i still have a bunch of albums which i bought on cd first and now crave to get the vinyl versions of. some were easy and cheap to come by, whereas some prove to be quite difficult to obtain. one album that falls into the latter category is dimmu borgir's sixth full length album called 'death cult armageddon'. like with cradle of filth, i have a soft spot in my heart for these black metal weirdos from norway. at least for a limited number of their releases.
i just love this dark and gloomy atmosphere which they are able to create inside their fast death metal framework. i remember i was buying the cd digipak version off ebay in 2003 or something. boy, that's over twelve years ago by now. anyway, let's not start to walk down memory lane and sound like an old man. back to the music. check out 'lepers among us' and 'cataclysm children'. two strong efforts of this record.
for 'death cult armageddon' the band teamed up with the prague philharmonic orchestra to give the keyboard/classic elements more depth. it sounds even more powerful than 'puritanical euphoric misanthropia' which had a few orchestral parts played by the gothenburg opera orchestra. it is also the last album to feature nicholas barker on drums. man, i loved his work on 'puritanical...' and he's great on here, too.
after his departure they lost energy on the drum set. a shame. to me he is one of that drummers that make a good record a great record. well, nuclear blast did a vinyl pressing in 2003 on black vinyl as far as i know. five years after the release u.k.'s back on black label did a re-press on lovely 180g clear with blue splatter re-press. finally discogs helped me out with a copy. good looking bastard! back on black. 2008.
