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Deathspell Omega | |
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| Origin | Poitiers, France |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Norma Evangelium Diaboli Northern Heritage End All Life Season of Mist |
Deathspell Omega is a French black metal band formed in 1998 in Poitiers. The group is an anonymous collective that has never confirmed the identity of any of its members.
Their lyrical content often deals with metaphysical Satanism,[1] and the philosophies of Bataille[1][2] and Hegel.[3]
From 2004 to 2010, the band released a trilogy of concept albums — Si monvmentvm reqvires, circvmspice, Fas – Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum and Paracletus – which focus on the theological aspects of God and Satan. With the band's seventh album The Furnaces of Palingenesia (2019), there was a shift in lyrical focus to anti-authoritarian political themes.[4]
The band's eighth and most recent album, The Long Defeat, was released on 23 March 2022. The band described the album as " the first emanation of the third era of Deathspell Omega".[5]
- ^ a b "Interview with Deathspell Omega". Kccricket.net. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ "Is Black Metal Coming of Age?". Chronicles of Chaos. 18 December 2006. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ "An Inquiry into the History and Evolution of Metaphysical Satanism in Black Metal". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ Göransson, Niklas (23 June 2019). "Deathspell Omega interview - Bardo Methodology". Bardo Methodology. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Norma Evangelium Diaboli - Deathspell Omega. Stand witness to The Long Defeat! Hearken to the first emanation of the third era of DEATHSPELL OMEGA; forty-four minutes of Black Metal enacted through five instalments. Recorded live by the French power trio in July 2021. Bile and venom distilled and added until the leaves fell. "The Long Defeat" unfolds over three parallel storylines told via three different mediums. Two in writing: the lyrics, as well as a fable. The third speaks through the artwork – two metres' worth of maniacally detailed visions depicting the same premise its written content draws from. All three are fundamentally entwined but diverging in narrative, each complementing or contradicting the others". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 6 November 2023.