Deathspell Omega are an avant-garde black metal band from France who are the most well-known band in the Norma Evangelium Diaboli movement. Their lyrical content deals primarily with Satanism on a metaphysical level, and other various theological topics. They 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. Much of their inspiration comes from the post-surrealist Georges Bataille.

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. The first chapter in a planned trilogy, the album was released to critical acclaim and continues to be praised.

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.

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.

Discography

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.

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.

Demos and EPs

• 1999 - Disciples of the Ultimate Void (Demo)
• 2005 - Kénôse (EP)

Compilation Appearances

• 2001 - Black Metal Blitzkrieg End All Life Productions

Note: The Disciples of the Ultimate Void demo is included as the final four tracks of the band's first album, Infernal Battles.

Sources

http://www.cfprod.com/nh/
http://www.noevdia.com/
http://www.theajnaoffensive.com/index.asp

External links

• Deathspell Omega
• Discography
• Interview