Huge, symphonic, polished and controlled – review of “Grand Serpent Rising” by Dimmu Borgir

Eight years of silence for Dimmu Borgir, and “Grand Serpent Rising” arrives exactly as expected: huge, symphonic, hyper-polished, and fully controlled. Maybe too controlled. This is the central tension running through the entire record. It’s not a failure, and it’s not a surprise either. It’s a consolidation of identity: a global symphonic machine where black... The post Huge, symphonic, polished and controlled – review of “Grand Serpent Rising” by Dimmu Borgir appeared first on Chaoszine.