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project created in 2008 by

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artist Thomas Martin Ekelund.

Style and themes

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defined the project as "heavy ritual ambient" with "an almost

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quality"

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described it as "an immersive experience with few equals in the world of

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music, a

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assault on all the senses" The name Trepaneringsritualen is a reference to the

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intervention in which a hole is

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or scraped into the

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known as ''

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''. Ekelund has referred to english

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band

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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".

Members

* Thomas Martin Ekelund (2008–present) * Peter Johan Nijland (2017–present)

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) * ''Kainskult Remixed'' (2021) * ''The Totality Of Death (A)'' (2024) * ''The Totality Of Death (Ω)'' (2024)

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.

External links

Official website

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References

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