Dimmu Borgir

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地区: Norway 挪威

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雾都魔堡乐团（Dimmu Borgir）是来自挪威的交响黑金属乐团。团名在冰岛语和古诺尔斯语的意思是“黑暗城市”或是“黑暗堡垒”。

1993年，Shagrath、Silenoz 和 Tjodalv 三人组成了雾都魔堡乐团。1994年，乐团发行了《Inn i evighetens mørke》(意思是“进入永恒的黑暗”)。这张 EP 很快就销售一空，紧接着乐团推出了首张专辑，包含 Dødheimsgard 和 Ved Buens Ende 两团成员所参与的《For all tid》。乐团当时是由 Shagrath 担任鼓手、Tjodalv 担任吉他手与Silenoz担任主唱，这个阵容一直维持到1996年发行《魔王暴风》之前。《魔王暴风》发行后，赢得了许多旋律黑金属乐迷的赞赏，被认为是乐团最亮眼的时刻。这也是最后一张完全使用挪威语填写歌词的专辑。

在《魔王暴风》之后，乐团成员开始有了大转变。键盘手 Stian Aarstad 因为兵役问题而离开，无法参与1996年发行的EP《Devil's Path》的录制工作。在这段期间，贝斯手 Brynjard Tristan 也离开乐团，新的贝斯手 Nagash 加入。之后 Stian Aarstad 回到乐团，并参与了1997年《Enthrone Darkness Triumphant》专辑的录制。但在之后的巡回，他因无法参与排演及演出而被开除。《Enthrone Darkness Triumphant》这张专辑为乐团赢得了极大的成功，也是与德国知名唱片厂牌 Nuclear Blast 签约后的第一张专辑。

在《Enthrone Darkness Triumphant》的巡回结束后，乐团加入了键盘手 Mustis 和吉他手 Astennu，让 Shagrath 能专心担任主唱。之后，雾都魔堡分别在1999年和2001年发行《Spiritual Black Dimensions》与《魔界大宪章》。但乐团阵容在这段时间仍不断改变。Nagash 离开，新贝斯手/清腔 ICS Vortex 加入；Tjodalv 因家庭因素离开（之后组成乐团 Susperia），由前恶灵天皇鼓手 Nicholas Barker 顶替。Astennu 因吉他问题及与其他团员不合而被解雇。（据说，他会在背后批评其他人，并希望乐团能翻唱 Morbid Angel 的歌曲。）

尽管接下来的专辑将会制作音乐录像带，在 MTV2 和 Fuse TV 等电视频道播放，但是他们仍声明说他们并未要向商业市场靠拢，只是希望能将他们的讯息传递给更多人。2003年，乐团运用了唱片公司的庞大资金录制了新专辑《邪教末日》。专辑中一部分是与布拉格爱乐管弦乐团合作，以增加专辑中的古典元素。然而，在许多访谈中，Shagrath 提到了许多与管弦乐团合作的困难及缺点。在录音室中，他们花了整整两个礼拜去校正错误。在接下来的专辑，他们决定录音时不再使用管弦乐团，而将工作交给键盘手 Mustis。2004年，他们登上“Ozzfest”的主舞台。

2005年，乐团重新录制了《魔王暴风2005》，由异教狂徒（Mayhem）的 Hellhammer 担任专辑鼓手。

乐团的最新专辑《沉浸绝对邪恶》在2007年4月24日发行。专辑的特别限定版附赠一张DVD、倒印的歌词及镜子。封面在2月14日于专辑宣传网页上公布。这张专辑由异教狂徒乐团的 Hellhammer 担任鼓手，但他因颈部受伤导致右臂无法移动，已于2007年巡回期间暂时离团。在专辑发行之后，他们也成为第一组在家乡挪威拥有冠军专辑的黑金属乐团。

2008年，Silenoz 在与《Metal Hammer》杂志的访谈中提到，他们将在2008年年底开始筹备第十张专辑，预计在2010年中旬发行。他也说专辑可能会与伦敦爱乐交响乐团合作，将会到埃及和土耳其去录制专辑所需的声音，专辑制作人是 Max Cavalera 和 Fredrik Nordström。

■ 现任团员

Shagrath (Stian Thoresen) – 主唱(1993–)、吉他、贝斯、鼓(1993–1995)、键盘、合成器 (1993–)

Silenoz (Sven Atle Kopperud) – 吉他 (1993–)、主唱(1996–1996)

Snowy Shaw (Tommie Helgesson) - 贝斯 (2010-)、清腔(2010-)

Galder (Thomas Rune Andersen) – 吉他 (2000–)

Daray (Dariusz Brzozowski) - 鼓 (2008-)

■ 前任团员

Stian Aarstad – 键盘 (1993–1997)

Tjodalv (Kenneth Åkesson) – 鼓 (1995–1999)、吉他 (1993–1995、)

Brynjard Tristan (Ivar Tristan Lundsten) – 贝斯 (1994–1996)

Nagash (Stian Arnesen) – 贝斯、合声 (1996–1999)

Jens Petter - 吉他 (短期) (1996–1997)

Kimberly Goss - 键盘 (live) (1997–1998)

Astennu (Jamie Stinson) – 吉他 (1997–2000)

Aggressor (Carl-Michael Eide) – 鼓 (live) (1997)

Nicholas Barker – 鼓 (1999–2004)

Archon - 吉他 (2000)

Reno Kiilerich – 鼓 (live) (2004)

Tony Laureano – 鼓 (live) (2004–2005, 2007–)

Hellhammer (Jan Axel Blomberg) – 鼓 (2005–) 暂时离团

Cyrus（来自Susperia） - 吉他（“Blackest of the Black”2008现场乐手）

音乐作品

■ 《For all tid》 (1994)

■ 《魔王暴风》（Stormblåst） (1996)

■ 《Enthrone Darkness Triumphant》 (1997)

■ 《Godless Savage Garden》 (1998)

■ 《Spiritual Black Dimensions》 (1999)

■ 《魔界大宪章》（Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia） (2001)

■ 《邪教末日》（Death Cult Armageddon） (2003)

■ 《魔王暴风2005》（Stormblåst MMV） (2005)

■ 《沉浸绝对邪恶》（In Sorte Diaboli） (2007)

■ 《Abrahadabra》 (2010)

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Country of origin: Norway

Location: Oslo

Status: Active

Formed in: 1993

Years active: 1993-present

Genre: Symphonic Black Metal

Lyrical themes: Satanism, Anti-Christianity, Death, Misanthropy

Current label: Nuclear Blast

Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 1993. The name is derived from Dimmuborgir, a volcanic formation in Iceland, the name of which means &dark cities& or &dark castles/fortresses& in Icelandic, Faroese and Old Norse. The band has been through numerous lineup changes over the years; guitarist Silenoz and vocalist Shagrath are the only founding members remaining.

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Sun Tzu said: “Those skilled in war bring the enemy to the field of battle and are not brought there by him.” Founded in 1993 by Shagrath, Silenoz, and Tjodalv and named after unusually shaped lava fields and rock formations east of Lake Mývatn in Iceland, Norway’s DIMMU BORGIR made their debut into the underground metal scene via unofficial rehearsal cassette tapes in 1993. Inspired by incarnations of black metal from the ‘80s and ‘90s and inspired by the works of classical composers such as Wagner and Dvořák, the band’s music was resplendent in its raw & melodic vocals, somber guitar work, destructive drums, and haunting keyboard melodies.

Less than a year later, the band recorded their full-length debut, &For All Tid&, to wild acclaim. While the band’s reputation gained momentum throughout Scandinavia and the rest of the tape-trading underground world, DIMMU BORGIR focused their energies on recording what would become one of the most essential albums in black metal history, &Stormblåst&. While sung completely in Norwegian, it catapulted them out of Europe and into international waters. Displaying a marked escalation in their time signatures, DIMMU BORGIR made significant headway in developing a classically influenced sound that would become their intrinsic, defining blueprint. Following &Stormblåst&, DIMMU BORGIR recorded their first material featuring English lyrics for the 1996 mini-CD entitled Devil’s Path, which later got them signed to the independent record label Nuclear Blast.

Their third full-length album (now considered an all-time classic), &Enthrone Darkness Triumphant&, was recorded with living legend Peter Tägtgren at the helm in Abyss Studios. After its release, it marked the band’s significant international breakthrough with over 150,000 copies sold and chart entries all over the world. This breakthrough year also included performances at some of the most esteemed European summer gatherings such as Holland’s Dynamo, Germany’s With Full Force and Wacken Open Air festivals, among others. After their world tour for &Enthrone Darkness Triumphant&, DIMMU BORGIR went straight back into the Abyss Studios and recorded the Godless Savage Garden mini-CD, which earned them their first Spellemannprisen award nomination (the Norwegian equivalent to the American Grammy award). Fans around the world curiously waited to see what direction the next full-length, &Spiritual Black Dimensions&, would take. Once again recorded at Abyss Studios with Peter Tägtgren, the album stormed into music stores around the world in 1999 and single-handedly transformed the market for black metal. Those who ever doubted DIMMU BORGIR’s allegiance to extreme music were forced to face reality when the album proved to be their most complex and severe offering. Sun Tzu said: “He who occupies the field of battle first and awaits his enemy is at ease; he who comes later to the scene and rushes into the fight is weary.”

After Tjodalv resigned from the drum throne in the early stages of their 1999 tour, DIMMU ‘s line-up shifted. The sextet entered Sweden’s Fredman Studio in the fall of 2000 with Fredrik Nordström to record eleven tracks of audible malevolence and exceptional atmospherics which was baptized &Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia&. Released in 2001, Puritanical expanded DIMMU’s audience even more, earning them their first Spellemanprisen award and setting the stage for 2003’s mammoth &Death Cult Armageddon&, which debuted at #7 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart, #10 on the Top Independent Albums chart, and at #170 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart. &Death Cult Armageddon& – which earned the band another Spellemanprisen award in 2003 – went on to sell over 130,000 records in North America alone. Parts of the orchestral versions of the songs “Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse” and “Eradication Instincts Defined” were selected for use in the movie trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy. Later, parts from the same tracks could also be heard in the trailer for the movie Stardust starring Robert De Niro. In 2004, DIMMU landed a coveted spot on Ozzfest’s Main Stage with Slayer, Judas Priest, and Black Sabbath in addition to later being showcased in the MTV reality series “Battle For Ozzfest.” After re-recording &Stormblåst& in 2005 with Peter Tägtgren and session drummer Hellhammer, the latter stayed on to record 2007’s &In Sorte Diaboli&, DIMMU’s first concept album about a bishop’s apprentice searching his true self who – instead of finding the meaning of life through the religion – abandons his religious life in favor of darkness and its endless realm. Recorded with Fredrik Nordström and Patrik J. Sten at Sweden’s (in)famous Studio Fredman, &In Sorte Diaboli& debuted at #1 on the Norwegian album chart and clinched DIMMU BORGIR their first #1 album and their first Gold Record in Norway.

The album sold over 75,000 copies in the U.S. and debuted at #2 on Billboard’s Top Independent Albums chart and at #43 on the Top 200 Albums chart. Yet again, the band took home another Spellemannprisen award, this time in the video category. DIMMU hit the road hard in support of In Sorte and performed at Nuclear Blast’s 20th Anniversary Party in Stuttgart, at Germany’s Rock Am Ring & Rock Im Park festivals, filmed their headlining Wacken Open Air performance, toured Europe with Amon Amarth, toured North America with Devildriver, Behemoth & Keep Of Kalessin, and even appeared at the New England Hardcore & Metal Festival. In 2008, DIMMU’s three-disc &The Invaluable Darkness& DVD (which included 2007’s live footage at Wacken) entered Norway’s Music DVD chart at #1 and debuted at #5 in the U.S. on the Top Music Videos chart while the band was on tour in North America with Danzig on the “Blackest Of The Black” tour.

They also appeared on the television show “The Daily Habit” on Fuel TV – the American extreme sports lifestyle network with over 50 million worldwide viewers. In 2009, DIMMU played Nova Rock – Austria’s largest music festival, Terminal Press debuted the fantasy horror comic book “DIMMU BORGIR: Dark Fortress” at ComiCon in San Diego, and “Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse” was selected for inclusion in the action-adventure video game soundtrack, Brütal Legend. Sun Tzu said: “Therefore, when I have won a victory, I do not repeat my tactics but respond to circumstances in an infinite variety of ways.” In June of this year, DIMMU BORGIR proudly announced that over 101 musicians contributed their talents to the making of the new album, including Norwegian composer and Berklee College of Music summa cum laude alumnus Gaute Storaas, the 51 members of KORK (the Norwegian Radio Orchestra) and the 38-member Schola Cantorum Choir. Eleven months in the making, the band broke their three-word title tradition for the second time since 1996 to name their ninth studio album &ABRAHADABRA&, which roughly translates into “I will create as I speak.” The word first entered the human lexicon in 1904 via Chapter III of Liber AL vel Legis (commonly referred to as The Book of the Law) written by English occultist and mystic Aleister Crowley during his time in Cairo, Egypt. Set in the post-apocalyptic landscapes of German artist / painter / graphic designer Joachim Luetke, the album cover’s face with tentacles harkens back to H.P. Lovecraft’s nameless elder gods and “personifies dominion of powers far beyond mankind,” according to the artist. “

These nameless gods witnessed the birth of our universe and they’ll watch it implode. To them, the age of mankind is but a blink of an eye.” A return to the famed raw ferocity of 1997′s &Enthrone Darkness Triumphant&, &ABRAHADABRA& is, according to North America’s Decibel Magazine, “Norway’s answer to The Omen.” Metallian Magazine from France predicts: “It will become a milestone of the genre. It is impossible not to be amazed.” Inferno Magazine decrees: “Majestic, evil, and pompous, &ABRAHADABRA& is everything that makes DIMMU BORGIR the elite of the pack.” An inundation of power, a showcase of incessant skill, and above all, an intelligent manifesto of a highly intact creative force, &ABRAHADABRA& demonstrates every reason why Norway’s DIMMU BORGIR is – and unquestionably remains – the most prominent symphonic black metal act in the world.

(Nuclear Blast)

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