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Dimmu Borgir

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Formetal listeners curious about symphonic black metal; dimmu borgir fans and skeptics comparing early albums to later, orchestral and mainstream-leaning releases.
23 Reviews 14 Definitions 12 Charts
Black Metal Metal Orchestral

The Profile

Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band known for combining extreme metal with prominent keyboards, choirs, and orchestral arrangements.

Publicly verifiable: the band is from Norway and formed in 1993; core figures include Shagrath and Silenoz; their style is commonly classified as symphonic black metal, with major-label-era releases on Nuclear Blast.

Across 20 reviews, Dimmu Borgir are praised as a cornerstone of symphonic black metal—especially for classics like “Enthrone Darkness Triumphant,” “Stormblåst,” and “Spiritual Black Dimensions.” Later albums such as “In Sorte Diaboli” and “Abrahadabra” split writers between “divinely sinister” and “flat, empty” commercial quagmires. Orchestras, choirs, glossy production and lineup shifts (Barker/Hellhammer; Mustis and ICS Vortex departures) are recurring fault lines. The early Norwegian-language era is repeatedly framed as the peak for atmosphere and “malice,” while later work is often judged on originality vs spectacle.

Notable Quotes

❝ This CD is truly a masterpiece of black metal, as evidenced by the fact that neither Dimmu nor other black metal bands have ever produced albums like this again.
❝ TANGLED.
❝ Ultimately, a work to absolutely own if for no other reason than it is one of the most beautiful albums (second only, in my opinion, to Enthrone Darkness Triumphant) by the Norwegian group and symphonic black metal in general.
❝ It is pointless to describe this jewel any further. Dimmu Borgir return in style.
❝ Now that I’ve exhausted the preliminaries, let’s get straight to the point: this CD is crap (forgive me, but sometimes I resort to bad language).
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