Excellent analysis, that was pretty rad that Arvo Part came up in this, that surprised me a little bit. Can't wait for the next episode. Learning about the music is going to probably help me as a writer eventually when I get back to working on my own projects. Keep up the good work
Thanks for the comment! That’s great to hear. The next part will be more conversational and focused more on philosophy, as Charlie is the one with technical musical knowledge and I’m just not equipped for that haha. But I hope you still find that part interesting, if not useful. Cheers
Glad you enjoyed-keep an eye out, we’ll be coming back soon. And yes, I personally enjoy the two “Manifestations” EPs a lot. To me, they are what Darkthrone could have been. Less interesting philosophically and musically than their later output, of course, but fantastic OG black metal.
I'd love to be able to read the script for this to really be able to dig deeper into the content here. I understand if you don't want to make that available. Looking forward to pt 2!
Name-dropping baudrillard you might be interested in their lyrics and theology. It's pretty obscure and references the Bible and French mystics. Paracletus seems to be midrash which takes the holy Spirit (paraclete) to be Satan, or something. I don't get it
Their lyrics are mostly Bataille. Can't see that much Baudrillard on them. Paracletus is about seeing Satan as the paraclete, yes, which is an idea of Leon Blóy, but he is the paraclete because God can't be. God, for Deathspell, has abandoned humanity in our suffering - which is the theme of Drought. So our consolator needs to be the Devil.
I have another DsO video recorded, working on editing it. This time it is a philosophical investigation into some aspects of their religiosity. My first real attempt to begin outlining them in a way that has yet to be done. Thanks for watching!
