In Sorte Diaboli

by Dimmu Borgir

In Sorte Diaboli cover art

Billed as their first formal concept album, the Norwegian titans constructed a grand narrative following a priest who rejects his faith in medieval Europe. The incredibly polished, bombastic recording became the very first black metal album to ever reach number one on the official album charts in their native Norway.

Genres

  • Symphonic Black Metal

Tracklist

  1. The Serpentine Offering
  2. The Chosen Legacy
  3. The Conspiracy Unfolds
  4. The Ancestral Fever
  5. The Sacrilegious Scorn
  6. The Fallen Arises
  7. The Sinister Awakening
  8. The Fundamental Alienation
  9. The Invaluable Darkness
  10. The Foreshadowing Furnace