Long before the well-known Avant-garde Black Metal institution Nocte Obducta parted ways, Torsten had originated AGRYPNIE - which was meant to be a solo project and refuge for his song ideas at first.
After the break up of Nocte Obducta and a split release with the German Death Metal outfit Fated, AGRYPNIE proved to have grown from a solo project to a serious band with their first full-length album "F51.4". The album was released at the end of 2006 and managed to attract a considerable amount of listeners with its unique cold atmosphere.

After finishing the recordings for "F51.4", Torsten started writing songs for the album's successor "Exit". With a fully functional line up including a real drummer, "Exit" sounded a lot more organic than the debut where Torsten had used a drum machine. Frequent live appearances with enthusiastic responses from the fans followed - e.g. at the Summer Breeze Open Air 2008.

Now, another year after the last album, AGRYPNIE are providing yet a new album: a black metal bastard that manages to combine all trademarks of the previous albums. Put to tape in record time and despite a playtime of more than 72 minutes, "16[485]" offers a level of variety that can rarely found in Black Metal - last but not least thanks to contributions from Mathias Grossow and Alboin (Geist) creating a remarkable sound: both aggressive and exceptionally ambitious at the same time...