DIMMU BORGIR - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

 

DIMMU BORGIR - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

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This is by far the best Dimmu Borgir album that I've ever heard! Every song on here is amazing! The music, the guitars, the synthesizers, the keyboards, the vocals all innovative and amazing! This is a pretty symphonic album, but the riffs and aura is totally unique. I wish they didn't take a path for the worst in the black metal community. The rhythms on here are simply amazing! I've not heard such amazing riffs especially on "Mourning Palace", that one is an amazing track. But all of the tracks are equally good! The synthesizers go well with the music. They actually compliment it. Careful orchestration!

The music itself is the best to talk about here. Just the distortion filled guitars make every track just amazing. They just knew what they were doing on here. They carefully paved the way for many bands to follow in their foot-steps and with this in existence there's still time for the band to improve. It seems as though with the newer material they've abandoned their creative roots and lost a lot of fans, including me. But I'll always be a fan of some certain albums. Maybe 4 or more of their albums. But this one is insuperable. I don't know how they went from such an interesting band to making what they now make. It happens.

The production quality was a little raw, but still awesome that you can hear everything going on and it just all fits. I don't have any complaints with this release. They went from slowly progressing in the old albums to this one then started regressing. It's sad. I wish that some day that they'd create something like this one again. But it's just wishful thinking. We'll let this one alone in a category of its own. Their music on here just slays. I like the guitar riffs and vocals the most. And I hate to say it but the synthesizers as well. They weren't annoying at all. They made the album more atmospheric.

If you're new to this band, this is a good start! They're at their best on here and the riffs just tear your speakers apart! Amazing album and interesting band but caveat emptor (let the buyer beware) with the albums. This one is a good one to start with, the previous are too raw. That's my opinion at least. This one is raw but the music steals the audience, absolutely! You need to hear this release it's so epic and dominates on so many different levels! I'd just buy the CD. Show the band that fans are still interested especially those not exposed to the older material!

Ryan “Death8699” Fanucchi