🔥🎶There are so many other things I could have said about this piece that after a second listen I could have done 40 min on this track. The good thing is, now I'm hooked and going to return to them for more!!! HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND GANG!!

Please watch the live version of this with the full symphony from Forces of the Northern Night. It's visually stunning and also sounds much better (especially Agnete's singing)

Aloha, been a Dimmu Bor-gear fan forever. Add "Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse" should be your next recycle from them...

Kings of the Carnival Creation, probably their absolute best song and a wonderful journey!

please someone have him do some fleshgod apocalypse... its symphonic death metal... and its VERY VERY SYMPHONIC like... the album KING is both perfect listening to just the accompaniment or as the whole album. PLEASE

oh damn, you should have done the live version with the orchestra! Seriously, i cant emphasize this enough

I love how in 2013 I was shown this music video as a joke...been hooked since.

So glad you give good old Dimmu a change. Fantastic band. Mourning Palace is also one you could do. Is one of their best !

Geebz, you should definitely watch the live performance of that song, it's even more impressive to see all of these parts happening in real time. #imstilhere

Glad to see and hear you did Dimmu Borgir, one of the most known symphonic black metal bands, probably the first one on this particular subgender. If you plan to do more of them i will sugest to pick one of this songs : Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse, The Serpenting Offering, The Mourning Palace, Dimmu Borgir, the insight and the catharsis. Yes there is a song called same as the band. There are more good and great songs but for now i believe this recomendations are probably mandatory.

You're the only reactor I'll watch when I don't know the song. Your curiosity is contagious

This band has that Castlevania boss fight feel. They've been around for a while now. Awesome band. I really appreciate your range of music on this channel. Cheers

Checkout the Wacken 2012 live version of this song. They play this with full orchestra and a huge choir. You have to see to believe. It really is a spectacle.

The Norwegian live version of this with 90 performers, all individually microfoned, on stage is almost mind-blowing. Full orchestra and choir and two lead singers, all live. Makes it concrete for layperson like me what it takes to create that sound.

OMG YES!!!!!! Geebz, get ready. Do done research on these guys. Their backstory and where they're from and their influences are incredible. True symphonic metal. Just composition of heaven! Try live track

This song is a grand masterpiece. I'm almost brought to tears listening to it (don't know why). The massive sound, sheer beauty, and forward driven parts lends itself for being one of the band's best recordings/performances. As far as black metal, no part encapsulates the spirit of the genre more like the blast-beat bridge section at 10:33 ... pure goosebumps and makes me proud to be a fan. - Ant from Queens, NY. 🤘🏼

Dimmu Borgir are a very theatrical band, the play live in full corpse paint and spiky leather jackets. I got the privelage of seeing them live in Canada at Montebello Rockfest 2018 and that was their first show back after a 4 year break.

We need Nevermore's masterpiece, This Godless Endeavor. Geebz will do it justice. You metalheads know this needs to happen.

great pick! would love to see Cradle of Filth - Beneath the Howling Stars

If you loved this you should also check out septicflesh! "Anubis" and "the vampire from Nazareth" are two great tracks. They also hav a live concert with a full orchestra behind them. So powerful!

YESSSS!!!! GEEBZ did Dimmu Borgia!!!! Can’t wait to see more videos on this specific band! Great to see GEEBZ be with his natural habitat with orchestral, Symphonic black metal all in one melting pot! Cheers Geebz

This is unexpected. Dimmu Borgir's music can be fairly divisive, depending on whether you prefer their newer material or their older material. I'm personally more of a fan of Death Cult Armageddon and In Sorte Diaboli, but their influence is undeniable. As far as black metal goes, I highly recommend Obsequiae, specifically the combination of 'L'autrier m'en aloie' and 'Ceres In Emerald Streams' because the medieval harp intro is absolutely essential to getting the full Obsequiae experience. It's an incredible thing.

Can't wait until you hear their song, "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" for the first time.

I discovered Dimmu Borgir with the original release of Stormblast. It's amazing how they are still in the game and have evolved so much. The female vocals gave me chills!

I love that you loved it! Can’t wait for you to check out Mourning Palace, Interdimensional summit, Progenies of the great apocalypse, The serpentine offering and the list goes on and on 😄 They are a Norwegian symphonic black metal band that has had a huge influence worldwide since the beginning. They are really masters at changing it up and playing around with different styles, so older fans might not be as excited about their new stuff. But I think it’s good and that a band has to change it up for them not to get bored. And it’s working because they’re still here doing it after like 28 (!) yrs. Only the singer and guitarist is OGs though.

One of my favourite bands ever! Dimmu are so original and creative!!

The amount of things you can process at once astounds me. I'm envious.

oh hell yeah, Dimmu Borgir is one of my favorite bands!! I highly recommend checking out this track live - they put on an awesome show and they have a full choir/orchestra for their Oslo Norway show.

Alpha Omega Aeon, I Am Sovreign, and anything with Vortex singing is amazing

YES........!!!! More Dimmu..

Glad you gave Dimmu a shot. I personally am hooked on Interdimensional Summit by them. Give that one a look of you have the opportut.

When this song came out I thought they got carried away with the orchestral stuff and I hated it. I'll be damned if it isn't one of my favorites by them today. Much love Geebz!

I've been waiting for you to do some Borgir. Go back to some of there earlier stuff. I like it better personally

your channel is quite fun! thanks for the free content

Yeah boyyyy this is what I'm here for. Dimmu is easily my favorite band, and I love seeing the take on this song in particular from a composer!! As far as this song goes, I think my absolutely favorite element happens in the very last pass of the chorus. I don't know what instrument it is precisely, but it sounds like a drum of some sort. It's a heavy, if a bit sublime melody driver throughout the song, but in this last part it sounds like it gets accentuated a fair bit. You can hear its frequency in the soundscape actually increase, both in terms of its own beat but also for which parts of the melody it's present for, as the climax of the final 15-20 seconds of the song is playing out. Hands down the best singular element in this entire song, and so powerful to listen to. A lot of people are going to suggest The Serpentine Offering and Progenies of the Great Apocalypse as other songs to check out by this band. Both are great songs in their own regard, even composition-wise... BUT my recommendation would be to go a bit off the beaten path, because neither of those songs are substantially different from this one. Here are some suggestions that I think will tickle the composer's mind just as much, if not more, because they have vastly different structures than Gateways: The Sacreligious Scorn, Interdimensional Summit, and Kings of the Carnival Creation. Another extreme metal band with some fairly technical composition is FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE. Their sound is at times a bit rougher than this, but the arrangements in their tracks are masterful. Try in particular The Violation, but Monnalisa, Sugar and The Forsaking also show beautifully what can come when you marry hard melodic metal and (elements and structures from) classical music.

Fun fact: the orchestra is called KORK. It's the Norwegian broadcasting orchestra for NRK (Norwegian TV channel). Dimmu Borgir even use them for live performances - an awesome experience!

Since we're going the symphonic route.. How about Septicflesh - Prometheus? A Greek take on symphonic death metal. One of the guitarists is the composer, with a masters degree in Concert music.

Always here mate.

#still here! xD I love the end part. If I wanted just the music, I'd watch the music video :P

I knew he would like this one. Great analysis!

Dimmu is awesome, glad to see you doing some of their stuff. The female vocalist is Agnete Kjolsrud, who did a guest appearance on the song. She's also the vocalist for the band Djerv, who are pretty great. You should react to the Djerv song, "Madman" it's a wicked tune.

Thanks for reminding me it has been awhile since I've listened to one of my all time favorite bands! Their live shows are great. They released a live recording of them playing with a full choir and orchestra too #ImStillHere

I don't know this song but I really loved the music! I'm somewhat familiar with Dimmu Borgir but unfortunately haven't listened to them in a very long time but I'm definitely sure to give them a spin again. I have to say this is a fantastic analysis of the music and the ability that Geebzs has to hear everything and process it out into words that describes the music & song structure perfectly is just outstanding, and his engineering knowledge is always lit! and top notch quality. You rock Geebz! #I'm still here.🤘💙🎶

#I'mStillHere because you're a wonderful human.

Dimmu Borgir's newest album Eonian got lots of tracks to choose from, superb album! Besides that there's a lot of classics you can find of all their hits and more hidden songs, my favourite band actually so i am happy you got to them finally! Not going to mention any songs as they're all just great and there's enough of people here doing it \m/

Ohhh hell yeah. This channel has been fucking amazing for content so consistently for a while now, and I love all the places you're going Geebz. Makes me think of other bands that may fade to the background Speaking of which, I think you would absolutely love some Carach Angren, kind of like this brand of black metal in a way. First song that comes to mind is When Crows Tick on Windows, also The Funerary Dirge of a Violinist. Both fucking great songs, theatrical vibes, and even the videos are very theatrical

I really don't understand how can someone dislike your videos! Keep up, you're amazing!

The live video of Progenies of the great apocolypse is an absolute must to watch with the full orchestra

Ok you got me. This is my fave band. Subscribed!

Thank you!

Im a huge fan of this band and i appreciate your thoughts in this particular song,because it's really amazing and the whole process behind it. P.S : This whole album was created in a matter of a month alongside with the whole Norvegian national orchestra. CRAZY!

Props for decomposing this song. instant thumb up

när de du älskar kommer tillbaka från de döda by Vildhjarta is one to check out, absolutely amazing song, really unusual and a great mix!

Please react to the live version of this. It's so powerful, and Agnete's vocals are even better. Keep up the awesome work!

thank you for FINALLY checking out Dimmu Borgir!! i was asking almost every video for a while, then eventually stopped watching the channel cause you wouldn't look at these guys. the last pronunciation you did at the end is correct, i think!

Love it! Cradle of Filth next!

Dimmu knows no earthly boundaries.. yess! Cheers G man!

My favorite puppet is the smiling turtle, also love you're reaction video's always enjoyable and you speak passionately about music and you're well spoken and i can tell you enjoy doing this, keep rocking!

YES! One of my absolute favorite songs! Welcome to black metal! The lyrics of this one are magnificent and beautiful, it's a genuinely positive song which is almost unheard of among black metal. The name of the genre is the clue 😂

One of my favorite symphonic black metal tracks is An Elegy of Icaros by Emperor. You might like it.

Omg I've seen dimmu borgir like 5 or 6 times live during summers in south Florida, and I can tell you they have complete full stage make up and costumes and just absolutely steal the show every single time. They just don't stop for like 40 minutes. It just doesn't stop. And in 100 swamp weather, that's the most brutal thing I've ever seen.

I saw Dimmu live a couple years back and my god was it a great show. Flawless musicianship and Shagrath sounds exactly like he does on recordings. There's also an Orchestral-only version of this song on the deluxe edition and it's awesome.

I feel like the CD has the symphonic score as a separate track.

As a reply to the end of your video. I always stick around. I like hearing what you have to say of the songs I enjoy.

While we're getting in the black metal realm, we gotta check out Mgła at some point. They got some amazing cymbal work.

#imstillhere just vibing to the breakdowns (both the band's and yours!)

Yes please do more DIMMU BORGIR!

#imstillhere Always a pleasure hanging out with you Geebz

Dimmu Borgir is awesome, i'm a big on Symphonic Metal and they really go all out, honestly i hate how some fans respond to them though, saying that they "try too hard" or are just "compensating for Vector" with the actual choirs, but i disagree with that, they give their all... they dont half ass it like they could do and i admire them for that.

I've been a fan of Dimmu for 15 years, and this is a wonderful example of them. Glad you liked it, please do yourself a favor and listen to the Insight and the Catharsis. That's my favorite by them for sure. When Mustis and ICS Vortex were part of the crew. Spiritual Black Dimensions is a phenomenal album

i have been waiting for you to do a dimmu borgir song for the better part of a year. cant wait

YES!

Great to see Dimmu in the mix

Dimmu Borgir records their Orchestral arrangements with the Oslo Orchestra in studio and they also performed live with them.

Yes dimmu lets go

Geebz on fire, first Archspire and now Dimmu!

You gotta react to Cradle of Filth then; Saffron's Curse, Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids, etc.

The live version of this has some of the greatest *phenomenal* mixing. Whoever was working the soundboard for them for that concert deserves a raise!

I wasn't sure...until I loved it!

Just Found you today Love your videos

#ImStillHere lol Great channel dude, it's wholesome AF! :)

You mentioned historical vibes, going through journeys, and feelings of glorious battle. I think it might be worth your while to check out the band Ensiferum. I guess they would be classified as Folk Metal and many songs have similar energy to this one, in my opinion. "Victory Song" would be a great one. Or maybe "Into Battle". Loved this reaction and thank you for the educational components to your reactions.

YES. FINALLY SOME DIMMU

One of my favorites from this band, the imagery from the original music video is amazing as well.

The lyrics on this song are probably my favorite of theirs. Puritanical euphoric misanthropia is probably my favorite album though

#I'mstillhere :3 keep up the good work, man, always live to hear your thoughts.

Love this🤘. Heilung next!!!!!!!!

Dimmu is so damn good. I again humbly request "Rebirth" by Eluveitie.

Their frontman writes all of the orchestration himself. He’s worked with symphony orchestras all over the world and their composers. He’s very detail oriented.

Progenies of the great apocalypse. Gotta get some of their tracks with their opera singer and pianist before they left the band.

I was huge into Dimmu back in the early 2000s. Had the pleasure of seeing them live at a smaller venue in Norfolk Virginia. Fucking incredible show.

Hey Geebz! Great choice of band! Try Kings of the Carnival Creation (live at Ozzfest 2004) Cheers!

Hey geebz!like your reactions, The band"nevermore"will be a good one to have a listen!greetz

Yes!! Finally you did it. Ever since I first discovered your channel some 8 months ago, I knew that you would love this band. So much in there for you to dissect. Their music is very technical and their compositions are powerful and really takes you on a journey. Also their songs are kind of evil and sinister sounding, as how you would imagine Sauron from LOTR theme songs would be. However their earlier work is much superior. As is mentioned by others, check out "The insight and the catharsis", "Kings of the carnival creation", "Mourning Palace", "Progenies of the great apocalypse" and "The serpentine offering". You will be amazed, my guy!:)) Love your channel btw.

We want more borgir reactions!

Hell yeah, these guys are always totally epic. Some other catchy ones from there would be "The Sacreligeous Scorn", or their own namesake track, "Dimmu Borgir"

#ImStillHere 😁😁

Dimmu Borgir's "Kings of the Carnival Creation" is probably one of the most epic black metal songs ever

you should've reacted to the live version with full orchestra and choir they did in Oslo and Wacken. I can also recomment Therion if you haven't heard them. They are the masters of blending opera and metal.

I agree with Bill.. you should watch the concert of this album. They had the entire orchestra AND a whole choir, on stage with them. It's an amazing performance! Once again, it is called Forces of the Northern Night :)