About the lyrics - I believe all tracks from this album contain several references to Book I of Victor Hugo's "La Fin de Satan"("The End of Satan"). The plot of Book I is about Nimrod, a powerful king of Judaea, who, while wandering the Earth, which he has fully conquered and laid to waste, decides to conquer the heavens, too, thus rebelling against God. He builds a cage and attaches four eagles to it, with the meat of dead lions above their heads so that it can draw them upward. The jorney towards the heavens lasts one year, but the only thing Nimrod sees during the flight, is constant blue, so he shoots an arrow into the infinite(this is exactly the scene the cover artwork of the album depicts). After shooting his arrow, he is thrown back to Earth. Btw, I love this track, it's my favourite from the album, but it definitely took me a few listens to appreciate it.
This is a weird recommendation especially for deathspell omega. I feel like they have many other songs that could click with you, but most of their songs require multiple listens to fully digest and this one is no different, maybe a bit more crazy than most of their other songs. This album in particular doesn't really stand out from their discography, as it is the length of an EP but also listed as an LP. They keep things interesting no matter what, and this recommendation is definitely from someone very familiar with their discography as this song is relatively obscure compared to some of the band's other songs. You'll have another reaction this week in the vein of this song, but still very different which is the ved buens ende song.
Something about this entire album is just really doing it for me. Lately, I haven't been into music that stays this aggressive the entire album but, this album is just so incredibly evil and scary, I can't get enough. Once it starts going, it's like a demon comes down from the sky and takes you on a ride a million miles an hour while you watch him destroy all life on earth....
One of the more interesting black metal bands out there. Glad to hear new ideas in a genre full of Darkthrone clones. I'm a big fan of II of of their Kenose EP.
Thank you fot suffering through this and even finding something interesting to say despite it not being your cup od tea, Brian! If you're interested in rearranging DsO and looking into their composition without the nosie, I'd highly recommend checking out piano covers on the channel Jordan & Tommy Bonnevialle. They haven't covered this particular song, but it will give you sime idea about the actual notes they're playing :p I think you might enjoy their cover of Fires of Frustration, it's on a shorter side and strongly reflects both their melodic/harmonic and maddeningly chaotic sides.
This might be inaccurate but the reason why the production might be so well done and clean is because the guy behind the production is the electronic musician Franck Hueso (he is known for his project Carpenter Brut) and the production quality is very similar and I think he has a lot of experience with sound technology. Now the news that he got involved with the band happened around the time the album Furnace of Palingenesia was released but considering the sound quality been roughly the same since this song you reviewed It's likely him who's behind its production as well
Your point about like melody being hidden in DSO songs might be related to what they said about their songs not hiding behind distortion and playing with an unplugged Gibson guitar before adding in distortion in one of their only interviews. I can tell it the most in "A Chore for the Lost" from the FAS album, it makes me want some sort of acoustic or classic rock version to make it less morbid and let the beauty shine through.
This band is really something. The compositions are incredibly dense and the lyricism is also incredibly dense. I listened to their album FAS - Ite, Maledicti, in ignem Aeternum probably before I was ready and it was really something. There's some really interesting tracks even if I can't listen to the band often.
If you end up doing an orchestral version of this song, amazing. Please post on your channel if so. There's some Deathspell Omega piano covers here on YT that are stellar.
I can't believe you pointed out baroque, I thought especially during the last section that it's kinda like perversion of baroque music. But I don't know awful lot about music theory, so it blew my mind a little when you confirmed it. Your suffering during the first half was visible. I think the band would be pleased.
Weird request, challenging song, I'm a fan of the band and even for me most of their songs take several listens to progress from "noise" to "oh I get it now". Bryan, check out something from The Long Defeat, that's some incredibly accessible Deathspell Omega.
These guys for me, at least conceptually, a lot in common with The Dillinger Escape Plan. That is music which is purposefully composed to be challenging and technical almost to the point of parody. And feature lyrics that have a bit deeper of a meaning and purpose than the usual in the genre.
The song "1523" would be a great fit for this. It's mostly melody with very little noise. It's a slow tempo with no blast beats or anything crazy and the bass line is clearly heard for once.
Are You seriously saying this didn't click with You? C'mon Bryan! Seriously, a very exciting track that did sometimes get a little tiresome for me too. But on the whole, very intriguing. But then I'm more in for dissonance at play than You are 😊
I'm a new fan, I discovered your channel via this video and I've watched a dozen or so videos since. You've really deepened my appreciation for music. Thank you! A few things: 1) this is definitely a weird pick. DsO is fantastic and crazy forward thinking. I think The Synarchy of Molten Bones is the peak of their style but it's definitely not an easy listen especially for someone who doesn't love black metal. Kenose, The Fires of Frustration or Chaining the Katechon would be better picks for songs outside of Paracletus(you did a video on Abscission off that album). 2) I know you said it kinda off handed and it's a ton of work but I'd absolutely love to hear a non-metal arrangement of any of their song. Just wanted to say that in case your were wondering if anyone would give a shit. I would. I think taking some of the wall of sound and distortion out of their compositions would really showcase how complex the compositions are.
I actually started doing an orchestral arrangement of TOOL's Sober and quite enjoyed the prospect of arranging it but ran out of steam on that particular song. If there's full sheet music for DsO out there I'd gladly take a shot at arranging it for without distortion.
@@CriticalReactions it looks like there's sheet music for Abcission, their other song you reacted to, on Open Sheets. Unsure of the quality. It's a bit less chaotic of a song so it might be easier as well. I know it's a ton of work so I have no expectations but if you end up even doing a little bit of it, please share!
My favorite band. I don't remember the sound quality being this messy, but I haven't listened to this album in a bit. Probably not the best request for someone that hasn't clicked with the band yet.
Deathspell omega its my fav band, but this song is a weird recommendation. I really want to know your thoughts on others songs like from the Kenose Album for example, I think some of those maybe would be more interesting for you. I hope you can be able to give they another try, would love that.
You definitely should listen some of their last works. I recommend you Enantiodromia from their latest record The Long Defeat, definitely an easier listen. The Synarchy of Molten Bones is their hardest record to digest.
Hey Bryan! I've been watching your reactions for quite a while now and I'm always interested in hearing your thoughts about bands I love (Deathspell, Blut Aus Nord, Oranssi Pazuzu or Thy Darkened Shade to name a few). This right here might be one of my all time favourites of theirs based on composition alone, the way they alternate between passages (and the sheer amount of different movements in this one) always make for an interesting listen even seven years from the initial release. I am commenting however, to let you know that there acyually is a GuitarPro5 file of this one on Ultimate Guitar. It's one I made quite some time ago and you should really take it with a grain of salt, because I'm still trying to figure out some of the stuff that's going on here, some others I've got completely wrong. There are parts that I feel kind of confident about. Mostly silly mistakes going on really. The intro is largely wrong for instance. The thing is, if you want to learn one of the songs on this album or any of theirs for that matter, you have to do it with a guitar in your hands. Their positioning and use of open strings ringing out, or moving entire chord shapes up and down the fretboard require a lot of trial and error because you have to make it feel comfortable, else you're not quite there yet.
Thanks for letting me know about that and I appreciate your work, even if there's some inconsistencies. I'm terrible at transposing by ear and am grateful to anyone who can do that. I'll take a look at it and see what's up.
Their album Furnaces of Palingenesia, is far more melodic than this song and all their earlier work. Would be curious to see your reaction to songs from that album.
This album is really good, one of my favourites from deathspell discography because is just rough. I must say that the band you put on the thumbnail is not from deathspell . I hope you and you family are doing okay and keep up with the good work : )
Oh geez. I found the place where I got that picture -- they explicitly stated that DsO have no official pics so this was just 4 dudes they used 😅 I'll get that updated today
Also something that might be of note. They write all their music on unplugged les pauls with no distortion or anything. Their music is all about the songwriting.
@@j85grim4 I believe it was in the Cult Never Dies interview. However, upon trying to find that, I realise it has been removed from their site. The link is dead. This is quite upsetting.
@@j85grim4 Ok, wayback machine worked "Incidentally, this also explains why the guitar playing on our albums evolved into something different from the norm, pulling along the other instruments. At the core, since Kénôse, it’s just a Les Paul, a standard D tuning and a JCM 800… but wildly emulating a haunted feeling that, in certain pieces of contemporary classical music, was performed by violins, a cello or a piano. The whole being possessed by the most fanatic of black metal, of course, and tainted by the intensity of the most extreme of metal we had listened to over the years. What I’m trying to convey is that Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum would not exist without Penderecki and Wyschnegradsky. That’s what unlocked these musical territories for us, territories Bataille would call le trouble."
@@j85grim4 "Case in point, we are currently looking into the artistic future from a largely blank, and thus exciting, slate. In a sense, it feels like the beginning of a third era for this project, as if a cycle had been completed. The next album will result from an altered modus operandi. Starting with the obvious, such as complementing the ritual unplugged Les Paul songwriting sessions by - what else? - an acéphale Strandberg guitar, which is worlds away in terms of feelings and therefore summons different energies. By an increased experimentation with gear. At early stages of the songwriting that is, which is a novelty of sorts for us. By reshuffling the roles applied to each instrument within the core power trio. By bringing in new personnel, old comrades or entirely new blood even for specific tasks. This remains to be determined as we channel our visions into sounds and understand what said material commands in return."
I really hope you give a full album listen eventually to either "Furnaces of palingenesia" or "paracletus" as this is where deathspell shines through with their vision both musically and lyrically (My personal favourite is furnaces of palingenesia)
IMO DSO are, along with Ulcerate, the best extreme metal band of the 2010s and it isn't really close. Both were innovators of this style of violent, swirling, dissonant, cacophonous avant-garde metal that takes several listen to even begin to penetrate the sheer density of sound. Both have also been hella consistent with nearly ever release being superb. They both became fixtures of my playlists because I kept wanting to figure out what the hell they're doing, and I keep failing, lol. I also totally get why this would turn off 99.99% of listeners. There's almost no melody or groove and it's just relentless in its sonic aggression and would be a challenging listen even for veterans of extreme metal... but this is the kind of original, boundary-pushing music that fascinates me, especially because it has such a clear and forceful vision/purpose. It's obvious they're one of those bands that are just own their own wavelength and aren't just trying to copy anyone else. This track in particular is an odd recommendation if only because it isn't one of their fan-favorites, and is probably from one of their least acclaimed albums. That said, it's actually among my favorites because it's perhaps them at their most progressive/avant-garde. Definitely among their least accessible tracks, but it's not as if they have anything that's really accessible to begin with.
I had to re-listen to that one since I checked it out 2 years ago. It's tough to compare but I'd say they're roughly equal in complexity but they explore it in different ways.
@CriticalReactions awesome, thanks for the comparison. they're likely my two favorite metal bands and finding bands more sophisticated, both aesthetically and compositionally has proven to be difficult. I think ad nauseum does a better job making all the dissonance and the harmonic and rhythmic layers cohere a bit better. but I'd probably agree that they're equally as complex.
also Funny you call this wall of sound chaos. i dont know if im just insane but i can hum every note and rhythm. it all sound so structured and put together to me. lol
@@smackheadsgyro me too, we're just used to listening to it. He knows that there's plenty of stuff being played and has pointed out that, but for a first listen it will definitely appear like a huge wall of sound. Which EP of theirs is your fav?
I think the only songs from this release I'd recommend for someone unfamiliar with the band are the 1st/2nd song. This one is way too much for a first listen.
I love deathspell omega but this ep is definitely one of my least favorites off there discography. This EP sounds like if Finnissy decided to write a metal song although there some really cool moments on this this release. Lol knowing your taste i'm suprise they sent you there most choatic and hard to follow track.
Yeah, this is exhausting. And not their best stuff, IMO. The Paracletus album is possibly your best entry point and I believe you liked the track you heard from that. The apurys of chaos are less overbearing there. This is an interesting offshoot of the black metal tree, though. France did put some unorthodox bands put there, the other notable contender being Blut aus Nord, which tous less with sonic chaos and more with microtonality to aome really eerie results. Parts of the Icelandic scene are more or less the bastard children of this sort of chaos with a more Scandinavian style. I mentioned Svartidaudi here before, and they retain a lot of the exciting chaos we hear here, but also make it a lot more musical. A side note for rhe fact that the person credited with being their nain singer is... well, not a wholesome kind of dude, with lots of shady affiliations. To be fair, nothing in their lyrics points to that and some even kind of push back, but the connection is there and was never really addressed.
Thanks for the heads-up about the singer. As for this style of BM, I wouldn't mind checking out more of it. I don't know that I'll like it but it's at least interesting to me.
I'm strongly not a fan of DsO past Kenose. Might have already said it here. First, their fame of geniuses who gave a new life to stagnating genre is just false. Rebel Extravaganza by Satyricon, Grand Declaration of War by Mayhem, DHG, Thorns self-titled, Darkthrone with Plaguewielder, Emperor with IX Equilibrium, plenty of new blood, like Woods of Infinity, Forgotten Spell, Eismalsott, Twilight, Nachtmystium, Corpus Christii, ever-crazy oldsters Enslaved, Ulver, BaN, Fleurety, Anubi, In the Woods... I guess, I'll stop with convenient ellipsis here: BM was full of movement by 2004. For those who wanted it. Second, I, being a proudly average BM fan, don't find excessively chaotic stuff enjoyable: I find its elements interchangeable and boring, because there is usually no development of any themes at all. Musically, nowadays DsO often get quoted only in part of their guitar sound settings - that's it. And lower growly vocals, I guess, that have attracted few non-BM music lovers to whom higher BM vocals were repellent previously. I doubt DsO were the ones to introduce any of these two, to be fair. Third, I, being a proudly average BM fan, don't see how they are "serious and theologically deep". Saying "Kenosis" 10 times or addressing some details of French history of Christianity makes the lyrics deeper, or I've missed some brilliant thought there? Brodsky said that poetry is just a brain accelerator: you try to find a rhyme, and this constraint gives you more ground to produce an interesting metaphor or otherwise valuable thought. I may be reading him wrong here, but this is what I believe: if you want to be deep in the lyrics, then be either clear and valuable, or stay within a rhyme, like Dani Filth does. I'm done, thanks. It's not that DsO have done nothing good, but I'd give them 1/4th or 1/5th of the hype they enjoyed... up until recently, kek.
@@billybobthekidiswack I'm okay with MGA, but. It has, like, 12 unique riffs, of which 2-4 actually do something. It's a 20-minute composition. 2 or 3 6-8 minute tracks, each with 2-3 riffs as valuable as the best ones from MGA, wouldn't excite anyone -- if the artist wasn't DsO. Despite providing more content. DA - just no. Sorry. But I kinda appreciate their Furnaces.
@@zlodrim9284 someone doesn't appreciate things you do? They clearly just don't get it, y'know? Like, the level is totally too high for them. Good thing is, the World has got the glorious You, who totally does get it.
@@gillaliglaou2840 Aspa is not "often associated with such ideologies", the dude is a straight up nazi. And, if that's not somehow enough, a pedophile. You wrote a lot of words to say "At least 1/3 of the members are nazis and they released at least their first three albums on a nazi label."
@@gillaliglaou2840 none of that is remotely credible - if he were really nothing other than a musical instrument in the shape of a human for them, why not get rid of him? Bryan, if you're reading this: the main vocalist for this band has expressed violent racist views in his other musical projects, not to mention an entire noise project themed around celebrating child sex abuse. At best, he's an edgelord with no understanding of the damage his provocations cause. At worst, he's a vile, fascist pedophile.
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About the lyrics - I believe all tracks from this album contain several references to Book I of Victor Hugo's "La Fin de Satan"("The End of Satan"). The plot of Book I is about Nimrod, a powerful king of Judaea, who, while wandering the Earth, which he has fully conquered and laid to waste, decides to conquer the heavens, too, thus rebelling against God. He builds a cage and attaches four eagles to it, with the meat of dead lions above their heads so that it can draw them upward. The jorney towards the heavens lasts one year, but the only thing Nimrod sees during the flight, is constant blue, so he shoots an arrow into the infinite(this is exactly the scene the cover artwork of the album depicts). After shooting his arrow, he is thrown back to Earth.
Btw, I love this track, it's my favourite from the album, but it definitely took me a few listens to appreciate it.
This is a weird recommendation especially for deathspell omega. I feel like they have many other songs that could click with you, but most of their songs require multiple listens to fully digest and this one is no different, maybe a bit more crazy than most of their other songs. This album in particular doesn't really stand out from their discography, as it is the length of an EP but also listed as an LP. They keep things interesting no matter what, and this recommendation is definitely from someone very familiar with their discography as this song is relatively obscure compared to some of the band's other songs. You'll have another reaction this week in the vein of this song, but still very different which is the ved buens ende song.
This song is one of their most Challenging ever...but after you love their stuff this is pure fucking gold
He should listen to ulcerate everything is fire…
@@autumnsphere7581 exactly!!!
Something about this entire album is just really doing it for me. Lately, I haven't been into music that stays this aggressive the entire album but, this album is just so incredibly evil and scary, I can't get enough. Once it starts going, it's like a demon comes down from the sky and takes you on a ride a million miles an hour while you watch him destroy all life on earth....
This band ruined my life I've spent like 2-3 thousand hours listening to them lol
Same brother\m/
Lol 😂😂y I m here
@@govindsharma-sj9vf same...
Time well spent my friend
My favorite band 🖤
One of the more interesting black metal bands out there. Glad to hear new ideas in a genre full of Darkthrone clones. I'm a big fan of II of of their Kenose EP.
I can't recommend II enough. But in terms of their EPs, I might give the edge to Chaining the Katechon.
Maybe their BEST composition ever....pure black Magic right there\m/
Kenose ii is mindblowing.
Thank you fot suffering through this and even finding something interesting to say despite it not being your cup od tea, Brian!
If you're interested in rearranging DsO and looking into their composition without the nosie, I'd highly recommend checking out piano covers on the channel Jordan & Tommy Bonnevialle. They haven't covered this particular song, but it will give you sime idea about the actual notes they're playing :p
I think you might enjoy their cover of Fires of Frustration, it's on a shorter side and strongly reflects both their melodic/harmonic and maddeningly chaotic sides.
This might be inaccurate but the reason why the production might be so well done and clean is because the guy behind the production is the electronic musician Franck Hueso (he is known for his project Carpenter Brut) and the production quality is very similar and I think he has a lot of experience with sound technology.
Now the news that he got involved with the band happened around the time the album Furnace of Palingenesia was released but considering the sound quality been roughly the same since this song you reviewed It's likely him who's behind its production as well
I generally dont like black metal but i love tech death and i think this is awesome
Your point about like melody being hidden in DSO songs might be related to what they said about their songs not hiding behind distortion and playing with an unplugged Gibson guitar before adding in distortion in one of their only interviews. I can tell it the most in "A Chore for the Lost" from the FAS album, it makes me want some sort of acoustic or classic rock version to make it less morbid and let the beauty shine through.
Hahaha!! i've never listened to them before, but listening to this and watching your reaction made me laugh so hard, cuz i reacted basicly the same xD
This band is really something. The compositions are incredibly dense and the lyricism is also incredibly dense. I listened to their album FAS - Ite, Maledicti, in ignem Aeternum probably before I was ready and it was really something.
There's some really interesting tracks even if I can't listen to the band often.
My favorite DSO song is : The Repellent Scars of Abandon and Election. Would love to hear your review !
If you end up doing an orchestral version of this song, amazing. Please post on your channel if so. There's some Deathspell Omega piano covers here on YT that are stellar.
I can't believe you pointed out baroque, I thought especially during the last section that it's kinda like perversion of baroque music. But I don't know awful lot about music theory, so it blew my mind a little when you confirmed it.
Your suffering during the first half was visible. I think the band would be pleased.
You need a full album reaction by this band. Nile got you super exhausted, I wonder what this one will do.
Ah I love that lvl 10 necromancer spell :D Feels like something Ainz from Overlord would use
Weird request, challenging song, I'm a fan of the band and even for me most of their songs take several listens to progress from "noise" to "oh I get it now".
Bryan, check out something from The Long Defeat, that's some incredibly accessible Deathspell Omega.
These guys for me, at least conceptually, a lot in common with The Dillinger Escape Plan. That is music which is purposefully composed to be challenging and technical almost to the point of parody. And feature lyrics that have a bit deeper of a meaning and purpose than the usual in the genre.
The song "1523" would be a great fit for this. It's mostly melody with very little noise. It's a slow tempo with no blast beats or anything crazy and the bass line is clearly heard for once.
One of their most intense albums by them but for you i would've picked Katechon or Drought, maybe Paracletus since it's probably their best
Are You seriously saying this didn't click with You? C'mon Bryan!
Seriously, a very exciting track that did sometimes get a little tiresome for me too. But on the whole, very intriguing. But then I'm more in for dissonance at play than You are 😊
probably not stoned enough
i feel like they tuned their guitars differently to get more weird harmonies...
it sounds a little bit like old Gorguts
I'm a new fan, I discovered your channel via this video and I've watched a dozen or so videos since. You've really deepened my appreciation for music. Thank you!
A few things:
1) this is definitely a weird pick. DsO is fantastic and crazy forward thinking. I think The Synarchy of Molten Bones is the peak of their style but it's definitely not an easy listen especially for someone who doesn't love black metal. Kenose, The Fires of Frustration or Chaining the Katechon would be better picks for songs outside of Paracletus(you did a video on Abscission off that album).
2) I know you said it kinda off handed and it's a ton of work but I'd absolutely love to hear a non-metal arrangement of any of their song. Just wanted to say that in case your were wondering if anyone would give a shit. I would. I think taking some of the wall of sound and distortion out of their compositions would really showcase how complex the compositions are.
I actually started doing an orchestral arrangement of TOOL's Sober and quite enjoyed the prospect of arranging it but ran out of steam on that particular song. If there's full sheet music for DsO out there I'd gladly take a shot at arranging it for without distortion.
@@CriticalReactions it looks like there's sheet music for Abcission, their other song you reacted to, on Open Sheets. Unsure of the quality. It's a bit less chaotic of a song so it might be easier as well.
I know it's a ton of work so I have no expectations but if you end up even doing a little bit of it, please share!
My favorite band. I don't remember the sound quality being this messy, but I haven't listened to this album in a bit. Probably not the best request for someone that hasn't clicked with the band yet.
Yah this band sucks
In my humble opinion DSO's best songs are: " Kenose ii"; " The repellant scars of abandon and election" and " Jubilate Deo ".❤❤❤
I would be interested in your opinion on lunar aurora - a haudiga fluag.
Absolutely underated song and Ep.
Deathspell omega its my fav band, but this song is a weird recommendation. I really want to know your thoughts on others songs like from the Kenose Album for example, I think some of those maybe would be more interesting for you. I hope you can be able to give they another try, would love that.
You definitely should listen some of their last works. I recommend you Enantiodromia from their latest record The Long Defeat, definitely an easier listen. The Synarchy of Molten Bones is their hardest record to digest.
Hey Bryan!
I've been watching your reactions for quite a while now and I'm always interested in hearing your thoughts about bands I love (Deathspell, Blut Aus Nord, Oranssi Pazuzu or Thy Darkened Shade to name a few).
This right here might be one of my all time favourites of theirs based on composition alone, the way they alternate between passages (and the sheer amount of different movements in this one) always make for an interesting listen even seven years from the initial release.
I am commenting however, to let you know that there acyually is a GuitarPro5 file of this one on Ultimate Guitar. It's one I made quite some time ago and you should really take it with a grain of salt, because I'm still trying to figure out some of the stuff that's going on here, some others I've got completely wrong. There are parts that I feel kind of confident about. Mostly silly mistakes going on really. The intro is largely wrong for instance. The thing is, if you want to learn one of the songs on this album or any of theirs for that matter, you have to do it with a guitar in your hands. Their positioning and use of open strings ringing out, or moving entire chord shapes up and down the fretboard require a lot of trial and error because you have to make it feel comfortable, else you're not quite there yet.
Thanks for letting me know about that and I appreciate your work, even if there's some inconsistencies. I'm terrible at transposing by ear and am grateful to anyone who can do that. I'll take a look at it and see what's up.
There's some piano covers of DsO songs on YT.
Also, the 3rd wave has plenty of interesting stuff. You'll never hear it, though.
Oh, one song you should review is Gentleman's Club, by The Dreadnoughts. That whole album is rock polka. Very underated
Sleep is for the weak also slaps
i love the expression on your face. you live it so thoroughly and emotionally
Their album Furnaces of Palingenesia, is far more melodic than this song and all their earlier work. Would be curious to see your reaction to songs from that album.
One must be very screwed up in the head to understand this and enjoy it fully for what it's saying and the more time passes the more I understand it.
This album is really good, one of my favourites from deathspell discography because is just rough. I must say that the band you put on the thumbnail is not from deathspell . I hope you and you family are doing okay and keep up with the good work : )
Oh geez. I found the place where I got that picture -- they explicitly stated that DsO have no official pics so this was just 4 dudes they used 😅 I'll get that updated today
Love me some Deathspell! Also I sent you a message on patreon.
Also something that might be of note. They write all their music on unplugged les pauls with no distortion or anything. Their music is all about the songwriting.
Curious where you heard that? Sounds like it's probably true considering how technically sound these guys are as musicians.
@@j85grim4 I believe it was in the Cult Never Dies interview. However, upon trying to find that, I realise it has been removed from their site. The link is dead. This is quite upsetting.
@@j85grim4 Ok, wayback machine worked
"Incidentally, this also explains why the guitar playing on our albums evolved into something different from the norm, pulling along the other instruments. At the core, since Kénôse, it’s just a Les Paul, a standard D tuning and a JCM 800… but wildly emulating a haunted feeling that, in certain pieces of contemporary classical music, was performed by violins, a cello or a piano. The whole being possessed by the most fanatic of black metal, of course, and tainted by the intensity of the most extreme of metal we had listened to over the years. What I’m trying to convey is that Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum would not exist without Penderecki and Wyschnegradsky. That’s what unlocked these musical territories for us, territories Bataille would call le trouble."
@@smackheadsgyro He doesn't specifically say there it's unplugged though, right?
@@j85grim4 "Case in point, we are currently looking into the artistic future from a largely blank, and thus exciting, slate. In a sense, it feels like the beginning of a third era for this project, as if a cycle had been completed. The next album will result from an altered modus operandi. Starting with the obvious, such as complementing the ritual unplugged Les Paul songwriting sessions by - what else? - an acéphale Strandberg guitar, which is worlds away in terms of feelings and therefore summons different energies. By an increased experimentation with gear. At early stages of the songwriting that is, which is a novelty of sorts for us. By reshuffling the roles applied to each instrument within the core power trio. By bringing in new personnel, old comrades or entirely new blood even for specific tasks. This remains to be determined as we channel our visions into sounds and understand what said material commands in return."
20:43 oh yeah it's getting spicy!
There's an ultimate guitar tab 😁
I really hope you give a full album listen eventually to either "Furnaces of palingenesia" or "paracletus" as this is where deathspell shines through with their vision both musically and lyrically (My personal favourite is furnaces of palingenesia)
I love DsO but this is weird recommendation. Doesn't matter tho, anything from them is worth listening.
1:48 YOO massive roast
I didn't think it was a roast but that's cool 😄
IMO DSO are, along with Ulcerate, the best extreme metal band of the 2010s and it isn't really close. Both were innovators of this style of violent, swirling, dissonant, cacophonous avant-garde metal that takes several listen to even begin to penetrate the sheer density of sound. Both have also been hella consistent with nearly ever release being superb. They both became fixtures of my playlists because I kept wanting to figure out what the hell they're doing, and I keep failing, lol. I also totally get why this would turn off 99.99% of listeners. There's almost no melody or groove and it's just relentless in its sonic aggression and would be a challenging listen even for veterans of extreme metal... but this is the kind of original, boundary-pushing music that fascinates me, especially because it has such a clear and forceful vision/purpose. It's obvious they're one of those bands that are just own their own wavelength and aren't just trying to copy anyone else.
This track in particular is an odd recommendation if only because it isn't one of their fan-favorites, and is probably from one of their least acclaimed albums. That said, it's actually among my favorites because it's perhaps them at their most progressive/avant-garde. Definitely among their least accessible tracks, but it's not as if they have anything that's really accessible to begin with.
would you say this track was as complex as the Ad Nauseum track that you analyzed?
I had to re-listen to that one since I checked it out 2 years ago. It's tough to compare but I'd say they're roughly equal in complexity but they explore it in different ways.
@CriticalReactions awesome, thanks for the comparison. they're likely my two favorite metal bands and finding bands more sophisticated, both aesthetically and compositionally has proven to be difficult. I think ad nauseum does a better job making all the dissonance and the harmonic and rhythmic layers cohere a bit better. but I'd probably agree that they're equally as complex.
hahaha your facial reactions are priceless
I m coming here from Disonant death metal 😮😮
Regarding the production, the production is indeed a bit brickwalled, the two subsequent albums have significantly better production if you ask me.
But also why this song. I think this album 10/10 but its not one of their typically regarded masterpieces.
also Funny you call this wall of sound chaos. i dont know if im just insane but i can hum every note and rhythm. it all sound so structured and put together to me. lol
@@smackheadsgyro me too, we're just used to listening to it. He knows that there's plenty of stuff being played and has pointed out that, but for a first listen it will definitely appear like a huge wall of sound.
Which EP of theirs is your fav?
I think the only songs from this release I'd recommend for someone unfamiliar with the band are the 1st/2nd song. This one is way too much for a first listen.
I love deathspell omega but this ep is definitely one of my least favorites off there discography. This EP sounds like if Finnissy decided to write a metal song although there some really cool moments on this this release. Lol knowing your taste i'm suprise they sent you there most choatic and hard to follow track.
This band always played some weird black metal, for french black metal i rather listen to Mutiilation.
Yeah, this is exhausting. And not their best stuff, IMO. The Paracletus album is possibly your best entry point and I believe you liked the track you heard from that. The apurys of chaos are less overbearing there.
This is an interesting offshoot of the black metal tree, though. France did put some unorthodox bands put there, the other notable contender being Blut aus Nord, which tous less with sonic chaos and more with microtonality to aome really eerie results.
Parts of the Icelandic scene are more or less the bastard children of this sort of chaos with a more Scandinavian style. I mentioned Svartidaudi here before, and they retain a lot of the exciting chaos we hear here, but also make it a lot more musical.
A side note for rhe fact that the person credited with being their nain singer is... well, not a wholesome kind of dude, with lots of shady affiliations. To be fair, nothing in their lyrics points to that and some even kind of push back, but the connection is there and was never really addressed.
Yes I'm sure he liked abscission
Thanks for the heads-up about the singer. As for this style of BM, I wouldn't mind checking out more of it. I don't know that I'll like it but it's at least interesting to me.
It very much was addressed and explained in the interviews.
Your viewers are trolling you now hah
This is amongst some of the most _inaccessible_ stuff in the genre.
i'm not a fan of the vocals. they're just too tame for my liking. that's my one gripe with this band.
Lol. One of DSO's most inaccessible songs.
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I'm strongly not a fan of DsO past Kenose. Might have already said it here. First, their fame of geniuses who gave a new life to stagnating genre is just false. Rebel Extravaganza by Satyricon, Grand Declaration of War by Mayhem, DHG, Thorns self-titled, Darkthrone with Plaguewielder, Emperor with IX Equilibrium, plenty of new blood, like Woods of Infinity, Forgotten Spell, Eismalsott, Twilight, Nachtmystium, Corpus Christii, ever-crazy oldsters Enslaved, Ulver, BaN, Fleurety, Anubi, In the Woods... I guess, I'll stop with convenient ellipsis here: BM was full of movement by 2004. For those who wanted it.
Second, I, being a proudly average BM fan, don't find excessively chaotic stuff enjoyable: I find its elements interchangeable and boring, because there is usually no development of any themes at all. Musically, nowadays DsO often get quoted only in part of their guitar sound settings - that's it. And lower growly vocals, I guess, that have attracted few non-BM music lovers to whom higher BM vocals were repellent previously. I doubt DsO were the ones to introduce any of these two, to be fair.
Third, I, being a proudly average BM fan, don't see how they are "serious and theologically deep". Saying "Kenosis" 10 times or addressing some details of French history of Christianity makes the lyrics deeper, or I've missed some brilliant thought there? Brodsky said that poetry is just a brain accelerator: you try to find a rhyme, and this constraint gives you more ground to produce an interesting metaphor or otherwise valuable thought. I may be reading him wrong here, but this is what I believe: if you want to be deep in the lyrics, then be either clear and valuable, or stay within a rhyme, like Dani Filth does.
I'm done, thanks.
It's not that DsO have done nothing good, but I'd give them 1/4th or 1/5th of the hype they enjoyed... up until recently, kek.
You don't like "mass grave aesthetic/ diabolus absconditus"? I feel like that's there magnum opus.
@@billybobthekidiswack I'm okay with MGA, but. It has, like, 12 unique riffs, of which 2-4 actually do something. It's a 20-minute composition. 2 or 3 6-8 minute tracks, each with 2-3 riffs as valuable as the best ones from MGA, wouldn't excite anyone -- if the artist wasn't DsO. Despite providing more content.
DA - just no. Sorry. But I kinda appreciate their Furnaces.
You could have just written "I don't get them" and the point would have been the same.
@@zlodrim9284 someone doesn't appreciate things you do? They clearly just don't get it, y'know? Like, the level is totally too high for them. Good thing is, the World has got the glorious You, who totally does get it.
kinda fash band ngl
There's always one, nobody cares.
@@gillaliglaou2840 Aspa is not "often associated with such ideologies", the dude is a straight up nazi. And, if that's not somehow enough, a pedophile. You wrote a lot of words to say "At least 1/3 of the members are nazis and they released at least their first three albums on a nazi label."
Yea the incredibly fascist Furnaces of Palingenesia. lol
@@gillaliglaou2840 none of that is remotely credible - if he were really nothing other than a musical instrument in the shape of a human for them, why not get rid of him?
Bryan, if you're reading this: the main vocalist for this band has expressed violent racist views in his other musical projects, not to mention an entire noise project themed around celebrating child sex abuse. At best, he's an edgelord with no understanding of the damage his provocations cause. At worst, he's a vile, fascist pedophile.
@@gillaliglaou2840 Very well put.
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