Deathspell Omega - Kénôse [EP]

Written by Mattybu on 14.01.2015 at 21:02

Truth be told, I enjoyed it quite a bit. The intro is really great in particular. I also like the fact that it's an EP cause I don't think an hour of this would be necessary, it went everywhere it needed to go IMO.

Yeah that intro is pretty immense. Such a great build up. Deathspell's stuff really suits the EP format I think. Their sound is really dense and technical so smaller bursts is not a bad thing.

Written by [user id=4365] on 14.01.2015 at 21:05

Yeah that intro is pretty immense. Such a great build up. Deathspell's stuff really suits the EP format I think. Their sound is really dense and technical so smaller bursts is not a bad thing.

Indeed, that's my only problem with their albums that I have heard, so I guess I should really check this EP out.

Written by Zap on 14.01.2015 at 21:16

Indeed, that's my only problem with their albums that I have heard, so I guess I should really check this EP out.

This, Chaining the Katechon and Diabolus Absconditus are all great short bursts of the band's sound. The latter 2 are each 1 song that last 20 minutes or so. Probably easier than trying to get through SMRC or FAS in one go.

Written by [user id=4365] on 14.01.2015 at 21:19

This, Chaining the Katechon and Diabolus Absconditus are all great short bursts of the band's sound. The latter 2 are each 1 song that last 20 minutes or so. Probably easier than trying to get through SMRC or FAS in one go.

Both great albums, but they are anything but easy listening

I'm gonna check this one out right now. It's time. I can feel it.

Written by Zap on 14.01.2015 at 21:30

Both great albums, but they are anything but easy listening

I'm gonna check this one out right now. It's time. I can feel it.

Well hopefully this one will live up to the hype it has (around here anyway).

Finished listening to this and... I think I had actually listened to this before Anyways, great stuff.

Such riffs...

[fanboy mode on]

Finally, got my copy So late because I simply couldn't afford it while studying (booze/going out was a priority back then). And holy fucking shit...everything about this release is so damn perfect. Man, the booklet is out of this world! Literally

[/fanboy mode off]

Been spinning this a lot lately. It's quickly becoming one of my favorite pieces of black metal madness. The first song is just insane. No other album of theirs can match this.

*Luxuriates in the positivity*

By any chance does anyone know where I can find this album in Paris? Or some good record store that could have it? Either cd or vynil

This feels like it's the actual first part of the trilogy that ends with Paracletus. This, the aforementioned, and FAS all have a similar sound, whereas Si Monumentum doesn't sound related to these albums at all.

Anyway, even if it's the case that Si Monumentum is the first part of the trilogy, I'm still going to treat this one as the first part, because listening to them like this makes way more sense to me.

Well, it's been about a year and a half since I first let my ass get kicked by this, and my thoughts on it are pretty much the same (which is actually saying quite a lot, all things considered). Still some of the best black metal ever. It gets into mind-crushing territory quite a lot but there's a real sense of purpose to everything, which I really appreciate. Not the same genre, but I was listening to Epidemic of Violence as well at work today and while there's a time and place for it, that type of mind-crushingness isn't always as engaging.

True, though it is over 30 mins, so feels more complete than most EPs. A monster of a record.

So, I've progressively liked this EP more and more the longer I've been listening to it. At first, I liked this EP a decent amount, then I ended up deciding I really enjoyed it, and now it's amongst my favorite releases of all time. The whole thing is incredible, but track 2 is particularly good. I don't know why, but I feel like I could listen to that track every day.

Sorry.

I love this so much

Probably the greatest black metal record of all times, I think.

Written by koob on 15.01.2017 at 00:09

Probably the greatest black metal record of all times, I think.

Hard to find an argument against that tbh.

Satan.

Written by [user id=159927] on 17.11.2016 at 03:18

I love this so much

I love it as much as your new avatar (any chance I get to comment on Lain... I fucking take it).

Written by X-Ray Rod on 08.02.2017 at 00:39

Written by [user id=159927] on 17.11.2016 at 03:18

I love this so much

I love it as much as your new avatar (any chance I get to comment on Lain... I fucking take it).

Che was liking it on my 2017 list thumbnail. We had a nice little chat about it, go check it out (in the comments)

Also this is easily DsO's best and I can't get over how great it is. I love DsO

Written by [user id=159927] on 08.02.2017 at 00:44
:lol: Che was liking it on my 2017 list thumbnail. We had a nice little chat about it, go check it out (in the comments)

Hah, yeah I showed it to him (and I got the tip from !J.O.O.E.!).

Written by X-Ray Rod on 08.02.2017 at 00:48

Written by [user id=159927] on 08.02.2017 at 00:44
:lol: Che was liking it on my 2017 list thumbnail. We had a nice little chat about it, go check it out (in the comments)

Hah, yeah I showed it to him (and I got the tip from !J.O.O.E.!).

Huh?

Written by [user id=159927] on 08.02.2017 at 00:49

Written by X-Ray Rod on 08.02.2017 at 00:48

Hah, yeah I showed it to him (and I got the tip from !J.O.O.E.!).

Huh?

I recommended Serial Experiments Lain to Che one or two years ago ... And way before that I got said recommendation from !J.O.O.E.! back in 2012. It all started when Joe posted the (awesome) opening track on the non-metal section of the forums.

Absolutely chaotic, insane EP. I didn't like it so much when I first listened to it. But I persisted because there's a lot of fuss about Kenose, so I wanted to find out what it really is. Never looked back after that. Easily one of the best black metal I've heard, on a tie with SMRC though.

10ed . Fuck it.

Could turn into a ten in any second. This shit still floors me.

Look at that overall user rating. You don't see that very often for a black metal album outside some classic 80s / 90s stuff.

Written by Mercurial on 20.03.2019 at 23:16

Look at that overall user rating. You don't see that very often for a black metal album outside some classic 80s / 90s stuff.

Sometimes the users get it right