Black vinyl, 6 panels folded booklet.
It’s with extreme delight I’m releasing this disturbing piece of madness on vinyl format, and finally get to work with this band.
This is one of the darkest, most disturbing and flat out ‘evil’ recordings I’ve ever heard. Although it at times sounds improvised, it is not. This is meticulously planned, but a big ingredient is subconsciously becoming a vessel during the process for something otherworldly, and to me this radiates exactly that. Talking with the band, this seems like something they themselves felt was something uneasy, dark and possessed, and the result is to me truly fascinating; extreme Black Magic. This is clearly not for everyone, but those of the unlight will thrive in this absolute lunacy.
Enjoyed best intoxicated at high volume.
Stand witness to The Long Defeat! Hearken to the first emanation of the third era of DEATHSPELL OMEGA; forty-four minutes of Black Metal enacted through five instalments. Recorded live by the French power trio in July 2021. Bile and venom distilled and added until the leaves fell.
“The Long Defeat” unfolds over three parallel storylines told via three different mediums. Two in writing: the lyrics, as well as a fable. The third speaks through the artwork – two metres’ worth of maniacally detailed visions depicting the same premise its written content draws from. All three are fundamentally entwined but diverging in narrative, each complementing or contradicting the others.
