Album Rating: 5.0
'Yuh the perception that this is an Aspa project (when he's basically a session vocalist) is pretty annoying, but I don't buy the "mutual misanthropy" or whatever rationale for insisting on working with him.'
This 100%. Think its a massive cop out to be honest. Youve chosen to work with him for what? 10 years despite him having NO INPUT. It you were that opposing of his views why not get someone else? Imagine some absolute scum back you know and imgaine you were in a band fronted by him. Just doesnt compute. I dont buy the 'It adds to the tension' either. What tension? If he just comes in a sings and thats it...thats the narrative wheres the tension built?. I love this bands music and theyre one of the few I play the 'art from artist' card because...well..im a shithouse and I dont wanna give up DSO music but just own the fact that your mates with and Nazi ffs. Even if youre not yourself. There was some old pics I THINK of the guitarist doing some sketch nazi salute years ago too If I remember.
Just found this
'Hasjarl, guitarist and founders, and Khaos, the bassist, have shared several selfies on Instagram where they pose in front of a Holocaust memorial while doing a “quenelle”'
so I mean...yeah...that was clearly some form or damage limitation for me. Your session singers (probably also your mate) is a nazi, youre not. Own it.
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Album Rating: 5.0
P.s Also one of my fave records of ALL time.
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Album Rating: 4.0
'Hasjarl, guitarist and founders, and Khaos, the bassist, have shared several selfies on Instagram where they pose in front of a Holocaust memorial while doing a “quenelle”'
Source? I've seen that mentioned, but I can't find an actual picture
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Album Rating: 5.0
That’s super interesting. Also, I also find it very likely that they couldn’t give less of a shit about what we think about who’s in the band tbh
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Album Rating: 5.0
'Source? I've seen that mentioned, but I can't find an actual picture'
https://antiblackmetal.wordpress.com/2018/07/05/deathspell-omega-is-racist/
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Album Rating: 5.0
Yea I agree with MillionDead. They probably don't give a shit if people are offended by them, take it or leave it.
Just because they don't want to hashtag cancel Mikko doesn't mean they support his views. I think there is probably a very good reason they intentionally try to keep the band members names a secret.
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Album Rating: 5.0
'They probably don't give a shit if people are offended by them,'
They just happened to do their first interview in about 8 years when the needle drop and some other you tubers got on to the fact Mikko was a piece of shit awhich was knows for years but more websites started mentioning it. Seems a bit of coincidence if they didnt give a shit.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Oh it was for sure reactionary. I’m just saying they don’t seem to be interested in making large standing excuses for themselves.
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Album Rating: 5.0
'Ive got this band man we play some super complex, esoteric black metal....we got Joseph Goebbels on vox, Dont agree with him politicly but man he can roar!'
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Album Rating: 5.0
'Oh it was for sure reactionary. I’m just saying they don’t seem to be interested in making large standing excuses for themselves.'
Yeah I agree they kinda just skirted around it really and that comment about opposing views without directly saying it was about them or Aspas. I kinda wish they would. I gotta accept I listen to this band with this piece of shit singing through my speakers so they should just own it ffs.
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Album Rating: 5.0
I mean, I know I listen to music by bad people. I’m one of the art from the artists people. As long as the music itself isn’t reflective of their personal problematicness, I can vibe.
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That's totally fair lol
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Album Rating: 5.0
Same
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Album Rating: 4.5
This is like the one singular band that everyone on the site can agree about re: separating art from artist lol
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Album Rating: 4.0
I mean, there are artists that have done much worse. Not that I'm excusing Aspa's behavior.
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Album Rating: 4.5
There's always something worse
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Album Rating: 5.0
To each their own. I personally find myself pretty lame for excusing shit like this while giving friends shit for loving Pantera cos Phils clearly also a massive racist but thats also because I dont listen to Pantera and do listen to DSO so Im just a massive hypocrite basically.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Tbf pantera sucks and dso does not suck
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Album Rating: 4.5
What's the point of separating art from artist if the art is shit too LOL
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late but my take on DSO not being a nazi band does not preclude aspa from being a piece of shit
mikko aspa is a piece of shit
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