Godless Savage Garden

Godless Savage Garden
Compilation album by Dimmu Borgir
Released	4 August 1998 (1998-08-04)
Recorded	January–July 1997
Genre	Symphonic black metal melodic black metal
Length	41:12
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir chronology
Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) Godless Savage Garden (1998) Spiritual Black Dimensions (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chronicles of Chaos	5/10 [2]

Godless Savage Garden is the first compilation album by Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir. It was released in 1998 by Nuclear Blast and re-released on 3 October 2006 with 2 bonus tracks.

Two of the five studio tracks on this release were recorded during the Enthrone Darkness Triumphant sessions and the other three were recorded in the same studio later that year.

This is the first release to include guitarist Astennu and the last to feature former keyboardist Stian Aarstad who is uncredited in the liner notes.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Moonchild Domain"	5:24
2.	"Hunnerkongens Sorgsvarte Ferd Over Steppene" (The King of the Huns' Sorrowful Black Journey over the Plains (re-recording))	3:05
3.	"Chaos Without Prophecy"	7:09
4.	"Raabjørn Speiler Draugheimens Skodde" (Raabjørn Reflects the Mist of Draugheimen (re-recording))	5:03
5.	"Metal Heart (Accept cover)"	4:40
6.	"Stormblåst (live)" (Stormblown)	5:09
7.	"Master of Disharmony (live)"	4:27
8.	"In Death's Embrace (live)"	6:15
9.	"Spellbound (By the Devil) (live)" (bonus track)	4:45
10.	"Mourning Palace (live)" (bonus track)	5:57

Credits

Dimmu Borgir Shagrath – lead vocals (1, 3, 5–8); lead guitar (2, 4) Silenoz – rhythm guitar; lead vocals (2, 4) Nagash – bass guitar, backing vocals Tjodalv – drums

Other Personnel Astennu – lead guitar (1, 3, 5–8) Stian Aarstad - keyboards (2, 4) (uncredited) Mustis - keyboards (6–8)

References

1. "Godless Savage Garden - Dimmu Borgir : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 27 August 2012.
2. Schwarz, Paul (19 November 1998). "CoC : Dimmu Borgir - Godless Savage Garden : Review". Chronicles of Chaos . Retrieved 27 August 2012.