⋘"Daddy's Happy" is taken from TREPALIUM's third full length album, entitled "XIII" (Season of Mist, 2009); as a matter of fact, the track serves as the album opener and sets the mood perfectly for what's to come on the rest of the release. Groove-infused death metal, stylistically similar to fellow French metallers GOJIRA, yet maintaining a sound all their own. Trepalium are a force to be reckoned with!⋙
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Named after an ancient torture device, TREPALIUM sure know how to crush bones with their technical, multi-faceted yet wrenching death metal. In Latin, “trepalium” also means “labour”, a concept the French band knows more than well, being referred to as one of the best live performers of their generation.
Since its creation, TREPALIUM has been a member of the Klonosphere, a group of French metal bands featuring KLONE and HACRIDE who are not afraid to cross the boundaries and bring metal to a new dimension of diversity, technicality and energy. Within three albums and more than 300 concerts, TREPALIUM became a reference in the French extreme scene, sharing the stage with international renowned bands (GOJIRA, ABORTED, BEHEMOTH, MALEVOLENT CREATION, KRISIUN, BLOCKHEADS...) and was featured on major festivals such as Fury Fest, Brutal Assault and Hellfest.
Remarkable stage performances and very mature composing, mixing jazz-funk rythms to an extremely groovy death metal already have affirmed and confirmed the identity of TREPALIUM, who just released their fourth full length album "H.N.P." via Klonosphere Records/Season of Mist (the album came out in June of 2012).
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Thibault Chaumont’s Deviant Lab studio, the album will surprise once again with the quality and the clearness of its production, revealing the width of TREPALIUM’s musical influences more than ever. The warm, powerful, sharper and more acoustic sound will remain as the band’s trademark.
“H.N.P” encloses brilliantly the triptych started with “Alchemik Clockwork of Disorder” and “XIII” . A true journey with dense and deep concept albums whose words reflect and complement the musical complexity and intensity.
<Band Members>
Harun Demiraslan - Guitars & Keyboards
Nicolas Amosse - Guitars
Cédric Punda - Vocals
Sylvain Bouvier - Drums
Ludovic Chauveau - Bass
<Discography>
-Psychic Storm (Demo) (2002)
-Pain's Threshold (Demo) (2003)
-Through The Absurd (Full Length) (2004; Holy Records)
-The Holy Party (5-way split, DVD) (2005; Holy Records)
-Alchemik Clockwork of Disorder (Full Length) (2006; Holy Records)
-XIII (Full Length) (2009; Season of Mist)
-H.N.P. (Full Length) (2012; Season of Mist/Klonosphere)
<General Manager>
klonosphere@hotmail.com
<Booking Agent>
fgarmonbozia@aol.com