I love Old Dimmu Borgir ... its so melancholic. Broderskapets Ring from the album Stormblåst is my favourite.
@zejzild
11 ай бұрын
That is indeed a really good one .... that whole album (Stormblåst) is amazing
@janeg6759
11 ай бұрын
I'm subscribed to your channel. I find the black metal piano very soothing. Good to see you here! 🙂
@blackMetalPiano
11 ай бұрын
@@janeg6759 Thanks !! :)
@thegrimner
11 ай бұрын
Yet another example of relative dynamic range from the second wave, even if Dimmu Borgir have never been among my favourites. I do like their Stormblast album, though. The use of atmospherics was lifted straight up from Emperor, without Emperor's compositional skills. The first 3 albums from Emperor really created a blueprint that on a purely compositional level has rarely been achieved since. Not that it was overtly complex, but it's a case where the individual pieces work perfectly; guitars are fuzzy but often melodic and playing off each other, drums are fast while knowing when to let the tempo breathe, and synths create an almost ethereal, majestic counterpoint to the chaos, but are usually not melodically dominant. Everyone from 1994 to 1997 wanted to be Emperor, and for good reason. Unlike others from the era, their early sound manages the weird feat of being a product of its time that stands on its own today.
@thegrimner
11 ай бұрын
Also, there's no denying the kitsch factor in black metal. Some bands like Immortal or Darkthrone always had a certain element of tongue in cheek even when othera took it way, way too seriously, but that contradiction is part of the charm. These were kids. Most were in their teens when recording their debut albums, and most were self important and overblown and more than a little silly, but that pompousness somehow led them through sheer laws of improbability to be creative while giving three farts to the wind about commercial viability. Some were copy cats, no doubt, others laid out groundwork for just about everything in extreme music nowadays, and many others still found their musical voices beyond metal and yet are still stylistically linked to it. It's sincere, yet also posturing, theatrical and yet kinda vulnerable, ugly yet kinda beautiful.
@AndyGrouch
11 ай бұрын
Yes Emperor's compositions were so much more sophisticated than anyone elses at that time (and later too). It sounds just so much more mature and interesting.
@Benobot99
11 ай бұрын
It was made in 94/95 actually. They were on their 3rd album by 97.
@georgecostan3248
11 ай бұрын
The rerelease was from 1997, but the original was released in early 1995, with demos from as early as January 1994. So, the songs were mostly from 1993.
@jonathanhenderson9422
11 ай бұрын
For many hardcore BM fans this is the only DB album they liked as it's they only one where they went with the rawer production associated with most classic and 2nd Wave BM, but even here you can tell that DB is going after a more accessible, melodic, and atmospheric style than most of their predecessors. It's still in a very raw/rough form, but they aren't quite on the Burzum/Mayhem end of the BM spectrum either. Personally, I vastly prefer them once they get to their Enthrone Darkness Triumphant era. It was nice to finally hear what a BM band sounded like with good production, and they were one of the first to do it. Symphonic black metal goes back to the early 90s with Emperor. They pioneered both symphonic black metal and prog black metal. You heard one track of theirs (The Eruption) a couple of years ago on the channel (I remember because it was one I'd voted for/recommended!).
@bertil3887
10 ай бұрын
I feel many hardcore BM Fans also like Stormblåst, at least the BM Fans I've met praise their first two albums
@Ca11mero
11 ай бұрын
Worth noting that they were 16-17 when they recorded this album :) I think you need to check out "Dungeon Synth" to get a better understanding where the synths appeared in the chronology. Basically DnD music made by people within the same circles as black metal during the early 90s. Mortiis is probably the most recognized guy, his albums "Født til å Herske" and "Ånden som Gjorde Opprør" will make more sense to why it appears in Dimmu Borgir (among others) during that time.
@Benobot99
11 ай бұрын
Nice!! They have some real gems early in their career, and entire albums of amazing songs from 1997 to 2001. 🤘
@Benobot99
11 ай бұрын
I actually own the original black and white version of this album (their first). It costed me over $100, but as a collector and big fan it was necessary for me.
@gallopinggargoyles7891
11 ай бұрын
Yeah I can imagine; I myself had all four of the Cradle Of Filth demo tapes in my collection for a very long time :)
@hextatik_sound
11 ай бұрын
I bought it when it came out and it costed around 100 mk (~14 €).
@MaaZeus
11 ай бұрын
I rarely pay attention to lyrics in music I listen to but now that you translated them, I do wonder if the protagonist of these lyrics isn't really "dead" but has been turned into a vampire or some other form of undead? Or just cursed? And he isn't particularly happy about it either as he is now a being without a soul and unable to appreciate beauty in the world etc... He is pissed at the being who caused this to him but now he also can do nothing but to keep the circle going and pass this curse along to the next victim. Just thinking aloud, as I said I rarely pay attention to lyrics. Anywho, I just love early Dimmu. There is often very beautiful music under the roughness and abrasiveness of that early BM sound that they wrote.
@janeg6759
11 ай бұрын
Progenies of the Great Apocalypse is probably my favorite DB song. I love their symphonic stuff. I've listened to 2 full albums around 2010ish, but nothing prior. It's good to see/hear their origins.
@Benobot99
11 ай бұрын
Definitely check out their 1999 album Spiritual Black Dimensions, and their 2001 album Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia. Excellent albums!
@janeg6759
11 ай бұрын
@@Benobot99 yes. I believe Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia was the first album I listened to from them. Kings of the Carnival Creation was my favorite song. It was after I saw Sorgens Kammer, del II on the TV and I was shocked to see such a video on a local television channel. I was just so engrossed I had to look them up. That was the moment I learned the difference between death metal and black metal 😁
@gallopinggargoyles7891
11 ай бұрын
I adore early Dimmu, and Death Cult Armageddon was their very last great release for me.
@atheist101
11 ай бұрын
This and Stormblast are the best two Dimmu albums ever made and are in the top ten best black metal albums
@liamc.636
10 ай бұрын
React to gorgoroth-gorgoroth. Very well composed black metal
@vn77821
11 ай бұрын
their first album is the best one, very atmospheric and melancholic
@GriefGrumbleTheMauler
11 ай бұрын
It's 94-95; 97 is re-release. I don't believe they pioneered the 2nd wave BM sound, but their first 2 albums do stand out; and imho they've never surpassed them since.
@MaartenT
11 ай бұрын
No, Darkthrone, Mayhem, Burzum were doing what basically was 2nd wave black metal a couple of years earlier (Mayhem actually a bunch of years earlier), but I would certainly put this right into 2nd wave black metal just on the symphonic side (even though there are plenty of "trve" black metal fans that don't really like Dimmu Borgir). I don't know if they were the first symphonic or melodic black metal bands, but I assume they were at least among the first.
@GriefGrumbleTheMauler
11 ай бұрын
@@MaartenT I was thinking about Ancient, Gehenna or even, say, Summoning. What differs many groups including DB from that time is rather chill BM balancing medieval/epic and Satanic inspirations. Re sympho-black, Emperor should be the first one to be named.
@immortalx50
11 ай бұрын
do an Arcturus video, the most unconventional act from the norwegian scene
@AndyGrouch
11 ай бұрын
This album and the next Stormblåst had very unique atmosphere. Then it turned into typical symphonic BM and lost a lot of its atmosphere(although quite cool at the time). The older Dimmu hasn't aged very well aside from these first two albums which are pretty unique in the genre.
@lokeforce8905
11 ай бұрын
Do The insight and the catharsis studio verison :)
@MMasterDE
10 ай бұрын
As someone else posted, Stormblåst is a great, albeit cheesy, album. I say cheesy, because it's melodic to a fault, haha. This song is a bit too early.
@wolframreactor74
11 ай бұрын
Brian, you like to react to new and different bands. Let’s have you try some Frayle. Perfect for the Halloween season. Stark, sludgy, thick sound with layered ethereal female vocalist.
@CriticalReactions
11 ай бұрын
Got a specific track you'd like to see me check out?
@wolframreactor74
11 ай бұрын
@@CriticalReactions kzitem.info/news/bejne/qY9jl52dapuDiI4si=xoD7hKfMLZgCdOVI Frayle: Bright Eyes. Bassist Jason Knotek guitar sound is thick, fat and sludgy.. deep atmosphere.
@maxr.3900
11 ай бұрын
what do you compose
@CriticalReactions
11 ай бұрын
Historically it was all commissioned works so whatever the person wanted. Lately I've been exploring my own voice which is a combination of electronica, rock, metal, classical, and jazz -- it's kinda all of the place and still a bit rough as I figure out how to mesh all the sides of me. You can find my music www.youtube.com/@criticalcompositions
@marcbaur677
11 ай бұрын
Dont like the newer Dimmu Borgir, my favorite is the original Stormblast Album. 😍
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