Some of you might not be too fond, you think, of musical videos by Dimmu Borgir (Dark Cities/Fortresses, a volcanic structure in the band’s home country of Norway). But Dimmu Borgir is not just another thrash metal band to be dismissed. Dimmu Borgir, and their image, is winning more and more American hearts and minds.
I’ll bring you the video link to each of my three favorite Dimmu Borgir videos, and along with it, the lyrics to their tunes.
Dimmu Borgir Lyrics to Dimmu Borgir Music and Video Number One: The Sacriligious Scorn
Lyrics to The Sacrilegious Scorn :
Have I not
Been too long in your shadows of invention and creation?
As I rightfully behold the flesh
Fear of the conscious mind will have you facing away
My word and world holds ground and is real
Your world is like floods of poisoned water
A language spoken with spit from different tongues
It all seems like an eternity
This battle between us two
"Good and evil"
Me and you
Time has come to step up
And take back what you took from me
My word and world holds ground and is real
Your world is like floods of poisoned water
A language spoken with spit from different tongues
You can never corrupt me again
Your world is like floods of poisoned water
A language spoken with spit from different tongues
You can never corrupt me again
I protect every man guilty of sin
The ultimate sin being me
The vapor from the plague
That infested my mind, body and soul
Obscured my view from wisdom
The mist that had me wonder in resentment cleared
And troubles me no more
[ The Sacrilegious Scorn Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com/ ]
Dimmu Borgir Lyrics to Dimmu Borgir Music and Video Number Two: The Serpentine Offering
Lyrics to The Serpentine Offering :
My decent is the story of everyman
I am hatred, darkness and despair
My decent is the story of everyman
I am hatred, darkness and despair
Evoked and entertained through centuries
Wrathful and sullen–dormant still
The ferocity pervades everywhere
Waiting to be released at last
Hear my offering
Ye bastard sons and daughters
Share my sacrifice
Share my sacrifice
My decent is the story of everyman
I am hatred, darkness and despair
My decent is the story of everyman
I am hatred, darkness and despair
My decent is the story of everyman
My decent is the story of everyman
I am hatred, darkness and despair
My decent is the story of everyman
I am hatred, darkness and despair
Reconcile not with the fear of the snake
But embrace it as your own
Inject it’s venom into your veins
And replant the seed that gives growth
Still shrouded in mystery
Until you arise above perception
A veil of ignorance is in motion
Continuing throughout generations
A veil of ignorance is in motion
Continuing throughout multiple generations
let me be the one that deliver you from the deceit
And back into perfect accordance with the laws of nature
The snake is notoriously tempting
But the snake is fair
What is worse than not knowing?
To live or disappear?
The ferocity pervades everywhere
Waiting to be released at last
Hear my offering
Ye bastard sons and daughters
Share my sacrifice
Share my sacrifice
[ The Serpentine Offering Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com/ ]
Dimmu Borgir Lyrics to Dimmu Borgir Music and Video Number Three: The Chosen Legacy
Lyrics to The Chosen Legacy :
Hence I will anoint
And whisper wholeheartedly
The creed of Hades and beyond
As I succumb to inevitable sin
For I can not enslave myself
With imaginary words of salvation
The hypocrisy that surrounds my temple
Is assisted by pretenders to the throne
The winds that blow purity
Signily my chosen legacy
I was born in opposition
A contender to creation
In sorte diaboli
In sorte diaboli
In sorte diaboli
In sorte diaboli
For my sins
I will ask no forgiveness
For my sins
They are not to forgive
So never speak of me quietly
Stand by my confession
I voice your rebellion
Against the traitor of the world
I am the first creature of this Kingdom
I will be The One
To outlive His time
With the triumph of free will
[ The Chosen Legacy Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com/ ]
We can see that Dimmu Borgir music has had a profoundly positive effect on those who listen to Dimmu Borgir. Contrary to popular consensus…Dimmu Borgir is not any more "Satanic" than they are theatrical. Their message is one of sobriety and responsibility in your own individualism.
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