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01. Xibir
02. Born Treacherous
03. Gateways
04. Chess With The Abyss
05. Dimmu Borgir
06. Ritualist
07. The Demiurge Molecule
08. A Jewel Traced Through Coal
09. Renewal
10. Endings And Continuations
11. Gateways (Orchestral version) [Limited Edition/iTunes bonus]
12. The Demiurge Molecule (Orchestral version) [iTunes bonus]
13. Dimmu Borgir (Orchestral version) [bonus*]
14. Perfect Strangers [Deep Purple cover] [Hot Topic bonus]
15. D.M.D.R. [GGFH cover] [Hot Topic bonus]
+ Gateways [video] [Digipak/Hot Topic bonus]
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*The Amazon mp3, Rhapsody, eMusic, Napster digital editions include the bonus track:
- Dimmu Borgir (Orchestral version) (05:35)
The Nuclear Blast USA digipak version includes the "Gateways" video clip and the bonus track:
- Dimmu Borgir (Orchestral version) (05:35)
The Nuclear Blast USA vinyl version includes a double gatefold black vinyl version (180 gram) with the bonus track:
- Dimmu Borgir (Orchestral version) (05:35)
The exclusive Hot Topic jewel-case version includes the "Gateways" video clip, and three bonus tracks:
- Perfect Strangers (Deep Purple cover) (04:01)
- D.M.D.R. (GGFH cover)
- Dimmu Borgir (Orchestral version) (05:35)
The Nuclear Blast USA's exclusive, limited-edition webstore version includes a deluxe metal ammo box (hand-numbered and limited to 350 copies) which includes:
- "Abrahadabra" North American deluxe cross digipak version with one bonus track
- Dimmu Borgir belt buckle
- Dimmu Borgir dog tags
- Poster flag
- Exclusive t-shirt
The Nuclear Blast Europe's exclusive, limited-edition webstore version includes:
Shagrath's mask which is embedded in a big replica of the album cover which includes
- A certificate
- A deluxe boxset Digipack with four bonus tracks
- Perfect Strangers (Deep Purple cover) (04:01)
- D.M.D.R. (GGFH cover)
- Gateways (Orchestral version) (5:43)
- Dimmu Borgir (Orchestral version) (05:35)
- Gateways (Enhanced video)
All European CD versions of the album are including the enhanced Gateways video
Produced by Dimmu Borgir
Drums, Shagrath's and Snowy's vocals were recorded with Daniel Bergstrand in Uppsala, Sweden
Guitars, bass and keyboards were recorded in Oslo, Norway with Russ Russell as the engineer
Mixed and mastered in England by Andy Sneap
Cover artwork by Joachim Luetke
Release dates: Germany - September 24; Rest of Europe - September 27; North America - October 12 |
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Staff review by
Daniell
Rating:
8.0
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Dimmu Borgir sucks. Dimmu Borgir are sellouts. Dimmu Borgir have a stupid image and idiotic videos. Dimmu Borgir kick members out with no explanation. Dimmu Borgir is only about squeezing cash from stupid kids who are naive enough to buy their albums. They suck, they suck, they suck!
If you believe that any of the above statements are true, you may as well stop reading now. This review will not take into consideration anything other than music. In other words, if you expect a biased review aimed against one of the most popular extreme bands, you'll be better off helping your father cut the lawn or doing dishes for your mum, because you won't find what you're looking for here.
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| published 23.09.2010 | Comments (131)
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Guest review by
Windrider
Rating:
6.0
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If you like Abrahadabra by Dimmu Borgir you can make two great mistakes like I did. Let me warn you! The first thing is listening to classical music like Mozart or Haydn. It won't take more than a single stroke to realize that all the so-called great orchestrations are simply nothing in comparison to the dead composers. The second big fail is listening to real and raw black metal. To quote the famous snake, if you do something of that, "your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." This album is neither anything of black metal nor of classical compositions.
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| published 28.01.2011 | Comments (22)
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Written by AngelofDeth on 08.12.2011 at 10:33
I love symphonic elements mixed with metal but this... was just executed poorly. dimmu got the whol symphonic/extreme metal combo down perfect with previous song such as progencies, blood hunger, and serpentine so i was expecting a full album of tracks of this quality. its not up to par at all. mediocre at best whether your an extreme metal fan and/or sympho metal fan.
Its one of those albums where you like most the riffs/sections of each song but there is always that one riff or section that is shitty that ruins the entire song and all but maybe two songs are like this. "The Ritualist" is a prime example of this, it has to have one of the worst intros of all time, that riff is fuckn terrible. its a riff that u would make jammin wit friends amd everyone would laff, fun to jam but i dont no how they took that seriously.
The brass is pretty cool tho with compositions reminiscent of old historical epic movie scores.
But The strings and other symphonic instruments are, in general, a complete joke and are completely uninspired and often unneccesary
All in all i think Dimmu Borgir and Gateways are the only salvagable songs from the album.. and even then they havent been hitting my speakers often.
One of the worst intros of all time. Terrible riff. Ritualist? lmao. Maybe Borgir just ain't for you. The whole beginning of Ritualist isn't about a riff, not at all.
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Written by disarray on 08.12.2011 at 19:52
One of the worst intros of all time. Terrible riff. Ritualist? lmao. Maybe Borgir just ain't for you. The whole beginning of Ritualist isn't about a riff, not at all.
He also said this album blends extreme metal with symphonic arrangements. Personally I don't find much by way of extremity in this release at all.
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One of the worst intros of all time. Terrible riff. Ritualist? lmao. Maybe Borgir just ain't for you. The wRitualist isn't about a riff, not at all.
Your right i put the wrong trackname, my bad. i often listen to albums all at once, and dont see the track titles all the time. I meant the intro riff of "Demiurge Molecule"
And i do like some of their previous works particularly Enthrone Darkness, and Deathcult. and i actually did like this album at first listen. but after multiple i began to realize all its flaws. i understand why some would like it but this album is not for me.
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Written by Troy Killjoy on 08.12.2011 at 20:12
Written by disarray on 08.12.2011 at 19:52
One of the worst intros of all time. Terrible riff. Ritualist? lmao. Maybe Borgir just ain't for you. The whole beginning of Ritualist isn't about a riff, not at all.
He also said this album blends extreme metal with symphonic arrangements. Personally I don't find much by way of extremity in this release at all.
I never said that about this album, when i said that i was talking about some of their previous works. and i agree that extreme metal prolly wouldnt exactly be fitting for this album.
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Written by AngelofDeth on 09.12.2011 at 09:37
I never said that about this album, when i said that i was talking about some of their previous works. and i agree that extreme metal prolly wouldnt exactly be fitting for this album.
Interpretation fail on my part. 
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Written by AngelofDeth on 09.12.2011 at 09:15
Your right i put the wrong trackname, my bad. i often listen to albums all at once, and dont see the track titles all the time. I meant the intro riff of "Demiurge Molecule"
And i do like some of their previous works particularly Enthrone Darkness, and Deathcult. and i actually did like this album at first listen. but after multiple i began to realize all its flaws. i understand why some would like it but this album is not for me.
Okey that I can understand, it isn't the most casual way to start a track, even though I think it more as a bridge than a some sort of intro. It leads to the next part (in that weird manner).
Okey dokey.
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Hi,
I still love this.
Bye
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With the exception of 'Gateways' and 'Dimmu Borgir', this album is just horribly generic and boring. I liked this album at first but now, having listened to it over and over again, it seems it hasn't aged that well at all. It would be better to listen to one of COF's latter albums, because at least they have a bit of 'feeling' in them. This sounds like DB's unwanted studio outtakes.
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The symphonic choir chants ended quite well in here, loved them. Good album overall. 
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| Rating: 5 |
Two years have passed and it's still a confusing if not tedious experience for me. I keep listening to Xibir-Born Treacherous, Chess With The Abyss and the title-track; as for the rest, I just don't care.
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| Rating: 7 |
Listened to this album all the way though, its got some great elements. But nothing has really connected with me and I just can't call this black metal.
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