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Zyklon was a Norwegian blackened death metal band formed in 1998 by Samoth and Trym Torson of Emperor, along with members of Myrkskog. Their style has been described as modern death metal with black metal and industrial metal undertones. After more than a two-year hiatus, the band officially split up in January 2010. BLABBERMOUTH.NET - ZYKLON Calls It Quits
All the band's lyrics were written by former Emperor drummer Faust, then member of Casey Chaos' side project Scum and Italian industrial music black metal band Aborym.
Despite Samoth having been in a previous Emperor side project called Zyklon-B, the two are not related; Zyklon B is the name of a Zyklon B used by the Nazism during the Holocaust; "Zyklon" is, according to Samoth, a play on the word "cyclone", since the word is spelled syklon in Norwegian.
The band's second album, Aeon (2003), exposed the band to media attention, and videos were made for two tracks, "Core Solution" and "Psyklon Aeon".
The band's third effort was recorded from November to December 2005 at the Akkerhaugen Lydstudio in Norway; Disintegrate was released in May 2006. In October 2007, the band went on hiatus, before splitting up 15 months later.
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