Disciples of the Ultimate Void

It seems routine for fans of Deathspell Omega to only pay attention to their material after Mikko Aspa picked up the microphone for the band; and to be fair, the majority of the music with Shaxul on vox isn't really as interesting. Well here, we have Disciples of the Ultimate Void, DsO's first demo. Those of you who are prospective listeners who have played Paracletus to death are not going to find any rawer incarnations of the band's newer playing style. Rather, you are going to get a more traditional sounding black metal demo with clear throwbacks to Mayhem and the like with its gritty aggression.

However, you will be getting lots of raw production anyway. If you're like me though, you're a black metal connoisseur and you've heard a lot worse. The production is still clear enough for to allow allow all the instruments to be heard, and they're played quite well on this demo. Better still is that the music is well varied to keep these four songs interesting enough to sit through without wanting to turn off the music due to boredom. Still, I do say that the majority of the catchy riffs tend to stay in "Raping Human Dignity" and "The Ancient Presence Revealed".

Though definitely not as fresh at the time the demo would come out and I probably wouldn't say that it needs to be urgently sought after, Disciples of the Ultimate Void still is a very enjoyable slab of good old gritty black metal tremolo guitar work, blast beats, and the occasional and very catchy slower heavy riffing breaks. If you're really curious, go ahead and give this a listen. Just don't expect it to pull any punches or be as complicated as newer Deathspell Omega.