Boundaries weren’t made for bands like Deathspell Omega. That may sound like a phrase well-worn by cliché — theoretically as fresh and descriptive as “extreme peanut butter” — but it’s true for them.

French (and Finnish, Japanse, etc.) avant black metal group Deathspell Omega's fifth full-length Paracletus is their most rabid -- 49 minutes of layered, technical, violent black metal. It opens in ...

French extreme experimentalists Deathspell Omega start off this EP (which follows up 2010's worthy Paracletus) with "Salowe Vision," a tune that reminds listeners of the promise metalgaze once had.

Although I find Deathspell Omega's music to be fascinating and cerebral, the question for me has always been how much I actually enjoy it. Paracletus affirmatively answers that question for my ears, ...

I wouldn’t call Deathspell Omega one of my favorite bands even though I’ve devoured everything they’ve done since Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice. I obsessively listen to them every now and again, ...

The fact that we know as little as we do about French black metal collective Deathspell Omega speaks to their dedication solely to their music. With four songs that clock in at around 29 minutes ...