Spiritual Black Dimensions

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Spiritual Black Dimensions
Studio album by Dimmu Borgir
Released	March 2, 1999
Recorded	August-October 1998 at Abyss Studio
Genre	Symphonic black metal
Length	49:14
Label	Nuclear Blast Records
Producer	Dimmu Borgir and Peter Tagtgren
Professional reviews
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Dimmu Borgir chronology
Godless Savage Garden (1998) Spiritual Black Dimensions (1999) Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001)

Spiritual Black Dimensions is the fourth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Dimmu Borgir. It was released in 1999 by Nuclear Blast Records. A deluxe edition was released in 2004 with bonus material.

This was Dimmu Borgir's first foray into speed-laden black metal, and since much of their old material was slower and more doomy in approach, reviews of this album are mixed, giving it a serious love-hate relationship. This was also the first album to feature new keyboardist Mustis and the clean vocals of ICS Vortex (who would later join the band full-time).

Much of the darker, faster direction could be attributed to guitarist Astennu, as the album Mirrored Hate Painting from his project Carpe Tenebrum show-cased the faster black metal style Dimmu Borgir would display on this album.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Reptile" – 5:17
2. "Behind the Curtains of Night - Phantasmagoria" – 3:18
3. "Dreamside Dominions" – 5:13
4. "United in Unhallowed Grace" – 4:21
5. "The Promised Future Aeons" – 6:51
6. "The Blazing Monoliths of Defiance" – 4:37
7. "The Insight and the Catharsis" – 7:16
8. "Grotesquerie Conceiled (Within Measureless Magic)" – 5:10
9. "Arcane Lifeforce Mysteria" – 7:03
10. "Masses for the New Messiah" (Bonus Track) – 5:13

[edit] Personnel

• Shagrath - Vocals
• Erkekjetter Silenoz - Guitar
• Astennu - Lead Guitar
• Nagash - Bass
• ICS Vortex - Clean Vocals (Part time at recording)
• Tjodalv - Drums
• Mustis - Synthesizers & Piano
• Peter Tagtgren - Producing

[edit] Notes

• The song "Grotesquery Conceiled" won an award at the 1999 Norwegian Grammies.

v • d • e Dimmu Borgir Shagrath · Silenoz · Mustis · ICS Vortex · Galder · Tony Laureano Stian Aarstad · Tjodalv · Tristan · Nagash · Astennu · Nicholas Barker · Hellhammer Studio albums Rehearsal (demo) (1993) · 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) Extended plays Inn i evighetens mørke (1994) · Devil's Path (1996) · Sons of Satan Gather for Attack (1999) · True Kings of Norway (2000) · Alive in Torment (2001) · World Misanthropy (2002) Singles "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" (2003) · "Vredesbyrd" (2004) · "The Serpentine Offering" (2007) · "The Sacrilegious Scorn" (2007) Videography Live & Plugged vol. 2 (1997) · World Misanthropy (2002)