DIMMU BORGIR — In Sorte Diaboli (review)

DIMMU BORGIR — In Sorte Diaboli album cover Album · 2007 · Symphonic Black Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
Warthur
OK, fine, Dimmu Borgir's In Sorte Diaboli isn't very "kvlt" and is miles away from the lo-fi and defiantly anti-commercial aesthetic prized by the pioneers of the Norwegian black metal scene. I'm not going to pretend that you're going to enjoy this album if you listen to it expecting something along the lines of classic Darkthrone because that really isn't what it offers, and Dimmu Borgir have shown next to no sign of really be interested in doing that for well over a decade by this point.

However, it is at least a fun album, an entertaining listen offering an over-the-top sound which feels like a version of Cradle of Filth's sound that remains a little more true to their black metal roots than Filth's black-gothic-symphonic mashup is. Dimmu Borgir seem to rely on the synthesisers a little less than usual this time around and their performances are generally a lot tighter than I've got used to them being, and so this silly Dennis Wheatley-esque horror story concept album is a reasonably enjoyable listen from beginning to end. You'd never mistake it for a classic of the genre, and I can't say it's ever going to get very regular rotation from me, but it's worth hearing once.
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