Norwegian symphonic black metallers
DIMMU BORGIR will embark on a short U.S. tour in August. The four-date trek will kick off on August 19 at the
Psycho Las Vegas festival in Las Vegas, Nevada and conclude six days later at the PlayStation Theater in New York City.
Confirmed shows:
Aug. 19 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint (Psycho Las Vegas)
Aug. 21 - Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre
Aug. 23 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
Aug. 25 - New York, NY - PlayStation Theater
DIMMU BORGIR's new album,
"Eonian", will be released on May 4 via
Nuclear Blast. The cover artwork was designed in fascinating detail by
Zbigniew M. Bielak (
GHOST,
BEHEMOTH,
MAYHEM).
The songwriting core of
DIMMU BORGIR still consists of vocalist
Shagrath and guitarists
Silenoz and
Galder. They are joined in the band's current lineup by drummer
Daray and keyboardist
Gerlioz.
"Eonian" contains 10 new tracks, produced by the band itself and engineered by
Jens Bogren. Emerging from the dark minds of the three songwriters,
"Eonian" follows a philosophical concept, dealing with the illusion of time.
Silenoz told
Metal Shock Finland about
DIMMU BORGIR's long-awaited follow-up to 2010's
"Abrahadabra": "We feel that we're sitting on the best album that we could possibly do at this time, and personally, I think it's definitely our best album to date. Obviously, that's something that everybody says, but if I didn't believe that we would do our best album, there wouldn't really be any point doing a new one. So, yeah, I'm really excited about it, and I know that quite a few fans will probably be positively surprised."
As for the musical direction of
DIMMU BORGIR's new effort,
Silenoz, said: "I think it's safe to say that [the parts that are] more epic and majestic
are more epic and majestic, and the same goes for the brutal sound of
DIMMU and also the primitive and more black metal sound of
DIMMU is more black metal this time around. So you will have the more extremes of each part that we are known for."
