DIMMU BORGIR frontman Shagrath recently spoke with Metal Hammer Germany about the band's forthcoming album, Abrahadabra. The video interview is available at this location.

The band recently announced fellow countrymen ENSLAVED and SAHG as the opening acts on their headlining Darkness Reborn World Tour, in support of their new studio album, Abrahadabra.

Guitarist/songwriter Silenoz states: "Parts of the European trek on our Darkness Reborn World Tour will come in support from our friends in Enslaved and Sahg! We're excited to share the stage with these great bands and finally again be able to perform new material for our fans, old and new alike!"

The members of Enslaved check in about the upcoming trek: “We are glad to confirm that we have been invited to do direct support on Dimmu Borgir’s European tour in September and October. We are delighted to announce these dates as the opening of Enslaved’s touring for our new album Axioma Ethica Odini. It will be great to be touring with another Norwegian band. High spirits should be a guaranteed; we’re looking forward to this one!”

Sahg adds: "This tour will prove that nothing exceeds Norwegian metal! Sahg is proud to be in this line-up of Norway's deadliest, with Dimmu Borgir and Enslaved. We can't wait to perform the songs from our brand new album, Sahg III, to the European audience for the very first time."

Confirmed dates are as follows:

September

19 - HMH, Amsterdam, NE (with Korn)
21 - Forum, London, U.K. (Dimmu Borgir Headlining Show with Enslaved, Sahg)
22 - Bataclan, Paris, FR (Dimmu Borgir Headlining Show with Enslaved, Sahg)
23 - Eishalle Seutweg, Winterthur, CH (with Korn)
24 - Zenith, Munich, DE (with Korn)
26 - Gasometer, Vienna, AT (with Korn)
27 - Alcatraz, Milan, IT (Dimmu Borgir Headlining Show)
28 - Boogaloo Club, Zagreb, CRO (Dimmu Borgir Headlining Show)
30 - Den Atelier, Luxembourg, LU (Dimmu Borgir Headlining Show)

October

1 - Ancienne Belgique, BE (with Korn)
2 - Rosengarten, Mannheim, DE (with Korn)
3 - Palladium, Cologne, DE (with Korn)
5 - Haus-Auensee, Leipzig, DE (with Korn)
6 - C-Halle, Berlin, DE (with Korn)
7 - Progresja, Warsaw, PL (Dimmu Borgir Headlining Show with Enslaved, Sahg)
8 - Studio, Krakow, PL (Dimmu Borgir Headlining Show with Enslaved, Sahg)
9 - KD Vltavaska, Prague, CZ (Dimmu Borgir Headlining Show with Enslaved, Sahg)
11 - Vega, Copenhagen, DK (Dimmu Borgir Headlining Show with Enslaved, Sahg)
12 - Arenan, Stockholm, SE (Dimmu Borgir Headlining Show with Enslaved, Sahg)
14 - Pakkahoune, Tampere, FI (Dimmu Borgir Headlining Show with Enslaved, Sahg)
15 - House Of Culture, Helsinki, FI (Dimmu Borgir Headlining Show with Enslaved, Sahg)
17 - Tragarn, Gothenburg, SE (Dimmu Borgir Headlining Show with Enslaved, Sahg)
18 - Sentrum Scene, Oslo, NO (Dimmu Borgir Headlining Show with Enslaved, Sahg)

Dimmu Borgir recently revealed the tracklisting to their upcoming new album, Abrahadabra:

'Xibir' (2:50)

'Born Treacherous' (5:02)

'Gateways' (5:10)

'Chess With The Abyss' (4:08)

'Dimmu Borgir' (5:35)

'Ritualist' (5:13)

'The Demiurge Molecule' (5:29)

'A Jewel Traced Through Coal' (5:16)

'Renewal' (4:11)

'Endings And Continuations' (5:58)

The word “abrahadabra” (which roughly translates into “I will create as I speak”) first publicly appeared in Chapter III of Liber AL vel Legis (commonly referred to as The Book of the Law) written by Aleister Crowley in Cairo, Egypt in 1904.

Dimmu Borgir singer/songwriter Shagrath shares the following about the new album: “After eleven months of total focus, dedication and professional team work, Darkness has been reborn. Some people have expressed their concern about the future of the band since the departure of some members of the clan. Let me assure you that things happen for a reason. The black flame burns brighter than ever before. With the mixture of our different musical preferences and the personalities involved, I will dare to say we have created a BEAST, the most detailed work to date out of our 17 years of existence. I know it’s too much of a cliché to brag when you have a done a new album, but to put it short and simple, it’s a fist in the face to all the doubters out there. Forward – Onward - March... ENTER THE SUPREME UNKNOWN.”

For the second time in the band’s career (i.e. 1996’s Stormblåst), a one-word album title breaks the tradition of a three-word album title for a new studio release dating back to Dimmu Borgir’s 1994 debut, For All Tid.

Guitarist/songwriter Silenoz has this to say on the topic: "We knew there would be some big changes with this album in more than one way and since we've had the three word title tradition for many years now, we thought it'd make a lot of sense for us to move on from that. It has served its purpose. We are a band that's all about change and moving forward. An album title consisting of one word goes hand-in-hand with the new material - it describes both the musical and lyrical content in a more imaginary way, not to mention the unity and the everlasting flame which is Dimmu Borgir. Expect the unexpected!"

When asked about the central figure in the artwork and who/what he’s supposed to represent, artist Joachim Luetke responds: “I think that’s obvious. Since the whole ‘setting’ is located in an icy, bleak, winter-y, post-industrial era, we’re pretty close to H.P. Lovecraft’s nameless elder gods. They’re represented by the mask’s tentacles. In short: the mask/face personifies dominion of powers far beyond mankind. The nameless gods witnessed the birth of our universe and they’ll watch it implode. To them, the age of mankind is but a blink of an eye.”

Abrahadabra will be released in Germany on September 24th, in the rest of Europe on September 27th, and in North America on October 12th.