Still is my favorite Dimmu Borgir album. Majestic, obscure and aggressive. The Insight and the Catharsis song remains as a pinnacle in their career.

@glpinho

4 жыл бұрын

The Insight and the Catharsis is not my favorite song, but surely is their best one!

@molletre9606

4 жыл бұрын

@@glpinho I agree. This album was their pinnacle in hindsight. The best when it comes to creativity and bandmembers. Mustis and Vortex added something special and unique. Yes for me The Insight and the Catharsis is also their best song, maybe only Mourning Palace comes close.

@hiencoor

4 жыл бұрын

@@molletre9606 My black metal journey stars from this album

@KindOldRaven

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. This album got a lot of hate for some reason, but there's a few tracks on here that bring atmospheric to a whole new level imho

@oldencreek6587

4 жыл бұрын

Reptile comes at a very close 2nd in this album. Everything else follows very close behind. It's just an amazing album, evocative of 80's and 90's fantasy-related media.

*On March 2nd, 2023 this album became 24 years old and I still love it to this day.*

My 1st Dimmu Borgir album. Takes me back to my teenage years. Thank you for posting. I paid $30 for this cd, but the nostalgia it gives me now is priceless.

@killjoebiden5000

Жыл бұрын

Yea nostalgia is priceless indeed. I paid almost 40 for my copy of Gorgoroth's Twilight of the Idols album 2 years ago. I got this DIMMU BORGIR masterpiece for 13 buks on ebay

@Krzemieniewski1

8 ай бұрын

Same here my dude now I'am blasting Arcane Lifeforce mysteria in my Kia XD

33:06. This keyboard is from another world man.

@syahdanysh

3 жыл бұрын

Im so agreed with you bro,,,the best melodic ever.

@obi-wannabekennotbi2418

3 жыл бұрын

14:28

This album introduced me to black metal. 21 years later.....black metal is still my favorite genre.

@paulmares9815

Жыл бұрын

Pretty much the same with me; even the time I got introduced to BM through Dimmu and Emperor in the early 2000's To this day, SBD holds a special place in my heart

This brings back so many memories

@mortiiswindir7897

3 жыл бұрын

Same thing

@soft_machine_

3 жыл бұрын

same. i feel like i'm 13 again.

@michawiatrowski9196

2 жыл бұрын

Teenage times

Masterpiece!!! Arcane Lifeforce Mysteria is what got me started with this band and ALL extreme metal. I heard it on a late night radio show one night and it blew my mind! The damn DJ never told us who it was (I cursed him repeatedly)!!!! I kept searching all my metal resources until I FINALLY found this CD. I've never looked back.

@lokeforce8905

Жыл бұрын

A DJ played Dimmu borgir? What party have I missed... 🤣

Extremely underrated album. Best together with Puritanical EM.

This album is an absolute masterpiece from beginning to end. Great musicianship, production, feeling and lyrics. Not many albums measure up to this level.

@thomasthgersen9480

4 жыл бұрын

Agree with you i do

@gregkleinig8802

4 жыл бұрын

Infukndeed

@mariusdimcica3945

3 жыл бұрын

Best Dimmu album by far

@themajestyofthenightsky9436

3 жыл бұрын

Enthrone Darkness Triumphant much bigger also Stormblast

@erickrodriguez6833

3 жыл бұрын

PEM and SBD are tied for best Dimmu Borgir albums in my eyes. DCA and EDT are great too.

The keyboard and Vortex's vocals in Rapitale are just OUTTA THIS WORLD! This song sends chills down my spine.

@dae46318

Жыл бұрын

Vortex? You're wrong friend, was Nagash, vortex dind't record this álbum.

@wagnerjunior6524

Жыл бұрын

@@dae46318 Wikipedia says ICS Vortex was a guest who did the clean vocals on tracks 1, 3, 7 and 9.

@nazgvl696

Жыл бұрын

@@wagnerjunior6524 yes vortex do clean voc on this album

@epicans6065

Жыл бұрын

The famous Dimmu Borgir song RAPITALE

@dmitryodruzov1781

Жыл бұрын

@@epicans6065lol

Dreamside Dominions. Has to be one of the best DB songs ever - a soundtrack to life for me almost 20 years ago!

@denisrozhkov7972

4 жыл бұрын

my favorite song too :)

@pierrepoitras3244

3 жыл бұрын

Exact same

@king-kz1rw

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

United in Unhallowed Grace must be the best love song of my childhood. Thanks for that!

Dreamside Dominions is one of my favourite songs with vortex on vocals. Absolutely awesome album

The thunderous organ in "Reptile", man... they get me every time. What a fantastic way to start the album!!

@mr.hanssheenseen5613

3 жыл бұрын

Lel Vlad Țepeș XDD

@caprise-music6722

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Perfect start to the album

8:38 I spent my youth listening to this song. Thank you Dimmu Borgir for opening doors that were previously locked by the lies of the world.

The most underrated album from DM , all this track should be played live

The chemistry of this line-up was one of the kind with Peter behind producers desk.. they never repeated it by songwriting, what they did on SBD. With Tjodlav behind kit music breathe, no harsh feelings towards Barker (he is an alien behind the drums)

@georgecostan3248

Жыл бұрын

Barker was good behind the drums and they did awesome songs with him, but the one member who gave a distinctive edge to SBD was Astennu. Check out Carpe Tenebrum's second album and you will see what I mean. He almost influenced PEM as well, but he blew the bridges with the band and his input was diluted (check the early version of Blessings... as proof).

Am I the only one who tears up during ICS's part on Insight and the Catharsis ?

It seems like every album Peter Tagtgren produced from like 1997-2002 has a certain atmosphere that other producers don’t have

@NightSide1349

5 ай бұрын

I would disagree with you, Pytten is another producer that had a very strong unique atmosphere.

Oh the memories! 🤘🏽 My favorite Dimmu Borgir album, I was 15 years old when this came out! My neighbors love it!

@ClandestineMerkaba

4 жыл бұрын

Damn straight they love it..

@user-mz2ui6pp1q

Жыл бұрын

В 1999 я его купил летом в рок-магазине, и мне тоже было 15 лет?! Heil Old Dimmu Borgir. Беларусь.г.Орша 17.10.2022.

This album is one of Dimmu Borgir's best. Top 3

Their best. Astennu's guitars, bass by Nagash, Mustis as their new player and the best form of Shagrath's vocal. Perfection.

IMHO, the best album dimmu ever put out. I missed these times.

SBD is the most unique album in Dimmu's catalogue and I can never get enough of its ludicrously menacing and hellishly insane soundscapes. It shifts priorities in terms of composition and gives the keyboard - with Mustis as its new conductor - a more powerful presence, plastering the album's sonic palette with sprawlingly romantic piano melodies and bombastically harsh and dark organ pieces. Just listen to the crazily violent organ explosions in the ending of _Behind the Curtains of Night-Phantasmagoria_ , the seductive opening piano melodies of _Dreamside Dominions_ , the impacting opening of _United in Unhallowed Grace_ , the imperial intro of _The Promised Future Aeons_ , the schizophrenic eruption of wrath at 28:15 in _The Blazing Monoliths of Defiance_ or the explosion of infinite torment at 41:06 in _Grotesquery Conceiled (Within Measureless Magic)_ . In conjunction with the accelerated pace of the music in comparison to older material, it just creates a more potent mix of cataclysmic proportions. The riffs are faster, meaner and more twisted and it all just hits harder with an unending ferocity of a caged beast as Shagrath's frenzied outbursts of maniacal rage shriek over the viciously bombarding sound. Vortex's hymnic clean vocals provide the perfectly added regal tone. With all these elements combined in such a fashion, SBD sounds cosmic, majestic and satanic, all at the same time. An absolute masterpiece.

@molletre9606

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely yes. I remember how they got quite some hate for the more majestic/cosmic sound back than. It took me some time to enjoy the album in full, but they were just WAY ahead of their time. Its so full of details it took me years to get it all. Today I see it as their pinnacle as artist and musicians and listen to it regularly. Foremost because of the insane keyboards Mustis added. I mean its bombastic but he clearly tried to keep it down to classic piano and organ sounds, very unlike many others. I know Nagash did the Bass Guitar here, but the added vocals of Vortex are truly unique. I mean "The Insight and the Catharsis" is HIS song. His part in it was the highlight of every concert and still gives me the shivers and tears to my eyes. Its a shame both had to go due to petty things like money (if that all is true). They never recovered from that, till today.

@Rovization

4 жыл бұрын

Fitting description. Reptile is one hell of a song.. Describes reptilians. In the 90's... Just read the lyrics.

@MORTIFERA69

4 жыл бұрын

You're absolutly right my dear friend ..!

@chinhoification

3 жыл бұрын

Who says metalheads cant be articulate?? Fantastic description my friend!!

@sinisterking6009

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely right but don't forget astennu's Solos, the band never was technical again like on this album.

The drummer on this album doesn't get enough credit

THIS is the Best Dimmu Album. They need to make more of this....

I remember first stumbling across The Insight and the Catharsis back in high school and loving it instantly. Good times.

@williamquintero5780

2 жыл бұрын

Lmm

@williamquintero5780

2 жыл бұрын

' llomlloll

@williamquintero5780

2 жыл бұрын

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My first Dimmu Borgir album 20 years ago. Still my favorite - stands the test of time for me

this album has a very special atmosphere...

@KingCrimson82

3 жыл бұрын

tons of pressure to keep "the belt"

@pierrepoitras3244

3 жыл бұрын

Probably my favorite Dimmu album

@williamquintero5780

2 жыл бұрын

@@KingCrimson82 'miñlkno oilooolploplillpñpo

@williamquintero5780

2 жыл бұрын

@@pierrepoitras3244 km o

@williamquintero5780

2 жыл бұрын

Blogs ooop

Mustis did an amazing job on keyboards, melodical masterpiece \m/

@truenorwegiantroll

7 ай бұрын

Nagash wrote and played half of those keyboards on SBD. (little known fact)

@quin.te.ba.64

7 ай бұрын

@@truenorwegiantrolloh thanks I did not know

@sinisterking6009

Ай бұрын

​@@truenorwegiantrollbs nagash aint did shiet lmao

@StianAHinderson

Ай бұрын

​@@sinisterking6009 I know what I did.

@sinisterking6009

Ай бұрын

@@StianAHinderson if you're the real Nagash then i'll take it back man, mad respect those keys and early albums are otherworldly. People in the comments love to bring things up which are often far from the truth you know ✌🏾

The best Dimmu Borgir album ever!

@bigdaddynasty69

Жыл бұрын

yeah man i walked 20 miles to a record store from where i lived because i was poor and didnt have a car to get this album from saving up money from mowing lawns to get this album when i was 16 lol

This album changed my life!!! I knew this album 20 years ago and drawn me in to black metal universe forever. \m/ \m/

The official label put the full album on youtube !!! Incredible !! Thank you !

The greatest black metal album of all times! The best of Dimmu. Not a single track is mediocre, all are pure masterpieces! Majestic and brutal from beginning to the end. Love the unearthly solos!

Hands down the best album they ever made. So tired of everyone always praising Puritanical when this one is miles above in terms of atmosphere and aggression.

The Promised future aeons and insight are my fav songs. Dunno for others but that was my cup of tea from first listeing. And after 21 years same passionate listening and chills and parts where Mustis and Vortex explain some things of what is dimmu borgir at first and after their leaving, last good thing in band! Never again same quality!

During this period they were putting out great records after great records. From Enthrone to Puritanical they probably peaked. DCA was still good, In Sorte was ok but you could tell that the inspiration and magic wasn't there anymore. Since then they became a different band.

@FacelessWarrior86

10 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree! 1997-2001/03 was peak Dimmu Borgir, including the Godless Savage Garden EP from 98.

happy 21th anniversary the best album of dimmu borgir, vortex clean voices, mustis synths, astennu solos, a real masterpiece

@dae46318

Жыл бұрын

My friend you're the third person that mistaken the lineup, vortex dind't record this album, was Nagash on back vocals duty and bass.

@rico9294

Жыл бұрын

Ecaxly I wish it was still that way + Nick barker on drums! but nick came after 99 from Cradle of filth right to dimmu,s puritanical album! who was the drummer on spiritual bd again?

@maxxd96

Жыл бұрын

@@dae46318 you can clearly hear that vortex is doing clean vocals on this album

@sinisterking6009

Жыл бұрын

​@@maxxd96 this guy is on some legal drugs bro trust me, nagash can't even sing lmao

@vorpalblades

10 ай бұрын

​@@dae46318looks like you're mistaken for the third time.

This is definitely the best Album by the band (along with Stormblast and enthrone darkness triumphant), good memories with this one

@isopod666

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, you are totally right!

I remember hearing the first time the kickoff Song "Reptile" through my Headphones and it blew my mind, it was in midsummer somewhere in 2007 and i had to show this to one of my best friends who was also a metalhead and came ringing on my door almost daily. These memories of a simple & warm age where i was free & vital as Fvck. To the music: Listen to the AtmosFear that Mustis creates and the high level piano/keyboard skills, speaking of high level, Astennu is the best guitar player this band ever had, those majestic arpeggios & solos fit in perfectly, Dreamside Dominions is the perfect example of combining skills of the 2 mentioned members. All together with vortex's unique clean singing makes it a masterpiece that's criminally underrated. One of those albums that leads me to the Gates of my memories hidden beyond dusk and always waiting and happy to be visited again.

3:47 will always be my favourite part on this album. Till this day it still gives me goosebumps.

@alexanderschubert9975

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that part until 4:47 is absolutely superb.

I remember it was in 7th or 8th grade and a friend at my school came to me during break and just handed me this album and said "just listen to this, you will love this". Up to this point, the most "extreme" metal i listened to was Slayer. Needless to say, i fell in love instantly. I dont know where you are Boris or how you are doing, since time made us drift apart , but thank you for making my live that much richer. Hope you are doing good man. I am 39 now. How time has passed and yet i still get the same feeling when i listen to this album more than 20 years later.

@lokeforce8905

Жыл бұрын

Awesome dude, my father introduced my to in sorte diaboli when I was 7. I am 18 now rocking to this album and other dimmu.

@MadderR3d

Жыл бұрын

@@lokeforce8905 Your dad got you into dimmu? Thats freaking great tbh. If you dig this then you might want to check out some albums of Emperor. Could be right up your alley. Take care

@lokeforce8905

Жыл бұрын

​@@MadderR3d I have listened through every song of Emperor hahahaha. Got a "in the nightside ecplise" hoodie from christmas. My whole family is black metal heads so we all have the same taste :D

@MadderR3d

Жыл бұрын

@@lokeforce8905 Wow. Im actually jealous. Cheers to your family my man

I don't see anything on discogs about this album ever being remastered or remixed but this upload definitely sounds different from Spotify or the individual tracks from the official KZread Music auto-upload. It sounds clearer, less bassy and more trebly and I think you can hear the orchestral instruments more.

Dimmu borgir are the greatest metal band ever existed on planet earth

@ArtOfRuin981

3 ай бұрын

Used to be

Great keyboarding mustis is irreplaceable!

@truenorwegiantroll

7 ай бұрын

Half the keyboards was played and written by Nagash.

That vocals on 'The Blazing Monolights' are fucking awesome brutals... one of mi best songs and albums from DB.

Lot's of nostalgic feelings for this album now! Back then enthrone DT was the best for me underatting this, but now after many years I can say this is the best from them!!! Masterpiece!!!

@wayanastawa8126

Жыл бұрын

i still learn about this album. shound more agresive

my favorite dimmu album , reptile is pure gold , a manifest of evil presence no doubt

I wish Nick would play on this one. That´s the only thing I would change about this sonic perfection.

The Insight And The Catharsis ♥♥♥

The Best Album Ever Made Period. Music out of the world into oblivion fucking Epic. I'm learning to play all these tracks on drums I been hearing it everyday to record my memory to know every part of the music. Hail Dimmu Borgir!

i remember this album , i bought a cassette during my teen ages... i bring this cassette to school an all of my closest friend borrow from and they'll listen to this....

This album and Enthrone Darkness Triumphant are the only Dimmu albums I still come back to. I like Enthrone better than this album but this is still a very solid album.

The promised future aeons is one of their best songs ever imo. Especially the latter half of it

@blvcklodge1475

4 жыл бұрын

Def. I listened to it so much as a teenager I ruined the disc.

@giorgikavsadze3185

4 жыл бұрын

ADORE IT

@necrowizzard1569

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, probably my favourite Dimmu Borgir song. I also prefer the end of the song somewhere around "And the stars did wander, separated in the forbidden universe", but it is still hard to pick a specific second.

This album might just be the ultimate second wave of norwegian black metal album

Behind the Curtains of Night will probably be my favorite song of all time.

@4:16 - still gives me chills after all these years.

THEIR BEST ALBUM...

So let the children come to me And share the limitless ways to infinity Escape death and disease And behold youth and vitality

This is there best album of all time!

Such a wonderful album. The drumming, vocals, arrangements, and overall compositions are stunning and are still well received even with modern ears after so many years. I also love how spongy the distorted guitar tones are. Not sure if anyone else hears that. Haha

@MrStephen182

3 жыл бұрын

Yes the sound of this album does feel very fresh and new like it could of come some time in the last 5 years. Totally ahead of it's time.

When i was a teenager, i thought more people should listen to DB, but now that i am an adult, i understand why not more people listen to this music.

The insight and the Catharsis is just so epic that song

I LOVE THIS ALBUM!! Definitely one of Dimmu's best for sure. So much talent on this album and a great production too! I still have the promo poster framed hanging on the wall!!! I cannot hit the "LIKE" button enough times for this one!!! THANK YOU DIMMU BORGIR AND NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS FOR SHARING THIS TERRIFIC ALBUM WITH US!!! THIS TOTALLY MADE MY DAY!!! : )

Agresivo, oscuro, estridente, atmósfera brutal y con las incomparables voces de Shagrath, ICS Vortex y con el siniestro teclado de Mustis hacen de este álbum una obra de arte, el mejor de Dimmu Borgir sin duda y uno de los mejores de todos los tiempos.

@Diego_pl98

3 жыл бұрын

Dimmu borgir es una de mis bandas favoritas de black metal sinfonico este álbum me gusta mucho yo conocí esta banda con el álbum for all tid e escuchado toda la discográfica de dimmu borgir nada más me falta la camisa de la banda que no la he podido conseguir XD pero esta banda para mi una de las mejores de black metal sinfónico

@ensalada13fd21

3 жыл бұрын

concuerdo, solo que a mi me gusta mas el álbum de "Enthrone darkness triumphant".

@dae46318

Жыл бұрын

Wrong my friend Vortex dind't record this álbum, was Nagash on back vocals and bass. 😉

@Rugal86

Жыл бұрын

@@dae46318 Sure??????

@wagnerjunior6524

Жыл бұрын

@@dae46318 Wikipedia says ICS Vortex was a guest who did the clean vocals on tracks 1, 3, 7 and 9 in this album.

This Album is fucking masterpiece. The Insight and the Catharsis is the best black metal track of All time

Best DB album my opinion. My fav part is starting 35:20 🤘🏻

@fityhecko1776

4 жыл бұрын

Ooooooouuuuuuaaaaaaa,yyyyyyy nice yeeeeees

@metalaxi

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@yamaryanariaafg8052

4 жыл бұрын

Same here! There is an eastern emotion in it.. it could sound turkish, afghan, Iranian or arab.. So beautiful 😍

Masterpiece!!!🤘🏻

I don't care what other people think about this album...personaly for me....i realy like this album...the solo....same goes to ARCTURUS album "Aspera..." 😎🤘

@toprak3479

4 жыл бұрын

Forget Aspera Hiems Symfonia, La Masquerade Infernale is an avant garde metal masterpiece.

Their best album

This is serious, I had this CD playing non stop for months as I was playing Action Quake 2 , Jesus I miss my younger self....

15:01 Eargasm. Best Black Metal Hymn of All Time in all Universes!

jejich stary alba jsou norskej kult!!!😈😈😈

The insight and The Catharis, Arcane lifeforce mysteria,Mourning Palace,Spellbound and Interdimensional summit are the best Dimmu Borgir songs

I was 15 when this album came out and was totally blown away by it

@user-cc6cm8su8q

29 күн бұрын

Когда он вышел мне тоже было 15 , и я его сразу же приобрёл.👍

Best album of Dimmu Borgir :)

@toprak3479

4 жыл бұрын

Damn right

97th and 99th years are best ones as for me. Deep diving into my childhood emotions, lots of memories come, it is priceless...

One of my favorite albums

Dreamside Dominions is just beyond amazing

United In Unhallowed Grace - ЛУЧШИЙ ТРЕК АЛЬБОМА!!!!

Mustis y Vortex eran la creatividad y el talento de Dimmu Borgir. RIP Dimmu.

@kidcarlomagno7094

Жыл бұрын

Súmale que en ese disco entró el bataco obeso de cradle of filth, uf

@WouldBeRockStar

Жыл бұрын

@@kidcarlomagno7094 Nicholas Barker se incorporó en el Puritanical. Y por cierto, el tío era una máquina (excepto en el Cruelty and the Beast, que no se sabe muy bien en qué pensaba cuando lo grabó...)

@sinisterking6009

Жыл бұрын

​@@kidcarlomagno7094 show some respect kid, that guy is a hell of a drummer

Best Dimmu Borgir album.

Great album

Pure fukkin power of black dimensions!!!Awesome best album! Behind The Curtains Of Night-Phantasmagoria - awesome, evil and pure magic Album 10/10

The Productmanagement behind dimmu was so perfect. I remeber waiting for this record was like the release of the ps2. Das Produktmannagement hinter dimmu war derartig perfekt, dass man auf die Erscheinung der "zweiten" Platte hinfieberte wie auf die Erscheinung der Playstation 2. I developed such a demand for the melodies that could be found on enthroned(not only me, thousands of band formed especially in eastern europe) that i ended up writing some myself. And it was super hard to find something, i ended up transcending towards immortal and eaternus and said goodbye to keyboards. And Still The Thundra Lays Untuched...

Top 1 DB album . Masterpiece

Still my favorite Dimmu album since the early 2000s.

after EDT album is one of the best albums for me perfect line up

I remember how strong feelings this album cave me back in the 90's. Still gives, but first time listening is always first time. Absolutely one of my favorite Borgir album's. Pure evil.

I bought this album on my 12th birthday back in 2001 and still love it today!

Such a great album Ics Vortex is amazing on this suits the sound of this album so well 🤘

Dimmu Borgir is Great Brutal 🤘🤘🤘

Sorely underrated! Mix of old and new sound. They definitely peaked on this album! This was also the first one I bought, got it on a whim.

@MrStephen182

3 жыл бұрын

Some of my all time favourite albums were brought on a whim.

Oscuro, melancólico, melódico, agresivo...casi perfecto

@helenamunoz4500

Жыл бұрын

Lo bueno es que todavía no están los odiosos del Galder & Silenoz😝🤣🤣🤣🤣👎

@NightSide1349

5 ай бұрын

@@helenamunoz4500Silenoz y Shagrath son los fundadores de la Banda. Silenoz tocó guitarra con Astennu en este álbum.

I miss Astennu's solos and I don't understand why Galder doesn't play it in live.

@helenamunoz4500

Жыл бұрын

Detesto al Galder & Silenoz👎😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝

This, Nexus Polaris and Sham Mirrors from Arcturus on repeat for me for the past few weeks. Amazing album this.

@containternet9290

Жыл бұрын

I would include Quintessence from Borknagar too.

@ghostinshell100

Жыл бұрын

@@containternet9290 thanks! are there similar works from other artists that you know of, the one you suggested is pretty solid

@containternet9290

Жыл бұрын

@@ghostinshell100 Graveworm and Hecate Enthroned also put out great records in the late 90s. I can't help but mention Limbonic Art too, but their use of drum machine really annoys me.

@ghostinshell100

Жыл бұрын

@@containternet9290 Thanks I will check these out!

Infinite unattainable perfection ❤

Anything involving Vortex is bound to be top notch

génialissime.

For All Tid, Stormblast, Devils Path, Enthroned, Spiritual, Puritanical, DeathKult, CLASSICS.