Stormblåst
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| Studio album by Dimmu Borgir | ||||
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Publication |
1996 |
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July and September 1995 |
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| Label (s) | Cacophonous Records, Mystic Production , Century Media | |||
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Format (s) |
CD, MC |
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
49:18 |
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Dimmu Borgir |
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Studio (s) |
Endless sound production |
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Stormblåst is the second album by the Norwegian metal band Dimmu Borgir .
Emergence
The texts were written in the period from August 1993 to July 1995, the music from July 1993 to July 1995, provided that information can be found in the booklet. The text on Antikrist is not included in the booklet, for this piece and Sorgenskammer there is no more precise information on the respective author. In the booklet it is stated that all the songs were by Dimmu Borgir, but the piano sound of Alt lys er svunnet hen is based on Magnum's Sacred Hour , composed by Tony Clarkin and played much faster in the original, and the instrumental piece Sorgenskammer is a plagiarism of Tim's Wright composed the title melody for the Amiga game Agony by Psygnosis ; Erkekjetter Silenoz later stated that he had heard Stian Aarstad play, liked the piece and had no doubt that it was from Aarstad. Years later, Wright contacted Silenoz by email. The first 19 seconds of Guds fortapelse - Åpenbaring av dommedag come from the first movement of Antonín Dvořák's 9th Symphony From the New World .
The album was recorded in July and September 1995 at Endless Sound Production, sound engineer was Good Time Charlie. The material was mastered by Kristian Romsøe at Strype Audio in December 1995, it was produced by the band itself. The cover , based on Tormentor's Anno Domini , shows a tower from a frog's perspective , and the portrait frames are by Alex Kurtagić , the frame on the side 11 by Tove.
Track list
- Alt lys er svunnet hen - 06:05 (text: Silenoz, music: Silenoz and Shagrath ; accord in the original by Tony Clarkin )
- Broderskapets ring - 05:07 (Text: Shagrath, Music: Shagrath and Silenoz)
- Når sjelen hentes til Helvete - 04:30 (Silenoz)
- Morning Chamber - 06:19 (Tim Wright)
- Since the Kristne full livet til - 03:06 (Silenoz)
- Stormblåst - 06:13 (Text: Aldrahn , Music: Silenoz and Shagrath)
- Dødsferd - 05:28 (Shagrath)
- Antikrist - 03:42
- Vinder fra en ensom grav - 04:25 (Text: Aldrahn, Music: Shagrath)
- Guds fortapelse - Åpenbaring av dommedag - 04:23 (text: Silenoz, music: Shagrath)
Music style and lyrics
The sound of Stormblåst is based on keyboard arrangements, while Antikrist also uses flutes. The production is often described as weak, but also as "very transparent, almost trendy and anything but mangy and primitive". The music is mainly in the medium tempo.
The lyrics are about darkness, cold, hatred, killing Christians and fighting them.
Reviews
Frank Stöver from Voices from the Darkside described Dimmu Borgir as one of the most mature and unique Norwegian black metal bands and Stormblåst as a great advance in composition and production. The band obviously knows how to create emotionally charged compositions, and their classical music influences fit naturally with their metal style; the melodic, almost chopin -like piano passages and orchestral arrangements have been integrated to almost perfectly into the music. The music is not like a storm, so not extreme enough, but instead one of the best musical works of art from Scandinavia. According to Kai Wendel from Rock Hard , the band “plays everything you expect from a good album today: sawing guitars, hoarse vocals and a bombastic atmosphere - and all of it at its finest. The focus of the music is not the brute frenzy, but the good old Heavy Metal and many grandiose, melancholic melodies, which are carried by delicate classical piano and orchestral keyboard sounds and should bring tears of joy to the eyes of many a Gothic freak. "Dimmu Borgir belong to the small group of bands who manage to “deviate from the norm with their works and use the opportunity not to get lost in the colorless black and white mass”. In addition, the magazine took on the list of "250 Black Metal albums you should know".
According to the Nordic Vision , Stormblåst lacked strength; the album seems as if it had been recorded by tired musicians, but this should be understood more as a symbolic description. The songs are slow, a little more power would have helped the album a lot. The music has a very beautiful aspect with piano and synthesizer and will appeal to the feminine nature, which, however, is expressly not meant in a negative way; however, the editorial team couldn't stop thinking about the lack of energy in the album; this would have helped the identity of the music, but instead there was no identity. Therefore the album is too passive, without aggression and intensity.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Matthias Meermans: Dimmu Borgir . Confused noren .
- ↑ Imperium: Dimmu Borgir - Interview ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Satan Stole My Teddybear music reviews - Dimmu Borgir .
- ↑ a b c d Deadleft: Dimmu Borgir # Stormblåst .
- ↑ Windrider: Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst .
- ↑ Frank Stöver: DIMMU BORGIR . Stormblast . In: Voices from the Darkside , No. 9, 1996, p. 68.
- ↑ Kai Wendel: DIMMU BORGIR . Stormblast . In: Rock Hard , No. 112.
- ↑ 250 Black Metal Albums That You Should Know . In: Rock Hard , No. 269, October 2009, p. 75.
- ↑ DIMMU BORGIR . "Stormblåst" . In: Nordic Vision , No. 6, Spring / Summer 1996, p. 26.
