Grand Serpent Rising

by Dimmu Borgir

Grand Serpent Rising cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 22 May 2026
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Country: Norway
  • Length: 1:09:23
  • Community rating: 3.64/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Daray, Shagrath, Erkekjetter Silenoz, Geir Bratland

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking their eleventh studio album and their first release of new material in eight long years, Norwegian icons Dimmu Borgir return with 'Grand Serpent Rising'. The thirteen-track record, released via Nuclear Blast, blends the raw, aggressive energy of 90s Norwegian black metal with majestic, perfectly polished symphonic orchestrations. Featuring new guitarist Kjell 脜ge 'Damage' Karlsen and Shagrath's vicious vocal performance, the album delivers an imposing, seventy-minute showcase of cinematic black majesty.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, scale, grandiose, norwegian, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. Tridentium (3:55)
  2. Ascent (5:21)
  3. As Seen in the Unseen (6:59)
  4. The Qryptfarer (4:30)
  5. Ulvgjeld & Blodsodel (5:42)
  6. Repository of Divine Transmutation (6:33)
  7. Slik Minnes en Alkymist (5:38)
  8. Phantom of the Nemesis (5:07)
  9. The Exonerated (5:57)
  10. Recognizant (5:51)
  11. At the Precipice of Convergence (4:16)
  12. Shadows of a Thousand Perceptions (5:29)
  13. Gj谦ll (4:00)

Credits

More from Dimmu Borgir: full discography