Deathspell Omega - Paracletus

Just got through listening to the entire trilogy in one sitting. Second time doing an entire run-through, intensely satisfying

Written by Alex F on 26.01.2013 at 04:52

Just got through listening to the entire trilogy in one sitting. Second time doing an entire run-through, intensely satisfying

Last night I went Diabolus Absconditus, Chaining the Katechon, Mass Grave Aesthetics, FAS, SMRC, then finished with Kenose. I only played the last track from this one, at some point. It was a good night.

The last track is such a perfect song indeed... so much going on on that ending.

Such beauty. One of the most wonderful pieces of music.

I actually like this album a lot. It has a drawback of being less chaotic then FAS, and thus less challenging and less interesting, but it has an upside of being more cohesive and coherent as a result. A lot of subtle motifs reappearing throughout this album, on top of a a good ebb and flow to the songs, which maintain a good level of variance and transition very smoothly and fluidly between one another. Overall really good shit.

Written by Jaeryd on 26.04.2016 at 01:49

I actually like this album a lot. It has a drawback of being less chaotic then FAS, and thus less challenging and less interesting, but it has an upside of being more cohesive and coherent as a result. A lot of subtle motifs reappearing throughout this album, on top of a a good ebb and flow to the songs, which maintain a good level of variance and transition very smoothly and fluidly between one another. Overall really good shit.

Well written

Okay, I really don't care what other people say at this point, this has become one of my favorite albums. I thought I'd get tired of it, but it just keeps continuing to satisfy me over and over again. Is it more obvious and easy to listen to than some other DsO albums? Sure, but they succeed with everything I believe they were trying to accomplish with this record, and as I said before, the way they use recurring song ideas and melodies is pretty brilliant. FAS will still probably be my favorite from their Discography, but this is still incredible.

Still one of my absolute favourites after six years.

Apokatastasis Pantôn is such an intensively satisfying finisher

I agree, the last track is the perfect ending, it's like witchcraft.

Get this into the top 200

It's funny how I much preferred this to Fas, both are similar in sound but uniquely different in structure, yet somehow this captivates me more. I quite like how this is chaotic and intesnse but at the same time has some great melodies, and the drumming is phenomenal.

My personal Top 3 songs from the album:

Phosphene
Apokatastasis Pantôn
Devouring Famine