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Dimmu Borgir

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Black Metal

http://www.dimmu-borgir.com
Myspace: http://myspace.com/dimmuborgir
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1 июл 2026 :	SILENOZ: Some Former DIMMU BORGIR Members Had 'Been Riding The Coattails Of Being In This Band'
22 май 2026 :
1 май 2026 :	DIMMU BORGIR's SILENOZ On Long Wait For 'Grand Serpent Rising' Album: 'I Feel Like Great Things Shouldn't Be Easily Achieved'
23 апр 2026 :
20 апр 2026 :	DIMMU BORGIR's SILENOZ On Upcoming 'Grand Serpent Rising' Album: We've Come Up With 'A Collection Of Great Songs Without Compromising'
26 мар 2026 :
16 сен 2025 :	DIMMU BORGIR's SILENOZ Wants To Do A 'Proper Tour' Of U.S. After Release Of New Album: 'It's Not Gonna Be Easy', He Admits
14 сен 2025 :	DIMMU BORGIR Completes Recording, Mixing And Mastering Long-Awaited New Album: 'What A Fantastic Journey'
7 авг 2025 :
4 авг 2025 :	DIMMU BORGIR's SILENOZ Confirms Band Is Working On New Album: 'We Demo Everything Down To The Smallest Little Detail'
29 июн 2025 :	DIMMU BORGIR Announces New Guitarist
25 дек 2024 :	Former DIMMU BORGIR Drummer TJODALV Shares Pro-Shot Video Of Entire August 1998 Show In Krakow
4 дек 2024 :	DIMMU BORGIR Hit The Studio With Producer FREDRIK NORDSTRÖM; Photo
19 авг 2024 :	Longtime DIMMU BORGIR Guitarist GALDER Announces His Departure From The Band
2 июл 2024 :	Watch DIMMU BORGIR's Entire Tuska Festival 2024 Performance; Fan-Filmed Video Streaming
12 май 2024 :	DIMMU BORGIR's SILENOZ: 'We Have Been Working On' New Music 'For Quite A While'
2 апр 2024 :	Watch: DIMMU BORGIR Rejoined By ICS VORTEX, MUSTIS And TJODALV During 2024 INFERNO Festival Performance
11 дек 2023 :	DIMMU BORGIR's SILENOZ: 'I'm Totally Against Any Type Of Censorship'
7 дек 2023 :	SILENOZ: DIMMU BORGIR Has Between Six And Eight Songs Demoed For Next Album
10 ноя 2023 :	DIMMU BORGIR Shares Cover Of DEEP PURPLE's 'Perfect Strangers' From 'Inspiratio Profanus' Collection
19 окт 2023 :	DIMMU BORGIR Announces Covers Album 'Inspiratio Profanus'
19 янв 2023 :	Watch DIMMU BORGIR Perform "Gateways" At Bloodstock 2022; HQ Video
17 янв 2023 :	Watch DIMMU BORGIR Perform "Dimmu Borgir" At Bloodstock 2022; HQ Video
5 янв 2023 :	DIMMU BORGIR Drummer DARIUSZ "DARAY" BRZOZOWSKI Shares Drumcam Footage Of "Gateways" Performance At Tons Of Rock 2022
28 окт 2022 :	DIMMU BORGIR - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (Remixed & Remastered) Unleashed Today; "The Maelstrom Mephisto" Lyric Video Streaming
27 окт 2022 :	DIMMU BORGIR Drummer DARIUSZ “DARAY” BRZOZOWSKI Performs "Kings Of The Carnival Creation" In New Playthrough Video

1 май 2026

DIMMU BORGIR's SILENOZ On Long Wait For 'Grand Serpent Rising' Album: 'I Feel Like Great Things Shouldn't Be Easily Achieved'

In a new interview with KillerTube, DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Sven "Silenoz" Kopperud spoke about the Norwegian symphonic black metal band's upcoming album, "Grand Serpent Rising", which will arrive on May 22 via Nuclear Blast Records. Asked about the "serpent" imagery about "shedding skin and renewal" and how it relates to what DIMMU BORGIR has gone through in the eight years since the release of DIMMU BORGIR's previous album, 2018's "Eonian", Silenoz said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We've had to shed quite a lot, as usual, maybe more than previously. But it's all a good thing. I feel like great things shouldn't be easily achieved. It should include a lot of sacrifice, and that's what we feel like we have done with this record. And it just sucks that it took us eight years to have it out. But there you go. I'd rather have quality over quantity any day. So, whenever we feel ready to release it upon the world, that's when we do it."

Silenoz also talked about the process of "cutting the fat" from the DIMMU BORGIR songs in preparation for the "Grand Serpent Rising" recording sessions. Asked how hard it was "to let go of some of that stuff", Silenoz said: "It can be challenging. It's like if you have worked on a musical part for like weeks and months and it doesn't find it way into a song for whatever reason, and it's still a great piece of music that doesn't make it to the album — it happens more than once. And it's part of being an artist. You have to write for what's best for the songs. You cannot force things in there just to have a piece of the pie extra. That doesn't work for the overall picture. So, I think we've gotten a lot better doing it the way we do it on this album, the last few times, because, yeah, it just feels the flow is there a bit more, I think, and we try not to analyze it to death. I think that's also very important, that you do spontaneous things and you take things as they come."

Silenoz went on to say that he didn't allow his expectations for the "Grand Serpent Rising" album to affect the songwriting process in a negative way.

"If you do something and you don't expect a reward for it, that's usually when the great things come," he explained. "If you try and force things to you, then that's just going to go further away then. Obviously, we don't mind the 'thumbs up' and people coming to our shows — this is what we do for a living — but we would still do it in whatever level we would be at, 'cause it's part of you. And if we did it for other reasons, we would have an album out every year."

Earlier this month, Silenoz told Australia's Everblack podcast about his expectations for "Grand Serpent Rising": "Of course you have an anticipation for how you want the public to receive it. But at the end of the day, we feel strongly about it and we feel like we've done a collection of great songs, and that's essentially what the new album is. If it stands the test of time as one of our better albums, then so be it. That remains to be seen. But I think we have accomplished the goal, which was to make another new good-sounding record."

He continued: "I think especially the previous [album, 2018's 'Eonian'], and maybe this new one even more so, it's something that some of it hits immediately and some might need some extra time, which is always usually a sign of a great record. Some records are immediate and they still continue to be great 15, 20 years later, but it all comes down to a combination of what you probably expect, want and need from your artists, I guess. And a new record is always a subjective thing, isn't it? So it's bound to disappoint a lot of people, even before they've heard it. But that's the day and age we live in, isn't it?"

Asked if he and his DIMMU BORGIR bandmates felt any pressure to deliver something special this time around, Silenoz said: "It might sound cocky, but I think if there is any pressure, it's the one that we put on ourselves and not from exterior things. Obviously, after so many years, decades of being in the band and releasing albums, you always have in the back of your mind, even though you don't think about it very often, but it's still there, it's like, yeah, obviously you want the audience and your fans to approve of what you do and that you put so many hours and [so much] energy into it. But at the end of the day, talking to you now, before it even actually has been released, which [will be] the 22nd of May, it's already a success in many ways because we have accomplished what we set out to do and that's to make a collection of great songs as a new album, and do it our way, without compromising in any field. So that makes me proud already. But, of course, the 'thumbs up' and that people love it and will go and see us at the shows and stuff, that's the bonus. That's the top cream of the cake, basically."

Silenoz also talked about the "killing your darlings" part of the songwriting process, which involves removing some of his favorite lyrics, melodies or parts that he loves but that do not serve the songs' overall purpose. He explained: "It's the crucial part where the producer in you comes out, and you have to, as much as it hurts, put a lot of your ego aside and see things from the outside and look at the songs as a whole chapter, basically. And imagine all the great parts, all the great pieces of music and lyrics that didn't make it to this album. I mean, the percentage that made it to the album in terms of songs are smaller than the material that we had to work with. And, of course, it's a slap to the ego in the sense that, yeah, we all have parts that we have worked on for hours and hours, and it doesn't make it to the album in the end because it's not ready for being put into a song or a piece of music. So it's still a great piece of music, but it's being shelved for now, and see if maybe later at some point, it's the right time to use it. Who knows? It's just a part of being an artist and a creative person, is that you have to sacrifice to get to the end goal, which is to finalize the album. And, of course, when you don't really have a particular deadline for recording and stuff like that, things can drag on, because you feel like, 'Oh, we can still have time to work on this.' But I think this time we just made the decision to, 'Well, we have enough material now. Let's work on that and let's shave off and trim off the fat and book the time in the studio so we have, actually, a conclusive timeframe.' That's a difficult and the challenging part when you not necessarily have a deadline."

Recording for "Grand Serpent Rising" once again took place in Gothenburg with trusted producer Fredrik Nordström, the consummate professional behind such DIMMU BORGIR classics as "Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia" and "Death Cult Armageddon". Asked what Nordström brought out of him and his bandmates this time that some of the previous producers DIMMU BORGIR had worked with didn't or hadn't, Silenoz said: "What they have in common — I think I can speak for all of the people that we worked with over the years — is that they do their best to bring the best out of us, and they do because there are no shortcuts here. I mean, we come very well prepared to the studio. We have demoed every song down to the last little detail that we think is crucial for it to sound. So it's easier for us to have an overview already before we start the main tracking of the album, basically, which is a re-tracking in terms of you gotta get the real drums on there instead of the programmed drums that we have been working on. And also re-record everything and adjust everything with guitars, keyboards, and vocals and leads and all that stuff. But we already have that as a demo, so we know what type of highlights in each song that needs to be at the forefront. And I think Fredrik, he was very impressed and thankful that we come so prepared, and I think that's also, of course, a result of us taking the time it takes and taking the time it needs to finish it. And so for us, the album is, in many ways, I guess you can say, it's finished before we start recording with Fredrik because we lived with these songs so many years already. Some of them are from 2018, 2019. And so for us it's basically just go into the studio and re-record everything and to get the full production out of all the songs, basically. So, in that sense, Fredrik, he obviously has no say in the way the songs are structured, but he can always come up with a solution to maybe highlight an idea or a detail and we see what that sounds like in the mix. And it was, like, 'Yeah, why not do it like this?' So there's very little room for improvisation once we actually start recording the album, 'cause we have been living with the songs for so long and we have taken it apart, tweaked and twisted it around like you have no idea and re-edited pieces here and there, back and forth. So once we go into the studio to record, we are totally focused on the actual performance of the songs and not like, 'Oh, we can change the song around here.' Then that part of it is already done."

Silenoz also discussed his long-running working relationship with Shagrath, having formed the band together in 1993. Regarding how they have navigated all the changes in the music industry and the challenges they have faced over the course of the last three decades, the guitarist said: "I think it's not always easy, and I think something great never comes out of doing things easy or doing shortcuts and going the easy way. It takes a lot of determination, focus, stubbornness and being at the right time and place more than once. Actually, you have to be at the right place and time, every time. [Laughs] And you have to work at it. It's, like, if you look at successful bands, imagine how many times they have failed. But that doesn't come to the surface. People only see the successes. So, I think both me and Shagrath have the same amount of determination and ownership to what we have created over the years. We were there since the beginning, and we are just the same driven people. We are definitely very different in many ways, but we also have things in common, which is for the benefit of the band and for the music that we make. And despite common belief, I guess, we do agree more than we disagree. [Laughs] So I'm really proud that even if you have disagreements along the way, which you should have, doing it for this long, that's just normal, I'm proud that we actually are still on the same page when it comes to the major things."

He added: "At the end of the day, the feeling is still there as it was in the beginning because we do this because we want to, not because we have to. And it's a huge difference. I mean, if we did this because we had to, we would've released an album every second year, because it would look better on the bank account and we could use that as an excuse to tour more often. But that's not the case. We do this because we love creating art and, yeah, we love to take our time doing it, that's for sure. I'll take that. But it is what it is. And I think to make something a great product, you have to really sacrifice to get there. And people have no effing idea what sacrifice really means. So, I think that's the main clue."

When "Grand Serpent Rising" was first announced in late March, Silenoz said about the eight-year gap between "Eonian" and the new LP: "No question: quality must always trump quantity. We eventually set deadlines, but in the early stages of a new album, there are no schedules at all. Rushing means nothing to us. The most powerful blackened art simply can't be forced without losing its essence."

The guitarist paused, then continued: "It can easily become an endless process. Whatever you create, you constantly feel it could be improved — that's the artist's curse, and that's why you eventually move on to make another album. But with every record, a point finally comes when everything feels exactly right. And that's when it's time to let it go."

On the topic of the "Grand Serpent Rising" album title, Silenoz said: "It fits perfectly. DIMMU BORGIR is a leviathan of a band on a grand scale and we are rising once again. While the serpent represents evil to some, for us it symbolizes something else: renewal, growth, knowledge, and liberation. Shedding our skin, so to speak. And let's not forget that February 2026 marks the end of the Year Of The Snake, roughly the same moment this album was completed."

"Grand Serpent Rising" was recorded as a full-band effort, with Daray (drums),Victor Brandt (bass),Gerlioz (keyboards) and Damage (guitars) all playing vital roles.

Lyrically, the album follows a clear spiritual trajectory without becoming a rigid concept record. Themes of transformation, ego dissolution, and awakening resonate throughout, drawing on esoteric traditions and alchemical self-transformation, the act of shedding the old self in pursuit of one's true potential.

"Within every human being lie dormant divine centers, the chakras, whose awakening may take countless lifetimes through natural evolution," Silenoz explained. "Yet once the soul reaches sufficient maturity, this process can be accelerated. Through disciplined self-training and deep meditation, the sacred force may rise within a single lifetime, activating each center in turn."

Photo credit: Stian Andersen

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2 май 2026

resurgamresponses

Частить не надо, смысла нет, нужно рубить концерты на старых делах, и потом выруливать на новое. 8 лет? Отлично, зато новый зайдет на ура