Dimmu Borgir performed a particular 30-year anniversary set on the Past The Gates Competition over the weekend, and boy did they dig deep for lots of their setlist. Plenty of the tracks Dimmu Borgir have not been carried out in over 10 years, with just a few like “Dødsferd” and “Over bleknede blåner til dommedag” having been absent for literal many years. The present ran as follows:
- “Raabjørn speiler draugheimens skodde” (First time since 2012)
- “Over bleknede blåner til dommedag” (First time since 1995)
- “Spellbound (by the Satan)” (First time since 2012)
- “Entrance” (First time since 2012)
- “Grotesquery Conceiled (Inside Measureless Magic)” (First time since 2007)
- “The Perception and the Catharsis”
- “Stormblåst” (First time since 2008)
- “Dødsferd” (First time since 1997)
- “Dimmu Borgir”
- “The Chosen Legacy”
- “Interdimensional Summit”
- “Ætheric”
- “Council of Wolves and Snakes”
- “Ceremony of Passage” (Reside debut)
- “Blessings Upon the Throne of Tyranny”
- “Progenies of the Nice Apocalypse”
- “Mourning Palace”
In an interview from 2020, Dimmu Borgir guitarist Silenoz stated that the band was engaged on new materials. Silenoz notes that Dimmu Borgir was contemplating firming down the orchestrations and going for a stripped-down sound, however who is aware of how they really feel now – that was three years in the past.
“It is clearly at all times unusual to speak about it that early within the songwriting course of, however I really feel prefer it is likely to be a bit of extra stripped down. And that is most likely not saying an excessive amount of, as a result of we’ve a lot of all the things. However I really feel like we’re taking a look at perhaps firming it down a bit of bit, particularly on the orchestral aspect. So folks should not be too shocked in the event that they get a bit extra stripped-down model of Dimmu on the subsequent album.”
