French Black Metal masterminds Deathspell Omega only last week revealed the details for their latest album, titled "The Long Defeat", which is set for release today via long-time partners Norma Evangelium Diaboli. To celebrate the release, the label has now made the entire album available for listening online through their YouTube channel, check it out:

"The Long Defeat" marks the band's eighth full-length studio album in a career spanning almost 25 years, and features a total of five tracks, with guest vocals contributed by Mortuus of Marduk and Funeral Mist:

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French Black Metal act Deathspell Omega have just revealed the details for their next album. The new work is titled "The Long Defeat", and is set for release next Wednesday on the 23rd of March via long-time label Norma Evangelium Diaboli.

The label commented on what to expect:

Stand witness to The Long Defeat! Hearken to the first emanation of the third era of DEATHSPELL OMEGA; forty-four minutes of Black Metal enacted through five instalments. Recorded live by the French power trio in July 2021. Bile and venom distilled and added until the leaves fell.

“The Long Defeat” ...

France have long since been established as one of the genre's most important and prolific countries, with countless bands producing some of the most original and high quality Black Metal albums of recent years. Today is a fine day for French Black Metal, with three of France's most prominent Black Metal bands releasing new material.

Deathspell Omega - Drought

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