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Let's go ! Here they are , in the darkness, broken only by those laser effects, i distinguish Silenoz, Shagrath and Vortex . And we start off with Leper among us (Death Cult Armageddon) . The impact is perfect, the audience is in rapture , shouting and acclaming. First thing i notice is the perfect form of the Foggy Castle: they too are "straight to the point", stretched towards a good result  of the concert . The optical impact is awsome , more or less dressed in the same way with their typical spiky megaboots, centurions and barbarians of the Devil, they put on the stage all the good taste and fascination of the promo pics done for the release. Dry and effective, again. A not jovial and perfect Shagrath (anyway better mooded than Tägtgren was) masters his voice which becomes sinister instrument among the instruments, and when the sound is too high and his voice is put under pressure, it doensn't look like being submerged, but ,on the contrary, like a growling or screming from the reign of the shadows. 

 Important above all is the impact of their music: well i simply cannot believe: 1) the new stuff sounds excellent live, sometimes even better than from CD as far as it can be possible 2) you can  appreciate and distinguish all the rhythm, the catchiness, the heavy pushing passages contained in their songs. This symphonic Black appears like it is : a melodic accessible Black with STRONG metal accents from Death and Thrash, while the synth touches add a supernatural background. Eh yes, the first part , in which they present songs like Cataclysm Children (Death Cult Armageddon), one of my fav tracks, and Kings of the Carnival Creation (Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia),  runs down like rosolio. One can already distinguish the good performance of Silenoz. Vortex in good shape too, while Galder,  who is doing anyway a cool work,  seems to me a bit too calm but maybe is cause he is not showing not so often that  past "evil face expression" . Everything must work perfectly with maturity without mistakes. What remains the same is the typical ritual solemn acting. I think that Dimmu Borgir are on the stage not (only ) to have fun and propose their music, not at all, i get the impression that a concert is for them a serious thing,  like a mass. Oh finally! thanks a lot: for me too attending a gig is far more than simply watching a show, and in the same way  for me personally metal can have  also sacral contours. So i am very content to see a band that is infusing this feeling to the audience. Sure is that  such a concert is passing over  the senses. Nevertheless this can turn into a double- edge weapon. The more the concert goes on, the more all this impressiveness is getting weighty on our shoulders, there is the danger to become tired. In particular those dancing ray lights become, in the long run,  really boring. Moreover Dimmu's tracks are not the shortest. Anyway the audience is "dazzling" and wants more . Second spectacular intro: the militar one of Unorthodox Manifesto (Death Cult Armageddon). fantastique! And obvioulsy Unorthodox Manifesto (another of my fav ones) is following. I will avoid to repeat the word majestic hehhe. Mustis is providing for atmospheres with his keys, severe and megapale with his white face . Drummer barker is very engaged though drums seem to have 2 faces tonight : sometimes perfect , bass,  powering the music under the surface, sometimes they appear to me completely "mosquitish" with a kind of thin double bass that ehi .. couldn't have been more annoying. 

This gig has its small flaws, but all in all i can say it is superb:  a concert  to be seen. A gig that doesn't leave us disppointed at all. You could say that when so much money is invested in a tour and in a band, so  every "poor devil" is able to produce a kicking ass show: ah go on dreaming if you think this way. You must also be able to bear all this opulence, and not every band could do it. On the stage you must spit blood and be absolutely charismatic and not only damn good in playing or singing. Dimmu Borgir can do all this , that's all, and now that it seems that their line up is stable they work together like an oiled engine. Without mentioning that their music is supreme. Cataclysm Children , for example, one of the top you can ever find!

Shagrath doesn't forget to give his greetings to Switzerland, and more than one time, and notices with satisfaction the group of die hard headbangers in the first rows , the best ones  among the disciples.  
Disciples who acclaim and support the band  : what a sensation to see so many  raised arms, all together . 
Obviously the encore is called: 4 songs:  another show in the show,  ending with the cult Mourning Palace (Enthrone Darkness Triumphant) welcomed by people with a big "ohhh" like saying "ah yes , finally it comes , they play it!!"
After this excellent  concert Dimmu Borgir go..dry and effective.

interview with Mustis