Dimmu BorgirEonian

You’ve heard the phrase ‘It came from beneath the sink’? Forget that. Dimmu Borgir quite literally rupture the ground to grab you by the ankles and pull you down to the dense and distorted realm of black metal that is their latest offering, Eonian.

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There’s something fantastical about this album–fantastically creepy. In The Unveiling, an anguished chorus beckons you unto the depths of a darkness never before known, enveloping you into the rampant and vigorous thunder of Eonian. Now, you are lost. You have no choice but to succumb to the will of Dimmu Borgir. The philosophies concealed in Ætheric run rife with a potency of melody not before heard in the band’s 25-year existence. Council Of Wolves And Snakes is nothing short of a work of art, though indeed, the entire album is a masterpiece of symphonic splendour.

The Norwegian death metal masters grip your very soul.

The Norwegian death metal masters grip your very soul. The imagery invoked, the tests of texture, the fine lines of narrative, all conjure a fantastic tale of resurrection, timeless creation and Luciferian lust that is as magnificent to hear as it is to be embraced by.

STANDOUT TRACKS: The Unveiling, Council Of Wolves And Snakes, Lightbringer, I Am Sovereign
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