“Triptykon's first album, Eparistera Daimones, was fueled by the anger within
guitarist, vocalist, and primary songwriter Thomas Gabriel Fischer over the tumultuous breakup of Celtic Frost, the pioneering metal group he was long associated with. Melana Chasmata is the follow up to Eparistera Daimones, and while it retains much of the strength of its predecessor, it doesn't quite feel like the triumph Triptykon's debut did.”