For All Tid - Dimmu Borgir

Norwegian symphonic Black Metal band Dimmu Borgir's debut album was first released on an underground-label called No-Colours in 1994 and was later re-released on Nuclear Blast in a Digipack with two tracks from the debut 7" EP, Inn I Evighetens Mørke, also originally from 1994. All the lyrics on this album and EP are in Norwegian, something I think is quite cool. They seem to be fairly fantasy inspired lyrics in a medieval setting with a twisted satanic twist. What's not so cool is Shagrath's bad excuse for not including the lyrics in the booklet, -because they couldn't be translated! They are not even included in Norwegian, so it's very hard to comment ...  Read the complete review

This age-old release from Dimmu Borgir shows a much different, and in my opinion far more impressive side of the band than their more well-known later releases. Embracing the nostalgic Norwegian folk approach of early black metal, this is heavily atmospheric and melodic black metal that primarily suffers from a permeating amateurishness, a far cry from the heavily processed industrial metal the band would later produce to surprising success. Stian Aarstad is the key player here... um, literally. His keyboard and piano works underpins everything, and exudes a historical atmosphere aided by the album artwork. The guitars are standard black metal fare, heavy on ...  Read the complete review