Kénôse
Encyclopedia
Kénôse is an EP by the black metal
band Deathspell Omega
, released in 2005 under The Ajna Offensive
. It continues the avant-garde and progressive
direction they had been exploring on 2004's Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
, and is considered by the band as something of an "appendix" to that album.
The title Kénôse means Kenosis
in French
, a theological term.
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band Deathspell Omega
Deathspell Omega
Deathspell Omega are a French black metal band. Their lyrical content deals primarily with Satanism on a metaphysical level – as the band has stated that "all other interpretations of Satan are intellectually invalid" – and other various theological topics...
, released in 2005 under The Ajna Offensive
The Ajna Offensive
The Ajna Offensive is an American independent record label which releases extreme metal, experimental music and neofolk records, and books related to the occultism, ritual work, magick theory and meta-history. The proprietor of the label is Tyler Davis, who had worked with Stephen O'Malley on the...
. It continues the avant-garde and progressive
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
direction they had been exploring on 2004's Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice is a 2004 album by the black metal band Deathspell Omega. Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice is a 2004 album by the black metal band Deathspell Omega. Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice is a 2004 album by the black metal band Deathspell Omega. (The album title...
, and is considered by the band as something of an "appendix" to that album.
The title Kénôse means Kenosis
Kenosis
In Christian theology, Kenosis In Christian theology, Kenosis In Christian theology, Kenosis (from the Greek word for emptiness (kénōsis) is the 'self-emptying' of one's own will and becoming entirely receptive to God's divine will....
in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, a theological term.