Infernal Battles is the first album by the black metal band Deathspell Omega.[1][2] It was released in 2000 by Northern Heritage Records in a limited run of 200 vinyl copies,[2] then re-released in 2003 by the same label and in 2010 by End All Life Productions, both times on CD.

Infernal Battles
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 20th 2000
Recorded2000
GenreBlack metal
Length38:48
LabelNorthern Heritage
Deathspell Omega chronology
Infernal Battles
(2000)
Inquisitors of Satan
(2002)
Alternative cover
2010 reissue

"Drink the Devil's Blood" was later reworked and re-recorded for their 2004 album Si monvmentvm reqvires, circvmspice. The album's second side, with tracks 5-8, is a full reissue of the band's demo Disciples of the Ultimate Void.[1]

The band note in a 2019 interview that the only songs on which they had ever used a drum machine were the first four tracks of Infernal Battles.[3] The last four, being a re-release of their demo, featured their original drummer.

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."The Victory of Impurity"5:02
2."Drink the Devil's Blood"4:22
3."Extinction of the Weak"5:27
4."Sacrilegious Terror"4:56
5."Raping Human Dignity"4:20
6."The Ancient Presence Revealed"5:39
7."Knowledge of the Ultimate Void"4:42
8."Death's Reign (Human Futility)"4:20
Total length:38:48

References edit

  1. ^ a b "NH Releases". Northern Heritage. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Deathspell Omega". Music Might. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
  3. ^ "Deathspell Omega interview - Bardo Methodology". Retrieved June 30, 2019.