Deathspell Omega

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Deathspell Omega
Origin	France
Genre(s)	Black metal Avant-garde metal
Years active	1998-present
Label(s)	Northern Heritage End All Life Productions Norma Evangelium Diaboli

Deathspell Omega are an avant-garde black metal band from France who are the most well-known band in the Norma Evangelium Diaboli movement.^{[citation needed]} Their lyrical content deals primarily with Satanism on a metaphysical level, and other various theological topics. There are currently two albums through a series of three concept albums which focus on the theological aspects of God, Satan and man's relationship with the two, and are commonly regarded as lyrically and ideologically more thorough than most Satanic black metal bands.^{[citation needed]}

1 Biography
2 Discography
3 Sources
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Initially, Deathspell Omega produced raw, traditional black metal akin to Darkthrone's Transilvanian Hunger. However, their 2004 release, Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice, marked a change to a vastly more technical, experimental, and well-recorded sound featuring such musical influences as Gregorian Chant and choral music. They have developed a cult following amongst the underground scene since the release of that album, which many consider their seminal work.^{[citation needed]} The first chapter in a planned trilogy, the album was released to critical acclaim and continues to be praised.^{[citation needed]}

The band's work after Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice has been even more experimental and technical, with the five tracks they released in 2005 - on Kénôse and a pair of splits - totalling nearly eighty minutes in length and actually exceeding the length of Si Monumentum Requires. The second volume of the band's trilogy, Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum, was released on July 16, 2007, outside the United States, and the following day within the United States, to considerable acclaim.^{[citation needed]}

Very little is known about the members of Deathspell Omega, as the band do not have an official website or release information about their membership; however, they have given interviews over the years that explain more about their beliefs and ideology.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

2000 - Infernal Battles
2002 - Inquisitors of Satan
2004 - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice (Latin for If you seek His monument, look around you)
2007 - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum (Latin for Divine law - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire)
2008 - Manifestations 2000-2001 - Collection of material originally released on LP on the splits with Moonblood and Mütiilation and the Black Metal Blitzkrieg compilation.
2008 - Manifestations 2002 - Eight previously unreleased tracks, initially written for the Crushing the Holy Trinity Compilation and a planned split with Cantus Bestiae.

[edit] Split Albums

2001 - Clandestine Blaze / Deathspell Omega - Split
2001 - Sob A Lua Do Bode / Demoniac Vengeance - Split LP with Moonblood
2002 - Split with Mütiilation
2005 - From The Entrails To The Dirt (Part III) - Split LP with Malicious Secrets
2005 - Crushing The Holy Trinity (Part I: Father) - V/A LP with Stabat Mater, Clandestine Blaze, Musta Surma, Mgła and Exordium.