DEATHSPELL OMEGA: INFERNAL BATTLES (2000)

フランス

フランスのブラックメタル1ST。アナログリリースだった本作のCD化がコレ。荒涼としたリフが全編を支配するブラックメタルが放つ一種特有の雰囲気を余すことなく表現している。基本に忠実でストレート直球勝負。＃1～＃4は本番で＃5～＃8はデモ音源といった構成。本番の4曲目の3分位から始まる凍えそうなメロディラインはこの辺をターゲットに聴いている人にとって悶絶に値するだろう。特徴こそないがブラックファンなら普通にイクこと間違いなし（笑）後半のデモ音源もアナログおこしの為、録音レベルこそ小さいが明確に曲の輪郭も判別できるので楽曲の良さがシッカリ伝わると思う。コレはホント意義あるCD化だと思う。ブラックファンに捧ぐ。
French (from France) "métal noir" is haute couture (pronounced "hott cooter") right now. This is their firstish record from 2000 with the 'Disciples of the Ultimate Void' demo thrown in and a sick nazgul on the cover. This from when they played nothing but forthright black metal with less pretension. It would seem of late that within the genre a straight-forward approach has become faux pas (pronounced "fox pass"), and Deathspell Omega are on top of this, likely because in order to be really "evil" in a society of piss-drinking baby-eaters it requires much more effort than normal black metal bands exert in, say, sparsely-populated and conservative Norway. For example, foie gras (pronounced "fooey grass") is the most evil thing I can think of. I read somewhere that France consumes more porn than the rest of the world combined. Deathspell Omega are awfully sheek (pronounced "chic") stuff these days. Best served with hors d'ouevres (pronounced "horse ovaries"). Pardon my French.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79791942/DEATHSPELL_OMEGA_Infernal_Battles_200_BMW.rar

PS: I discovered the singer is a morbidly obese bald guy. One more proof-positive example that the gifts of shred do not smile upon the fair.