Spiritual Black Dimensions

Spiritual Black Dimensions is the fourth studio album by Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir. It was released in 1999 by Nuclear Blast Records. A deluxe edition was released in 2004 with bonus material. There is also a digipak edition of this album which contains no bonus tracks. The digipak has reflective/holographic cover art. This release featured keyboardist Mustis and the clean vocals of ICS Vortex, as well as the departure of long-time drummer Tjodalv, guitarist Astennu, and bassist Nagash.

The album cover was part of the top 10 of Greatest Heavy Metal Album Covers by Blender magazine in 2006.^[2] It was inspired by The Wounded Angel, a painting by Finnish artist Hugo Simberg.

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Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Reptile"	Silenoz		5:17
2.	"Behind the Curtains of Night - Phantasmagoria"	Silenoz		3:21
3.	"Dreamside Dominions"	Silenoz		5:14
4.	"United in Unhallowed Grace"	Nagash		4:22
5.	"The Promised Future Aeons"	Nagash		6:52
6.	"The Blazing Monoliths of Defiance"	Nagash	Shagrath	4:38
7.	"The Insight and the Catharsis"	Silenoz	Shagrath	7:17
8.	"Grotesquery Conceiled (Within Measureless Magic)"	Silenoz		5:10
9.	"Arcane Lifeforce Mysteria"	Silenoz, Nagash, Shagrath		7:03

Japanese Edition bonus track
No.	Title	Length
10.	"Masses for the New Messiah"	5:11

Reception

Steve Huey of AllMusic stated that "Dimmu Borgir's arrangements continue to increase in complexity and sophistication on Spiritual Black Dimensions, improving on its predecessors and illustrating the band's musical progression".^[1] In Slayer no. 13, Jon 'Metalion' Kristiansen called Spiritual Black Dimensions "a fine case of melodic, over-produced, symphonic metal. If you like this melodic style I can't really think of anyone doing it better […]. No, I wouldn't call this black metal. Read the interview with Funeral Mist for the right definition of black metal".^[3]

Personnel

Dimmu Borgir

Shagrath – lead vocals
Silenoz – rhythm guitar
Astennu – lead guitar
Nagash – bass guitar, backing vocals
Tjodalv – drums
Mustis – keyboards

Guests

ICS Vortex – clean vocals on tracks 1, 3, 7 and 9

Technical staff

Peter Tägtgren – mixing, engineering, producer

References

^ ^a ^b Steve Huey: Spiritual Black Dimensions - Dimmu Borgir.
^ [1] Archived May 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ The Great Rock & Roll Swindle!. In: Jon Kristiansen: Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries. Brooklyn, NY: Bazillion Points Books 2011, p. 419.

v t e Dimmu Borgir
Current members Shagrath Silenoz Galder Daray Gerlioz Victor Brandt Former members Brynjard Tristan Nagash ICS Vortex Secthdamon Snowy Shaw Cyrus Stian Aarstad Kimberly Goss Mustis Jens-Petter Sandvik Astennu Aggressor Nicholas Barker Reno Kiilerich Tony Laureano Hellhammer Tjodalv
Studio albums	For all tid Stormblåst Enthrone Darkness Triumphant Spiritual Black Dimensions Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia Death Cult Armageddon In Sorte Diaboli Abrahadabra Eonian
Compilation albums	Godless Savage Garden Sons of Satan Gather for Attack
Extended plays	Inn i evighetens mørke Devil's Path Alive in Torment
Live albums	World Misanthropy The Invaluable Darkness
Videography	World Misanthropy The Invaluable Darkness
Related articles	Discography

This page was last edited on 29 January 2024, at 17:04