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Dimmu Borgir's Drummer Injured
Hellhammer won't be behind the drum kit for the band's remaining tour dates this summer due to a recently diagnosed neck injury.
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Kerrang! Magazine Presents Download Festival Podcast
The magazine does a free weekly Podcast, and this week, it includes bits with Within Temptation, Dimmu Borgir, Stone Sour, Mastodon, and Killswitch Engage -- all live from last weekend's Download Festival.
Dimmu Borgir denied UK chart position
Thanks to the hardasses at The Official UK Charts Company, Dimmu Borgir's new album is unable to chart for two reasons -- the first being a mirror on the cover of the album, and the second, a flyer inside the CD package.
Dimmu Borgir's success is off the charts
Or rather, at the top of them. Dimmu Borgir has officially become the first black metal band to top the Norwegian charts, as In Sorte Diaboli snagged the top spot in its debut week. The band also made the Top 50 in the US.
Dimmu Borgir makes the Billboard charts
In Sorte Diaboli, the band's eighth endeavor, sold over 14,000 copies in its first week, landing it the #43 slot on the Billboard 200. It also earned #2 on the Top Independent Album Charts, making it their label's highest-charting debut.
Free stream of the new Dimmu Borgir album
The band has cut a deal with MP3.com to stream In Sorte Diaboli free of charge. The album will be available in the US next Tuesday, April 24th, but you can listen to it all you want between now and then.
New Dimmu Borgir video online
The video is for "The Serpentine Offering", and aside from the death metal, it kind of looks like something that could fit in just fine on the History Channel. On one of those shows about how hard the old days sucked.
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Dimmu Borgir was originally founded as a black metal band in 1993 by Shagrath, Silenoz, and Tjodalv. The band released an EP entitled Inn I Evighetens Mørke (1994) translated to English the title means "Into The Darkness of Eternity". This short EP sold out within weeks, and the band followed up with the full length album For All Tid (1994). This album featured musical contributions by members of Dødheimsgard and Ved Buens Ende. Interestingly enough, Shagrath played drums with Tjodalv on guitar and Erkekjetter (translating "arch heretic") Silenoz covering vocals. This lineup changed before the release of Stormblåst (translates to "Storm Blown") on Cacophonous Records in 1996. Stormblåst received high praise from many melodic black metal fans, and is often regarded as a highlight of the band's career. It is also the last album which features all lyrics written and sung in Norwegian.

[Source: Wikipedia. See their Dimmu Borgir article for more information]


1994: For All Tid
1996: Stormblåst
1997: Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
1999: Spiritual Black Dimensions
2001: Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
2003: Death Cult Armageddon
2005: Stormblåst MMV
2007: In Sorte Diaboli

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Last Updated: March 08, 2007