Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum

The pages of the booklet were too big for me to scan them sorry. :(

Speaking of metal here's something completely awesome. Deathspell Omega is a well known underground (or is it?) black metal band that caught the attention of the scene when they released Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice. Before that they were pretty much a Darkthrone clone with a little special touch their own. After SMRC they released an awesome ep Kenose and a few splits etc. And then came something even better. Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum.

Fas album was out in 2007 on Norma Evangelium Diaboli. And holy shit, when I first started listening I didn't really realize what's going on. But on the second listen I was completely amazed by its sound. The band is serious business so they give a lot of thought in their lyrics which are all connected on their albums. This is the second part of a trilogy that started with SMRC. First one was dealing with the relation between humans and god/satan while this album is dealing with the realtion between angels and god. The lyrics in the bootleg are constructed as a story, there aren't any song titles in it. It all looks like one big monologue of an angel.

The music itself while black metal in essence it's not really that straightforward. The song structures are very unorthodox when compared to more classic bands like Darkthrone, Marduk etc. There are a lot of dissonant sounds, bending, squealing and all sorts of weird note to highlight the overall insanity of the whole concept. Subjectively speaking I love this album, possibly my favorite black metal album ever. Nevertheless a lot of people hate it especially because of its chaotic style of playing.

1.	Obombration	04:48
2.	The Shrine of Mad Laughter	10:37
3.	Bread of Bitterness	07:49
4.	The Repellent Scars of Abandon and Election	11:40
5.	A Chore for the Lost	09:15
6.	Obombration	02:07

In delicious flac:

Part 1, 2 and 3.