Trepaneringsritualen

Trepaneringsritualen
Trepaneringsritualen performance at Tongeren MetalFest 2016
Background information
Also known as	T × R × P
Origin	Gothenburg, Sweden
Genres	Industrial dark ambient
Years active	2008-present
Labels	Cold Spring Tesco Organisation Old Europa Cafe Cyclic Law
Members	Thomas Martin Ekelund Peter Johan Nÿland
Website	https://www.de-za-kh-a-da-sh-ba-a-ha-v.se/

Trepaneringsritualen is an industrial and dark ambient project created in 2008 by Swedish artist Thomas Martin Ekelund.[1][2]

Style and themes

Pitchfork defined the project as "heavy ritual ambient" with "an almost psychedelic quality"[3] Orlando Weekly described it as "an immersive experience with few equals in the world of experimental music, a pagan assault on all the senses"[4]

The name Trepaneringsritualen is a reference to the surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the human skull known as trepanning.[5][6]

Ekelund has referred to english punk rock band Crass as his most important influence for teaching him "the importance of irreverence of form, and that music isn’t confined to the guitar-bass-drums paradigm".[7]

Members

• Thomas Martin Ekelund (2008–present)
• Peter Johan Nijland (2017–present)[8]

Discography

Studio albums

• Ritualer, blot och botgöring (2008)
• Veil the World (2011)
• Deathward, to The Womb (2012)
• Deathstench / Trepaneringsritualen – Deathstench / Trepaneringsritualen (2013)
• Perfection & Permanence (2014)
• Trepaneringsritualen & Sutekh Hexen – One Hundred Year Storm (2014)
• T × R × P // Body Cargo – T × R × P // Body Cargo (2016)
• Kainskult (2017)
• Rituals (2017)
• Mz.412 / Trepaneringsritualen – X Post Industriale / Rituals 2015 e.v. (2017)
• Oberhausen Ritual – Live at Maschinenfest 2016 E.V.(2017)
• ᛉᛦ – Algir; eller Algir i Merkstave (2019)

Other aliases

Thomas Ekelund has also released a lot of music as Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, including several different releases called No Words, as well as records under the name Teeth.[9][10]

External links

• Official website
• Trepaneringsritualen at Bandcamp
• Trepaneringsritualen discography at MusicBrainz
• Trepaneringsritualen discography at Discogs

See also

• List of dark ambient artists
• List of ambient music artists

References

1. "Trepaneringsritualen - Biography by AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
2. "Trepaneringsritualen". Discogs. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
3. Kelly, Kim (21 July 2014). "Trepaneringsritualen - Perfection & Permanence". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
4. Moyer, Matthew (31 August 2017). "Tonight, Sweden's Trepaneringsritualen combine ritual and noise into a transformative experience". Orlando Weekly. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
5. "Trepaneringsritualen Interview at Inferno Metal Festival 2014". YouTube. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
6. Wheeldon, Chris. "Trepaneringsritualen talks Death / Ritual / Sweden". RTRFM / The Sound Alternative.
7. "Exploring the Terrifying Genius Behind Trepaneringsritualen's Gothic Death Industrial". Vice. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
8. "Trepaneringsritualen – Interview". This Is Darkness. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
9. "Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words". Discogs. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
10. "Teeth (2)". Discogs. Retrieved 13 March 2024.