- Sep 12, 2001
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To class this album as Black Metal is an insult to this band's talent. This album is totally awesome, and while cult fans of Black Metal will whinge and moan that Dimmu Borgir are not "True" enough, not -nearly- noisy enough, and too damn talented to fit under the ever so annoying Black Metal umbrella, anyone who loves their metal should get into this.
Admittedly, i wasn't a fan of anything even slightly black-ish until i saw past Dani's vocals in Cradle of Filth (actually, i really respect the guy's throat, goddamn can he scream), and finally decided to ignore the rediculous image of basically all Black Metal bands. After getting into more modern stuff like Cradle of Filth, Emperor, Dragonlord (i know they aren't "True", but true can suck my dick
) etc, i finally got into Dimmu Borgir, first with the song Mourning Palace, which still today rips my head off, and then with the album PEU.
The string into to this album is nice, it's a dark, brooding peice that sets the mood for the album, right before Blessings upon the throne of Tyranny totally rips your head off, and you are then taken into the slightly infectious groove of Kings of the Carnival Creation. This album really can't be classed as Black Metal at all, and i shudder every time i'm asked what kind of music the band that is on my shirt plays, and i sheepishly have to say Black Metal. Really, this is no less thrashy than Testament or Politics-era Nevermore, and sure as hell keeps up with the guitar work of old Metallica or Testament.
At first i thought the vocals left a little to be desired, but after a few spins of this record, you begin to realise just how important Shagrath's screaming and whining is to the band's sound. And while he still makes me laugh here and there, isn't really that bad. He even attempts a Dani like squeal on one of the tracks (...Sympozium i beleive...), which really adds another dimension to his vocals.
One thing that i really like about this album is the keyboards. Usually i hate keys, and they make me shudder with annoyance, but really, the keyboards in Dimmu are as integral to their sound as Hetfield's growl was for early Metallica, and i sure as hell wouldn't change a thing.
Not for the Black Metal elitists in any way, this album would more appeal to thrash fans, and those metalheads that would prefer to bob their head and tap along to a cool riff instead of running through a dark forest with whips, chains, ball-gags and boots that come up to their ribs (what the fuck?).
Cool stuff, 10/10 for Dimmu Borgir on this one...
Admittedly, i wasn't a fan of anything even slightly black-ish until i saw past Dani's vocals in Cradle of Filth (actually, i really respect the guy's throat, goddamn can he scream), and finally decided to ignore the rediculous image of basically all Black Metal bands. After getting into more modern stuff like Cradle of Filth, Emperor, Dragonlord (i know they aren't "True", but true can suck my dick
) etc, i finally got into Dimmu Borgir, first with the song Mourning Palace, which still today rips my head off, and then with the album PEU.The string into to this album is nice, it's a dark, brooding peice that sets the mood for the album, right before Blessings upon the throne of Tyranny totally rips your head off, and you are then taken into the slightly infectious groove of Kings of the Carnival Creation. This album really can't be classed as Black Metal at all, and i shudder every time i'm asked what kind of music the band that is on my shirt plays, and i sheepishly have to say Black Metal. Really, this is no less thrashy than Testament or Politics-era Nevermore, and sure as hell keeps up with the guitar work of old Metallica or Testament.
At first i thought the vocals left a little to be desired, but after a few spins of this record, you begin to realise just how important Shagrath's screaming and whining is to the band's sound. And while he still makes me laugh here and there, isn't really that bad. He even attempts a Dani like squeal on one of the tracks (...Sympozium i beleive...), which really adds another dimension to his vocals.
One thing that i really like about this album is the keyboards. Usually i hate keys, and they make me shudder with annoyance, but really, the keyboards in Dimmu are as integral to their sound as Hetfield's growl was for early Metallica, and i sure as hell wouldn't change a thing.
Not for the Black Metal elitists in any way, this album would more appeal to thrash fans, and those metalheads that would prefer to bob their head and tap along to a cool riff instead of running through a dark forest with whips, chains, ball-gags and boots that come up to their ribs (what the fuck?).
Cool stuff, 10/10 for Dimmu Borgir on this one...
