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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Dimmu Borgir |
| Record Label: |
Nuclear Blast Records (USA) |
| Genre: |
Heavy Metal |
| Subgenre: |
Black Metal |
| Release Date: |
September 09, 2003 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Dimmu Borgir: Vortex (vocals, bass); Shagrath (vocals); Galder, Silenoz (guitar); Mustis (piano, synthesizer); Nick Barker (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Abbath (vocals); Charlie Storm (synthesizer, programming). Producers: Dimmu Borgir, Frederik Nordstrom. Recorded at Fredman Studio, Gothenburg, Sweden. Purists won't call it black metal, but if one has to choose a sub-genre it'll do. The only other thing you can accurately call it is extreme metal. With DEATH CULT ARMAGEDDON, the Norway based Dimmu Borgir has synthesized the last 20 years of heavy music into one very coherent and terrifying album. Along with Emperor and Cradle of Filth, they have risen to the top of their own dark niche. Like breaking into a haunted carnival at midnight, DCA assaults you with fear and surprise at every turn. Sound effects and atonal guitar harmonies in "Allegiance" set an evil mood; this is going to be fun, but scary fun. "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" is the first glimpse of the live orchestra used to ... |
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