Interview with Deathspell Omega from AJNA Offensive
Bereshith
- Fas
The earlier recordings of Deathspell Omega have recently been re-issued. What was the decision for this step and will these CDs be limited? Will the split with Moonblood and Mutiilation also be re-issued?
- Things evolve. Both inner and outer factors have led to this decision. The initial analysis that led us to believe that releasing our creations to a restricted circle would help to avoid all the mundane and incredibly uninspiring things infecting Black Metal related circles fell through. It worked, initially. But then we were reminded increasingly about senseless speculations, the obvious lack of deeper understanding for our standpoints by most and a stronger focus on the limited nature of our releases than on what they are truly consisting of. Not being able to adapt oneself in such a situation equals to being dispossessed of one's creations, and this is by no means acceptable ( responsibility is the keyword, here). The re-editions will not be limited. To those who want to confront themselves with the breath of the beast, blessed be
All of our older releases will be re- issued, that includes the releases you mention
The lyrics on the re-issued CDs have been mostly obliterated. Can you explain this decision?
- Their initial shape was drowned in, let's say, useless story-telling. These lyrics were very primitive manifestations of the worship of something holy and sacred, something deeply complex. The obliteration found place in order to focus the reader's mind on the main themes that should lead to a very stroboscopic kind of reading, evoking quickly linked images and concepts. The current shape of these old lyrics is basically like their extracted essence: a primitive and redundant litany
There also appears to be a new DsO logo. Is this (another) sign of a new phase in the evolution of the band?
- Certainly. The logo was conceived in parallel with the "Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice" album, and embodies definitely more than a mere aesthetic or graphic move. If the logo appeared primarily on the re-issues, it was merely a matter of them being materialised sooner than the new album
"Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice" comes as a huge surprise in contrast to all past DsO recordings. What do you have to say about this? Can this shift in musical expression be seen as parallel to the shift in lyrical expression?
- We do not share this common conception that music and words are separate things, to us they are deeply linked and complementary. An evolution of one of these aspects necesssarily implies an evolution of the second aspect, and obviously, of the visual aspect as well; because the origin of these manifestations is the same, and this origin is an all-embracing phenomenon, to say the least
You have to keep in mind that all of the Deathspell Omega recordings that were released prior to "SMRC" were recorded during barely two years time, even if they existed in the shape of seeds long before the release of what was our first demonstration-tape. However, the global impulsion behind them was very much the same when they were given their final shape. In a way, the material of all these releases is interchangeable as we burnt out up to the last drop of energy that could be extracted from that static viewpoint
Bereshith
- Fas
The earlier recordings of Deathspell Omega have recently been re-issued. What was the decision for this step and will these CDs be limited? Will the split with Moonblood and Mutiilation also be re-issued?
- Things evolve. Both inner and outer factors have led to this decision. The initial analysis that led us to believe that releasing our creations to a restricted circle would help to avoid all the mundane and incredibly uninspiring things infecting Black Metal related circles fell through. It worked, initially. But then we were reminded increasingly about senseless speculations, the obvious lack of deeper understanding for our standpoints by most and a stronger focus on the limited nature of our releases than on what they are truly consisting of. Not being able to adapt oneself in such a situation equals to being dispossessed of one's creations, and this is by no means acceptable ( responsibility is the keyword, here). The re-editions will not be limited. To those who want to confront themselves with the breath of the beast, blessed be
All of our older releases will be re- issued, that includes the releases you mention
The lyrics on the re-issued CDs have been mostly obliterated. Can you explain this decision?
- Their initial shape was drowned in, let's say, useless story-telling. These lyrics were very primitive manifestations of the worship of something holy and sacred, something deeply complex. The obliteration found place in order to focus the reader's mind on the main themes that should lead to a very stroboscopic kind of reading, evoking quickly linked images and concepts. The current shape of these old lyrics is basically like their extracted essence: a primitive and redundant litany
There also appears to be a new DsO logo. Is this (another) sign of a new phase in the evolution of the band?
- Certainly. The logo was conceived in parallel with the "Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice" album, and embodies definitely more than a mere aesthetic or graphic move. If the logo appeared primarily on the re-issues, it was merely a matter of them being materialised sooner than the new album
"Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice" comes as a huge surprise in contrast to all past DsO recordings. What do you have to say about this? Can this shift in musical expression be seen as parallel to the shift in lyrical expression?
- We do not share this common conception that music and words are separate things, to us they are deeply linked and complementary. An evolution of one of these aspects necesssarily implies an evolution of the second aspect, and obviously, of the visual aspect as well; because the origin of these manifestations is the same, and this origin is an all-embracing phenomenon, to say the least
You have to keep in mind that all of the Deathspell Omega recordings that were released prior to "SMRC" were recorded during barely two years time, even if they existed in the shape of seeds long before the release of what was our first demonstration-tape. However, the global impulsion behind them was very much the same when they were given their final shape. In a way, the material of all these releases is interchangeable as we burnt out up to the last drop of energy that could be extracted from that static viewpoint
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