Dimmu Borgir

Dimmu Borgir

Short Biography:

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                  Galder-guitars

                  Erkekjetter Silenoz-guitars

                  Nicholas Barker-drums

                  Simen Hestnes-bass

                  Mustis-keyboards

Originating in Norway, Dimmu Borgir began their career in 1994 with the release of "Inn I Evighetens Morke". Their lyrics were written in Norweigen, so the majority of their fan base liked them because of the dark, melodic nature of their music. Hoping to increase the vastness of their fans, after their first two albums they decided to write their lyrics in English. In 1997 they released "Enthrone Darkness Triumphant" on the label Nuclear Blast, and the label would not print the lyrics to "Tormentor of Christian Souls", beginning the controversy. They ran with it, however, and have become a very popular band.

Dimmu Borgir

Puritania [Puritanical Euphoria Misanthropia]

Let chaos entwine on defenseless soil
Remove errors of man and sweep all the weakening kind

I am war, I am pain
I am all you've ever slain
I am tears in your eyes
I am grief, I am lies

Bygone are tolerance and presence of grace
Scavengers are set out to cleanse the human filth parade

I am pure, I am true
I am all over you
I am laugh, I am smile
I am the earth defiled

I am the cosmic storms
I am the tiny worms
I am fear in the night
I am bringer of the blight

Burn in Hell [Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia]

WELCOME TO THE ABANDONED LAND
COME ON IN, CHILD; TAKE MY HAND
HERE THERE'S NO WORK OR PLAY
ONLY ONE BILL TO PAY
THERE'S JUST FIVE WORDS TO SAY
AS YOU GO DOWN, DOWN, DOWN

YOU'RE GONNA BURN IN HELL
OH, BURN IN HELL

YOU CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THE THINGS I'VE DONE WRONG IN MY LIFE
WITHOUT EVEN TRYING I'VE LIVED ON THE EDGE OF A KNIFE
WELL, I'VE PLAYED WITH FIRE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET MYSELF BURNED
TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, SO I THINK THAT IT'S TIME FOR A TURN

BEFORE I BURN IN HELL
OH, BURN IN HELL

HEAR NO EVIL, DON'T YOU
SEE NO EVIL, DON'T YOU
LAY NO EVIL DOWN ON ME
YOU'RE GONNA BURN IN HELL
SPEAK NO EVIL, DON'T YOU
THINK NO EVIL, DON'T YOU
PLAY WITH EVIL, 'CAUSE I'M FREE

TAKE A GOOD LOOK IN YOUR HEART; TELL ME WHAT DO YOU SEE?
IT'S BLACK AND IT'S DARK, NOW IS THAT HOW YOU WANT IT TO BE?
IT'S UP TO YOU; WHAT YOU DO WILL DECIDE YOUR OWN FATE
MAKE YOUR CHOICE NOW FOR TOMORROW MAY BE FAR TOO LATE

[REPEAT SECOND CHORUS]

AND THEN YOU'LL BURN IN HELL

Hybrid Stigmata- The Apostasy [Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia]

The apparition of two faces in disgust
Invisible but yet so clear
Reflections seen by a fugitive
Trying to escape the looking glass
Blood runs from open wounds of false flesh
The one in front of the mirror exceeds the image
Eager to leave further but chained still

To crumble into such nothingness
A despairing fate, for your lies
To pretend is the lunatic's legacy
Privileged to bolt the nails of heresy

Born lifeless into a world of coma
As the chronic sufferer trapped in paradise lost
Missing insinuations of what life was meant to be
Angels and demons, a march man's bewildering hosts

[chorus:]
The charlatans and deceivers walk the line in prejudice
The narrow slits the veins in search for the crown
Profound impatience makes the blind struggle in stupidity
The paradox of the daily prayer, diffidence is Confiteor
Phenomena of ironies, cast the litany aside
How intelligible, blessed be the forgetful

Holding the banner high, unrestrained
Slowly abandoning the surface in contempt
Still in costumes to please the ways of living
Witnessing the details of defilement, intoxicating

Make sure to be pleased with the ways of your death
For in days of reckoning and when the twilight torn is ticking
Elysium is halfway and as an answer to the plea
You're destined to yield fragments of Hell in return

Leave unnoticed with the perfect conscience
With the strength of the spiritual eye
Spirits of the token unchained and free
Recover from the philanthropic macabre frenzy
The pale dove grins, black at heart ready to flee
Demon to some, angel to others

Discography:

1994: Inn I Evighetens Morke and For All Tid

1996: Stormblast and Devil's Path

1997: Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

1998: Godless Savage Garden

1999: Spiritual Black Dimensions

2001: Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia and Alive in Torment (live EP)

2002: World Misanthropy (live EP)