Paracletus

about this album

Paracletus is the fifth full-length studio album recorded by the French black metal band Deathspell Omega, released on 9 November 2010 through Norma Evangelium Diaboli along with Season of Mist. It is the third part in their metaphysical trilogy of albums representing God, the Devil and Man (following Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice and Fas – Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum). The term 'paracletus' is the Latinised form of the Greek word παράκλητος (parákletos), meaning comforter. It is another name for the Holy Spirit. Stylistically the album continues in the experimental vein of their previous work since 2004. The tracks are mostly continuous, being more movements of a larger piece than individual songs, although there are slight pauses in between tracks 3 and 4 and between tracks 5 and 6. The track "Devouring Famine" was released as a free download by Season of Mist approximately three weeks before the album's release. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

tracks

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Drought

The Furnaces of Palingenesia

Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice

FAS - Ite, Maledicti, in ignem Aeternum

Kénôse

Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice