"If you think about it," Galder begins. "A choir is the perfect thing to have for a black-metal band." Well, let's think about it then. What characterizes black metal? Snarling vocals suggestive of ...

Orchestration is a hallmark of Dimmu Borgir's armageddon-summoning sound, but here it's used to an even more grandiose effect. Marching tempos clash with spiraling symphonies and lush choirs giving ...

In 2004, Dimmu Borgir guitarist Silenoz sat in a Texas cinema. As the lights dimmed and the movie previews started to show, one of them hit a little different. Accompanying the trailer for director ...

One of the best ways to ensure that your career in music is a long and fruitful one is to keep your audience guessing. A total disregard for rules, regulations and received wisdom will probably come ...

It sure has been a long ass time since symphonic black metal outfit Dimmu Borgir released a new studio effort full of original material. Since 2018’s Eonian, to be exact. So what’s exactly the hold up ...

Named after a volcanic rock formation purported to be an entrance to the underworld, Norway’s Dimmu Borgir came out of that country’s vital black-metal movement. Starting out as a more melodic outfit, ...

Dimmu Borgir is now streaming a remixed and remastered version of their song "Hybrid Stigmata – The Apostasy" from the upcoming Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia reissue due out October 28. The ...

The new version of Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia is out today. "We're pretty well on the way into the beginning of the songwriting process for the next album. So things are going pretty smooth, to ...

No matter how hardcore, blasphemous, or chaotic it sounds, every song has been the soundtrack to someone getting fingered. There is no song in all of creation that has not played in the background of ...

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When it comes to organized religion, Erkekjetter Silenoz, the guitarist/ songwriter for Norway’s Dimmu Borgir, considers himself to be an equal-opportunity hater. “I think most people — at least our ...