my latest dimmu borgir piece of music in the collection. i have the album on cd in a very nicely done special edition digipak for years now but did not make friends with it too closely. i always thought it was ok but did not live up to "puritanical euphoric misanthropia" or "death cult armageddon". i even could have easily bought a silver vinyl copy when they went on sale some years ago but made the record just minor priority and so it never came to be.
with my recent dimmu obsession in full bloom, my desire to re-visit all of their records and get physical formats of the ones i am missing grew strong. the re-issue of the record came in handy, indeed. i ordered myself a copy via emp mailorder and after i listened to "in sorte diaboli" for the first time on vinyl, i scratched my head and wondered why i thought the album was just ok. you ever experienced that an album sounds better just because you listened to it via a superior format? well, i definitely did so here.
"in sorte diaboli" has been a permanent guest on my turntable since i recieved my copy. it is such a vital and dynamic album that should conjure a smile on the face of any fan of the post millenium dimmu era. the lyrical concept of a priest's assistant and his fall from grace to eventually become the anti-christ is just the icing on the cake. this pressing on clear green vinyl inside a gatefold sleeve with booklet is fantastic as well. there is just one little complaint, though. the inside of the gatefold is the same as the last double page of the booklet, only upside down. if that was really planned that way? anyway, 300 copies made. nuclear blast. 2007/2018.
