The Biggest Black Metal Band of the World Returns with a New Album

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DIMMU BORGIR Release Date Pre-Order Start Eonian uu 04/05/2018 uu 23/02/2018

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The Unveiling 02. Interdimensional Summit 03. Ætheric 04. Council Of Wolves And Snakes world returns with a new album 05. The Empyrean Phoenix 06. Lightbringer 07. I Am Sovereign “Whatever we do, or not do, we’ll end up raising eyebrows.” – Silenoz 08. Archaic Correspondence 09. Alpha Aeon Omega Eerie shadows are lurking in the dark corners of spring 2018; the spirit that Thus, both classic black metal invasions such as ‘Lightbringer’, but also 10. Rite Of Passage denies, a force able to distort our conception of space and time. Over seven highly symphonic charged anthems like ‘Interdimensional Summit’ gather years, deathlike silence has filled the halls of the world’s biggest black metal on »Eonian«, with one of the band’s personal favourites being the exper- Demo Bonus-CD: forge, DIMMU BORGIR, whilst powers have been gathering to resurrect the imental, folkloristic ‘Council of Wolves And Snakes’. Risking a look far 01. Ætheric band right in time for their 25th anniversary. Now they finally mark their beyond the horizon, this song proves that the band follows ‘no formula, 02. Council Of Wolves And Snakes return with a vicious work of art that can be defined as timeless in the truest no absolute’, as Silenoz vows, and shows that the path sometimes guides 03. Lightbringer sense of the word: »Eonian«. them to places they would have never expected to end up when they started 04. I Am Sovereign their journey. 05. Archaic Correspondence The lyrical theme of the Norwegians’ tenth studio work follows a philosoph- ical concept, dealing with the illusion of time and Luciferian codes: On the previous album, »Abrahadabra«, the Norwegians irritated some 180g 2LP (33 RPM): militant black metal elitists by appearing in opulent white / gray costumes. Side A “Time, when not approaching it from the construct we’re used to can’t be And although they chose a different appearance for »Eonian«, DIMMU 01. The Unveiling defined and thus it is illusory”, explains axemaster Silenoz. “There’s only an BORGIR always keep new surprises in store: 02. Interdimensional Summit ‘eternal now’, which the album title is already hinting at. When we travel 03. Ætheric between the worlds seen and unseen, the perception of time ceases to exist, “We’re definitely a band that does not follow any set of ‘rules’, if any; we’re Side B it has no function. Our energy is our torch and our compass when we make out to break them - for sure. Not that it’s a goal per se, it’s just who we are. 01. Council Of Wolves And Snakes rifts and pierce through our the veil - when we go beyond.” Silenoz refuses We knew the white/grey look would raise a few eyebrows but whatever we 02. The Empyrean Phoenix Side C to grant more information than that, hence why DIMMU BORGIR’s albums do, or not do, we’ll end up raising eyebrows”, Silenoz states and Shagrath adds: “The album feels like a rebirth, but also like a logical continuation. 01. Lightbringer have always been open for interpretation and felt somewhat like a dark 02. I Am Sovereign room in which every listener believes to see something different in front of Our music comes naturally. We’re not sitting down in a circle, thinking 03. Archaic Correspondence their light seeking eyes. about what we could do next – it has to come with a flow and with whatever Side D is in your mind at that time, it needs to be spontaneous and is exactly what 01. Alpha Aeon Omega “»Eonian« represents the illusion of time, everything that is and always has we could do at that time. Each one of our releases was linked to a certain 02. Rite Of Passage been. For us, it also marks the 25th anniversary of DIMMU BORGIR and the time period of our life.” album itself is a tribute to our own history and the Norwegian black metal history”, adds Shagrath. After having released the live DVD »Forces Of The Northern Night« in LIVE: spring 2017 which provided a monumental overview of the shows that Since their debut album »For All Tid« from 1994, DIMMU BORGIR have DIMMU BORGIR had performed with a big orchestra and choir, the time is 23.06. (F) Clisson always released their epic new works in regular intervals, but this time over in which fans needed to watch the band members on screen – hence Hellfest around, the Norwegians couldn’t tame the beast of their creativity that now they are ready to storm the stages of the world again. The first head- 06.07. (E) Barcelona quickly, and therefore they took the time it needed to slowly weave their line slots at Europe’s major festivals, such as Wacken and Hellfest, have Rock Fest collective ideas into these nine new tracks: already been confirmed, and further live plans are currently being forged “Some of the songs on this album were written in 2012. All of us have our for the second half of this year. The Lightbringers are back – and they’ve 02. - 04.08. (D) Wacken own pre-production studios and just write separately, without too much come to split apart the heavens: Wacken Open Air communication at first. Over a time period of one or two years we collect “We obviously rely on our fans, if a band says they don’t care - they’re 11.08. (B) Kortrijk - Alcatraz our ideas and then get together and try to get the best out of the material”, lying. We’re definitely ready to work hard to convince the ‘doubters’, the Metal Festival says Shagrath. “Sometimes this can be quite challenging, because we have ‘dwellers ready to strike’, that what we have to offer is still very much valid. different tastes and opinions – but that makes it also more interesting for the A new generation of fans and listeners who come from a different ‘time’ 16. - 18.08. (N) Horten listener, since we want to create music that makes you feel as if you don’t than we do are out there now, not shy to let artists hear it! And we’re not Midgardsblot Metalfestival know what’s behind the next corner.” shy to let them hear what we’ve been up to!” Territory: World www.facebook.com/dimmuborgir · www.nuclearblast.de/dimmuborgir Style: Black Metal

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Line up: Shagrath | vocals Silenoz | rhythm guitar Galder | lead guitar

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