Pre-Order: Dimmu Borgir – Grand Serpent Rising [Dark Green]

Eight years after their previous studio release Eonian, Dimmu Borgir return with thirteen punishing yet remarkably diverse tracks under the banner Grand Serpent Rising and even the sheer weight of the album title alone speaks volumes.

It fits perfectly, Silenoz nods. Dimmu Borgir is a leviathan of a band on a grand scale and we are rising once again. While the serpent represents evil to some, for us it symbolizes something else: renewal, growth, knowledge, and liberation. Shedding our skin, so to speak. And lets not forget that February 2026 marks the end of the Year of the Snake, roughly the same moment this album was completed.

Once you descend into the treacherous journey charted by this Norwegian serpent, Silenozs words are immediately vindicated. Following the ominous intro Tridentium, the opening track Ascent strikes like lightning across a frozen, darkened northern sky. Aggressive, vicious, and twistedly beautiful, it instantly conf