The Foreshadowing Furnace

I'm not sure if this falls more under my personal blog or my music blog, but since it's music related, I'm going to go ahead and post it here. Basically, on Tuesday I attended a listening party at the Key Club downstairs lounge for the new Dimmu Borgir record. The invite alone made me feel like I'm a real music writer! I'm good at self-delusion like that, though. As far as the party itself goes, it was very productive. I met Blasko, who used to play bass for Rob Zombie and now plays for Ozzy Osbourne. For those keeping track, those are two of my favorite artists. He also represents In This Moment, whom I review very positively in the upcoming issue of Outburn. That probably put me on his good side. I asked him about the next Ozzy Osbourne record, and he said that it basically sounds like Black Label Society with Ozzy on vocals. I'm fine with that. I also met Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, the creators of Metalocalypse, one of my current favorite TV shows. Very cool, and very funny, guys. Chatted with Tommy for a while, which ended up being beneficial for my screenwriting career, but that is for another blog. They also had a chocolate fountain there! Good times.

But you want to know about Dimmu Borgir, right? I obviously can't give a very detailed review but my impression was positive. It seems like a good mix between the old kvlt/grim stuff, and the newer overblown symphonic stuff. Less immediately catchy and far more brutal than Death Cult, but it did have pristine production and symphonic elements, for whatever that's worth. Sounded good, overall. More details when I can sit down with the thing.