Death Cult Armageddon

Brutal jams. This is some of the better Dimmu, in my opinion. The orchestrations are amazing, the drums are insane, and the band overall has an extremely powerful sound about them on this album. Listening to it in full is quite the adventure. Ordered this CD so I could have a hard copy...no idea where the one I got a decade ago wandered off to. Their music took a nosedive (IMO) after this album...the drumming of Hellhammer on the newer albums sounds like an AC/DC album compared to the brutality, creativity, and speed from Barker on Death Cult Armageddon.

don't know what this cover is all about, this is my second copy, and the first one had a different cover

Incredible product sold by a very good seller. The sound of Dimmu Borgir as awesome, incredible, powerfull. Buy this cd, you will not regret.

I have been a Dimmu Borgir fan for well over four years now, and have seen them live twice. Now, I have a lot of problems with some of these "reviews" on Amazon here. Some of these problems begin with idiots who who will label anything "nu-metal". It reminds me of the Salem Witch Trials where every other minute people were screaming "WITCH!!" "SHES A WITCH!!" over even the tinniest thing. Dimmu Borgir is NOT, nor ever will be nu-metal. Sold out??? I don't know about other people but i consider selling out a "Metallica story", meaning when you begin to get regular large radio station air play constantly and you tour with "yo yo yo" bands like Linkin Park, that to me, is a sell out from a band who used to be the pioneers of thrash metal (I mean Metallica of course). Just because Dimmu is trying to evolve their sound without completley alienating their true fan base (IE, In Flames and Soilwork), does not mean they are going to be another Metallica. Stormblast was a good album, however all the lyrics are in Norwegian, and since I am no Viking, I can't understand them one bit, even though the music is brilliant. So all you hooked on Stormblast and Stormblast alone, if you are not happy with Dimmu's newest offerings, then turn to your redundent over done black metal, like Immortal or Darkthrone or worse, your "something like black metal but not, but it sucks either way" offering in Cradle of Filth. Now that that is out of the way, onto Dimmu Borgir's latest album entitled "Death Cult Armageddeon" This latest cd is simply put, awesome. The production as in all of Dimmu's albums, is excellent, you can hear every instrument, and the vocals are audible and not drowned out in anyway. Galder and Silenoz just rip through a guitar onslaught from the beginning track "Allegiance" right down to the last track "Heavenly Perverse". Silenoz's meaty rhythm guitar riffs are great along side Galder's more leading guitar, and even though there are not that many solo's on this album, the harmonies and melodies are none the less excellent. The song structures are beautifully laid out, with Mustis's haunting keyboards leading all the way. The keys are intuned with the rest of the music perfectly, not too over the top, nor too much in the background, just the perfect blend. Vortex's bass riffs continue to pound and slam into my chest when i listen to this ablum in my car. His clean vocals, although not as much used as in their last album, are none the less great. This guy has a set of pipes on him thats for damn sure, and I was slightly disappointed they were not used more on the rest of the album. You can hear Vortex's clean vocals very well on "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" which is perhaps one of the best tracks on this album. Nick Barker pounded on the drum kit as he always does, blast beating smoothly one minute to change tempo immdiately to a more slower mid paced beat. Nick Barker however, was "forced out of the band" according to Dimmu on their website, a shame. Shagrath's vocals are typical rasps, growls, and hisses, and are strong as always, one of my favorite vocalists for sure because he changes the pitch and tone of his voice nicely throughout every song so that he does not sound boring and redundent. Even though he uses a lot of special effects, it just makes his voice all the more perfect with the music. oh did I mention there is an orchesta on this album? Oh whats that you say? Another Metallica "Symphony" album? HELL NO!! unlike Metallica Dimmu Borgir uses the orchestra sparringly and more as an ambient, atmospheric purpose only. In fact, it is kinda hard to tell when the orchestra is playing they are so much in the background. Even though you can hear it more distinctively on some songs over others, the orchestra is just a nice touch and adds an element on soundtrack like opuses. I know many people say that Dimmu claim to be anti-religion and their lyrics are about Satanism, but you know what? Its called an image. Like Slayer, Cannible Corpse, Deicide and other such bands who use such things to sell items, merchandise, albums, and to get recognized, Dimmu is the same way. Since they are not going to get any mainstream radio play or barely any mtv video play except for on Headbanger's Ball, they need to rely on something to get themselves known. Yes its cheesy, but I could care less as long as the music is good, and on Death Cult Armageddon, it is almost perfect. Listen to pummeling tracks such as "Lepers Among Us", "Cataclysm Children", and "Unorthodox Manifesto", and tell me Dimmu Borgir have grown soft. Listen to tracks "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse", "Blood Hunger Doctrine", and "Allehelgns Dod I Helveds Rike" and tell me Dimmu Borgir cannot write music. These guys have busted their ass to get to where they are today, and they deserve absolutely all the credit they get. Memorable Tracks: Progenies of the Great Apocalypse, Lepers Among Us, Cataclysm Children, Unorthodox Manifesto

This CD is good, and will sound familiar to anyone who has listened to the band's last album, "Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia". The line up is the same, they've used some of the same vocal distortions, and some of the chord progressions sound familiar. I'd put the last album at 5 stars, but this one, while good, fails to out do the last one. I would recommend this album to anyone new to "melodic black metal" as a starting point before venturing into the darker regions of the art. Galdur's influence is strongly felt in the guitars, and Nicholas' drumming is precise as ever. Grab a bottle of absinthe and enjoy.

After reading the review of this CD by Virushan, or confused 9 year old as that translates to, I decided that my opinion should be heard. Im not one of those "hardcore black metal fans" that people talk about, and Im not gonna call this hardcore black metal either. That would be like calling Manson industrial, just cause Reznor produced Antichrist Superstar, but you wont see me calling Manson "death metal" either, yeah, Virushan that ones for you buddy, but now onto the music. The CD starts out in a cryptic apocalyptic fashion, and tends to build from there, I dont really consider "Allegiance" a full song, more of a longated intro, and the CD fully comes into play with the brilliant orchestral entrance to "Progenies." Although Progenies was quite a popular song, even waranting sale at Target for a while, I still find it a great song, one of the best this album has to offer. "Lepers" is also a great song, but I wouldn't put it on a "best of" compilation. "Vredesbyrd" is really quite a masterful song, the guitar work at the end of it is one of my favorite parts of the CD. The next few songs are nothing special, just heavy metal songs ripping along at a gut renching pace, but the guitar and orchestral elements make you think that they drag on a little, like in "For the World to Dictate our Death." "Blood Hunger Doctrine" seems more like a ballad than any of the other songs on here, also thanks to the guitar work and orchestrated elements. I will admit that I like the periodic clanking in the background, gives it an industrial edge, but once the vocals kick in the song seems to loose a little bit of its edge. Once the vocals kick out,the song returns to its beautiful begininng sound and finishes strong, despite the akward one keyboard note. Unlike the other song they do on this album in their native language, Norweigian...cause they are from Norway...not England Virushan, "Allehelgens Dod I Helveds Rike" seems just like a generic Dimmu Borgir song, although beautiful orchestrally, it cant help but feel like a filler, although what a great filler it is. Highlights of the song: getting to hear the singing of Vortex. The next song, however, starts off strong in true heavy metal fashion. "Catacalysm Children" is a nice high fast paced thrash esque song with guitar trading with heavy sporadic drum beats. The only bad point of the song, like most "newer metal" it gets repetitive after a while, but it eventually takes a turn giving you vocals hidden by Mustis great keyboarding. After that, the song becomes a death funk apocalyptic dance jam played at all the parties hell throws. Up next is my absolutle favorite track on the album: "Eradication Instincts Defined," I'm rather suprised that didn't end up being the name of this album. The opening orchestral piece is absolutley amazing, sounds like it could be out of a real hollywood movie like "star wars" or "harry potter," not bad for a punch of corpse paint wearing angry middle aged men. Once the actual song starts, it seems like another generic Dimmu Borgir song, fast drums, machine gun guitars, raspy screams, and then the song unwinds slowling down and becoming a true heavy metal masterpiece. The song is only topped later when the orchestral element from the begging is reimposed, quiter and with a funky drum beat. The song ends heavy and strong with the whaling sirens of war. "Unorthodox Manifesto" starts out sounding like it could have come off of a KMFDM or Laibach ablum. It makes for quite a counterpoint to the orchestral start of the previous song. When the marching, machine guns, and air raid sirens end, a sound clip goes telling us to "Destroy" at which point the real song kicks in; strong, heavy, and hard. Once the initail kick comes in the song drags for a little, and then rekicks it up halfway through with a beautiful guitar part and outgoing triumphant horns. All in all a great song, despite dragging on at parts. As "Unorthodox Maniefesto" slowly falls out with guitars and piano, all gets quiet, and then the last track starts. The guitar sounds like it could have come between a mix of "Once upon a time in the west" and "Dawn of the Dead." Although not as brutal and fast as the previous songs, "Heavenly Perverse" makes for an excellent closer to a wonderful cd. Despite dragging on at times, the CD is wonderful and despite what some say, is one of the best metal CDs made in a while. Nu-Metal is dead and in its place real metal has slowly started coming up from the crypts, catacombs, and sewers. Despite not being full black metal, Dimmu Borgir helps present a great starting place for the next transition in modern metal, and this place is somewhere Id rather see branch foward than more generic metalcore.

Great album from Dimmu Borgir, would reccomend this to any fan of the band.

Muy linda edición. Para mí, el último gran disco de dimmu.

Bonjour, J'ai bien reçu le colis aujourd'hui, il n'y avait que le livre mais pas le cd Que dois-je faire pour le recevoir ? Merci d'avance et bonne journée

Opera da avere assolutamente per chiunque ami il symphonic black metal

thanks