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Enthrone Darkness Triumphant: Reloaded
Dimmu Borgir
Enthrone Darkness Triumphant: Reloaded
Genres: International Music, Rock, Metal
 
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The 1997 breakthrough album that won them worldwide acclaim and is still heralded as one of the finest Norwegian Black Metal offerings. Housed in a Super Jewel Case with tons of bonus material, this is vital material for a...  more »

     
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All Artists: Dimmu Borgir
Title: Enthrone Darkness Triumphant: Reloaded
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Nuclear Blast Americ
Original Release Date: 1/1/1997
Re-Release Date: 9/2/2008
Album Type: Enhanced, Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
Genres: International Music, Rock, Metal
Styles: Europe, Scandinavia, Death Metal
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 727361219123, 0727361219123

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The 1997 breakthrough album that won them worldwide acclaim and is still heralded as one of the finest Norwegian Black Metal offerings. Housed in a Super Jewel Case with tons of bonus material, this is vital material for any longtime Dimmu Borgir fan.

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Mournful Gothic/Black metal opus
Hater of the Human Race | Under a Serpent Sun in Cincinnati, Ohio | 06/08/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Dimmu Borgir became one of the biggest bands to play this kind of extreme music with this album. First, let me say that I like alot of raw black metal bands but I also like the gothic/black symphonic stuff that Dimmu Borgir plays. Shagrath's vocals are very powerful and are kind of in between a death growl and a tortured black metal scream. The guitar playing on this album is wonderful. It's sometimes fast, but at other times it's very melodic with technical riffs and nice solos. The beautiful keyboards on tracks like "In Death's Embrace" create a very sad atmosphere within the chaos of the music. "Tormentor of Christian Souls" is a very fast and aggressive song that just about any fan of black metal could probably enjoy as the symph is present, but only in moderation. Other standout tracks are "Mourning Palace", "Entrance", and "A Succubus in Rapture". Cradle of Filth fans would probably like Dimmu Borgir. If you already are a fan of Dimmu, i'd like to recommend Mystic Circle, Agathodaimon, Lux Occulta, Sigh, Thy Serpent, Covenant, and Nokturnal Mortum. All great symphonic black metal bands. HAIL DIMMU BORGIR!"
Still the best Dimmu CD
Sam Chronic | Marietta, GA United States | 08/28/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Despite the line-up changes which occured after this album and can be deemed nothing else except improvements, this remains my favorite Dimmu release yet. The album has the atmosphere of Stormblast but with better production and all English lyrics except for one of my favorites on the CD; Raabjørn Speiler Draugheimens Skodde, which is the unlisted track 11. The production is also in my opinion much better than the later Spiritual Black Dimensions, while not too polished and overdone.The CD is full of Dimmu classics from Mourning Palace, Spellbound, In Deaths Embrace to Tormentor of Christian Souls and A Succubus in Rapture. The atmosphere of the CD is killer, with the melodic riffing and some of the best keyboard work of it's kind done by former keyboardist Stian Aarstad.Known for being one of those black metal bands that will not blast beat you into the ground, Dimmu Borgir shows their range on this album, going from brutal to melodic and back while not skipping a beat. Defintely a classic not only in the black metal genre but in any musical genre....."
It Grew On Me
Nick Watkins | New Albany, Indiana | 10/05/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)

"This year I was going to see Dimmu Borgir on Ozzfest (and I did), and I already had their "Death Cult Armageddon" and "Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia" albums, but I rushed out to buy the rest so I would know what songs they would play at Ozzfest. Now I have every album of their's except "For All Tid" and their split EPs with Old Man's Child (of which I think there are two). Well, I didn't really need to buy EVERY Dimmu Borgir CD right away, because the only songs they played were off of "DCA", "PEM" and this. But I'm glad I bought the rest anyway.



So, now, five or six months later, I finally come around to reviewing this particular Dimmu album. Now, when I first heard it, it bored me. I know that a lot of people don't consider Dimmu's new stuff to be half as good as this, but I loved their new stuff (and still do), but I also knew their older stuff didn't sound the same, but I still wasn't sure just HOW it sounded. So I popped this in, listened to the first three tracks, and by track four, I was bored. I took the CD out and shelved it for a while. At first, the songs on black metal albums all sound alike to me and it takes me three or four listens to notice the difference, and reading along with the lyrics really helps me get into it. So, after a while being on my shelf, I decided to take this album down and give it another chance. I read the lyrics along with it, and then I noticed the catchy (yes, I know that's not an appropriate black metal trait) riff at the end of "Mourning Palace". Also, I appreciated the song a lot more after reading the lyrics along it. Shagrath's voice truly sounds hate-filled and mournful when he screechs the "Hear the cries from the Mourning Palace" bit.



So, I listened further. No tracks really stood out to me, though I did enjoy the listen. After a few more listens, I grew to appreciate the tracks "Mourning Palace", "In Death's Embrace", "Entrance" and "Raabjorn Speiler Draugheimens Skodde" the most. (*I have the deluxe edition of this album, available on Amazon. It has one bonus track, being a re-release of "RSDS" from the "For All Tid" album. The track also appears on the "Godless Savage Garden EP.)



Now, let me make this clear. I don't care what you consider this: real black metal, poser black metal, I don't really give two s*its. To me, there are only two genres of music: good and bad. I consider this bad. Yes, I know the band's image, as well as the whole genre of black metal's image is ludicrous and laughable, not to mention completely unscary, but I don't care about image. It's the music that counts. Music is something that touches you and makes you think. Image is just something to look at. I wouldn't care if Dimmu dressed up like characters from Aladdin, and I also wouldn't care if they dressed up in normal, every day clothing. I would, however, care if I like their music or not.



So now that that's out of the way, I'll continute with my review. The keyboards on this album are pretty dominant; this Dimmu album probably has the most keyboards on it, second to "Stormblast" (I can't compare "For All Tid"). A lot of times, like on "Stormblast", the keyboards overpower the guitar and you can't really hear what the guitar is doing. I'd prefer this not be the case, but I really don't mind, at least I wouldn't if the keyboards didn't have that bizarre effect on them. On this album, the keyboards have an effect that I for a long time thought was a choir or something. It sound like a bunch of monks singing in unison for a mass. I didn't even realize it was keyboards until thinking about it, which was about three months after hearing this CD. That's right, I thought it was an actual choir doing background vocals over the riffs. I would prefer normal sounding keyboards, like on "Stormblast".



The guitar riffs, as I said before, aren't as audible as I'd like them to be due to the keyboards. But I'd say that only happens in 1/5 of the album. When you can hear what the guitars are doing, they either sound really good, or really shoddy. I know a lot of hardcore fans are gonna rip on me for this, but I prefer Galder over Astennu. There's a few solos on here, all good, but I think the shining guitar moment on here is the near-end riff of "Mourning Palace". It's just too damn catchy. The guitars aren't the best in metal, but they're certaintly better than what you'll hear on the new Linkin Park record.



The bass is standard rock / metal bass. You can't really pick out what it's doing, it just makes the music heavier and gives it more a thump. Being a bass player, I'd like to see more bands come out with better bass production, but hey, you can't have everything.



The drumming is also adequite, but again, I think the new guy's better (well, the new guy who was recently fired). Nicholas Barker owns Tjodalv. But anyway, the drums on this, like the bass, are standard metal. Lots of closed hi hat and double bass work. Tjodalv wasn't a bad drummer at all; his drum fills are plentiful and he changes up with the music a lot, which keeps it interesting.



The vocals on this are, well, black-metallish. However, on this recording, Shagrath's voice is a lot more harsh and raspy than on "PEM" and "DCA", where his voice is more sharp and clean, though not normal singing type clean. If you don't like this kind of vocal, you won't find anything to like here.



The lyrics on this album are generic as can be. The words "Satan", "Devil" and the number "666" is everywhere. Luckily Dimmu grew out of this for the most part with newer releases, and I don't really mind the name "Satan" or "666" every now and then, but "Tormentor of Christian Souls"? That's getting out of hand. When the lyrics aren't focusing on evil Satanic stuff, they're pretty interesting, and well written. You won't find standard, every day words on here, which is one thing I love about black metal. You're challenged to get the message, no matter how pseduo-Satanic that message is.



So, should a new Dimmu fan get this? No. You should start with "PEM" or "DCA" like I did, as they are much catchier and way more accessible. And if you're new to black metal, or any form of extreme music, don't give up after one listen. Try reading along with the lyrics, and listening to the songs a few times, and see if they don't grow on you.



Thanks for reading."