Following the OFFICIAL listening session at the Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica in Oslo, Norway, BW&BK; can EXCLUSIVELY report more details about DIMMU BORGIR's upcoming album, In Sorte Diaboli.

The artwork, which will be revealed on "The Ultimate Dimmu Borgir In Sorte Diaboli News Page" this coming Thursday (February 15th), compliments the

the medieval period the conceptual story is based upon and is influenced by a painting from the middle ages. The booklet will include 32 pages graphically detailing the tale of a Priest who "discovers that he has nothing to do with Christianity."

Nuclear Blast will release In Sorte Diaboli in the following formats: jewel case CD, limited edition digi-book, gatefold vinyl and an extremely limited "Nuclear Blast Mail Order" edition.

The limited edition digi-book will include one bonus track (maybe two), a bonus DVD featuring the album's first video, 'The Serpentine Offering' (4:42), "Making Of In Sorte Diaboli", and more behind-the-scenes/in-studio footage. Patric Ullaeus and his Revolver Film Company produced 'The Serpentine Offering' and Nuclear Blast says that it's their "biggest" video production project ever.

The limited edition gatefold vinyl will include a bonus 7" ("Everything doesn't fit on one record," a Nuclear Blast representative commented).

As reported earlier today, In Sorte Diaboli will featuring the following tracks: 'The Serpentine Offering', 'The Chosen Legacy', 'The Conspiracy Unfolds', 'The Sacrilegious Scorn', The Fallen Arises', 'The Sinister Awakening', 'The Fundamental Alienation', 'The Invaluable Darkness', 'The Foreshadowing Furnace'.

In Sorte Diaboli will now be available on April 27th (mainland Europe) and April 24th (North America) and April 30th (UK) via Nuclear Blast Records.

In Sorte Diaboli was produced by Fredrik Nordström and Patrik J. Sten. Mastering duties were taken care of by Russ Russell at an undisclosed location in the UK.

Dimmu Borgir have confirmed the following live dates thus far in Europe in support of In Sorte Diaboli:

June

6th - 9th - Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden

22nd - 24th - Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, Belgium.

August

2nd - 4th - Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany