Last black album.... too bad, i say. too bad, in deed

I agree.

This album is absolutely amazing! Although I prefer Spiritual Black Dimensions just a fraction more, EDT is definitely the album by Dimmu that has gotten the most plays by me. "Mourning Palace" and "A Succubus In Rapture" are my favorite tracks.

Easily the best from this band

---Top 10 Dimmu Borgir--- ---This one is a great album!!!
1-.Master Of Disharmony
2-.Vredesbyrd
3-.The Chosen Legacy
4-.Spellbound (By The Devil)
5-.Puritania
6-.Satan My Master
7-.Stormblast
8-.Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse
9-.The Serpent Offering
10-.Mourning Palace

Mourning palace is my favorite song and that lyric too.

The pinnacle of Dimmu Borgir's records. One of the alltime best albums I've ever heard, I wish I could give it an 11!

Saw them last month and they came with the premise of playing the entire album as they were doing it on the tour. For some unknown reason here they skipped Entrace, Master and Prudence's. It was a big letdown.

Favorite album by Dimmu, still somewhat of a messy work though.

This album has a fantastic atmosphere and production, and that's partly why it's one of my favourite DB albums.I think they got these symphonic melodies and the odd female voice narratives spot on personally, they fit in really well with the BM influences.

Masterpiece!!!

Written by JÄY on 27.08.2010 at 00:02

Last black album.... too bad, i say. too bad, in deed

How on earth is this black? Call me crazy, but when I listen to this I'm sure I'm listening to symphonic black. The genre is listed wrong on this page.

Anyway, excellent album. My second favourite DB release, after Spiritual Black Dimensions.

Written by Erik M. on 08.01.2013 at 17:42

How on earth is this black?

of course differing opinions and all that, EDT does have it's fair share of symphonic stuff thrown in, for sure...but compare this to Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia and it still had a ways to go to be full-fledged symphonic (the two sound very different)

Hosnestly, I bet if DB never put out another album and this wasnt compared to stuff in a later discography it would be considered symphonic.

Written by Erik M. on 08.01.2013 at 17:42

Written by JÄY on 27.08.2010 at 00:02

Last black album.... too bad, i say. too bad, in deed

How on earth is this black? Call me crazy, but when I listen to this I'm sure I'm listening to symphonic black. The genre is listed wrong on this page.

Anyway, excellent album. My second favourite DB release, after Spiritual Black Dimensions.

Some people categorize things differently haha. You said it yourself, this is a symphonic BLACK METAL album. In my opinion symphonic BM is still a type of BM. Not that this truly matters and changes how good the album is, but if you look at Black Metal as an umbrella term that includes symphonic black metal then it makes sense as to why people sometimes refer to it as only being a BM album.

Written by squidrick420 on 28.03.2013 at 21:05

Some people categorize things differently haha. You said it yourself, this is a symphonic BLACK METAL album. In my opinion symphonic BM is still a type of BM. Not that this truly matters and changes how good the album is, but if you look at Black Metal as an umbrella term that includes symphonic black metal then it makes sense as to why people sometimes refer to it as only being a BM album.

You're right. Symphonic black metal is obviously a subgenre of BM. I just think this album isn't anywhere near pure black metal, but rather symphonic black metal. However, I was criticizing MS for labelling this album as black metal instead of symphonic black metal.

It's like Saturnus being labelled gothic doom while it's actually melodic death doom. And My Dying Bride's latest album has the genre death doom metal, while it's actually more like gothic doom, but I guess I'm being a little obsessive about genres now.

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You're right. Symphonic black metal is obviously a subgenre of BM. I just think this album isn't anywhere near pure black metal, but rather symphonic black metal. However, I was criticizing MS for labelling this album as black metal instead of symphonic black metal.

It's like Saturnus being labelled gothic doom while it's actually melodic death doom. And My Dying Bride's latest album has the genre death doom metal, while it's actually more like gothic doom, but I guess I'm being a little obsessive about genres now.

Genre labeling can get out of hand at times haha. I have gotten tired of being too precise with the labeling as it can spark up arguments really easily, especially when it comes to things like brutal death metal vs technical death metal vs progressive death metal; to me its all fucking death metal lol. The same with doom/stoner/sludge/drone, i just call it all doom and move on lol. Honestly I am fine with calling all this stuff metal, you can't go wrong with that (unless its borderline punk or some other genre).

Simply amazing.

First album I can give a 10 just after the first listen. So bombastic, grandiose, full of energy and ideas. No filler only killer. I can't believe I was avoiding this jewel. I am impressed.

Outstanding album. Definitely .

Great great album!

Though I am kinda starting to blur the line between this and Stormblast for best Borgir album.

Still their best album by far, and one of the best BM albums of all time. It holds as much significance now as it did back when they released it.

Came to remind myself the other day how convincing this album is, really great stuff.
It though remains till today the only album by them that I can really enjoy.
The highlight for me is clearly the Mourning palace.
Entrance and In death's embrace also stand out.
Moreover the bonus provides a fine closer.

Beautiful

Mediocre, boring and devoid of purpose. Flat voice, flat riffs, flat vocals. Whether this is on or off you cannot tell the difference. This is like the price of bitcoin between Nov and Dec 2018, flat with the only interesting thing being dropping further in value.

Damn this is some low quality bait, man. Step it up

I saw the video for " Mourning Palace" when I was 15. This was before I had listened to anything beyond metallica's Black Album and was completely and properly creeped out by music and the accompanying video. It would take me another ~10 years to really get into black metal. This style of black metal is not what I enjoy that much, but I still think that this is a good album.

Written by mz on 13.07.2021 at 22:28

I saw the video for " Mourning Palace" when I was 15. This was before I had listened to anything beyond metallica's Black Album and was completely and properly creeped out by music and the accompanying video. It would take me another ~10 years to really get into black metal. This style of black metal is not what I enjoy that much, but I still think that this is a good album.

I've always had a liking for Norwegian Black metal bands, but never been too keen on Dimmu Borgir, but this album is a great exception, and by far their best album IMO.

This Album is Art !
There is much more as a Black-Metal -Album !
Accept for me, there is no escape from my inner Darkness.
Forever lost in sadness and never ending fear.
You don't know why ? But somhow... enjoy it... Crazy :-D

Very good symphonic black metal! Reminds me of Emperor's Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk in a way

I must have listened to this album from start to finish at least million times over the years and it still keeps getting better. Talk about a timeless classic.