Personally, I always thought of Arcturus as everything Dimmu wished to be. Amazing drums, guitars and vox.....but Dimmu went commercial and started appealing to the masses.the slipknot kids and the ozzfest crowd. I wish Dimmu had skipped making the death cult album only in respect to not going mainstream. I remember when I 1st saw Dimmu on MTV in the states and I thought "Fuck, its all downhill from here". I was going to Dimmu shows when no one knew who they were and thats when they ruled.
Hoping to close this case- DIMMU ruled but without those 2 in their band, they may as well change their name and start fresh because DB is not DB without Vortex or Mustis.
If Arcturus comes back, which I hope with both balls that they will, I just hope that they dont go down the road that Emperors reunion took them to. No more Emperor now.
Anyhow, whos coming to see Borknagar next month? hahahaha