''Paracletus'' is the fifth full-length
studio album
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recorded by the French
black metal
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band
Deathspell Omega
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Their lyrical content often deals with metaphysical Satanism, and the ph ...
, released on 9 November 2010 through Norma Evangelium Diaboli along with
Season of Mist
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. It is the third part in their
metaphysical
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trilogy of albums representing God, the Devil and Man (following ''
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Fas – Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum
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'').
The term ''
paracletus'' is the Latinised form of the
Greek
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word ''παράκλητος (parákletos)'', meaning ''comforter''. It is another name for the
Holy Spirit
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.
Stylistically the album continues in the experimental vein of their previous work since 2004.
The tracks are mostly continuous, being more movements of a larger piece than individual songs, although there are slight pauses in between tracks 3 and 4 and between tracks 5 and 6. The track "Devouring Famine" was released as a free download by Season of Mist approximately three weeks before the album's release.
Track listing
See also
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Abscission
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Apocatastasis
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Epiclesis
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Paraclete
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Phosphene
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References
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Deathspell Omega albums
Season of Mist albums
2010 albums