ROADIE REACTIONS | "Dimmu Borgir - Gateways (Live)" | [FIRST TIME SONG REACTION] 

Q: What does a metalhead order at McDonald's? A: A dimmu burgers and a cradle of fries Thanks, I'll be back next week

It's impossible to replace Vortex's vocals, which I wouldn't expect to happen... but if Dimmu had to get a singer to do "clean" vocals, I highly hope they consider bringing Agnette on for a full album at the least. Also, there are times during this performance and the Wacken version, where she looks downright possessed, which definetly fits the visual aspect of Dimmu extremely well. I understand we will never get Vortex back... but if we are moving on from him, Agnette would do the job extremely well.

As a Norwegian guy, I obviously listened to Dimmu when I was young, playing it much too loud in an old Volvo 240 with a huge subwoofer in the trunk, scaring old ladies crossing the road as they hear "brenn alle kristne!" being sung by a guy that sounds like satan over the stereo. (translates to "burn all christians" they were kinda considered satanistic by most back then. :P)

Satyricon recorded a show with the Norwegian opera choir at the Oslo opera house. Worth checking out!

Fun fact: As the orchestra is the Broadcasting Orchestra this show was shown in its entirety on NRK, Norway's answer to the BBC. So yes, a full Black Metal concert was shown on TV in Norway. I think it was in a 10pm or thereabouts timeslot as well. I was never the biggest fan of Dimmu Borgir, though they have a lot of good stuff. The album this song is from though just perfectly nails that symphonic black metal blend that Dimmu has been going for since the beginning.

Dimmu is amazing!!!!!

You really need to check out "The Mourning Palace" live at wacken also with the orchestra... its my absolute favorite song. It was never made for an orchestra, but it goes along perfect and made it even better. And yes it was a full concert with the orchestra and choir. BTW take special notice of the trombone guy going full in on that video.

The whole song is amazing, but that last minute(s) just gives me ALL THE GOOSEBUMPS, Agnete's vocals were just so hauntingly epic

Awww yes Dimmu. I love their big live shows like this.

For me the biggest star of this song is always Agnette's voice, she's a real vocal beast. :) Ofc big props for Dimmu. :)

The first Black Metal band I listened to that opened the rabbit hole for my fascination with this genre. Black Metal has it's TRVE KVLT followers that are the gatekeepers. Dimmu Borgir will always have a place for my appreciation of this genre. If you do not know Dissection, Nagflar and Emperor I highly suggest them to you! You do not have to react to these bands. Thanks for the reaction Tank!! Rock On!

Just started watching this Chanel like 2 weeks ago and I’m glad there’s a video on dummy Borgir! Especially this song ! I had a time where I would listen to gateways EVERY day! Loving this channel

Wow. I've never listen to Dimmu, just never wanted to; but now I do want to hear more. Everything! A band that is capable of this... wow, I lovet it. Thanks!!!

Speaking of performing with an orchestra... this is the weekly Skalmold request. :D And now let's go bang our head to good ol' classic GATEWAAAAAAYS !

Hey man, just discovered your channel and subscribed in an instant. Loved the amount of research that went into this video and how you give the viewer all these little info boxes. Cheers from Austria 🤘

Finally someone else in the industry who I can listen to and knows what he’s talking about and how much goes into these productions. Thankyou from another worker. P..s. I was at that show.

been a Dimmu Fan for roughly 16, 17 years now. personally "In sorte Diaboli" is probably my favorite out of the "newer" ones. It ranks directly around "death Cult Armageddon" and "Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia" good stuff... also I believe on "In Sorte Diaboli" the Drummer Hellhammer produced the first on record 300+bpm Double Bass segment, in the opening Song "The Serpentine Offering", which I HIGHLY.. and I mean HIGHLY reccomend.

Yes! Great to see Dimmu and Bodom appreciation! Brings back memories. Hope you get to know even more Nordic and especially Finnish metal/rock like Sonata Arctica, Sentenced, Diablo, 69 eyes etc. ❤️🤘

I like Dimmu Borgir a lot ^^ Their shows are awesome, I love the atmosphere at their concerts :D

Nice video! Great to see a Dimmu Borgir reaction on your channel. Maybe you can do a full "DVD Review" of the Forces of the Northern Light release from Dimmu Borgir? That would give you more time to analyze everything you find worth covering and put that in a video. All the "Forces of the Northern Light" performances are amazing.

I love Dimmu so much. Definitely one of my favorite bands ever. Their orchestral arrangements are phenomenal. You should check out Septicflesh's show with a full choir and orchestra it's just as amazing as this. Enemy of Truth is probably the best song from that show

Everytime I open RU-vid, there is a new Tank Video :-) Great Reaction, Dimmu Borgir is legendary.

The mixing on this DVD is absolutely perfect! I've seen (or heard) it so often that when bands perform with an orchestra only the brass and percussion sections are really audible and strings, wind etc. are just drowned out. Here it's absolutely wonderful and one is even able to distinguish what the individual orchestral sections are doing. Huge thanks to the audio staff from every orchestral musician who has played with a band before!

I absolutely love DIMMU borgir, their early stuff is amazing too. Thanks for this awesome reaction. Have you listened to “serpentine offering” - goosebumps and sore neck time lol- beyond amazing Greetings from Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤘

well I didn't expect black metal on this channel lol I love this band even though I am not that much into black metal but everything which involves Symphonic or Melodic is marvelous if you dogged this song do check "dimmu borgir - Vredesbyrd" and "dimmu borgir - fear and wonder"

Tank, thanks for the research you do for you Tank Facts! I find that really interesting :)

Tank you are such a likeable guy, thank you for the channel.

Been waiting for this one. I may have went many years without listening to them, just as you have , but they're one of my all-time faves and I will always drift in and out of following Dimmu. My favorite song of theirs. Hybrid Stigmata the apostasy.

Damn ! I forget about both dimmu borgir and childrens of bodom. You reminded me of them. Good old times, bed of razors, burning hell, etc...

Hey Tank :) Just a friendly reminder, that you haven't reacted to Unleash the Archers in quite some time and seeing how much you loved the first one, I bet you'll love the next one, "Tonight We Ride", just as much

I've been desperately waiting for you and Chase to react to Dimmu Borgir. I was honestly expecting Chase to do it first since you'd mentioned listening to Old School Dimmu in a older video. Progenies of the Great Apocalypse or The Serpentine Offering would be great from these guys too. Or maybe some Fleshgod Apocalypse either Sugar or The Violation. Edit - Great Reaction! I can't wait for more Dimmu! The more Dimmu I see/hear, the happier I am.

This just proves once again that anything can work in metal, there's not a single genre of music that marries so well with practically any instrument. Also, I've commented a few times now but never about the actual videos. I'm not usually one for reaction videos because they're often just people staring at a screen without doing anything or really overexaggerating, but you actually have something interesting to say. Keep it up \m/

Appreciate you sir this is just a friggin great production like you said...

Why cant i like this video more then one time? i love this reaction and this band! Seen the reaction, now rewatching because i enjoyed it so much.

Kings of the carnival creation . Live ozzfest. Life changer 🤘

Happy to see a reaction to Dimmu Borgir! Bought the DVD when it came out. Not disappointed at all with both concerts. It's awesome to see some orchestra members at Wacken wearing face paint and head banging to the music when they weren't playing their part.

Oh boy! We reached Dimmu Borgir, baby! I strooongly suggest you give a listen to their live performance of The Insight & The Catharsis live from Wacken, back when they had Vortex on bass and clean vocals and Mustis on keyboards, best line-up in my opinion!

Orchestra + Choir + Metal?? Time for your 2nd Epica!! Design Your Universe @ Retrospect

I wasn't expecting this one neither... well done! Now you could go for an awesome band called Septicflesh that's doing symphonic death metal with orchestration as an integral part of their sound. The orchestra alone is death metal. You could watch "Dark Art" live from the Infernus Sinfonica DVD.

There are some really poor quality and disgraceful Black Metal bands out there, but Dimmu Borgir raises the genre to whole new level. I can only imagine how challenging and expensive it is to set up everything so carrying around a large background orchestra from one live performance to another would be pain in the ass. Such a performance requires an insanely large stage as well. I remember Dimmy from my childhood, but the newer production is not so familiar. I have to get to know their newer production more widely now that my interest awoke.

I did see them 2012 at Wacken:Open:Air and they had their choir and orchestra with them. I think they did only those two shows, one in Oslo and one in Wacken. To this day one of the most impressive live shows I've seen (after Lordi, obiously, but they're just mad)

Luv dimmu borgir..... can't say to much just love thier gig......superb

Yey!! Dimmu!! ⭐️🔥🔥🇳🇴🇳🇴👌🏼 Awesome reaction as always man! I have been listening to Dimmu for years 😃 Norway can make good metal aswell! Awesome that you reacted to them!! We have the same taste in music 😊Greetings from the Norwegian shieldmaiden 🇳🇴🇳🇴😃😃

so in this production Dimmu Borgir played in one of the biggerst venues in Oslo. the choir and orchestra are they played with are called national. this was aslo showed live on the "NRK" norways version of the "BBC" national broadcast TV station.

This is why Dimmu Borgir is my favorite band. They are so good.

I lost it when Tank did the windmill headbang!! LOL

Love this one too. Thankyou.

I've seen the video so many times, but I still learned about the gear. It's such a spectacle with such contrast to see a metal band play along an orchestra, I think Insomnium did that in Finland a couple of years back on a festival. Wish I had been there!

Love this band from my homeland🤟

I love most how you break shit down, like when talking about the audio inputs for the orchestra, or the entirety of them being dependent on the drummer's ability to keep tempo. You're one of the few reacters out there who pays attention to shit like that, i really appreciate that level of detail and personal knowledge.

Have to watch this again. Can't get enough of Tank (and Dimmu!!)

Check out SEPTIC FLESH Live in Mexico also with full Orchestra and Choir !!!!!

Amazing! The micing on that one. And then mixing and monitoring it!

You would definitely like their new song "Interdimensional Summit"!

Yeah I got into COB, In Flames and Dimmu all around the same time, around the mid 90s.

this wasnt my first Dimmu experience, but it is one of the best! i LOVE the mix of Metal and Orchestra together, it's just beautiful. honestly my only grief is that Vortex is no longer in the band and i quickly became a fan when he would do vocals alongside Shagrath, as he had an awesome set of pipes on him!

Love the "Tank Note" super!!

I went to that concert...great memories. From the netherlands to norway. We flew there on Saturday, concert in the evening and back on Sunday 😂

Hurrah! Liking this before I even see the video!

Check them out also at Wacken w the czech orchestra 😉 You should know the song “Mourning Palace” but it’s still amazing 🤘

Dimmu was my thing back in the days just as my home town boys Bodom! Loving this!

i was so hyped, as they released this on bluray... the audio is mindblowing. i miss ICS Vortex. The contrast to shagrath's voice was one of the highlights in their older songs.

Awesome reaction, Dimmu Borgir takes me back to my teenage years! Good to see the hat didn't last very long 😂

Damm, what a show! These guys spare no expenses 😂 I would like to hear from you some comments about the in-ear monitors commonly used in those live shows, I'm totally ignorant in that matter...

Metal + Classic = Epic

Dude. This band has been a huge part of my life since back in the day like you said, In Flames and Bodom. These are bands that also got me into the European metal world! This is awesome, I also forgot about Dimmu Borgir until hearing this. Fuck man, you really need to check out some Septicflesh! 🤘🤘

Kings of the carnival creation is one of my favorite if you haven’t heard that one in awhile !

fantastic production into your reaction with the pop up video feel

Bro, how about symphonic death metal next? Septicflesh did an awesome show for Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX live and it was just released about three months ago. Check out The Vampire From Nazareth.

Love your head banging! Growing my hair out to do the same. Wish I could see them in CA.

I've seen their show with orchestra at Wacken which they have recorded back then for the same DVD. Still one of my favourite shows I have ever seen.

This is what a react channel should look like. Great edits!

What I really appreciate about your video's is that you actually take the time to care about not only the gear and live production, but also the background of the band/performer/song. You're reactions are also quite genuine, compared to other reaction channels where the person in front of the camera tends to over-react, acting overly excited about the video and music they listen to and tend to do some form crazy antics in front of the camera to garner more views. Love watching your reactions and also learned some more things about this band that I didn't know. 🤘

So Glad to hear about COB. Maybe a special RIP video for the band. Talking about their gear?

As well as dvd there's blu-ray release available containing big art book with 2 cd, 2 dvd and 2 blu-rays. 2 live concerts one in Oslo and other one at Waken plus loads of extras like who, when, how and etc. Loads of interviews as well. Behind scenes and amazing look at sound and video engineers trucks.

Seen them live in Gothenburg, where I live. They put on fantastic shows!

I've being watching almost all your Nightwish reactions, guided by Gabriel. Nightwish is Awsome, Gabriel is Awsome, and you, Tamk, are awsome! Now I will say something kindovlike.. Welcome to Norway!! My contry. Dimmu Borgir .... Kings of Black Symfonic Metal Sadly, I didnt get a ticket for that 2011 show in Oslo. But after the concert, it was an HELL of a party in downtown Oslo. I sat in the (at the time) only metal pub in Oslo, Rock in, drinking beer, playing pool, and waited for all those people coming from that gig. friend of mine told me that thet was the best concert ever.. And he dont even like Dimmu I've being watching almost all your Nightwish reactions, guided by Gabriel. Nightwish is Awsome, Gabriel is Awsome, and you, Tamk, are awsome! Now I will say something kindovlike.. Welcome to Norway!! My contry. Dimmu Borgir .... Kings of Black Symfonic Metal Sadly, I didnt get a ticket for that 2011 show in Oslo. But after the concert, it was an HELL of a party in downtown Oslo. I sat in the (at the time) only metal pub in Oslo, Rock in, drinking beer, playing pool, and waited for all those people coming from that gig. friend of mine told me that thet was the best concert ever.. And he dont even like Dimmu

How about Serpentine offering? Awesome for a double header

Wow, you go above and beyond. Most people do the most minimal of reactions. You put a lot of work into this, so you get a like and subscribe.🤟🤟🤟

Yooo big like for the Dimmu!! MOURNING PALACE from the same performance \m/ also the female guest vocalist is Agnete from a band called Djerv.

nice touch putting djrev in the end

You should check out Bloodred Hourglass, Mors Subita, Mors Principium Est, Omnium Gatherum, In Mourning..

I've seen them live was awesome

Thanks, Mate, for pointing out European metal from special phase and time. Thank you. Like everybody else in Europe I’d like to give you a handful bands that are very fundamental of paving the way of black and death metal in the 90s. And also I’ve discovered some (or at least) a lot of promising new bands. Cheers, Mate

Dear Tank it's quite a while you don't react to Epica. After Consign To Oblivion, which you enjoyed a lot, i suggest: Epica - Dancing In A Hurricane Live At The Zenith

She's HUGE, I love her so much

Yessssss Dimmu.. And the lady you see there, sings in an band called Djerv

Mourning Palace from this DVD! 🙂

I saw Dimmu with vortex and Hellhammer in drums….. it was absolute perfection!!!!!

I was there. still one of the most amazing shows that I've been to (and I've seen many)

Another great song is “The mourning Palace”. Live with orchestra. Awesome. Live at Wacken.

Gateways is nice but in my eyes Mourning Palace (live) is fantastic. You should really go for it.

This is awesome !!! Love it. 🤟🏻

Fuck yessss!!! They're great live! Every! Single! Damn! Time!🖤

When I saw them live somewhere between '97 and '99 I can't remember they were 'dressed up' like this. Cool show! But I recommend (once again) to check out Epica and their Retrospect (2013) live show :) Also with orchestra and a choir. Songs: Unleashed, Chasing the Dragon, Introspect/Monopoly On Truth and of course for some Floor; Sancta Terra. Also Within Temptation (Black Symphony) has done such a concert (2008). Song suggestions: Our solemn hour, Jillian, Enter, What have you done. Talking about a huge video wall! This show has it all. Fun fact: Simone was several months pregnant during the Retrospect show and Sharon was ill (on meds) during the Black Symphony show.

Tank hows it good to see you'll still killing it

Avatar live? (: I do really like the fact that you react to so many European bands btw! I don't know if it is because I'm European myself, but European metal is my favourite

That's what happened to me, then I discovered Angelmaker

A reaction suggestion would be Aufbruch by Der Weg einer Freiheit. They are a german Black Metal band and they are soo good.

Vow the H.. did I miss this one. I have suggested it many times and you answers that you used to listen a lot to them.. and then I missed it.. lol But excellent reaction 👍🏼