Stormblåst

Infobox Album |
Name = Stormblåst
Type = studio
Artist = Dimmu Borgir


Released = start date|1996
Recorded = Endless Sound Productions
July–September 1995
Genre = Melodic black metal
Length = 49:40
Label = Cacophonous
Century Media
Producer = Dimmu Borgir
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?sql=10:gnfexqwdldhe link]
Last album = "For all tid"
(1994)
This album = "Stormblåst"
(1996)
Next album = "Devil's Path"
(1996)

"Stormblåst" ("Stormblown" in English) is the second studio album by Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir. It was released in 1996 by Cacophonous Records, and re-released in 2001 by Century Media. The album is sung entirely in the band's native language, Norwegian, and was their last album to be completely in Norwegian instead of English. In November of 2005, a completely re-recorded version of this album was released.

For this album, the keyboards became the dominant instrument, a trend the band would use again in later albums.

This is also the last album where lyrics would be written by Aldrahn (of Dødheimsgard and Ved Buens Ende) until 2003's "Death Cult Armageddon".

The intro to "Guds fortapelse" is from Dvořák's Symphony no. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World".

This album is the single album that breaks Dimmu Borgir's trend to title the albums with three words.

The song "Sorgens kammer" was stolen from the Amiga game "Agony (video game)". The band did not know about this until 2004, when they were contacted by the game's creator about it. Keyboardist at the time Stian Aarstad neglected to tell them this, and as a result, the song was left off of their re-recording of "Stormblåst".

Track listing

tracklist
title1 = Alt lys er svunnet hen
note1 = "All Light Has Faded Away"
length1 = 6:07
title2 = Broderskapets ring
note2 = "The Ring of Brotherhood"
length2 = 5:10
title3 = Når sjelen hentes til helvete
note3 = "When the Soul Is Brought to Hell"
length3 = 4:33
title4 = Sorgens kammer
note4 = "Chamber of Sorrow"
length4 = 6:21
title5 = Da den kristne satte livet til
note5 = "When the Christian Lost His Life"
length5 = 3:08
title6 = Stormblåst
note6 = "Stormblown"
length6 = 6:16
title7 = Dødsferd
note7 = "Journey of Death"
length7 = 5:30
title8 = Antikrist
note8 = "Antichrist"
length8 = 3:43
title9 = Vinder fra en ensom grav
note9 = "Winds From a Lonely Grave"
length9 = 4:28
title10 = Guds fortapelse - Åpenbaring av dommedag
note10 = "God's Damnation - Revelation of Judgment Day"
length10= 4:24

Credits

*Shagrath – guitar, vocals
*Erkekjetter Silenoz – guitar, vocals
*Tjodalv – drums
*Brynjard Tristan – bass guitar
*Stian Aarstad – synthesizer, piano