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Op 3 september 2009 19:53 schreef Hypnos het volgende:
Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

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DIMMU BORGIR: New Album 'Will Sound Absolutely Massive And Heavy, Dark And Epic!' - Sep. 8, 2009

Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR have issued the following update:

"We're more than halfway into [the songwriting process for DIMMU BORGIR's new album] at this point and to say we're excited about this material would be an understatement! There will be an orchestra and a choir which we still have to pick out, but judging from what we have so far and what is brewing, it's going to sound absolutely massive and heavy, dark and epic!"

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Op 6 september 2009 17:56 schreef Rotzak het volgende:
Meest saaie cd ooit gemaakt

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Op 9 september 2009 23:40 schreef M. het volgende:
Ik vind alles na "Spiritual Black Dimensions" erg, erg plezierig om aan te horen. Ik heb wel zo mijn bedenkingen bij de nieuwe bezetting, maar ja. We gaan het horen!

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Op 10 september 2009 1:53 schreef Waldtyr het volgende:
In mijn ogen de laatste echt goede Dimmu cd. Helaas kwamen Vortex vocalen daar al iets teveel naar voren. Maarja kwesie van smaak he. Arcane life force mysteria is qua muziek gewoon briljant. Uber nummer.

Hoe dan ook, Raabjorn speiler draugheims skudde ruleert.

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Op 10 september 2009 1:53 schreef Waldtyr het volgende:

In mijn ogen de laatste echt goede Dimmu cd. Helaas kwamen Vortex vocalen daar al iets teveel naar voren. Maarja kwesie van smaak he. Arcane life force mysteria is qua muziek gewoon briljant. Uber nummer.

Hoe dan ook, Raabjorn speiler draugheims skudde ruleert.

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DIMMU BORGIR: New Album Update - June 1, 2010

Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR have announced their collaboration with Norwegian composer and Berklee College of Music summa cum laude alumnus Gaute Storaas, the 51 member KORK (the Norwegian Radio Orchestra) and the 38-member Schola Cantorum Choir for the band's as-yet-untitled new album.

To date, over 101 musicians have lent their talents to the making of the CD.

Composer Gaute Storaas shares some insight on what it's like to work with DIMMU BORGIR: "There have been several attempts of dressing up rock bands in suits, bow ties and symphonic splendor, to various degrees of success. Working with DIMMU BORGIR is quite different. Their music is epic, thematic and symphonic already from the creation; they are clearly having an orchestral approach to composing. My role in this is sometimes just to transcribe their themes, sometimes to take their ideas, tear them apart and build them back up in ways that are true to the band's intentions. The music must also be both interesting and playable for the musicians, and hopefully, meet the quality standards of the orchestral world."

DIMMU BORGIR's ninth studio album will be released in Germany on October 8, in the rest of Europe on October 11, and in North America on October 12 via Nuclear Blast Records.

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DIMMU BORGIR: New Album Title, Complete Artwork Revealed - July 9, 2010

Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR have set "Abrahadabra" as the title of their ninth studio album, which will be released in Germany on September 24, in the rest of Europe on September 27, and in North America on October 12 via Nuclear Blast Records.

The word "abrahadabra" (which roughly translates into "I will create as I speak") first publicly appeared in Chapter III of "Liber AL vel Legis" (commonly referred to as "The Book of the Law") written by Aleister Crowley in Cairo, Egypt in 1904.

DIMMU BORGIR singer/songwriter Shagrath shares the following about the new album: "After eleven months of total focus, dedication and professional team work, Darkness has been reborn. Some people have expressed their concern about the future of the band since the departure of some members of the clan. Let me assure you that things happen for a reason. The black flame burns brighter than ever before. With the mixture of our different musical preferences and the personalities involved, I will dare to say we have created a BEAST, the most detailed work to date out of our 17 years of existence. I know it's too much of a cliché to brag when you have a done a new album, but to put it short and simple, it's a fist in the face to all the doubters out there. Forward – Onward – March… ENTER THE SUPREME UNKNOWN."

For the second time in the band's career (i.e. 1996's "Stormblåst"), a one-word album title breaks the tradition of a three-word album title for a new studio release dating back to DIMMU BORGIR's 1994 debut, "For All Tid".

Guitarist/songwriter Silenoz has this to say on the topic: "We knew there would be some big changes with this album in more than one way and since we've had the three-word-title tradition for many years now, we thought it'd make a lot of sense for us to move on from that. It has served its purpose. We are a band that's all about change and moving forward. An album title consisting of one word goes hand-in-hand with the new material — it describes both the musical and lyrical content in a more imaginary way, not to mention the unity and the everlasting flame which is DIMMU BORGIR. Expect the unexpected!"

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Op 10 juli 2010 7:41 schreef Noctiis het volgende:
Jeuzes wat een waardeloze cd titel zeg. Ik moet me inhouden om de inkoppertjes qua grappen niet te maken. En die artwork lijkt ook het afdankertje van death cult armageddon. Hoeveel spikes zullen ze nu weer om hebben op de foto's?

Heb er weinig hoop in, ik verwacht een overgeproduceerde CD, volgepropt met slechte-galder-riffjes en niet lekker in het gehoor liggende composities. Net als die vorige dus.

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Dimmu Borgir - Album Tracklist Revealed

As review copies are being handed out to music journalists, the tracklist for Dimmu Borgir's upcoming effort Abrahadabra has leaked. Abrahadabra will be released in Germany on September 24, in the rest of Europe on September 27, and in North America on October 12 via Nuclear Blast Records. More info and comments about that album can be found here.

Abrahadabra tracklist:

01. Xibir
02. Born Treacherous
03. Gateways
04. Chess With The Abyss
05. Dimmu Borgir
06. Ritualist
07. The Demiurge Molecule
08. A Jewel Traced Through Coal
09. Renewal
10. Endings And Continuations

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