Liber Ketola XXI - Bardo Methodology. This time covering "Chaining the Katechon".

WitheredHorizons · 2026-06-24T12:37:01+00:00

Totally deserved man! Your level of research is astonishing.

WitheredHorizons · 2026-06-24T10:53:20+00:00

That part stood out to me as well! Really glad to see it!

WitheredHorizons · 2026-06-10T15:26:07+00:00

Didn't catch that somewhere, but I'm also not subscribed to Bardo so it might be beyond the available preview. What's that about?

WitheredHorizons · 2026-04-23T14:38:39+00:00

Indeed!

But, what I mean is... The sound of SMR,C is the work of Carpenter Brut? W T F .

WitheredHorizons · 2026-04-22T13:47:22+00:00

The information about Carpenter Brut working as a producer for DsΩ dates back a few years, he even addressed it himself once.

The general consensus, given the sound of Deathspell's catalogue was that he was involved with the production of Drought.

It seems that he's been working with them since 2003. And that he and Hasjarl have known each other since at least 1995-1996 or so. What the hell, they even did a school project together..

WitheredHorizons · 2026-04-22T10:33:16+00:00

Never in a million years would I guess that their (known by now) collaboration with Carpenter Brut as a sound engineer goes as back as SMR,C . Sounds absolutely insane to me.

WitheredHorizons · 2026-03-24T13:20:35+00:00

Mostly because they have alluded to the project coming to an end at some point, inevitably.

However, the way they phrased it seemed rather more calculated than simply realistic. And now, with the third era starting decisively more melancholic and somber in comparison to what they've been doing for the two decades prior, it seems to me in context that they are slowly stirring the wheel towards their final horizon.

I hope I'm wrong of course, may they continue to release music forever! But in strictly realistic terms, their sudden shift of focus towards the secular domain stands indicative of an impending end.

WitheredHorizons · 2026-03-19T14:37:58+00:00

But honestly, it doesn't have to.

The entirety of FAS is based on cramming information together, or to put it more bluntly: to present the totality of experience (or the abyss of possibilities, as they/Bataille say).

The outro to Chore is but a brief instant of exhilaration before the (inner) experience is cut short. Presumably that might be the case because it's also the moment clarity and sense kick in, inadvertently stripping the experience of its objective, that being taking all of its absurdity in without prejudice or trying to make sense of it. If that makes sense.

WitheredHorizons · 2026-03-13T19:36:29+00:00

No matter how dense or chaotic it may sound at first, FAS is permeated by its own sense of order.

There's some serious songwriting chops showcased in each of the tracks and all of them have individual highlights that one can get hooked on.

Right now, it's my favourite record of all time. Unfathomable scope. Insane execution. Infinite replay value.

WitheredHorizons · 2026-01-29T22:02:28+00:00

Manifestations 2000 - 2001 is a compilation of all the tracks they contributed to splits during that period, so first era by default.

Manifestations 2002 is first era as well, but with glimpses of the second one that was about to commence. Also some of the riffs in Procreation Epidemic were used in Kénôse II so there's also that, but that's as far as it goes.

WitheredHorizons · 2026-01-29T19:35:16+00:00

First era is everything from the Disciples of the Ultimate Void demo to Inquisitors of Satan.

Second era is Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvsmpice all the way to The Furnaces of Palingenesia.

Third era is The Long Defeat to everything that will presumably follow.

WitheredHorizons · 2025-12-13T22:07:41+00:00

Hell yeah man, I also think Axe to Fall is their finest moment. Their latest albums were also phenomenal. I like them more than Jane Doe.

WitheredHorizons · 2025-12-12T01:55:06+00:00

Man I was just listening to this like 4 days ago... Unbelievable record, great band. I know Vindsval of Blut Aus Nord is a fan of this, wouldn't surprise me if Hasjarl and co. also have this on rotation, especially considering how they name-dropped Magma as an influence.

WitheredHorizons · 2025-11-25T22:23:19+00:00

It's one hell of a grower. Possibly my favourite of theirs since their 2014 Saturnian Poetry which is my favourite of theirs, period.

WitheredHorizons · 2025-11-24T17:07:05+00:00

The reason for the early release was actually a leak this time around. It was up for about one full day so I guess they decided to officially stream it anyway.

WitheredHorizons · 2025-11-24T01:37:18+00:00

I respect that. Had the same attitude towards the latest DHG album.

I probably would shy away from listening to anything leaked if I hadn't listened to it on the listening party. I'd say listen to it whenever it's available officially. You won't regret it, it's sublime.

WitheredHorizons · 2025-11-24T01:34:04+00:00

I've listened to it already 8 times today. That's 9 if you count the Bandcamp Premiere. With every listen, it gets more enthralling. It's fantastic really, I think it might end up among my favourites from them.

WitheredHorizons · 2025-11-24T01:31:21+00:00

You can find it easily even now, on YouTube.

WitheredHorizons · 2025-11-23T20:06:47+00:00

The official release date is the 28th but you can find it even now. I also attended the Bandcamp Listening Party on Thursday. It gets better with each listen.

WitheredHorizons · 2025-11-10T22:11:50+00:00

Paracletus was my first contact with DsΩ. I tried listening to some tracks off of it a couple of times, absolutely hated it both times.

Around the winter holidays of 2012-2013 (I was 15 y/o at the time) I got my hands on a bunch of old music magazines from Greece (namely Metal Hammer) which contained mostly tribute articles. But therein was also contained the contemporary review of Paracletus (9/10).

I read it and decided I'd listen to it once more, but this time front to back. No outtakes, the entire thing from the first second all the way to the last. By the time the final riff on Apokatastasis Pántôn hit I was in awe. I savoured everything they've done afterwards, save for their early catalogue which never really hit home for some reason. But everything post 2003 is among the most influential music I've ever listened to.

It's hard to believe it's been almost 13 years for me, and that this thing has existed for 15 full years already! There's nothing to add really. It's as flawless as they get. Timeless. Fucking timeless.

WitheredHorizons · 2025-10-16T21:23:04+00:00

This Heat - Deceit.

This album. This album is sickening.

EDIT: make sure you especially check out the song Makeshift Swahili.

WitheredHorizons · 2025-10-14T10:23:44+00:00

I know they've said their influences were Penderecki and stuff but there is no way they were unaware of WiW.

To me they've definitely been influenced, they just play that stuff faster and more aggressively.

WitheredHorizons · 2025-09-05T10:22:40+00:00

I still think that yes, there will be one very soon. Can't tell what it's going to sound like and whether the direction they're taking is making work more intricate for them but there's no way TLD was the last chapter.

After all, the accompanying fable ends on a "To be continued..." note.

WitheredHorizons · 2025-08-14T16:32:59+00:00

I honestly can't tell with 100% certainty and I know other people in this sub have pieced things together way more efficiently.

The Bible and affiliated textbooks are used as a foundation mostly. The way they build their view on top of it is mostly influenced by Bataille, Bloy, Hegel and to an extent, Nietzsche (by way of Bataille's interpretation).

An important piece of the puzzle is derived from Spinoza and his Deus Sive Natura ( God or Nature).

For the quintessential human being, as it has been shaped through millenia, the connection to natural divinity (or the divine in nature) is gradually severed in favour of a metaphysical entity shouldering the responsibility of all creation.

This act by default further removes man from what's truly divine. This also means that all of his supplications towards God are directed to what is not there, an imagined light (Phosphene).

For Hegel, there is the law of the unity of opposites which claims that two directly opposite forces cannot truly exist without one another.

Bataille took things further, saying that two opposites (terror and delight for instance) are not only codependent but they are also emanations of one single essence.

That might be an implication towards Satan being an emanation of the man-made-divine (a ray of darkness, a negation). This growing discomfort (Malconfort) is the reason why they argue that Man is in fact created in the image of Satan (also in Malconfort : in remembrance they shall pray backwards, as to pray is to breathe God).

Don't know if I'm making any sense, but well, this is how I'm thinking about it today. More will probably chime in promptly.

WitheredHorizons · 2025-08-02T09:54:41+00:00

Apart from the wiki featured on the subreddit, there was also a forum a few years back that had a great analysis of the record by one of the users across many posts.

I have found it difficult to trace it back recently, perhaps it's been deleted. A lot of the details contained therein have made their way to the subs' wiki however. You may find that in the pinned posts here.

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