''Mass Grave Aesthetics'' is a 19-minute EP containing a single song, recorded by the French

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band Deathspell Omega. ''Mass Grave Aesthetics'' was released through Norma Evangelium Diaboli on 8 December 2008. It was also reissued with ''

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'' on a vinyl LP in 2011. The song "Mass Grave Aesthetics" was originally released as the final track of the four-way split album ''

From the Entrails to the Dirt ''From the Entrails to the Dirt'' is a compilation album released by End All Life Productions, featuring songs by French black metal acts Malicious Secrets, Antaeus, Mütiilation and Deathspell Omega. The album was first released as a triple viny ...

'', which was released in 2005. The song's

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is taken from the writings of the French poet and polemicist

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Track listing

# "Mass Grave Aesthetics" – 19:43 Deathspell Omega albums 2008 EPs {{2000s-black-metal-album-stub