These guys pretty much showed where black metal should be in the 21st century, songwriting, concept and musicianship-wise. They inspired swaths of bands to create more ambitious bm, rather than replicating the same old story from almost 40 years now, but none, in my opinion, came to the perfection with which they married over-the-top technicality & progressiveness, assaulting dark atmosphere and just... great fucking riffs!

Not so long ago Ulcerate and now Deathspell Omega, Le Crème de la crème.

Deathspell Omega likes to use for the emotinal climax of their pieces, and they're often the emotional core of the entire work. You can see it in this song - the most melodic and pleasant, even somewhat sentimental part of the song is the endling. I always find their melodies just stunningly beautiful, and the way they emerge from the utter chaos of the meat of their tracks is awe-inspiring to me. If you want to hear more all-around melodic wrighting from them, you should check out the "Dought" EP. It features longer and more prominent melodic passages, and is generelly a bit easier on the ears. They also bring out some metalcore/math rock influences on this one, which is just wonderful. The track "Fires of Frustration" from their last album is also very melodically-driven, despite being arguably even more daunting than Abscission. Anyway, happy to see you enjoyed them! Hoping to see more on the channel.

My favourite DSO song is " The repellant scars of abandon and election".

It’s rare how there are bands who diverge from the “tradition” but DSO not only diverges but they reinvent the wheel while maintaining the spirit of black metal. In fact, they inspired me to pursue philosophy and while I have my BA, I still have trouble wrapping my head around their lyrics.

My top 3 Deathspell Omega songs: - wings of predation - II - a chore for the lost This is far beyond black metal

My favorite DSO song is Apokatastasis Pantôn from this same album Paracletus, i don't know what it does to me but I feel it so much, such a beautiful song (in a weird way, but that's how I can frame it).

Deathspell Omega is top tier. They don't release bad albums.

100% agree with what Dimiko said. On my "Top 100 Artists" list I basically said that, to me, DsO and Ulcerate owned metal in the 2010s, being the two bands that were genuinely pushing their respective genres forward into something new and different. I love both because they're among the few new-ish metal bands I put on and go "I have no idea what's going on here," and it's extremely rare that any metal bands can evoke that reaction to me, and it's a sign that I'm in the presence of something special. This is a fine introductory track, being perhaps the most concise song off arguably their greatest LP (Paracletus... though some would argue Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum is better). They also have several EPs (including Kenose and Veritas Diaboli Manet in Aeternum: Chaining the Katechon) that are as phenomenal as their LPs. This is a truly special band, though definitely not an easy listen for anyone not already familiar with (or a fan of) the genre, the very definition of "an acquired taste."

Finally , thanks for it. Deathspell omega created the ultimate black metal if you ask me. If you think about that , there is no second band that created their own philosophy and write that complicated lyrics in probably all rock and metal music. And musically speaking, Ulcerate and Deathspell Omega is the top of atonal music for me. (Beside of the classical composers)

I always thought this was one of their mellower songs. "The Furnaces of Paleigenesia" might be the only genuinely scary album I've ever heard.

Black metal is kind of a magic trick to me. At first with no knowledge it's just noise and screams, then you really start listening to instruments and read some lyrics and then everything becomes clear

good work for the analysis!! Hell yeah I love this song of my favorite band of my country!!

Great to see this band addressed 👌 I would near promise you this week's theme and more because you featured this band 🤷🏻‍♂️👌 I promise you I will not be the only one to suggest the band PORTAL next 👌 To be honest not sure you be the same after hearing them 🙄😂 You can play PORTAL and clear an evacuate an entire town if you just press play 😂😂👌

I was listening to this song today.. damn nice timing!!

as for modern black metal, I fell in love with Violet Cold this year (album "Pride"), and I'll definitely check out Deathspell Omega.

Greatest band on Earth

Abscission was a perfect choice, this is probably Deathspell Omega's most accessible song. Their other tracks are way more abrasive and "out there". For similar bands I would recommend Icelandic black metal like Svartidauđi, Misþyrming; Kriegsmaschine and maybe Mgła (same members as previous, but more melodic).

Cool! You seem to like this for pretty much the same reasons as I do. Though I guess I don’t find it as oppressing. In the genre they’re one of the big bands, doing their own version of black metal.

"Fiery Serpents" and "Scorpions & Drought" by the same band are fucking awesome.

DSO..the unstoppable kings of dissonance!!!and conceptually the most advance band in the world

Next Deathspell Omega song-Apokatastasis Panton

for more melodic black metal i would suggest naglfar - black god aftermath deletere - teredinis lepra mare cognitum - antaresian probably should also suggest mgla but i don't know if you would classify it as melody or atmosphere mgla - exercises in futility i mgla - exercises in futility vi maybe also something like wiegedood - svansang it has it's dose of repetition, but from mine layman's perspective song as a whole is diverse and structurally interesting

If you want to hear black metal with melodies, wonderful bass lines and great atmosphere- check - Resplendent Grotesque. Especially last two tracks- A Sutra of Wounds and Ascendent Grotesque. Very unique stuff

My favorite song. Always wondered if you would react to this one. Ulcerate next? :D

They often use a bass that is quite different the guitar rather than playing root tones or copying the guitar. A really funky wavering bass line can be seen here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qZuZp5OcvpOXnHk.html (the link goes to the relevant time) though it's quite hard to make out

this is the soundtrack of a death struggle when the body dies and the soul refuses to give up breath

would like to see your reaction to yumi zouma - looking over shoulders, and pretty lights - one day they will know

I think andavald would be a great one to analyse next

Now do Blut Aus Nord and Imperial Triumphant and Portal

i think the part you were talking about near 3 mins with the guitars sounding out of sync with each other had to do with the production. The engineer offset the second guitar to avoid phasing issues.

This is actually one of DsO's most melodic tracks. Haha

Checkout melodic Black Metal, it's exactly for you. React to The Legendary Dissection and the track which called Where Dead Angels Lie.

If you want metal kind of like this but with more melody check out Agalloch. Much more melodic but very progressive.

Can't disagree with you more on the bass. It sounds like you're dragging the vibrating corpse of a fallen diety on a cobblestone floor. It's insane the sound they managed to create and it compliments the overall soundscape perfectly, it's like a constantly shifting thick carpet that the rest of the song is sitting on. As much as the drumming is directing the tempo of the song and its sense of pacing and movement, the bass is its foundation of everything tonal upon which the beautiful guitar work is then weaved. I haven't watched your other videos so I'd like to clarify some misconceptions about genres since you seem to be rather new to this. A typical black metal vocalist with go with a high-pitched shriek, you'll find some variety but generally black metal vocals are not described as "growls", that's a death metal thing. The vocalist for DsO is entirely one of a kind and you won't find anything similar in the history of metal. The music itself is equally unique, although countless vapid copycats have been spawned by DsO's success, and they do owe some credit to their influences, which include some non metal but also metal bands like ved buens ende and voivod, their approach to the genre is completely unique and doesn't even have to be categorized as black metal anymore, even though in some ways it represents an evolution of short, or rather a finalization of many aspects of the genre. But what really sets DsO apart is their authenticity and ingenuinity which will never be matched in this very particular musical domain.

paracletus is goated

This is the only emotional and dynamic metal band that I know. I wish to know more good bands as good as this...

MORE DSO PLEASE!!

This what DSO are extremely special create more avantgarde technical abit fusionjazz blended with purest sick black metal n expression black arts blow 3RD WAVES OF BLACK METAL BORN FRENCH STRIKES!!! ALL HAIL DSO!! 76667! 🔥

Huh, most Epic Waltz track ever heard xD Genius, take Waltz and mix it with Black Metal 🧐

Leprous - Nighttime Disguise please

Deff does sound like a killer d&d spell that wipes out all your pcs lol 😳😳😳... Do u play ?... Cause i need new players and just for u i will throw in a 20 lev wizard that has a scroll with the deathspell omega on it.. U kill him u win the spell 😂😂😂

We are friends.

Try Dead Shell of Universe.

it it that black metal has discovered a genre that uniquely fits them...dissonance or are they just incorporating everything extreme death and avante garde jazz has used for a couple of decades...

*Deathspell Omega* is the greatest band ever existed and of course they are The Titan of Black Metal ... What do you expect from a band? Out-of-this-world song-writing and musicianship, phenomenal performances of musical instruments (drum, bass, guitar) and vocals; deep and complex lyrical contents about various philosophical, metaphysical and theological aspects of human existence that force you to really think and learn much much more and think again. I challenge people to name just one other band in the entire music history that matches this level of intellect and excellence. This is not just some random cringe statement and I understand that music is subjective but there is certainly a meaningful question to ask for the comparison between Richard Wagner and some random pop star when it comes to music; I am really looking for some names that match with the towering place of DSO in music not just Black Metal ... There is nothing in Black Metal (or even metal) that can beat what is achieved in The Trilogy. Of course their approach toward Orthodox Satanism might not be everyone's cup of tea. But for me, this is the only reason Black Metal exists. If Black Metal is not about Satan, understood broadly and transcendentally not as a creature with horns or craps like that, and the concept of Evil and its central place in our human life, it is not Black Metal anyway no matter how much the music is extreme or infernal or second-wavysh. Apparently, this is not the way most of the people want Black Metal to be; they want it to be just plain and simple with some harsh vocals, lyrics about fantasy worlds, and cringe meaningless "Hail Satan" slogan, in other words, a genre among others. Black Metal must be complex, difficult and troublesome, without which it is just a music as any other genres, and the paragon example of this type of Black Metal is Deathspell Omega. I can write and talk about them for hours and days and months without being bored but a comment section is not the place. Thanks for the great analysis of this out-of-this-world mastercraft of Deathspell Omega ... I would suggest Shrine of Mad Laughter or A Chore for the Lost for another analysis of Deathspell Omega music.

Apokatastasis panton

Well for me DSO didn't really bring anything new, the mighty Abigor was there waaaaaay before them.

Is that opening part in 4/4?

I would definitely recommend that you google Mikko Aspa, who is the vocalist of this band. Definitely sketchy

DSO are awesome, love them.