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Dimmu Borgir are set to release their as-of-yet untitled new album later this year. According to a press release, the band has collaborated with over 101 musicians in its making, including the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, the Schola Cantorum Choir, and composer Gaute Storaas, who offered the following comments:

"There have been several attempts of dressing up rock bands in suits, bow ties, and symphonic splendor – to various degrees of success. Working with DIMMU BORGIR is quite different. Their music is epic, thematic and symphonic already from the creation; they are clearly having an orchestral approach to composing. My role in this is sometimes just to transcribe their themes, sometimes to take their ideas, tear them apart and build them back up in ways that are true to the band’s intentions. The music must also be both interesting and playable for the musicians, and hopefully, meet the quality standards of the orchestral world."