Dimmu Borgir discography

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

Dimmu Borgir discography
Dimmu Borgir at Tuska, Helsinki, Finland - July 2005
Studio albums	10
Compilation albums	2
Video albums	3
Music videos	15
EPs	4
Singles	6

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

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions											Sales	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	Released: 1995 Label: No Colours Format: CD, CS, LP, DL[19]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Stormblåst	Released: 25 January 1996 Label: Cacophonous Format: CD, CS, LP, DL[20]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Enthrone Darkness Triumphant	Released: 30 May 1997 Label: Nuclear Blast Format: CD, CS, LP, DL[21]	—	—	—	26	—	75	—	—	—	—	—	US: 7,098+[22] WW: 300,000+[23]
Spiritual Black Dimensions	Released: 2 March 1999 Label: Nuclear Blast Format: CD, CS, LP, DL[24]	18	31	—	14	—	25	98	44	—	—	—	US: 7,914+[22] WW: 250,000+
Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia	Released: 20 March 2001 Label: Nuclear Blast Format: CD, CS, LP, DL[25]	16	23	—	11	66	16	71	28	—	—	192	WW: 400,000+
Death Cult Armageddon	Released: 8 September 2003 Label: Nuclear Blast Format: CD, CS, LP, DVD-A, DL[26]	2	14	54	9	35	12	42	28	170	289	125	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]	1	11	30	6	34	7	37	10	43	131	143	US: 75,000+[8] NOR: 15,000+[29]	NOR: Gold[30]
Abrahadabra	Released: 24 September 2010 Label: Nuclear Blast Format: CD, LP, DL[31]	2	20	24	8	43	15	100	17	42	282	117	US: 9,400 (1st week)[32]
Eonian	Released: 4 May 2018 Label: Nuclear Blast Format: CD, CS, LP, DL	2 [33]	10	5	4 [34]	33	4	64	32	142	158	73
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Re-recorded albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions					Sales
		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]	24	183	87	300	38	US: 3,000 (1st week)[36]

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak 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]	47	25	56	98

Extended plays

Title	Album 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	Released: 26 February 2002 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, DL[38]
World Misanthropy	Released: 28 May 2002 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, CD+DVD, LP
Interdimensional Summit	Released: 23 February 2018 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP

Singles

Year	Title	Album
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

Videos

Video releases

Title	Album details	Peak 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	2	3	8	28	69	7
Forces of the Northern Night	Released: 28 April 2017 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, CD+DVD, CD+BD, Double LP	—	—	—	—	17	—

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
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"	N/A
2018	"Council of Wolves and Snakes"	Patric Ullaeus[53]

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External links

• Dimmu-borgir official website