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Dimmu Borgir went from arming themselves against potential murderers to the biggest band in black metal. "We heard people were starting to wear knives and weapons, so we did the same."

Dimmu Borgir were decried as sell outs from their first single, but they broadened the scope of black metal to impossible new heights

Metal Hammer · Aug 9

"We had taken some mushrooms. We saw ghosts and all manner of things." Hallucinogenics, Tim Burton and The Battle Of Hastings: the story of the song that turned a British black metal band into household names

How one of Britain's most infamous metal bands wrote their major breakthrough hit

Metal Hammer · Dec 12, 2025

“The time was right. Metal had died a horrible death, grunge had killed the mainstream off, so it felt like a revolution”: The unholy story of Cacophonous Records, the underground 90s label that changed black metal

Cacophonous Records launched Cradle Of Filth and Dimmu Borgir on an unsuspecting world

Metal Hammer · May 24, 2025