Single Song Reaction - Deathspell Omega: Abscission 

Deathspell Omega are on the more avant-garde side of Black Metal. They started as a more conventional BM act but shifted to this more avant-garde sound with their third album "Si Monumentum Requires Circimspice". Paracletus was their fifth album, the third and final* chapter of their famous Trilogy. The Trilogy dealt with various themes relating to theology, philosophy and other sorts matters, lyrics are notoriously difficult to make sense of for they'd usually require alot of context on the listners end to grasp. Abscission is generally regarded as one of their more accessible songs and Paracletus is generally regarded as being a more melodic record compared to most of the band's output. DSO's style is generally described as aggressive, chaotic and dissonant and is highly influential on many experimental style BM bands. Idk if anything then would really appeal to you, but pethaps songs from their most recent record The Long Defeat might be more appealing? It's generally slower and less dissonant than their usual output. Hope this clarifies things for you. *while the Trilogy is a collection of 3 full lengths that are thematically connected, there were several EPs that served as Appendicies, among these the last of these which came out after Paracletus was Drought. So you could say that Drought is the true conclusion to the Trilogy.

Deathspell Omega is, and always will be, my favorite band. 🖤 Here are the lyrics: …The depths of abjection, a throne of manure But even during the ecstasies of beatification It is by no means possible to separate them The den of serpents, the knot of vipers corruption-bred And the blazing spirit of the mystic heaven above Angel browed with brass Wreathed by a halo, sublime and infinite Tunneled by vermin …Feverish miasmas and a silent canticle… Implemini Spiritu Sancto The scorching heat of the furnace inside galvanizes A grapevine whose roots sink deep, far into the arteries In contemplation the Lord of harvests long gone Shall murmur obscene wonders to those who ate the grape Desperately feeding the empty void Growing on innocent blood, the stronger and the greater In ruthless rigour, in funeral glee Implemini Spiritu Sancto The foam of nausea slowly rising to the teeth Yes! Truly adorned with the grim regalia of perdition I shall hold high a bowl of gems of unseen radiance Enveloping spirit and will in seraphic rapture O deformity, hear the weeping prayers Arise from rot, be my child! Be my promise! The nebulae in the superior sky howled like a starving hound Aboyeurs de Dieu ! Aboyeurs de Dieu ! Implemini Spiritu Sancto

Their use of contrasting sounds throughout this entire album is masterful. 🔥

Loved the reaction Jim, this is their most popular, but also a very jarring song. You will hear again from me soon, with more recommendations. -Ezra

atonal masterpiece

That wasn't too bad , I enjoyed that....

hey man, I would love to get a reaction to Virgin Steele's "Emalaith" song! The base of their sound is "classic" heavy metal but with a real classical influence. An emotional masterpiece of a song!

Yeah, quite enjoyable, even the section towards the end where the guitar player seemed to be having a stroke in that he fumbled with the notes again and again (either they looped take 1 or it was deliberate, in which case, I salute you!) I do prefer this sort of extreme metal to tamer genres such as hair, power and symphonic but probably 30 minutes is as much as I could take.

Love the smell of death metal in the morning.......😅🗽

the band considers its music as antimusic. meant to portray the horrors of this world, unhinged. its one scary group of people.

It's okay. I don't hate it, but I prefer music with more than a hint of melody. 😁

I'm sorry to say, but for me this band doesn't have anything to tell from other bands of this genre; I honestly would switch stations, if I hear this on radio 😌