Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast MMV
I’ve got mixed feelings on this idea. First off, let me say that this does sound great. The re-recorded versions of these songs tower over the originals. The sound and production value of Dimmu in 2005 is in a different league than the Borgir of a decade ago, even if it was only two of the band members working on this project. Still, I worry this will spark a trend. Surely every band has a past that needs cleaning up, so now that it’s been done successfully by a band of this caliber, what’s to stop them? Am I going to have to buy everyone’s album twice? How’s about a discounted price? It’s not my fault you fucked the first one up, is it? And while I’m on it, was the original Stormblast really that terrible? Surely it represents where the band was at the time. Isn’t it a bit Spielbergesque to fuck with past works of art? And why is my god damn promo copy missing the previously unreleased bonus track? That’s pretty gay, dude. The one song I hadn’t already heard isn’t there. Maybe I’m just being a big baby about it. But if I’m right, and it does spark a trend, I have a few suggestions. I’d like to hear Rotting Christ redo Passage to Arcturo [I don’t see how they could improve on it in any capacity! -Editor], Satyricon redo Dark Medieval Times, and Darkthrone redo Goatlord, Transylvanian Hunger, and Panzerfaust. But don’t try to press charges when I steal them all.
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