Dimmu Borgir Set To Release New CD In Sorte Diaboli On April 24th Posted By: David Priest, Editor In Chief February 8th, 2007
Norwegian symphonic black metaler’s Dimmu Borgir have
pushed up the North American release date of their new album, In Sorte Diaboli (via Nuclear
Blast Records), to April 24 from the previously announced May 8. The CD will
now arrive in In other news, Nuclear Blast Records
has launched a special In Sorte Diaboli news page at this location. In Sorte Diaboli was recorded and mixed at Studio Fredman in Silenoz previously told Revolver magazine
that the songwriting and recording process for the group's long-anticipated
follow-up to 2003's Death Cult Armageddon involved none of the intensive
pre-production of their last two discs, no demos, and no gallivanting around
with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. "It's definitely going to sound
way more epic and bigger than we thought, because Mustis
[keyboards] has also contributed with his keyboard ideas," said Silenoz. "I have to admit that some of the keyboard
things on 'Death Cult Armageddon' sound better on the demo version than
[their symphony versions] on the album. I probably shouldn't say that, but it's
true." This will be Dimmu's
first "concept album," a story set in always-epic Medieval Europe
that also serves as a treatise on the modern-day political and social abuses of
organized religion. "There's this dude that works as a priest's assistant,
and after a while he just discovers that he has nothing to do with
Christianity," said Silenoz of the storyline,
which he conceived in full before even a note of music was composed. "He
just sort of has this awakening and realizes that he has different abilities
and different powers and is leaning more to the dark side." Dimmu Borgir's current recording lineup is as
follows: Silenoz - Guitars Galder - Guitars Vortex - Bass Mustis - Keys Hellhammer - Drums |