched End is close enough in sound and style that it was almost like they just changed the name of the band. Needless to say I really enjoy both bands.
Liked these guys back in the day. What is Trym up to these days?
Beside his job as a tattoo artist he’s currently working on the new super-group band God of atheists.
http://www.godofatheists.com/
For the life of me I kept wondering why I had liked that band page on FB and kept getting updates. Now I know (and recall) why, thanks.
Had no idea about this project. Looks amazing with that line up! Thanks.
Terrible name though, preachy anything is annoying, including atheists.
Haven’t listened to much from these guys, but I’m liking what I’m hearing – I’ll have to delve into their catalog.
Destructhor is awesome, it’s a crying shame that he left Morbid Angel!
Incorrect… now that he’s left Morbid Angel we’ll actually be getting more Myrkskog material finally!
Almost the whole band from World Ov Worms was guests on Sirius’s Spectral Transitions, which also came out in the same year. Both are quite similar actually, and I have to wonder if one inspired the other. Check it out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6eYQBEJq70