Dimmu Borgir

Through moors and mists of deception The uninitiated are conjoined Illusive bliss feeds obsession A feeble orientation is provoked Inflammatory bonds will be broken Being the shepherd no more Yearning for that ever glowing token In ongoing lore Image...

Illness and plagues, torture and blight Is what she brings Mocking holy standards, deceiving feeble fools Is what she loves Granted with powers, gifted with magic Watching the world through raven eyes Damned woman mischievous whore Heretic princess Devil's ow...

As cyclones detach from the world above And all the other worlds beneath them flow Timewinds caressing the dust of cold memories Sought, to strive in twilight mist and penal fire As daylight suffers, night time recollects For what wind hath drawn near, so nea...

Allegiance Cuddled through a cold womb he was Pitch black and without sunshine rays Hell patiently awaiting him on blood spilled soil A noble grief stirred heart, always ready to die In sinister systematisation, submission is golden As an apprentice to viole...

Uren er aktens utfoldelse og tanke Uten hemning i ukjent ekstase Ei et tilbørlig ønske om å avle avkom for Gud Frivillig nedsmittet og gjennomsyret I kjødelig sødme Fengslet av logn og ulydighet Menneskets skrøpelige atferd Må tuktes med heder og ære b...

The inevitable exchange Is when knowledge comes Without judgement The final transition Is when knowledge becomes The internal The facilitators of darkness Are the true providers To the world’s light Ascending the highest mountain Beyond the percep...

Glinsende månelys ovenfor driver Frostlagte stier viser vei Svarte sjeler farer henover natten Inn gjennom skodde heim Alt har svartnet Alt lys er svunnet hen Lødig trer vi nå inn i Riket I minne om at våre spor blir fulgt Omgitt av sorgens dis Skrider ferde...

Stig opp på min trone bleke lik Fall på kne ærbødiget foran mine føtter Ta imot mitt kalde kyss på din panne Jeg har lagt veien som fører til Helvete klar Løft deres sverd til kamp, stolte menn La massakeren begynne i dag Hogg hodet av hver kristen Og voldta...

In perplexed dementia, where sanity is my vanity With honour bear the mark of Satan Triumphant beast in heaven defeat Disguised in gloom, wear the mask of Satan Ride the beast through paradise Still vipers these mortal burdens We arise as the portals take for...

Dead at nothing Alive at everything You travel time And time travels you As within so without As above so below When we set sail Energy is our procession The journey inward repeats The horizon is our destination Life is the trial And the passage i...

A dismal universal hiss, the sound of public scorn The brush that sweeps across the spectral fields This landscape is not without a sense of epic wonder A vast scale that places this sprawling underworld Into a realm of frames With a blood-storm fading into t...

A mental inner vortex as possessions through a wolf's eye Envisioning the eclipse No longer to be blinded by a sunrise In this final benediction Confronted by mirages of imminent mortality Time's set to end the suffering So follow, I will cherish the secrecie...

Black is the night, metal we fight Power amps set to explode Energy screams, magic and dreams Satan records the first note. We chime the bell, chaos and hell Metal for maniacs pure. Fast melting steel, fortune on wheels Brain hemorrhage is the cure For...

Infected by invalid behaviour While capturing the stench of divine putrefaction Confess to slavery for the world saviour Give praise and inhale the corruption The Enfeebled provides the fool The Disabled provides the tool The Apathetic demands the affection T...

Man and his faithful ethics Intoxicated by the fruits of the earth Diabolical fanatikism, so cold and grim The perfect perversion, bestiality incarnate As instruments of torture And leaving no room for sympathy We bring forth the monstrous birth To the worlds...

With defiance and resistance I burn the bridges and their names Will I ever comprehend My own spells and games? Let me keep my world Let me have my slaves They all do wonders for me So I can leave things be Let me keep my world As I'm too blind to se...

Kom unge bror Skjenk oss din rene ungdom Legg ditt liv i våre hender Kjemp vår krig med oss La vare sorger formørke ditt sinn La din sjel slites Føl natten som legger seg rundt deg Glem all kjærlighet Ingen tårer skal fylle dine netter Tre inn i broderskapet...

Welcome to the abandoned land Come on in, child; take my hand Here there's no work or play Only one bill to pay There's just five words to say As you go down, down, down You're gonna burn in hell Oh, burn in hell You can't believe all the things i've...

Are you born from the abyss And have you sought the creed That drape the shadows Of your own thought? Is your heart mesmerized By the fire that burns forevermore And do the secrets from the flames Hold the mysteries over which you preside? Reveal the infanti...

The quest for Azunda hath drawn near The young king, the chaos he brings With iron grip's sword, chants come forth The child of dark is he In prophecy, chaos not bear In chaos, prophecies begone The child of dark, hath forseen He makes his own destiny The ma...

Old dreams return Disillusioned I yearn Am I buried beneath sand and clay? The caress of cold soil With limbs crippled to the coil Locked inside a nightmare womb Tarnished and grief stricken Emptiness within a void Longing for the sun to shine To dis...

Nomads plunging into the vast abyss Unattached, fleeting through the chasm Naked in pure darkness Embracing the new dawn We are gods here for the taking Yield to the dragon's embrace We are wolves and snakes Yield to the dragon's embrace As pawns in...

Welcoming the virgins fair, to live a noble life In the castle known to all - the Count's internal wife She invites the peasants with endless lavish foods But, when evening spreads it wings, she rapes them of their blood Countess Bathory Countess Bathory...

Just a night, like any other night Something, something just isn't right Tonight - warm winds blowing Moon glowing bright – tonight Across the darkness till the time goes by… Clock keeps ticking… Hate behind it all! Abducted by fate Use of force - f...

Min sjel den glødet Og mitt sinn det lengtet Etter å få fatt i en kristen faen I det kalde mørket jeg ventet med vinden Det ulte som besatt av fanden Jeg ventet Åh, som jeg ventet Tiden virket som evig Men endelig fikk jeg øye på stakkar'n Jeg hevet min knytt...

Langt...der borte i morket Gjennom tretopper der manelys driver Langt...der borte i all take Inn gjennom min sjel den sorte angst river Pa de mosegrodde steiner de seg viser Nar nattemorket har senket seg over Ekkoene...fra deres grufulle jamring Endel...

Vårt hal skal vinne. Vår ondskap skal gro. Å feste seg i unge sjeler. Den siste krig skal vi vinne, og de godes blod skal falle som regn. Deres korte sjeler skal samles. Vi skal råde over kaos og evig natt. Vi skal glemme de kvinner vi kallte mødre, og utsle...

Thousand different paths So many sterile ends I chose the Devil's path Never shall the sun kiss my face And caress me with it's burning light For I dwell in the shadows And sleep side by side with death In dark desire I embrace the whore Giving her an escape...

Forces of the northern light - Assemble Forces of the northern night - Call to arms Summoned by the secrets of sacrifice Meeting destiny on the road we took to avoid it As we only compete with ourselves Left is that of a confident union What bridge to cross...

When the ghastly mourners awakens from sleep And the volant funeral crows are watching Like evil omens in shadowed murmur They welcome me again Agonized and flattered to once become A part of this horror scenario I descend with arms open wide Armoured and fi...

I det mørkeste mørke troner jeg I mine slaer trer stillheten frem Faldne engler vokter mine porter I dødsdalens øde skjønnhet Har min sjel vandret vill Mens mørket og sorgen rådet Tentes hatets flammende ild I nattens sorte stillhet Trer mitt tause frem I mø...

Ages of the past Abrahadabra! Forever to last Enter the supreme unknown From within the chambers Comes expansion of thy own free will From the outer rooms Comes extensions of thy own free will Through the confines of tomorrow We reappear still Tim...

Soul(s) on departure six six six Onward into another existence A trip far beyond all pleasant dreams A voyage through desolation sights Inner transformation Subconscious light In the glance fields of fires In the distance meadows of mists Where minds being en...

As mortal manufactured waste And part of the commonly infected You prevent the ones worthy the gift of life To surface on once a prosperous soil As superficially bewildered whores And succumbing to fictional truth You are taught to preserve and profit The lif...

Hver en tare er frosset, var sjel er lenket, vart hat er blodig. All glede er svunnet, all latter er forsvunnet, alt liv skal ende i dod. I et kalt og ode landskap, skal den sorte horde tre frem, var herre skal stige opp for all tid, reise sitt rike igjen....

Let us sit by and watch Death and destruction's devotees revel Let us sit back and witness Innocent semen being poured Into the arms of Armageddon Let it pour, more and more Pure fucking Armageddon Let it pour more and more Reason faithfully defiles On blood...

The core principle of freedom Is the only notion to obey The formula of evolution and sin Leading the way The rebirth is near completion As we slowly awaken from slumber As we slowly awaken from slumber The malpractice of the spirit ends Gateways! W...

"In the shadows of my gallow I'd rather absent the hallow..." (For) Thy presence made pleasure of pain (and) Thy madness turned sanity into vain Profoundly wicked owner of souls The mysteries of Thy creation beheld by ghouls Diabolically disguised heavenly b...

Hengitt er vi Til Mørkets keiser Den allmektiges kraft (Som) Fører vårt sinn I kamp Mot godhet og løgn Dog fiendens hær er fattig Er den stor Men vi skal ta dem alle Og hente dem inn En etter en Det håp de ser i gud Skal forsvinne i et hav av torner De torne...

Devoted to your own opiate In escapades from discontentment Are you shutting off from the outside world To reflect on your mind shallow gutter? For this is your empire, this is your intrigue Here you own them all, here you seal the deed Contaminated from the...

Endelost du kriget pa steppene Nadelost du herjet i fjellene Du tok dine seire med storm Knuste fienden ved din hand Oh, Attila! Gjor meg til din tjener Oh, Attila Ta meg til din h?r Du levde i morke Du vandret i sorg Du plyndret med stal til hest En stolt o...

The apparition of two faces in disgust Invisible but yet so clear Reflections seen by a fugitive Trying to escape the looking glass Blood runs from open wounds of false flesh The one in front of the mirror exceeds the image Eager to leave further but chained s...

Undo me And feel no restraint Undo me Pain is wanting closure Undo me The mind it needs to rest Undo me I shall be restored Perseverance doesn’t mean anything Unless it’s for eternity That real powers that’ll ever be Is freedom and liberty A life...

By the light of the moon and the beings of the night A curse has been laid upon us To seek and tear celestial gloss to pieces By the power of death and the shadow of the Reaper A call has been brought upon us To complete the infinite fall of heaven Without t...

Oh, look at those lifeless leaves All their precious pride is taken away A lost creation for a graven image Trembling of nothing but their own fear On behalf of water made to wine Elements of deception must entwine Righteous greed and derangement divine Vacuu...

Mired in illusion Lost in the master's game Silenced by the idea of time Nurtured with lies and deceit The silent seeker, the seer Travels beyond the veil The silent seeker, the seer Fleeing the dense womb of ignorance To the trained eye There are...

Incarnated marvels simplified Effects from such a disconsolate kind Impotence of the once so perfect living Erase and rewind Stand rigid for the next battle Peace means reloading your guns The love for life is all hatred in disguise A carnival creation...

Annihilate! The commotion breeding the perverse For bloodbath is on your doorstep A mass impending threat The perfection of religion Becoming our death Do not respond blindly To growing gardens in decay Stand guard when visitors fall silent Blow the...

Discover with courage While facing the beyond Uncompromisingly Everything connects As you detach Truth foretold Truth discovered Truth always know All growth comes at a cost Moving forward means sacriface Enduring all paths crossed Lucifer Lux Lu...

In massing darkness we stand united Raging above inferior sheeps A convoy of souls swept into the night Hearts strengthened with black fire passion In us is fulfilled the prophecy of satan Evolution of the inner shrine In us is mantained the revelation of sata...

Master of disharmony welcome my tainted soul Take me from the hordes of the living into the blessed darkness Master of disharmony take my impure flesh Lead me into the path of temptation save me from cowardness Save me from cowardness Master of sin take my c...

It is 1999 The human race has to face it They are confronted with the truth It's secret, mysterious A surgeon said it in the news The human race is dying But the result is no disease Searching for you Metal heart, metal heart They found it everywhere Metal h...

The witchborn queen, leader of demonic whores Profane mistress, captor of sin Sworn to feed the ill and the weak and bring their women and men into temptation Eliza, the whore of the night attends the sabbath, the theater of lust The hunter is in the ring, ca...

Daylight has finally reached its end As evenfall strikes into the sky Far away in the dark glimpsing moonlight Sickening souls cry out in pain Whispering voices summoning screams Waiting for Satan to bless their sins Blackhearted angels fallen from grace Poss...

Følg Følg etter Til Ondskapens hall vi drar! Der det vendte kors pryder ferden! Av Mørkets Allmektighet! På kristi flesk vi spytter! La det råtne! Et symbol på godhettens bortgang! Et skuespill der endes! Bring frem vårt indre sinne! Vis veien for...

Obscurity hides the plateau Stars darken in their place Nanna's glowing above Illuminates the silent scenery Seven they are Yezidi's call Aeon of night Eager to Prevail From the mountains of dawn they cry The call of the frantic god From the womb of mother e...

Langt om lenge det stormens blest slar tidevannets sprekninger slar hav pa en skatt har snart alle skogstjern frosset og snoen dekker en fjelltopp Stripels kriger traust han var som satte sitt mot i gammel tid vandrer hen til dodoy skar etter sin bane storgil...

Progenies of The Great Apocalypse The battle raged on and on Fuelled by the venom of hatred for man Consistently, without the eyes to see By those who revel in sewer equally We, the prosperity of the future seal Cloaked by the thunders of the north wind Born...

He became the swarm, indeed a pitiful imitation To the verge of a quiet glance, an oracle without eyes Darkness my precious companion, even thou cant see his face Salvation turned to bleed despair, compassion fled Sadistic delight flowed, like Hell burned bri...

We do away with your kind Countdown to exterminate the human race 0, 3, 2, 1 Let chaos entwine on defenseless soil Remove errors of man and sweep all the weakening kind I am war, I am pain I am all you've ever slain I am tears in your eyes I am grief, I am l...

Langt…der borte i mørket Gjennom tretopper der månelys driver Langt…der borte i all tåke Inn gjennom min sjel den sorte angst river På de mosegrodde steiner de seg viser Når nattemørket har senket seg over Ekkoene…fra deres grufulle jamring Endeløst…du...

King of tempests and storms Lord of innumerable figures and forms Blessed with Thy cold I am as I upon the shoulders of mine bear the burden of Thine Once I got touched by a fire from beyond an invitation of darkness of which I colud not resist Caressed by th...

Dare not to inflict upon my wishes Dare not to obstruct upon my path Dare not to pretend to lick my wounds When all it means is opening another Purity comes with rebirth Reassigned through the slit Spawned out of the shadows The light is once again lit...

Glowing eyes, staring eyes Manifest of evil presence With entities swept in disease and decay A fall from paradise beyond redemption Wrathchild's afterglow He who speaks of nightly treasures He who wraps the serpent around my neck He who pours poisonous wine...

-ireficul sanatas irtson ied ingam ied enimon ni- Shedding the old skin Procreating new sin Incubation and isolation A new storm is brewing Ritualist! Shedding the old skin Ritualist! Procreating new sin Ritualist! Incubation and isolation Rituali...

Satan My Master I slit my wrists to drain me of my blood Satan My Master Up side down I turn the cross of God Satan My Master Recieve this sacrifice this blood of mine satan My Master I cut into my rotten flesh your signs Satan My Master Remember me when jud...

Minnenes ekko stiller timen Kneblet i tungsinnets lenker faller jeg ifra Ikke lenger vil jeg være boltet fast i vemodighetens anker Men endelig få lengselen slukket - Etter å dra Drakk jeg for meget av livhåpets krus Tok jeg gledens forfengelighet for gi...

You have returned to the torture-chambers To find peace among the rotting corpses You have returned to the execution place To inhale the smell of blood Death and terror rules the land We have been spellbound You have returned to the hidden graves Only you kn...

Svunne tider pajotuns vei Der over hoye klipper og fjell Har merket den med stov og aske Fra dengang alders hirder Vandret pa disse kanter Her gandviks bergtroll trampet frem I ondt og strrt et tussefolge Hvor ferdafolk fant stor en visdom Om landets skogsliv...

Gjennom tideløse morkne drømmer I fuktig høstvind over landstrakte vidder Mot Sorias fjellheim Kommer jeg, en fandens ridder Glatt er runen på det høye fjell Gnidd vekk av regn og vind Dragende kraft av ondskap lurer Her ved trollheims muldne grind Fortumlet...

Illness and plagues, torture and blight Is what she brings Mocking holy standards, deceiving feeble fools Is what she loves Granted with powers, gifted with magic Watching the world through raven eyes Damned woman mischievous whore Heretic princess Devil's ow...

Chains of despair Cloaked by darkness The thundering echoes of great destruction to come Mankind's mysteries The dying world Madness in it's sweetest form What shrivels and dies must face the tempest The angelic heaven bows to the ultimate truth And melanchol...

From who or what have I Received this gift? For what purpose do I Seduce this craft? I know these answers Lie hidden beyond The powers that be The power that is me I will continue to decipher And make it easier for you Behold! Let it be told Try and underst...

With hearts of midnight, brightened by His infernal light We stand as a monolith of wrath, united under the goat of a thousand young Two horns thrust upwards in defiance, three inverted as the trinity denied A phalanx of mourners in black, falling towards nigh...

Hence I will anoint And whisper wholeheartedly The creed of Hades and beyond As I succumb to inevitable sin For I can not enslave myself With imaginary words of salvation The hypocrisy that surrounds my temple Is assisted by pretenders to the throne...

Fallen I have, fallen I am Cursed and destined to burn Fallen I have, fallen I am Cursed and destined to burn My loyalty towards a liar ceased to exist Once misled my and empty fraudulent face I will never turn my back on you And deceive the flesh of our race...

Synthetic residue touched upon Scars and wounds frown upon While other wounds are closing Stars and losers reassemble Within thy own abyss Sought through internal pyre and wind Not ready to remember where to begin For another day is yet to come Before...

Leggionaires of degradation Ridden with disease Disguised as martyrs Preaching counterfeit peace Unbound, glory forever untouched Unbound, from its inception To its final round Through the tunnels Darkness dims the vision Yes, the light is kept guar...

Sparks fly and fire licks my wings Tied to this wood--I was born for burning I rebelled against the flock Declined to submit to slavery As a token from my legions of the chosen few I reveal the secrets to the world's most famous forgery As flames devour my sk...

My eyes got blinded And conned by the light Like a fugitive on the run I sought perseverance in the night Deceptive icons were finally Taken out of my sight As the contender to origin I will forever unveil His might They say I am the cancer On the back of th...

Vengeance is mine Neither sweet or kind Vengeance is mine No longer will I beheld responsible For the error of your ways My conscience Stands defiantly proud and rigid So take my advice: Meet your opposition Profane and disciplined Take back your pride With...

Passenger on confessional course Unlock with the key you behold within Repair the shadow of your mind and come awake "Oh, dreadful angel of mine Enrich me with the vastness of being Rigid father, teach me how to comprehend I'll commit myself to understand To...

Fear Tomorrow's Adversary And the wealth of uprising The final storm will be released And the unmerciful will erect Hidden from the eyes of your God I will proclaim original sin And have you all purged and purified From the lies that remain within Cleansed a...

Ride the vortex winds with the beast inside Cast down all memories from a past and future world The cynic icons and the cryptic writings As a picturesque creation in force and spirit Against their reason and will, it is time Give darkness it's passion plea Th...

A scarlet sunset the threshold to nightplay A sinful oath is to be sworn A beckoning bloodlust among the seekers Tyrranic hunger yearns A gathering in flames and fires - Devil's daughters dance Scourged in filth, obscene and lewd - Longing for dark desires T...

Erotic and dreamlike still in its mortal disguise A passionate ritual in the ruined gardens theatre The painted angels - Shadowed high above Once they gathered to worship at the picture of me Like a whisper where there are no words Appears the perplexed - The...

Have I not Been too long in your shadows of invention and creation? As I rightfully behold the flesh Fear of the conscious mind will have you facing away My word and world holds ground and is real Your world is like floods of poisoned water A language s...

My descent is the story of everyman I am hatred, darkness and despair My descent is the story of everyman I am hatred, darkness and despair Evoked and entertained through centuries Wrathful and sullen -- Dormant still The ferocity pervades everywhere...

I sense the darkness The desire overtakes My devotion endeavours Habitation changing course Repentance oh not No shame or remorse Will I ever authorize On this treasured path I am warm by this fire And it's flaming desire For what I cannot fulfil My destiny...

Become through earned And granted liberation Rise above the secrecy And silent deception Clarity is determined at the depths of murky waters The potion of black earned blood Is the sludge Draining the conscious Essential learning Corrupted and drif...

I could drag you to my chambers and strip you naked in darkness I could pull out your fingernails one by one and rape you till you find no hope I could rip your guts out and let you watch me sacrifice your unborn child I could leave you to starve and even bri...

Letra De For All Tid Hver en tare er frosset, var sjel er lenket, vart hat er blodig. All glede er svunnet, all latter er forsvunnet, alt liv skal ende i dod. I et kalt og ode landskap, skal den sorte horde tre frem, var herre skal stige opp for...

Unfolding her carnal desires to me With tempting eyes she does receive A hunter of the night devil's whore May her cursed beauty haunt me forever We embrace the madness gathered as one Mourning dead passion...she comes to me A fate awaits us in the night In t...

The memories far beyond the reckoning Have begun to lurk in the distance Like visual objects dearly known The grace of devils hands As they walk with me like a medium When I choose and require a burn-out Resting in expanded malicious force Drained for murdero...

Armed with Fire with the Ray of Fire Through the Palace of Death With the Glance of Death They killed her And hung her like a corpse from a stake The sixty demons tearing her limbs from her sides Her eyes from her head Her ears from her skull. How the F...

En høyreist ridder vender hjem Over himmel til himmel på en selvgjort bro Fra den endelige tvekamp mot lysets prest For nå til sist å gå til ro Se der i fjellbrisens indre Hvor dets liv har søkt ly for en sol Som omsider vil mørkne med den evige natt O...

Reis deg opp La oss bestride Den tanke fra vår lend Og dyrk På en forbannet jord En smertens ætt For så og tynge De barmhjertiges skjød Som har tiltro til Den sjeleløses brød For den tro du besitter Er intet annet enn avsmak og hovmod Og din nød...

The word that has been spoken Through time and time again Is the light that inhabits our voice The light that keeps us aflame All retrospection is invalid As we’ve been fed disdain Confined to the fence of knowledge We need to die, die again To gover...