Spiritual Black Dimensions - Dimmu Borgir

The beginning of Dimmu Borgir's downfall, 'Spiritual Black Dimensions' is perhaps the weakest album the band has released, even compared to the disappointing later efforts that at least contained easily identifiable songs. Here, the sound all blends together as an unsatisfying hammering of industrial black metal drowned in pointless keyboards from newcomer Mustis, who entirely lacks his predecessor's style and creativity. Rather than nostalgically evoking ancient Scandinavian landscapes, the keyboards merely sound like desperate attempts to create a horror film soundtrack. The other instruments are just as bad, as the ones that can be distinguished behind the ...