Deathspell Omega
Deathspell Omega is a French black metal band formed in 1998. Their lyrical… Read Full Bio ↴Deathspell Omega is a French black metal band formed in 1998. Their lyrical content deals primarily with Satanism on a metaphysical level – as the band has stated that "all other interpretations of Satan are intellectually invalid" – and other various theological topics. From 2004 to 2010, they released a series of three concept albums which focus on the theological aspects of God, Satan and man's relationship with the two. Some of their lyrical inspiration has come from the post-surrealist Georges Bataille as well as existentialist themes. The band's seventh album, The Furnaces of Palingenesia, was released on May 24, 2019, and reflects a shift in lyrical focus for the band; it is a deconstruction and condemnation of totalitarianism of all stripes, as confirmed in the band's interview for Bardo Methodology the following month. It also reflected a shift in approach: they recorded it live in the studio using analog equipment. Deathspell Omega released their eighth and currently most recent album, The Long Defeat, on March 23, 2022; their press releases labelled it "the first emanation of Deathspell Omega's third era".
While information about the band's membership has never been officially confirmed (apart from Shaxul being known as the band's first vocalist), it is generally believed that Deathspell Omega was created by Hasjarl as a side project before Hirilorn broke up. After Hirilorn split, it is believed that Shaxul, Hasjarl and Khaos created Deathspell Omega, with Hasjarl's brother (no known pseudonym) on drums. Eventually, Shaxul is confirmed to have left due to his distaste for the band moving towards Orthodox Satanism, and is believed to have been replaced by Mikko Aspa on vocals. Apart from Shaxul's identity, there are no official sources for any of this, however; much of the information about the remaining membership appears to be based on correspondence with Shaxul himself, and it's speculated that additional musicians may appear on some of the band's work since he left. The band gave no interviews between 2004 (for Ajna Offensive) and 2019 (for Bardo Methodology); although the band has consistently taken pains to conceal its members' identities, the interviews are quite candid explications of the band's ideologies and mindsets at the times the interviews were given. The Bardo interview also addresses an ideological chasm in the band between the "French core" of the band and "parts of the second circle", which is presumed to refer to Aspa's involvement in the project; Aspa has noted associations with authoritarian political movements. The band gave another interview in 2020 with Roy Kristensen for the website Cult Never Dies in which they elaborated further on some of their ideas.
The Long Defeat, as of this writing Deathspell Omega's most recent release, reflects something of a shift in stylistic focus, as it brings the slower, more melodic elements that had shown up occasionally across the band's prior two decades of work (e.g., "Carnal Malefactor", "Apokatastasis pantôn", "Salowe Vision") to the forefront. It also clearly features several vocalists, although the exact number and which parts they perform remains a matter of conjecture. (Common conjectures include Aspa, Daniel Rostén of Funeral Mist and Marduk, Spica of S.V.E.S.T., M. of Mgła, and Silenius of Abigor and Summoning.) Lyrically, the album is centred around an allegorical fable about techno-capitalism and humanity's despoilment of nature, featuring a silhouette who represents a corruptible man, several beasts, and Satan in the form of a gigantic, diseased black poodle; many of the themes addressed in the Bardo Methodology and Cult Never Dies interviews reappear in the album and its accompanying fable. In addition to these, the album also features a two-metre-long mural addressing many of the same themes. The fable ends with the phrase "To Be Continued", suggesting that it is the first part of a longer work.
Hasjarl is the owner of End All Life Productions and one of the main forces behind Norma Evangelium Diaboli. Mikko Aspa is the owner of Northern Heritage Records and Freak Animal Records (power electronics label), and is also believed to own a progressive rock label called Totuuden Sarvi Levyt. Shaxul (ex-member) is the owner of Legion of Death Records.
In December 2015, the band launched a Bandcamp site.
Major releases:
1999 - Disciples of the Ultimate Void (demo, later re-released as part of Infernal Battles)
2000 - Sob a lua do bode / Demoniac Vengeance (split with Moonblood)
2000 - Infernal Battles
2001 - split with Clandestine Blaze
2002 - split with Mütiilation
2002 - Inquisitors of Satan
2004 - Si monumentum requires, circumspice
2005 - From the Entrails to the Dirt (four-way split with Malicious Secrets, Antaeus, and Mütiilation)
2005 - Kénôse (EP)
2005 - Crushing the Holy Trinity (six-way split with Stabat mater, Musta surma, Clandestine Blaze, Mgła, and Exordium)
2007 - Fas - ite, maledicti, in ignem aeternum
2008 - Veritas diaboli manet in aeternum: Chaining the Katechon (EP, also released on vinyl as part of a split with S.V.E.S.T.)
2008 - Mass Grave Aesthetics (EP, originally released in 2005 on From the Entrails to the Dirt)
2008 - Manifestations 2000-2001 (compilation of previously released material from Mütiilation split, Moonblood split, and Black Metal Blitzkrieg multi-artist compilation)
2008 - Manifestations 2002 (previously unreleased album)
2010 - Paracletus
2011 - Diabolus absconditus (EP, originally released in 2005 on Crushing the Holy Trinity)
2012 - Drought (EP)
2016 - The Synarchy of Molten Bones
2019 - The Furnaces of Palingenesia
2022 - The Long Defeat
Note that the material from the Clandestine Blaze split from 2001 contains material not on any of the other above releases. There are also two untitled, comprehensive vinyl box sets, one a five-LP set compiling all the material from the Shaxul era (2000-2002; LP 1: Infernal Battles, LP 2: Inquisitors of Satan, LP 3: Manifestations 2000-2001, LP 4: Manifestations 2002, LP 5: Deathspell side of Clandestine Blaze split) released in 2009 and the other a seven-LP set compiling all the material from the Mikko Aspa era's "trilogy" and related releases (2004-2012; LPs 1-2: Si monumentum requires, circumspice; LP 3: Kénôse; LP 4: Diabolus absconditus/Mass Grave Aesthetics; LP 5: Fas - ite, maledicti, in ignem aeternum; LP 6: Chaining the Katechon/Drought; LP 7: Paracletus) released in 2012.
While information about the band's membership has never been officially confirmed (apart from Shaxul being known as the band's first vocalist), it is generally believed that Deathspell Omega was created by Hasjarl as a side project before Hirilorn broke up. After Hirilorn split, it is believed that Shaxul, Hasjarl and Khaos created Deathspell Omega, with Hasjarl's brother (no known pseudonym) on drums. Eventually, Shaxul is confirmed to have left due to his distaste for the band moving towards Orthodox Satanism, and is believed to have been replaced by Mikko Aspa on vocals. Apart from Shaxul's identity, there are no official sources for any of this, however; much of the information about the remaining membership appears to be based on correspondence with Shaxul himself, and it's speculated that additional musicians may appear on some of the band's work since he left. The band gave no interviews between 2004 (for Ajna Offensive) and 2019 (for Bardo Methodology); although the band has consistently taken pains to conceal its members' identities, the interviews are quite candid explications of the band's ideologies and mindsets at the times the interviews were given. The Bardo interview also addresses an ideological chasm in the band between the "French core" of the band and "parts of the second circle", which is presumed to refer to Aspa's involvement in the project; Aspa has noted associations with authoritarian political movements. The band gave another interview in 2020 with Roy Kristensen for the website Cult Never Dies in which they elaborated further on some of their ideas.
The Long Defeat, as of this writing Deathspell Omega's most recent release, reflects something of a shift in stylistic focus, as it brings the slower, more melodic elements that had shown up occasionally across the band's prior two decades of work (e.g., "Carnal Malefactor", "Apokatastasis pantôn", "Salowe Vision") to the forefront. It also clearly features several vocalists, although the exact number and which parts they perform remains a matter of conjecture. (Common conjectures include Aspa, Daniel Rostén of Funeral Mist and Marduk, Spica of S.V.E.S.T., M. of Mgła, and Silenius of Abigor and Summoning.) Lyrically, the album is centred around an allegorical fable about techno-capitalism and humanity's despoilment of nature, featuring a silhouette who represents a corruptible man, several beasts, and Satan in the form of a gigantic, diseased black poodle; many of the themes addressed in the Bardo Methodology and Cult Never Dies interviews reappear in the album and its accompanying fable. In addition to these, the album also features a two-metre-long mural addressing many of the same themes. The fable ends with the phrase "To Be Continued", suggesting that it is the first part of a longer work.
Hasjarl is the owner of End All Life Productions and one of the main forces behind Norma Evangelium Diaboli. Mikko Aspa is the owner of Northern Heritage Records and Freak Animal Records (power electronics label), and is also believed to own a progressive rock label called Totuuden Sarvi Levyt. Shaxul (ex-member) is the owner of Legion of Death Records.
In December 2015, the band launched a Bandcamp site.
Major releases:
1999 - Disciples of the Ultimate Void (demo, later re-released as part of Infernal Battles)
2000 - Sob a lua do bode / Demoniac Vengeance (split with Moonblood)
2000 - Infernal Battles
2001 - split with Clandestine Blaze
2002 - split with Mütiilation
2002 - Inquisitors of Satan
2004 - Si monumentum requires, circumspice
2005 - From the Entrails to the Dirt (four-way split with Malicious Secrets, Antaeus, and Mütiilation)
2005 - Kénôse (EP)
2005 - Crushing the Holy Trinity (six-way split with Stabat mater, Musta surma, Clandestine Blaze, Mgła, and Exordium)
2007 - Fas - ite, maledicti, in ignem aeternum
2008 - Veritas diaboli manet in aeternum: Chaining the Katechon (EP, also released on vinyl as part of a split with S.V.E.S.T.)
2008 - Mass Grave Aesthetics (EP, originally released in 2005 on From the Entrails to the Dirt)
2008 - Manifestations 2000-2001 (compilation of previously released material from Mütiilation split, Moonblood split, and Black Metal Blitzkrieg multi-artist compilation)
2008 - Manifestations 2002 (previously unreleased album)
2010 - Paracletus
2011 - Diabolus absconditus (EP, originally released in 2005 on Crushing the Holy Trinity)
2012 - Drought (EP)
2016 - The Synarchy of Molten Bones
2019 - The Furnaces of Palingenesia
2022 - The Long Defeat
Note that the material from the Clandestine Blaze split from 2001 contains material not on any of the other above releases. There are also two untitled, comprehensive vinyl box sets, one a five-LP set compiling all the material from the Shaxul era (2000-2002; LP 1: Infernal Battles, LP 2: Inquisitors of Satan, LP 3: Manifestations 2000-2001, LP 4: Manifestations 2002, LP 5: Deathspell side of Clandestine Blaze split) released in 2009 and the other a seven-LP set compiling all the material from the Mikko Aspa era's "trilogy" and related releases (2004-2012; LPs 1-2: Si monumentum requires, circumspice; LP 3: Kénôse; LP 4: Diabolus absconditus/Mass Grave Aesthetics; LP 5: Fas - ite, maledicti, in ignem aeternum; LP 6: Chaining the Katechon/Drought; LP 7: Paracletus) released in 2012.
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Deathspell Omega Lyrics
01. First Prayer Omnis humana cogitatio in fundamentis putrefactionis conditu…
13. Malign Paradigm Dei nostri templum terrarum orbus est.…
A Chore for the Lost An exhausted fall into disgrace, famished for peace, for a…
Abrasive Swirling Murk There are places not to be found but to be recognized, they…
Abscission …The depths of abjection, a throne of manure But even durin…
Apokatastasis Pantôn You were seeking strength, justice, splendour! You were seek…
Bestial Orgies In forgotten crypts and chapels, Our diabolical feasts are a…
Blessed Are the Dead Whiche Dye in the Lorde Stare wide-eyed at this dense pitch boiling by the art…
Bread of Bitterness From a supplication without response, the essence of man, hi…
Carnal Malefactor Below the lid of a vast rounded monument Trickling of gristl…
Chaining the Katechon « Le verdict ne vient pas d'un coup, le processus lui-même…
Dearth La mince clameur de ces êtres iniques et inabsous Pleurant …
Decadence Extreme ritual of carnal pleasure breaking the chains of d…
Desecration Master Death is coming fast She's my only faith And no…
Devouring Famine Listen to the breathing of that which in sick delectation A…
Diabolus Absconditus ("Death is the most terrible thing; And to maintain its…
Drink the Devil's Blood Below the lid of a vast rounded monument Trickling of gristl…
Enantiodromia I have come to bring death, terror, and destruction Yes, the…
Epiklesis I "…anyone who Speaks against the Holy Either in this age, o…
Epiklesis II …Ecoutez les tres étouffé, le tres lointain, le tres pale G…
Extinction of the Weak Arise from the cursed abyss, our mission has been given…
Fiery Serpents ...I had a salowe vision wherein were fiery serpents and sco…
First Prayer Omnis humana cogitatio in fundamentis putrefactionis conditu…
Follow the Dark Path All my life is dedicated to the master of evil. For…
From Unknown Lands of Desolation Our skies are forever black Here is no signs of…
Have You Beheld The Fevers Have you beheld the fevers? This is the collapse of the…
Have You Beheld The Fevers? Have you beheld the fevers? This is the collapse of the…
Hétoïmasia Hearken, thou, until I relate things that shall come to pas…
I « Everything, except GOD, has in itself some measure of priv…
II (In abstracto... ... Echange du Vide Ecce lignum Crucis,…
iii The stillness of Contemplation is allowed in billions of woe…
Inquisitors of Satan No place to hide, its time to suffer After the…
Jubilate Deo From the Thirteen Apostles men Pregnant nymphets hast they …
Jubilate Deo (O Be Joyful in the Lord) From the Thirteen Apostles men Pregnant nymphets hast they b…
Knowledge of the Ultimate Void Walking afraid in dust Among memories, among ruins, Feelin…
Lethal Baptism Acid streams from the Chalice over the newborn body, Pain…
Malconfort Raging winds roam over Babylon like a primal chaos spread E…
Malign Paradigm Dei nostri templum terrarum orbus est.…
Mass Grave Aesthetics “What matter the victims, provided the gesture is beautiful?…
Obombration Hagios Ho Theos, Sanctus Deus. Hagios Ischyros, Sanctus For…
Odium Nostrum "-Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it…
Our Life is Your Death You must claim lives, so many lives To exert upon this…
Phosphene Rejoice, for tonight it is a world that we bury! Have…
Procreation Epidemic A plague grows, giving strength to life. This is a miserable…
Raping Human Dignity Suffer… I hate you… I want you dead. My dagger in…
Sacrilegious Terror Hunting like wolves, we have no regrets for all our…
Sand A desert with no life but scorpions coming as a swarm,…
Scorpions & Drought There I stand, in a wood of trees pale as…
Second Prayer Oh Satan, you're the God before whom I stand Live your…
Si Monumentum Requires Circumspice Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice The monument of a decei…
Sie Sind Gerichtet! You revel in inequity, inequity is your womb! How dare you…
Sola Fide I O Satan, I acknowledge you as the Great Destroyer of…
Sola Fide II They burst my veins to pieces, these wan rats inside With…
Succubus of All Vices Born of the void as a female human, Sha was…
The Ancient Presence Revealed Born a fullmoon night, In the middle of moutains cold… Wol…
The Long Defeat To the shadows of ancient trees, moss, and autumn leaves To…
The Repellent Scars of Abandon and Election The feeling of destroying the capacity for inward peace, an…
The Shrine of Mad Laughter God of terror, very low dost thou bring us, very…
The Synarchy of Molten Bones O Father Latros Witness thou anon Mists above Exhalations b…
The Victory of Impurity Since the creation of the holy doctrines, each fragment of…
Third Prayer Ere thou enter farther in such mysteries, comprehend: The se…
Torture and Death I am the Evil in every form The demon you…
Wings of Predation Twon glances overwhelmed with woes Reflecting the echoes of…
You Cannot Even Find the Ruins… You cannot even find the ruins Of the jewels of yesterday Th…