I'm 50 years old and grew up listening to Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Pantera and Metallica as my top bands. Was also into Dio, King Diamond, Dream Theater, Nightwish and Arch Enemy so I always enjoyed the melodic side of this music and I CANNOT believe I completely missed Dimmu Borgir. Just discovered these guys during Covid and was insta-hooked. THIS lineup especially blew me away.. words fail me to describe how GOOD and tight they really are. This is so technically hard to compose it's difficult to believe it was done under the influence (I heard they split because of that?). These arrangements are pure genius talent. The type of talent you don't just acquire, you are simply born gifted
Yeah.. this is awesome to heard.. from me a 20 years Dimmu Borgir fan. I think they split because of differences of creation. They are all amazing musicians. If you interest you must like ICS Vortex at Borknagar. Another great Norwegian band!
Yeah he is fucking amazing on keyboard/synthesizer Sounds like your in some cold crystal cavern or something and yet you can feel the enlightenment just hit you like hearing him play makes you more intelligent.
The choir and orchestra sounds awful live in the shows now too. It surprisingly somehow takes away from the power of the songs and the choir singing just simply sounds wayyy shittier
People will still get back to Vortex in year 2020. Even a hundreed people choir can't replace him... He's got amazing voice, I've never heard anything similar in black metal.
Sem sombra de dúvidas, foi como o cara falou aí em um comentário, precisaram de um coro e uma orquestra pra substituir Vortex e Mustis. Melhor lineup do Dimmu Borgir, fato!!
Oh dear oh dear oh dear... My goosebumps got goosebumps on their goosebumps from Vortex's voice... It would have been so so incredible to have both him and Mustis back on Forces of the Northern Night. Just imagine the vast awesomeness of having those two and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in the same room... But that's likely never going to happen... :'(
Considero está música una obra de arte. La complejidad de los acordes, el cambio de ritmo, las voces. Todo esto es lo que lo hace más interesante , sobre todo las voz de Vortex.
Surely Shagrath, Silenoz and Galder read these comments, and read the comments on their social media profiles and think "you know, for our fans, we should invite Mustis, Vortex and Nick Barker back for our final retirement world tour?". I mean surely they have thought that, right? Everybody wants it. Surely they *have* to have considered it... If Slash and Duff McKagan could stand to do a year of touring with Axl Rose and everybody takes different buses, surely Dimmu's "Classic Lineup" could reunite for a final world tour.
The reason that Vortex’s singing is so soothing is that: 1. The way he sings is like he is telling a story 2. His soft chanting balances the rough lead vocal 3. And well… he has an amazing voice
The best lineup Dimmu Borgir had - Shagrath/Silenoz/Galder/Mustis/Vortex/HellHammer. Vortex vocals eerily haunting - miss his presence in the band. He just doesnt have the same impact but in Borknagar, but still love his sound.
I agree this was a great line up, however, as much as I have much love and respect for HellHammer I have to say I liked the line up with Nick Barker more.
Can you imagine Mr. Dimmue and your companies, I am from East Cairo, Egypt? and deeply affected by your no words can describe music Thank you for being in this wild world with wonderful Voclas, Amazing keyboards, and guitars with deep wisdom lyrics, great work !! that gives me the spiritual energy and power and nature happens
6:07, La voz de vortex tiene algo, no sé que, pero hay algo en esa voz que me ase sentir nostalgia, la verdad no sé cómo describirlo, te extraño vortex.
The more I listen to the isolated tracks of this song, the more I realize that this was a really amazing live performance. Of course they are amazing in most aspects already, other live shows included. The playing here was spot on, technically advanced, and even the BPM sped up and key changed.....they were playing super tight here. Drums were especially on point
1:34 this is why DB was a band I USED TO listen to. Vortex, Mustis and Barker. And please, let’s not forget the epic solos and headbanging by Australian wunderkind Astennu. That would’ve been golden. This album was sooo dark. Now it’s all shit.
Okay, it may not seem like it from my profile or the type of music I cover on my RU-vid Page but I absolutely LOVE this song. My father introduced me to this song when I was around the age of 8-9 so, it’s been about 9 years. But I’d always ask for THIS SONG to be put on so I could head-bang and throw my metal horns up in the air. Now, I wouldn’t consider myself a massive fan of this group or even a metal fan as I’ve only ever listened to this specific song by them and loved them. I’ve tried to listen to other metal groups and things along those lines. But none of them got me to this feeling of pure joy like THIS SONG! I don’t know what it is about this but I absolutely love it and am so glad I’ll have this video to go back to and look at it with so much love and joy. ❤
My girlfriend has not became a metalhead since a long time. But she started to like listening to Dimmu since she heard Vortex vocal parts.. Incredible how this thing happened ! We both miss him forever...
From my experience, you can get almost anyone to enjoy metal if they're able to look beyond the vocals and appreciate the value of the music. Then they slowly learn to appreciate the vocals as well.
Spiritual Black Dimensions. I believe that to date no album by Dimmu or any other band of symphonic BM managed to surpass its quality. It will never tire me. Magnificent in every aspect.
are you fucking kidding me? how does this video not have the most views out of all their videos? its almost like it has taken the best aspects of all their songs and put them into one ultimate super song that by far surpasses any ability that any "musicians" have today.
"In circles of dominance, emotional deeps unite. Fiction and transcendence woven together. In the essence of purtity lies wisdom. Join the forces, the spiritual black dimensions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I've watched every single live version of this song on youtube and all of the top 2 comments were about Vortex's voice. That's the proof of awesomeness. Other than his voice, those chorus lyrics...Something alluring there. Enchanted, mind numbing words... Tempting everybody who likes this song.
It's impossible to describe what I feel when I listen Vortex singing, he's got the cleanest voice I've never heard. Vortex and Aaron (from My Dying Bride) are two gods. Sorry formy english, I'm french^^.
Vortex is the main reason I'm going to practice so much at bass when I get one as well =]. His playing is so enthusiastic, and his vocals are amazing. Hail dimmu.
Dimmu Borgir, FUCK YEAH! Shit, this song has everything--Norwegian flags, "metal salute" index finger / pinky fist-pump, badass cookie monster vocals from Shagrath, awesome, I mean AWESOME clean vocals from Vortex, melodic keyboards from Mustis...etc. etc. I love the way Shagrath's distorted vocals "harmonize" (or contrast) with Vortex's clean vocals. Outstanding performance!
It is not just because he plays keyboards, but because of his creativity and because he wrote a lot of DImmu's songs and helped in the others. Sill, I hope they make a good job in the next album
Oh, dreadful angel of mine Enrich me with the vastness of your being. Rigid father, teach me how to comprehend I'll commit myself to understand For I am the accomplice..
I lack words to express how brilliant this music actually is. In my ears the best musicians of all times. Together with some other metal bands. But this is just too good.
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