DEATHSPELL OMEGA
Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum

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Norma Evangelium Diaboli
2007

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"This is the end of black metal as we know it. Deathspell Omega have found the outer boundaries of the universe and casually crossed them. Fas is not so much a metal album as a musical puzzle box; a labyrinth with moving walls and booby-trapped floors; a hallucination of alternating agony and ecstasy.

Known for their adventurousness since 2003's landmark Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice album, the French outfit have pushed the envelope of extremity past the point of no return. Fas is more arcane and unwelcoming even than Gorguts' Obscura, an extreme metal landmark in its own right. Arranged in the same linear manner as a classical piece, yet bearing the sonic traits of freeform jazz - dark, disturbing, highly abrasive freeform jazz - Fas is the ultimate study in contrasts. Moments of gentle, yet unnerving calm suddenly give way to flurries of unrestrained frenzy wherein any traditional concept of melody is discarded. This is an album that simultaneously fascinates and frustrates."
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