HOW MANY DIMMU POSTS CAN WE DO IN A DAY?

At least two more; there’s one coming up at 4 p.m., and now I feel obligated to tell you that the band’s new album, Ahbradabra, is streaming here until Friday evening at 7 p.m. Pacific/10 p.m. Eastern.

I haven’t listened to the whole thing, but so far at least, it’s really not as bad the amount of shit I’ve been giving it might lead you to suspect; I mean, it’s basically another Dimmu Borgir album. If you’ve been a fan in the past, you’ll probably like it, and if you haven’t, you won’t, and blah blah blah. Does it deserve a spot alongside Death Cult Armageddon and Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia, the band’s strongest works? Probably not. But it’s certainly not drek, either.

Listen here, then weigh in with your thoughts below. Nuclear Blast will release the album on September 24 in Germany, September 27 in the rest of Europe, and October 12 in North America. And in thirty minutes, we’ll have what is hopefully our last Dimmu-themed post for the day and the week.

-AR