Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum

Fas -- Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum is the second album in Deathspell Omega's metaphysical trilogy concerning God, Satan, and the human relationship with and between the two seemingly opposing forces. In fact, one member of this group, which remains shrouded in as much mystery as the band can consciously muster, is the founder of the Norma Evangelium Diaboli satanic black metal scene in Poitiers, France. In the 21st century, the deep underground of French black metal is making its way onto the shelves of shops on the other side of the Atlantic and is garnering fans like wildfire. On the one hand, DO's earlier records were musically rooted in classic Nordic black metal. Before the indescribably -- nearly unbearably -- intense Kenose, the first recording the band issued stateside, DO had already issued albums as early as 1998 and appeared on a number of split LPs, singles, and compilations. Kenose, about 35 minutes long, contained only three tracks. Its overblown power and menace made fans of American black metal enthusiasts and the word spread. Then came 2006's Si Momentum Requires, Circumspice, the beginning of this trilogy. The band changed its sound considerably -- along with moments of buzzing black metal were long interludes filled with strange key and time signatures, keyboards and choral chants that made their sound much more experimental and spaced out, darker somehow, and even more sinister than anything they'd done previously. Post-rock heads took notice of the band, too, since a certain and considerable element of that sound had found its way into DO's mix. ...