Album Rating:
Reviewed by: Dan White
Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir have made huge
steps to become Cradle of Filth's big rival in the Black Metal world.
Their new album ups the stakes. This is Black Metal all over. With
a few twists and turns like using a full orchestra for tracks like
SYMPOZIUM, or weird industrial samples and loops in PURITANIA,
PURITANICAL sets the Dimmu boys in motion for serious touring. And the
more by-the-numbers black metal doesn't let down either without getting
boring or long winded. Tracks like BLESSINGS UPON THE THRONE OF TYRANNY
or KINGS OF THE CARNIVAL CREATION stink of evil. Cradle had better get
cracking with the new album on Sony, because Dimmu Borgir are right on
their horned tails.


