The reason I'm fascinated w this band is that I have to study their work...I love that....its a constant lesson in peeling back layers, nothing gets old...every disc from si onward is amazingly brilliant...I wasn't aurically mature enough when I first discovered them years ago, but now, I am n that's what makes them especially different, one must grow into their music, I feel...a true sonic experience
I read some reviews claiming this album had 'drums so loud you can't hear guitars', was 'death metal' in disguise as black metal, 'pretentious' and 'poppy'. Erm, this is sophisticated, raging black-metal and very good at that.. full stop.
''An exhausted fall into disgrace, Famished for peace, for a mere moment Of respite in dying eternities, On the verge of being deprived of all humanity, Non-sense is the outcome of every possible sense, It is the start of transcendence,'' beautiful lyrics. props to whoever wrote them on this album
I remember when I first put this album on, I was late to the Deathspell Omega hype and was wondering what this newfangled uber infinity ultra omega black metal was all about. The intro, while well done was like 'Yeah, I've heard all of this before....' and then The Shrine Of Mad Laughter came on and I was instantly like 'Ok, I get it now, well played good sirs, well played'. From then on nothing has been the same.
2021, only 80k views for this absolute masterpiece, DsO deserve so many more consideration... You can listen to this album one million time and continue to learn about it and be fascinated...
One of the greatest albums of all time, a true masterpiece. This is the raw, pure essence of the true potential for distilling malignancy and darkness in an auditory medium. This album is fucking spooky to listen to, in a genuine way. I dislike most black metal because it is so superficial, theatrical, full of posturing and recycled cliches about paganism and satanism. This album here is the real fucking deal. Every other album in the genre has to be held up to this one as the goal.
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This album is a transcendent masterpiece which absolutely DESTROYS (Nearly all) black metal albums i have ever heard. This along with a few other albums (that i can count on one hand) has me finding myself asking "How on earth did they make this?"
+Metal555Fan Meshuggah-Catch 33, Gorguts-Obscura, Khanate-Khanate, and for black metal the only other album i see on this ones level is Leviathan-Scar Sighted.
+Metal555Fan No worries man, sorry for the late reply! A common theme i've noticed between all these albums seems to be atmosphere + unique vocals i'd also say technicality but khanate is far from technical, but again its atmosphere and especially the vocals are very disturbing. James Plotkin (the vocalist) actually sounds convincingly like a deranged psycho, bravo, lol. I think there might be another album as well, i'll see if i can remember. :)
lardplanet Alright man, thank you for the replies! Will check it out pretty damn soon, after finishing placing a few orders, ahah, quite an addiction...
it is a perfect black metal record. It is scary as shit bc it is genuine, accomplished and informed. You need a doctorate level of education in philosophy and music theory to even get this album all the way through. I don't have either but I remember listening to this record non-stop in 2007 for 5 months and I was still mining it for discovery. It is a resolute masterpiece.
I remember falling asleep after listening to this album and waking up to the intro to A Chore for the Lost. I have no idea whether it was my laptop deciding to play the song while it was on sleep mode and stopping the moment I regained consciousness or if the music popped into my head in the closing moments of whatever dream I had. Either way it was unnerving as shit, suddenly hearing that intro come out of nowhere while sleeping.
I head a dream in which Mikko Aspa screamed the lyrics of A Chore for the Lost to me. Happened at a time when I was obsessed with listening to Fas a few years ago, it was definitely an experience.
Sean Cordes It's my favourite part of the entire trilogy. The outro to A Chore for the Lost may actually be my favourite section of music in general. I still have no idea why. It's very cathartic. Any idea how they get that effect on their guitar during that section? I know it's used throughout the album but, this section in particular uses this tone more prominently.
Doesn't sound particularly special effects-wise, just soloing over dissonant arpeggios that ring out as well as some additional layered guitar (although the composition is absolutely brilliant of course).
All three LPs in the trilogy are masterworks in their own right. Really hard to choose between them since they all offer something different. Si Monumentum, Circumspice, Requires is also a great listen, if not as refined. Also, lets not forget their EPs, especially Kenose! All essential listening imo.
This. Paracletus was much more straightforward, rooted in the traditions of the genre. This is a genre bending mindfuck of an experience. Musically, this has more variation and is bleaker, though perhaps slightly less intense. Both are utterly amazing, of course.
This crap has actually no variation. It goes quiet than LOUD, quiet then LOUD, and LOUD again. This album has no redeeming qualities, it lacks riffs and the vocals are emotionless. In addition, it isn't creepy at all, just dull and overlong.
this is one of the greatest BM works that BREAK the barriers and adds insane avant garde displays into very black metal melodies of utter blastbeats! everything in fas ite is grand ,infernal and requires many listenings to grasp the total message delivered ! top-5 BM albums of all times for me \m/ PERIOD
I think this one. It's extremely avant-garde nature, and its layers of sweeping dissonance and complexity makes it a mindfuck to listen to and ponder. Paracletus is VERY good, but to me is somewhat more discernible and less busy than this. So in my opinion Fas is the better album.
Man I'm glad to find somebody who thinks like you do, I think precisely the same,but most guys attatch too much to the "roots" thing, which can be a precise contradiction of the nature of the feeling of this music
@@Tmslv161 I think its just personal taste probably , for me his vocals blend in well with the music ,although i must admit i use to avoid bands that had the cookie monster style vocal but i quickly came to the conclusion that i was missing out on to many talented bands ,hence that vocal style grew on me after a while, that was in the early 90,s when i first started listening to this style of music . maybe i should have said his vocals are very good, instead of brilliant . anyway happy to answer your question.
This is a brilliant album, and in my opinion where the avant garde nature of this trilogy really comes into its own. I think a lot of the lyrics here are meant to be a monologue by Satan after being cast down, or at least, that's how I interpret it.
Easily one of the greatest achievements in extreme music. Everything about this album is perfect-from the inhuman instrumentation, to the blasphemous vocals, and lastly, the ungodly lyrics. It's so difficult to say which is better though...this, or Paracletus.
if there's any god that can be responsible for creation of man it's been terrible act of injustice to make a being able to comprehend his inferiority and dash upon him vileness of sin - the very essence of humanity condemned in the eyes of maker. sentenced to kneel for absurd - it is denial of free will - destined to loss. that is why god is abhorrent.
Only in the sense that it is atypical black metal. As far as content, given that DSO's music is very rhythmically driven, it's a superficial comparison at best. DSO are much more jarring and intense, though they obviously both employ arpeggiated guitar patterns a lot.
One could say that Ved Buens Ende is Voivod worship as well and is probably a more accurate statement as the distance between VBE and DSO in metal style/sound are probably further apart.
That's a shame, cuz Fas is an amazing experience, especially when listened to with a good sound system. No offense to this uploader (who did an amazing job representing the album visually and by posting the lyrics in time), but UA-cam can't really capture some of the nuances here. Fas is a challenging, but very rewarding listen.
Si was amazing, but its flow kind of suffered at times due to the abundance of interludes and whatnot; FAS, Kenose, and Paracletus are their best works imo.
there is something incredibly evil about their music, which sometimes i believe its not good to suggest it to everyone, but its still good music, personally i listen to it for the inspiration, i m not fascinated by the satanic thing at all
I was listening to this at work and had to come back later to reply to this comment, because I agree with you 100%. I still feel that Paracletus is their best work, but this is how I feel about them. It's absolutely horrifying and evil but impossibly seductive at the same time. There is something so sinister about this band, but just an awesome, absolute power. All their work feels like some evil, evil hypersigil.
Here is a band that makes all other music obsolete. I came across DSO so very late in 2020 and I couldn't really find time to actually sit down and listen. i was really captivated by that dark atmospheric intro of SMRC and that was about it and it pissed off my very christian then ex-wife and I used to play it sporadically just to mess with her. but nothing else really caught my interest as I found it too noisy and I just thought this might be one of "those bands", ie, one which isn't actually that good but just propped up by PR and tools (read fans). fast forward to beginning of this year and I sat down and listened to Fas Ite on a whim because I really liked the cover art and I guess that changed everything for me. just what is this music and why does it have such a profound effect on me? I dare not analyze it. I also don't think there's a band out there that's this "pure" and this important. DSO is just musical heroin. At the same time, I believe the masses should never come across DSO simply because it would just be throwing pearls before the swine. They just don't deserve such unspeakably beautiful transcendental delights.
I agree that this is a better album, but it does lack in certain aspects (very few). I believe that the "breaks" in between sections of each track, and after each song really kill the atmosphere, in my opinion. But this is a superb album.
Ok, as I've never seen anyone complain about this, seems like I'm the only one: DSO is great and all, but the singer's pronunciation is fking offputting for me, nevermind not understanding the words while only listening - B&D metal usual stuff, but even while reading the lyrics, it seems disconnected from whats in written form and difficult to follow. As when you sometimes listen to a live version of songs and wonder when did they change the lyrics. Also, a bit of variety would help, the music and lyrics are complex and brilliant vs the monotonous speaking in a bm voice. See Arioch/Mortuus. Commence le smackdown.
The singer is Finnish which is probably why his English is not too good, he has a thick accent. I used to hate it but now I like it because it makes the vocals sound more inhuman and demonic. I do agree that they could be less monotonous though, lots of metal singers have that problem
i think the blasts are what keeps everything together. in the organized chaos of everything else i find myself hanging onto that snare drum for dear life....
+PairInstabilityType What a dumb shitty comment. There are very few straight 'blast' sections in this album, compared to most other metal, it's far more loose and syncopated. Dumb shit head.
This is one of those bands where if their music ever "clicks" for you, everything about the way you perceive music is fundamentally changed forever
i wrote about this exact thing just now and i wonder just why and how?
The reason I'm fascinated w this band is that I have to study their work...I love that....its a constant lesson in peeling back layers, nothing gets old...every disc from si onward is amazingly brilliant...I wasn't aurically mature enough when I first discovered them years ago, but now, I am n that's what makes them especially different, one must grow into their music, I feel...a true sonic experience
I read some reviews claiming this album had 'drums so loud you can't hear guitars', was 'death metal' in disguise as black metal, 'pretentious' and 'poppy'. Erm, this is sophisticated, raging black-metal and very good at that.. full stop.
How in the world could someone call this album/band "death metal" still baffles me. I think I read that review a few months ago as well.
''An exhausted fall into disgrace, Famished for peace, for a mere moment Of respite in dying eternities, On the verge of being deprived of all humanity, Non-sense is the outcome of every possible sense, It is the start of transcendence,''
beautiful lyrics. props to whoever wrote them on this album
Bataille xD
Best metal album of all times, this is the pinnacle of extreme music.
For the first time, a black metal album made me feel fear. And I have listened to black metal for years. Brilliant.
Fuck, what a glorious noise this is.
I remember when I first put this album on, I was late to the Deathspell Omega hype and was wondering what this newfangled uber infinity ultra omega black metal was all about. The intro, while well done was like 'Yeah, I've heard all of this before....' and then The Shrine Of Mad Laughter came on and I was instantly like 'Ok, I get it now, well played good sirs, well played'. From then on nothing has been the same.
2021, only 80k views for this absolute masterpiece, DsO deserve so many more consideration...
You can listen to this album one million time and continue to learn about it and be fascinated...
i got taken down like a million times, thats why
@@paveantelic7876 Because it expresses real evil, which is a problem.
@@stellarcubicbeam7760 nah that aint it
@@paveantelic7876 There is only being, than the reaction to being and the thought projects the reality. Yes, it being real evil is an issue.
Nothing has ever given me such a pleasing feeling of dread.
The first black metal album to give me a creepy feeling. Pretty good
Dude same...
Mind-shattering release, summons an atmosphere not present in any other kind of release.
One of the greatest albums of all time, a true masterpiece. This is the raw, pure essence of the true potential for distilling malignancy and darkness in an auditory medium. This album is fucking spooky to listen to, in a genuine way. I dislike most black metal because it is so superficial, theatrical, full of posturing and recycled cliches about paganism and satanism. This album here is the real fucking deal. Every other album in the genre has to be held up to this one as the goal.
But this album seems superficial and theatrical to me
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@Abraham Marvin Definitely, have been watching on Instaflixxer for since december myself :D
Given the right circumstances, this album can be absolutely fucking horrifying. I get chills every time.
This album is a transcendent masterpiece which absolutely DESTROYS (Nearly all) black metal albums i have ever heard. This along with a few other albums (that i can count on one hand) has me finding myself asking "How on earth did they make this?"
+lardplanet Would gladly know what those other albums are. Always eager to find new bands/albums.
+Metal555Fan Meshuggah-Catch 33, Gorguts-Obscura, Khanate-Khanate, and for black metal the only other album i see on this ones level is Leviathan-Scar Sighted.
lardplanet Awesome man! I know all of those albums expect that Khanate one, gotta check it out soon, thank you for the suggestions.
+Metal555Fan No worries man, sorry for the late reply! A common theme i've noticed between all these albums seems to be atmosphere + unique vocals i'd also say technicality but khanate is far from technical, but again its atmosphere and especially the vocals are very disturbing. James Plotkin (the vocalist) actually sounds convincingly like a deranged psycho, bravo, lol. I think there might be another album as well, i'll see if i can remember. :)
lardplanet Alright man, thank you for the replies! Will check it out pretty damn soon, after finishing placing a few orders, ahah, quite an addiction...
This is quickly becoming my favorite metal album that I've heard in quite a long time.
I would go as far as saying that this is arguably one of the best albums (of any genre) of all time.
Was just saying the same thing. I do not know how i could explain the feeling it gives me, but it is wonderfully dreadful @@k1ngcrims0n24
I have no idea why people show disdain for the ambient breaks in this album. They give it an atmosphere like no other.
it is a perfect black metal record. It is scary as shit bc it is genuine, accomplished and informed. You need a doctorate level of education in philosophy and music theory to even get this album all the way through. I don't have either but I remember listening to this record non-stop in 2007 for 5 months and I was still mining it for discovery. It is a resolute masterpiece.
@@tristramcoffin926 this kind of music is timeless. \m/
@@tristramcoffin926 Shut your nerdy ass up, damn
Perfection in its achievement, beyond reproach.
I remember falling asleep after listening to this album and waking up to the intro to A Chore for the Lost. I have no idea whether it was my laptop deciding to play the song while it was on sleep mode and stopping the moment I regained consciousness or if the music popped into my head in the closing moments of whatever dream I had. Either way it was unnerving as shit, suddenly hearing that intro come out of nowhere while sleeping.
ExaltedApophis This stuff is pretty unnerving as it is. Have to ramp up to listening to it sometimes :X
I head a dream in which Mikko Aspa screamed the lyrics of A Chore for the Lost to me. Happened at a time when I was obsessed with listening to Fas a few years ago, it was definitely an experience.
My fav DsO album, love the crazy riffs in The shrine of Mad Laughter. God of Terror!!!!!!!!
The solo / lead section at the end of A Chore for the Lost is ridiculously great note choice.
Sean Cordes It's my favourite part of the entire trilogy. The outro to A Chore for the Lost may actually be my favourite section of music in general. I still have no idea why. It's very cathartic.
Any idea how they get that effect on their guitar during that section? I know it's used throughout the album but, this section in particular uses this tone more prominently.
+FenFen55Box What particular 'effect' are you talking about? There are numerous noteworthy aspects to the guitar-work... Could you be more specific?
Doesn't sound particularly special effects-wise, just soloing over dissonant arpeggios that ring out as well as some additional layered guitar (although the composition is absolutely brilliant of course).
Brilliant album
still the best album ever made
svennerick with everything is fire fuck yeah the trinity!!!
All three LPs in the trilogy are masterworks in their own right. Really hard to choose between them since they all offer something different. Si Monumentum, Circumspice, Requires is also a great listen, if not as refined. Also, lets not forget their EPs, especially Kenose! All essential listening imo.
I do not share their loyalties regarding religion but this is the best extreme metal record I have ever heard. It changed my life.
This. Paracletus was much more straightforward, rooted in the traditions of the genre. This is a genre bending mindfuck of an experience. Musically, this has more variation and is bleaker, though perhaps slightly less intense. Both are utterly amazing, of course.
This crap has actually no variation. It goes quiet than LOUD, quiet then LOUD, and LOUD again. This album has no redeeming qualities, it lacks riffs and the vocals are emotionless. In addition, it isn't creepy at all, just dull and overlong.
@@sexkarabin5688 thats just very incorrect you may not like this album thats fine but what you're saying is just not correct
I will play this while I sleep and absorb it to awaken with new eyes. this is great!
this is one of the greatest BM works that BREAK the barriers and adds insane avant garde displays into very black metal melodies of utter blastbeats! everything in fas ite is grand ,infernal and requires many listenings to grasp the total message delivered ! top-5 BM albums of all times for me \m/ PERIOD
Nothing tops Chaining the Katechon.
@@ChodeMaster i tend to not compare EP along with whole FULL LENGTHS , even so , PARACLETUS tops everything in every genre of black metal !
obra de arte.
I think this one. It's extremely avant-garde nature, and its layers of sweeping dissonance and complexity makes it a mindfuck to listen to and ponder. Paracletus is VERY good, but to me is somewhat more discernible and less busy than this. So in my opinion Fas is the better album.
Man I'm glad to find somebody who thinks like you do, I think precisely the same,but most guys attatch too much to the "roots" thing, which can be a precise contradiction of the nature of the feeling of this music
Intricate album love every element to it. Great band , Mikko Aspa brilliant vocalist in my opinion.
Why do you think so? Just curios. I would love instrumental Albums of DSO because I really find the Vocals boring and gringy
@@Tmslv161 I think its just personal taste probably , for me his vocals blend in well with the music ,although i must admit i use to avoid bands that had the cookie monster style vocal but i quickly came to the conclusion that i was missing out on to many talented bands ,hence that vocal style grew on me after a while, that was in the early 90,s when i first started listening to this style of music . maybe i should have said his vocals are very good, instead of brilliant . anyway happy to answer your question.
@@crimsonapex674 Aspa is as stated more like a vocal Vessel ...a coulour and a brush...according to DSO bardo methodology interview. :)
This is a brilliant album, and in my opinion where the avant garde nature of this trilogy really comes into its own. I think a lot of the lyrics here are meant to be a monologue by Satan after being cast down, or at least, that's how I interpret it.
I applaud you for your achivement on this video, sir.
Easily one of the greatest achievements in extreme music. Everything about this album is perfect-from the inhuman instrumentation, to the blasphemous vocals, and lastly, the ungodly lyrics. It's so difficult to say which is better though...this, or Paracletus.
I love this album.
You have impeccable taste.
DsO is timeless. Masterpiece.
Weehaa!!
Well that was strange
sick fucking video for a sick fucking album
Georges Bataille
dso got me hooked on words
" The repellant scars of abandon and election". 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
if there's any god that can be responsible for creation of man it's been terrible act of injustice to make a being able to comprehend his inferiority and dash upon him vileness of sin - the very essence of humanity condemned in the eyes of maker. sentenced to kneel for absurd - it is denial of free will - destined to loss. that is why god is abhorrent.
I think this is the album in the trilogy that deals with the angel (satan) being cast into the fire. So it makes sense it'd be really dark.
simply great!!
Dso is indeed resurging intact out of infamy
This album seems like an impossibility
This is Ved Buens Ende worship if i have ever seen it! Great album
They definitely paved the way for this sort of music.
+Daniel Ballif Written in Waters is phenomenal piece of work. Leagues ahead of its time and truly underrated.
Only in the sense that it is atypical black metal. As far as content, given that DSO's music is very rhythmically driven, it's a superficial comparison at best. DSO are much more jarring and intense, though they obviously both employ arpeggiated guitar patterns a lot.
One could say that Ved Buens Ende is Voivod worship as well and is probably a more accurate statement as the distance between VBE and DSO in metal style/sound are probably further apart.
2018??? Devil forever 😈
That's a shame, cuz Fas is an amazing experience, especially when listened to with a good sound system. No offense to this uploader (who did an amazing job representing the album visually and by posting the lyrics in time), but UA-cam can't really capture some of the nuances here. Fas is a challenging, but very rewarding listen.
"Si Monumentum is by far their masterpiece."Carnal Malefactor" kai klama
13:42 has one the coolest most twisted dissonant riff a have heard how is posible to play that alíen riff??
Imagine this as a pudding for dessert... it consumes you instead.
hesus!
Si was amazing, but its flow kind of suffered at times due to the abundance of interludes and whatnot; FAS, Kenose, and Paracletus are their best works imo.
there is something incredibly evil about their music, which sometimes i believe its not good to suggest it to everyone, but its still good music, personally i listen to it for the inspiration, i m not fascinated by the satanic thing at all
I was listening to this at work and had to come back later to reply to this comment, because I agree with you 100%. I still feel that Paracletus is their best work, but this is how I feel about them. It's absolutely horrifying and evil but impossibly seductive at the same time. There is something so sinister about this band, but just an awesome, absolute power. All their work feels like some evil, evil hypersigil.
15:58 isTHE FUCKING KEY
1349 meets Return to Forever...
yeah. I think that they're pushing music to territories unknown.
PERINDE AC CADAVER!
Here is a band that makes all other music obsolete. I came across DSO so very late in 2020 and I couldn't really find time to actually sit down and listen. i was really captivated by that dark atmospheric intro of SMRC and that was about it and it pissed off my very christian then ex-wife and I used to play it sporadically just to mess with her. but nothing else really caught my interest as I found it too noisy and I just thought this might be one of "those bands", ie, one which isn't actually that good but just propped up by PR and tools (read fans). fast forward to beginning of this year and I sat down and listened to Fas Ite on a whim because I really liked the cover art and I guess that changed everything for me.
just what is this music and why does it have such a profound effect on me? I dare not analyze it. I also don't think there's a band out there that's this "pure" and this important. DSO is just musical heroin.
At the same time, I believe the masses should never come across DSO simply because it would just be throwing pearls before the swine. They just don't deserve such unspeakably beautiful transcendental delights.
I agree that this is a better album, but it does lack in certain aspects (very few). I believe that the "breaks" in between sections of each track, and after each song really kill the atmosphere, in my opinion. But this is a superb album.
Anyone find it slightly irritating how he pronounces only the beginning of some long words?
666 likes... nobody moves!
goonymiami if everyone could start disliking the video, please stop at 666. I don't want any more likes.
Who is that Indian God in the video?
am i the only one who cant stand listening to high pitched notes? it gives me horrible goosebumps really weir
youre alone in this, im so sorry
it eventually disappeared
Ok, as I've never seen anyone complain about this, seems like I'm the only one:
DSO is great and all, but the singer's pronunciation is fking offputting for me, nevermind not understanding the words while only listening - B&D metal usual stuff, but even while reading the lyrics, it seems disconnected from whats in written form and difficult to follow. As when you sometimes listen to a live version of songs and wonder when did they change the lyrics. Also, a bit of variety would help, the music and lyrics are complex and brilliant vs the monotonous speaking in a bm voice. See Arioch/Mortuus. Commence le smackdown.
The singer is Finnish which is probably why his English is not too good, he has a thick accent. I used to hate it but now I like it because it makes the vocals sound more inhuman and demonic. I do agree that they could be less monotonous though, lots of metal singers have that problem
This album would be greatly improved if the drummer didn't keep blasterbating all over the place.
+PairInstabilityType Well, that's one of the main elements they're known for, non-stop chaos. You eventually get used to it.
i think the blasts are what keeps everything together. in the organized chaos of everything else i find myself hanging onto that snare drum for dear life....
+PairInstabilityType What a dumb shitty comment. There are very few straight 'blast' sections in this album, compared to most other metal, it's far more loose and syncopated. Dumb shit head.
No fukin' way. This is just a poor shadow od Gorguts and Voivod
One of the worst albums I've ever heard