Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir is a black metal band created in 1993 in Norway. Its name is Icelandic for a "dark castle".
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 Dimmu Borgir performing in 2005. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Oslo, Norway |
| Genres | Black metal,[1] symphonic metal[2] |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Ex-No Colours, ex-Spikefarm, ex-Cacophonous, ex-Century Media, Nuclear Blast |
| Associated acts | Old Man's Child, Cradle of Filth, Ov Hell, Carpe Tenebrum, Brujeria, The Kovenant, Mayhem, Arcturus, Chrome Division, Code, Susperia, Dødheimsgard, Nile, Borknagar, Nachtmystium, Ragnarok, Angelcorpse, God Dethroned, Vesania, Vader, Infernal Method, Ved Buens Ende |
| Website | www.site.dimmu-borgir.com |
| Members | Shagrath Silenoz Galder Daray Cyrus Gerlioz |
| Past members | (see below) |
The band's first recordings were in Norwegian, but today, most of the recordings are in English. The newest studio album is "Abrahadabra" (2010). The studio album In Sorte Diaboli (2007) entered the Norwegian album chart at No. 1 — the first time a black metal band has ever got to the No. 1 position on a national album chart anywhere in the world. Dimmu Borgir's previous release, "Death Cult Armageddon", as well as Satyricon's "Now, Diabolical" previously reached No. 2 position on the Norwegian album chart.
A week after "In Sorte Diaboli" reached No. 1 on the Norweigan album charts, the album attained No. 43 on The Billboard 200, making them the first Norwegian band since the 80's pop group 'A-HA' to enter the U.S. Top 50.
"In Sorte Diaboli" features the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Strangely, the album has been banned by the UK album charts for questionable reasons.
Members
Current
- Shagrath (Stian Thoresen) - vocals
- Galder (Thomas Rune Andersen) - guitar
- Silenoz (Sven Atle Kopperud) - guitar
Former
- Nicholas Barker - percussion
- Tjodalv - percussion
- Nagash - bass
- Astennu - guitar
- Stian Arstad - keyboards
- Brynjard Tristan - bass
- ICS Vortex - bass
- Mustis - keyboards
- Hellhammer - percussion
- Archon - guitar
- Snowy Shaw - bass
Session
- Daray (Dariusz Brzozowski) - drums
- Cyrus - keyboard
Discography
Albums
- For All Tid (1994, 1997)
- Stormblåst (1996, 2005)
- Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997, 2002)
- Spiritual Black Dimensions (1999)
- Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001)
- Alive in Torment (2002)
- Death Cult Armageddon (2003)
- Stormblåst MMV (2005)
- In Sorte Diaboli (2007)
- Abrahadabra (2010)
- Eonian (2018)
EP
- Inn I Evighetens Mørke (1994)
- Devil's Path (1996)
- Godless Savage Garden (1998)
- Alive in Torment (2002)
- World Misanthropy (2002)
- Interdimensional Summit (2018)
Live albums and other releases
- Alive in Torment (2001)
- World Misanthropy (2002)
- World Misanthropy (2002)
- The Invaluable Darkness (2008)
Dimmu Borgir Media
Singer Stian Tomt "Shagrath" Thoresen at Rockharz Open Air 2019
Lead guitarist Thomas Rune "Galder" Andersen at Rockharz Open Air 2019
Rhythm guitarist Sven Atle "Erkekjetter Silenoz" Kopperud at Rockharz Open Air 2019
Shagrath performing on Gods of Metal 2007
Galder and ICS Vortex live on Gods of Metal Festival 2007
References
- ↑ Dimmu Borgir. AllMusic. Retrieved on 2011-06-11.
- ↑ The Great Rock & Roll Swindle!. In: Jon Kristiansen: Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries. Brooklyn, NY: Bazillion Points Books 2011, p. 419.