Paracletus

by Deathspell Omega

Paracletus cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 9 November 2010
  • Label: Norma Evangelium Diaboli
  • Country: France
  • Length: 42:08
  • Community rating: 4.26/5 from 22 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Paracletus' serves as the concluding installment of a metaphysical trilogy, functioning as a seamless and continuous composition rather than a collection of individual songs. The album is defined by its technically demanding and labyrinthine song structures, which pair relentlessly precise drumming with layers of dissonant, angular guitar work that shifts between chaotic fury and atmospheric passages. A clearer production, compared to its predecessors, enhances the audibility of each instrument's complex interplay, reinforcing the album's thematic exploration of spiritual struggle through its uniquely structured and intensely performed avant-garde black metal.

Genres

Descriptors: dissonant, technical, avant-garde, blasphemous, complex

Tracklist

  1. Epiklesis I (01:41)
  2. Wings of Predation (03:40)
  3. Abscission (06:02)
  4. Dearth (03:44)
  5. Phosphene (06:58)
  6. Epiklesis II (03:03)
  7. Malconfort (04:54)
  8. Have You Beheld the Fevers ? (02:57)
  9. Devouring Famine (05:06)
  10. Apokatastasis Pant么n (04:03)

Credits

  • Mikko Aspa - vocals
  • Hasjarl - guitars
  • Khaos - bass
  • Spica - vocals (french)
  • Davthvs - cover art

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