In Sorte Diaboli

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In Sorte Diaboli
Studio album by Dimmu Borgir
Released	April 24th, 2007 (USA) April 27th, 2007 (Europe)
Recorded	June - November 2006 at Studio Fredman
Genre	Symphonic black metal
Label	Nuclear Blast Records
Producer(s)	Fredrik Nordström, Patrik J. Sten, and Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir chronology
Stormblåst (2005)	In Sorte Diaboli (2007)

In Sorte Diaboli ("By the Choosing of Satan" in Latin) is the upcoming seventh studio album by Norwegian black metal band Dimmu Borgir, and is a concept album. A site on the Nuclear Blast website was created for In Sorte Diaboli, in which a new promotional photo can be seen and an audio sample can be heard.

Contents 1 Concept 2 Track listing 3 Special editions 4 Leak 5 Personnel 6 Notes

[edit] Concept

In Sorte Diaboli is the band's first concept album, with a story located in medieval Europe. "There's this dude that works as a priest's assistant, and after a while he just discovers that he has nothing to do with Christianity," Silenoz says. "He just sort of has this awakening and realizes that he has different abilities and different powers and is leaning more to the dark side."

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Serpentine Offering" – 5:09
2. "The Chosen Legacy" – 4:17
3. "The Conspiracy Unfolds" – 5:24
4. "The Sacrilegious Scorn" – 3:58
5. "The Fallen Arises" – 2:59
6. "The Sinister Awakening" – 5:09
7. "The Fundamental Alienation" – 5:17
8. "The Invaluable Darkness" – 4:44
9. "The Foreshadowing Furnace" – 5:49

[edit] Special editions

• The album will be released in a limited edition digipak that contains a bonus DVD, 32-page booklet, and mirrored lyrics with mirror. The DVD will contain the video clip for "The Serpentine Offering", two short "making of" documentaries for both the album and the video, a photogallery, and a media player.
  • The limited-edition European digipak features the bonus track "The Ancestral Fever" as track #4.^[1]
  • The limited-edition North American digipak features the bonus track "The Heretic Hammer" as track #6.
  • The limited-edition Japanese digipak features the bonus track "Black Metal", a cover of the classic Venom track.
• There will be also a very limited exclusive mail order edition, which features a leather booklet. This version also contains the two bonus tracks from the North American and European digipak versions.
• The vinyl edition will be a gatefold LP packaged with a bonus 7".^[2]
• The artwork will be censored by a slipcase in the US

[edit] Leak

On March 6, 2007, In Sorte Diaboli leaked onto the internet and is currently circulating on several peer-to-peer networks and on the important videosharing site Youtube. The leaked files were watermarked and could therefore be traced back to the journalist who had received them for review.

[edit] Personnel

• Shagrath – Vocals
• Galder – Guitar
• Silenoz – Guitar
• ICS Vortex – Bass, Clean Vocals
• Mustis – Keyboards
• Hellhammer – Drums
• Fredrik Nordström - Producing
• Patrik J. Sten - Producing
• Joachim Luetke - Cover concept & artwork

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.metalstorm.ee/events/news_comments.php?news_id=4221
2. ^ http://www.dimmu-borgir.com

Dimmu Borgir
Shagrath | Silenoz | Mustis | ICS Vortex | Galder | Jan Axel Blomberg
Discography
Studio Albums: For All Tid (1994) | Stormblåst (1996) | Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) | Godless Savage Garden (1998) | Spiritual Black Dimensions (1999) | Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001) | Death Cult Armageddon (2003) | Stormblåst MMV (2005) | In Sorte Diaboli (2007)
EPs: Inn I Evighetens Mørke (1994) | Devil's Path (1996) | Alive in Torment (2001) | Vredesbyrd (2004)
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