Dimmu Borgir - Kicked Out Of UK Charts
Norwegian Symphonic Black Metallers Dimmu Borgir have been disqualified from the UK charts for their latest release "In Sorte Diaboli" two weeks ago.
Despite rave reviews, and charting highly in other countries around the globe, the band's album does not qualify for UK chart rating as the packaging breaks the rules set by the The Official UK Charts Company. Attempting to ensure that no release has an unfair advantage or promotional foot-up over any other album, the band's exciting 'mirror' packaging and competition offer inside have duped the metaller's chances to burst into the charts.
"This is not funny," says Yorck Eysel, the label manager for the band's Germany-based record company, Nuclear Blast. "I hope that nobody blames us, but rather blames the almost unbelievably strict rules in England."
Despite rave reviews, and charting highly in other countries around the globe, the band's album does not qualify for UK chart rating as the packaging breaks the rules set by the The Official UK Charts Company. Attempting to ensure that no release has an unfair advantage or promotional foot-up over any other album, the band's exciting 'mirror' packaging and competition offer inside have duped the metaller's chances to burst into the charts.
"This is not funny," says Yorck Eysel, the label manager for the band's Germany-based record company, Nuclear Blast. "I hope that nobody blames us, but rather blames the almost unbelievably strict rules in England."
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| __Az__ Posts: 859  |
This is really quite stupid, because after all an album is for the music, Im sure you'll all agree... When I look into buying album, the fact that It might have a mirror or something wont make me want it anymore...
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| Katatronik Angel of Lust Posts: 1018  |
Bah, this thing really sucks...
---- "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." Howard Phillips Lovecraft
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| White Winter Sun Laboratory's Rat Elite Posts: 2198  |
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718  |
Thats absolutely redundant.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Elite Posts: 13427  |
Why would they want to be in the UK charts anyway? I don't forbid them to get attention, but it would be weird to see a Metal band in there.
---- SLUDGE. DOOM. DEATH. Wait, what?  "The reason I'm running for president is because I can't be Bruce Springsteen." - Barack Obama
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by Lucas on 26.05.2007 at 18:24 No it won't... Metallica made the UK charst as well with the Garage Days Rerevisited $5.98 e.p. And especially for the UK Charts it was released with only four songs instead of the five elsewehere, because with 5 songs it wouldn't have been a single but a full-length album according to British rules.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Elite Posts: 13427 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 27.05.2007 at 17:16 So? A couple of exceptions.. Fact is that (I guess) only about 1% of the bands/cd's in the UK charts is metal. Is it then worth the trouble, as I suppose that means only 1% of the audience is metalhead?
---- SLUDGE. DOOM. DEATH. Wait, what? "The reason I'm running for president is because I can't be Bruce Springsteen." - Barack Obama
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| Bitch Boy Posts: 1353  |
I think Nervel's question is right, but that rules are really unfair...
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| destroyah supercharger Elite Posts: 12195  |
Too bad the chart discourages people from being creative with their albums. The next DB album should have a naked Shagrath on it as the rest of the pop bands do. Also the next Marduk release should be titled "Fuck Me Producer"
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| Baz Anderson Staff Posts: 13237  |
wow - I didn't know about this.. hahaha the last thing that wasn't allowed in the charts was Iron Maiden's single for "No More Lies" because they were giving away Iron Maiden wristbands in them. hahahaha (I got one) but they knew it wouldn't enter the charts because of that..
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| Jason W. Razorbliss Staff Posts: 3523  |
Sounds about as repressive as the latest Akercocke disc being denied printing at the first printing press in the US do to its subject matter (or whatever exactly the reason was). Two thumbs up for artistic freedom. 
---- "After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley
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| Aebsi Posts: 71  |
I guess that the charts aren´t ready for the creative freedom the metal industry offers, and if there´s such a low % of metal on it anyway (see few messages above), who cares
---- Just be Yourself
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| Olli Posts: 362  |
What the fuck is so exciting a mirror. I'm not exactly gonna go spend £10 on an album for a mirror or whatever it is am I..
---- When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us."
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| Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504  |
As Luke said, completely and utterly redundant... I'm wondering though, did the same thing happen for Tool's 10k Days?
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays
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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720  |
Who the fuck cares about the UK charts anyway?!
---- All life begins with Nu and ends with Nu... This is the truth! This is my belief! ...At least for now. - The Mystery of Life, Vol. 841 Ch. 26
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