Dimmu Borgir discography

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Dimmu Borgir discography
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Dimmu Borgir at See-Rock Festival 2014
Studio albums9
Compilation albums2
Video albums3
Music videos15
EPs4
Singles6

The discography of Dimmu Borgir, a Norwegian symphonic black metal band, consists of nine studio albums, four extended plays, one compilation album, six singles and three music videos.

Contents

Dimmu Borgir was formed in 1993 by Shagrath, Silenoz, and Tjodalv in Oslo, Norway and released their first extended play, Inn i evighetens mørke (English: Into Eternal Darkness), in 1994 shortly followed by their début studio album, For all tid (English: For All Time), in the same year. Two years later, in 1996, they released their second studio album Stormblåst (English: Stormblown) under Cacophonous and was their final album sung entirely in Norwegian until its re-recording in 2005 under Nuclear Blast. The band's first release under Nuclear Blast was their third studio album Enthrone Darkness Triumphant and was also their first album to make it into the charts; peaking in its seventh week in the Finnish charts at number 26 [1] and debuting in the German charts at number 75. [2] Before the release of their fourth studio album, Spiritual Black Dimensions ; in 1999, Dimmu Borgir released the compilation album Godless Savage Garden to, according to the band, "hold fans over while waiting for the next full-length, Spiritual Black Dimensions." [3] Two years later, in 2001, they released their fifth studio album, Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia , and a further two years later their sixth and first album to chart in the United States; [4] Death Cult Armageddon . In 2005 the band released the rerecording of their second studio album under the title Stormblåst MMV followed by their first concept album In Sorte Diaboli , in 2007, which debuted in at number one in the Norwegian album charts [5] and at number 43 in the Billboard 200, making them the first Norwegian band since a-ha to crack the United States Top 50. [6] As of 2010, Dimmu Borgir had sold over 400,000 albums in the United States. [7] [8]

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales Certifications
NOR
[9]
AUT
[10]
CHE
[11]
FIN
[12]
FRA
[13]
GER
[2]
NLD
[14]
SWE
[15]
US
[4]
JPN
[16]
UK
[17] [18]
For all tid
Stormblåst
  • Released: 25 January 1996
  • Label: Cacophonous
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, DL [20]
Enthrone Darkness Triumphant 2675
Spiritual Black Dimensions
  • Released: 2 March 1999
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, DL [24]
183114259844
  • US: 7,914+ [22]
  • WW: 250,000+
Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
  • Released: 20 March 2001
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, DL [25]
16231166167128192
  • WW: 400,000+
Death Cult Armageddon
  • Released: 8 September 2003
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, DVD-A, DL [26]
21454935124228170289125
  • US: 130,000+ [8]
  • WW: 500,000+ [27]
In Sorte Diaboli
  • Released: 24 April 2007
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, CD+DVD, LP, DL [28]
111306347371043131143
Abrahadabra
  • Released: 24 September 2010
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, LP, DL [31]
22024843151001742282117
  • US: 9,400 (1st week) [32]
Eonian
  • Released: 4 May 2018
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, DL
2
[33]
1054
[34]
334643214215873
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Re-recorded albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
NOR
[9]
FRA
[13]
GER
[2]
JPN
[16]
US
Ind.
[4]
Stormblåst MMV
  • Released: 11 November 2005
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, CD+DVD, LP, DL [35]
241838730038
  • US: 3,000 (1st week) [36]

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
AUT
[10]
FIN
[12]
GER
[2]
NLD
[14]
Godless Savage Garden
  • Released: 4 August 1998
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, DL [37]
47255698
Inspirato Profanus
  • Released: 8 December 2023
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, LP

Extended plays

TitleAlbum details
Inn i evighetens mørke
  • Released: 17 December 1994
  • Label: Necromantic Gallery Productions
  • Formats: LP
Devil's Path
  • Released: 19 June 1996
  • Label: Hot Records
  • Formats: CD
Alive in Torment
Interdimensional Summit
  • Released: 23 February 2018
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: CD, LP

Singles

YearTitleAlbum
2003"Progenies of the Great Apocalypse"Death Cult Armageddon
"Vredesbyrd" [39]
2007"The Serpentine Offering" [40] In Sorte Diaboli
"The Sacrilegious Scorn"
2010"Gateways" [41] Abrahadabra
2014"Bipartisan Apostasy"N/A

Videos

Video releases

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
NOR DVD
[9]
AUT DVD
[42]
SWI DVD
[43]
FIN
[12]
GER
[2]
SWE DVD
[44]
World Misanthropy
  • Released: 28 May 2002
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: VHS, DVD, DVD+CD
2
The Invaluable Darkness
  • Released: 6 October 2008
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: DVD, DVD+CD, LP
23828697
Forces of the Northern Night
  • Released: 28 April 2017
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD, CD+BD, Double LP
17

Music videos

YearTitleDirector
1995"Alt Lys er Svunnet Hen"Dimmu Borgir [45]
1997"The Mourning Palace"
"Spellbound (By the Devil)"
1999"Arcane Lifeforce Mysteria"
2001"Puritania"
2003"Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" Patric Ullaeus [46] [47] [48] [49]
"Vredesbyrd"
2005"Sorgens Kammer – Del II"
2007"The Serpentine Offering"
"The Sacrilegious Scorn" Joachim Luetke [50]
2008"The Chosen Legacy"Tod Junker [51]
2010"Gateways"Sandra Marschner [52]
"Dimmu Borgir"
2018"Interdimensional Summit"
2018"Council of Wolves and Snakes"Patric Ullaeus [53]

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