Written by Arian Totalis on 26.05.2007 at 00:27

I listened to Spirtual Black Dimensions recently (Not for the first time)
the opening track is a little bit annoying, but other than that it's a good album.

Personally I think Reptile is the best song of the album. I think the ending track is most annoying.

and it is a bit tiresome to see all that whining about being commercial. Just let them do whatever they want.

Written by AntaeusM on 27.05.2007 at 13:42

Personally I think Reptile is the best song of the album. I think the ending track is most annoying.

That's cool, all a matter of oppinion

Written by AntaeusM on 27.05.2007 at 13:42

and it is a bit tiresome to see all that whining about being commercial. Just let them do whatever they want.

Yeah dude I actually agree with you big time, I can't stand it when people complain about Dimmu.

An 18-minutes audio interview with Hellhammer, conducted during Dimmu Borgir's 'Invaluable Darkness Tour' can be downloaded and listen at this location.

Written by AntaeusM on 27.05.2007 at 13:42

and it is a bit tiresome to see all that whining about being commercial. Just let them do whatever they want.

Pwnd! I soooo agree there. I just talked to a friend a few days back and he was all: pheeeew DB are so lame and commercial... Ok, personally, I don't particularly like In Sorte Diaboli - because well, it reminds me too much od DCA and I believe the guys from DB are capable of much more and not because of the band being commerical. For me DB are still the best BM band out there. And I am currently in the total DB mood and I live all albums from For All Tid to In Sorte Diaboli (not much of a fan, as stated before, but The Serpentine Offering is like one of THE BEST tracks they've done IMO) - some more, some less. I definately won't say I prefer their earlier albums if I don't (as some people who took the ''101 rule of BM'' a bit too seriously... )

HAIL DIMMU BORGIR (specially Vortex )

I personally really liked the new album, it could have been better in some ways, but overall, a VERY good album from DB.
I dont think they are being too comercial. They just do what they want to do, and if they make money and gain large popularity from doing that in the Black Metal scene, that's no reason to call them " too comercial and lame"

In regards to the whole commercial thing. I do not know where Dimmu is being advertised exactly, I recall someone saying something aboutu there being a commercial on MTV supporting the new album, and what I have to say is: If you're watching trash like MTV and complaining about commercialism, then what do you expect? By watching MTV you are supporting popular music and the commercials that are advertising, and I think that paying tribute to MTV is worse than a record label supporting one of their popular bands.

I was not aware of any commercialization until I came on here because I do not watch nor have television, it's complete garbage.

The new album isn't bad, but it's not wonderful, either. Too similar to the last couple, particularly DCA to deserve being called anything special. They've just recycled what they've done before. I'd say that it's the first time Dimmu have ever failed to progress much as a band, from album to album. I hope they manage something more interesting and more 'new' in the future, because they're capable musicians. The 'concept' was a tiny bit lame too, I thought.
Personally, I like Stormblast and Spiritual Black Dimensions most.. EDT not far behind. They'll never be a favourite band of mine, but they're enjoyable to listen and I always look forward to hearing what they'll come up with next.

UK tour dates with Amon Amarth!

28.09.2007 ENG, London
29.09.2007 ENG, Nottingham
30.09.2007 ENG, Manchester
01.10.2007 SCO, Glasgow
02.10.2007 ENG, Wolverhampton

Written by Baz Anderson on 15.06.2007 at 18:17

UK tour dates with Amon Amarth!

28.09.2007 ENG, London
29.09.2007 ENG, Nottingham
30.09.2007 ENG, Manchester
01.10.2007 SCO, Glasgow
02.10.2007 ENG, Wolverhampton

you switched the tour dates in this thread with the amon thread is that possible?^^

Written by baldur on 15.06.2007 at 18:30

you switched the tour dates in this thread with the amon thread is that possible?^^

the two posts aren't connected - I just wrote them very similar. haha

A brand new video interview with Silenoz has been posted at NRV-TV here. (In english with french sub-tittles)

Metal Videos has uploaded professionally filmed video footage of an entire Dimmu Borgir live performance, (Amsterdam, Holland) on the band's "Death Cult Armageddon" tour. You can watch the video at this location.

Dimmu Borgir surely hasn't been themselves since Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia, that album was good and the ones before that were awesome. The two latest albums are not bad, but they're not good!

Agree, I am going to see them in Budapest in two months, can't wait to see how new songs sounds alive, I think they are much better than on CD

A video interview with Silenoz and Shagrath conducted by the Italian web magazine Attenzione has been posted online at the following lacations: Part 1 and Part 2.

For information, Dimmu Borgir have scheduled the following signing sessions:

Sep. 25 - Music Store - Cologne, GER
Sep. 26 - Piens Music Planet - Brussels, BEL
Oct. 22 - Just Music - Hamburg, GER
Oct. 23 - Music Schmidt Frankfurt - Wiesbaden, GER
Oct. 25 - Just Music - Munich, GER

A poster for the meet-and-greet events can be found at this location.

Written by Warman on 23.07.2007 at 17:54

Dimmu Borgir surely hasn't been themselves since Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia, that album was good and the ones before that were awesome. The two latest albums are not bad, but they're not good!

Thay hasnt them selfs after Tid album

Can't find that fucking mp3 for the Venom cover "Black Metal" from the Japanese version of In Sorte Diaboli. Is someone there kind enough as to share?

They are constantly changing. First you get For All Tid and Stormblast, two excellent albums, then, we go experimenting. Some were successful, like Enthrone Darkness Triumphant and Mysantropia, maybe DCA as well, but Garden and Dimensions... was it really necessary to make them? I don't know

Written by Øyvind on 25.09.2007 at 13:09

They are constantly changing. First you get For All Tid and Stormblast, two excellent albums, then, we go experimenting. Some were successful, like Enthrone Darkness Triumphant and Mysantropia, maybe DCA as well, but Garden and Dimensions... was it really necessary to make them? I don't know

Changing thay changing so bad that i cant stand them nowdays thsoe 2 albums what you mention IMO are best and they will be classics

monday was a great show from dimmu borgir in 013!!! you guys rock

I agree that Dimmu are changing but i don't agree that its for the worse. i like pretty much all their stuff from 'For all tid' to 'In sorte Diaboli' i don't think they have gotten worse at all if anything they have gotten better. i mean 'Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia' is my favourite album by far but i think musically their getting better an i loved 'In sorte Diaboli' i think if you try and pin a band down to one or two albums an think they shouldn't ever change from when they played that then ur limiting the creativity far too much. there is only so much you can do with a style before you have to change or just fade away....

anyone at the manchester Show later today? see you there

I'm not a huge fan of dimmu borgir, but I enjoyed Death Cult Armageddon, Stormblast and a few songs from the other albums. Not sure why but I found In Sorte Diablo pretty boring except for the serpentine offering.

I only liked stormblast

I only liked stormblast

Written by Olli on 30.09.2007 at 21:26

I'm not a huge fan of dimmu borgir, but I enjoyed Death Cult Armageddon, Stormblast and a few songs from the other albums. Not sure why but I found In Sorte Diablo pretty boring except for the serpentine offering.

absofockinlutely agree!!

I reckon they are a great band and I think that Broderskapets Ring is one of the coolest songs I've ever heard, I love how moody it is.

Dimmu Borgir are a decent enough band. Better than Cradle Of Filth, at any rate

I enjoy the album Death Cult Armageddon, and I really like Vortex's vocals.

@Bisk Look, I'm not trying to downrate Dimmu or to pin them down, but it is my opinion that For All Tid, Stormblast, Enthrone, Misantropia, DCA are great albums, the first two their best IMO. I don't like every song and every album they ever published, I mean, even your favourite band can have some songs you don't like. I don't have anything against changing, look at Oomph, they've changed their sound a lot and they are getting better and better as the time goes on IMO.

im new to dimmu borgir so can someone point me out some of their better songs?