No thread on these esoteric harbingers of hell. Pretty good piece on them on popmatters today, so I thought let's go
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/146678-why-deathspell-omegas-trilogy-has-changed-the-face-of-black-metal/
― Mule, Monday, 6 February 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
I only have Fas-Ite myself, and used to find it very intriguing, but hard to get into. Will try again.
― Mule, Monday, 6 February 2012 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
I like these guys a lot, and find their transcendental gnostic satanism thing interesting. But I really can't listen to them more than once in a while - they're sort of like a metal Fushitsusha or something, a visceral experience that's devoid of musical landmarks that will really stick in my head.
― the box cutter killer from the calcutta gutter (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 09:41 (twelve years ago) link
when i was metalling i found a couple of these cheap & urgh they sound like radiohead meets danny elfman but with that whole grown-men-go-games-workshop angle. nonsense. portal, on the other hand...
― iglu ferrignu, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 09:51 (twelve years ago) link
Uh huh.
― the box cutter killer from the calcutta gutter (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 11:21 (twelve years ago) link
I was listening to Diabolus Absconditus just this morning. Friend got me on to them. Did me a copy of Fas Ite, which I then mislaid on a very very drunken afternoon. Had to go back the following day asking around for the bag I'd lost. "What was in it?' 'Ah, a copy of Tom McCarthy's C, a Deathspell Omega cd and a box of greengages.'
Don't really recognise iglu ferrignu's description tbh. Friend who got me into them is a big fan of complicated/sparse/epic metal, and yeah, while i guess you have to be in the mood I like the switchbacks, bursts of engine and sudden moments of threatening calm.
― Fizzles, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 11:37 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno, 'paraclete' used to sound a lot more chaotic to me but now it seems pretty straightforward. kind of swingy. haven't listened to the earlier ones yet.
― j., Tuesday, 7 February 2012 11:45 (twelve years ago) link
_Si monumentum requires, circumspice_ is a total classic. Don't like all their records, but the ones I do like I *really* like.
― Wandering Boy Poet, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
yeh it was a trolly description, but y'know they do sound a lot more andrew lloyd webber than i was expecting. by which i mean conveying epic drama using all the signifiers we have come to expect. and the guitar playing is kinda cliche ridden. and the synth washes / ambient segues just way too cheesy. i just don't get how they got this rep of being extreme / experimental / whatever. that in itself wouldn't make for good music, but neither does having no tunes & shit production.
― iglu ferrignu, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
if they ever did interviews, it would be nice to hear them say something about the gradual cleaning-up of their sound. the new ep sounds very focused and articulate.
― j., Wednesday, 22 August 2012 04:14 (eleven years ago) link
listening to these guys a lot the past couple of days...something about what j. says there, about the cleaning up of the sound -- it's really interesting. you can really follow what's going on compositionally, for lack of a better word - you can hear how they're death metal fans imo, there's a lot of tech sympathy on Kenose...band remains interesting even if the cleaning-up often leaves me wanting more of a punch in the gut. haven't really revisited their records in so long -- they stand up, imo, they're a good engaging listen.
― joe perry has been dead for years (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 4 February 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link
False as hell - too many notes!
The Repellent Scars Of Abandon And Election is one of my favourite metal songs by anyone ever. Paracletus didn't hit me so hard as Fas - the music was of equal intensity but a diminished scope, and I feel that an epic register suits this band. Always fun when they come up on shuffle though
― imago, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 17:49 (ten years ago) link
had kinda lost track of them after paracletus. got kenose on now and i'm digging it, the longer compositions really suit them.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 18:04 (ten years ago) link
I still think Iglu Ferrignu was talking about Bal-Sagoth.
― NO GODS, NO MUSTARD (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 4 February 2014 20:56 (ten years ago) link
I liked Fas Ite and Kenose but Synarchy Of Molten Bones is not working for me even after many spins. Is this unusually complex even for their standards?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 1 November 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
It's mad, yes. Think I prefer it to their new one
― imago, Friday, 1 November 2019 19:00 (four years ago) link
I don't get Synarchy either. Still love the new one though.
― Frederik B, Friday, 1 November 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
Paracletus is the only one I return to.
― pomenitul, Friday, 1 November 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link
False as hell - too many notes!― imago, Tuesday, February 4, 2014 12:49 PM (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― imago, Tuesday, February 4, 2014 12:49 PM (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink
lol this must have been before imago got into Jute Gyte
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 1 November 2019 19:27 (four years ago) link
if you make up your own notes they don't count toward that cap
― j., Friday, 1 November 2019 19:46 (four years ago) link
fair
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 1 November 2019 20:54 (four years ago) link
:(
― imago, Friday, 1 November 2019 20:58 (four years ago) link