DIMMU BORGIR have released their new video, for the track 'Gateways', lifted from their upcoming Abrahadabra album. Check out the video below:

As previously reported, a foreboding Wagnerian majesty will soon shroud all major cities in the US and Canada. Launching the Darkness Reborn Tour on Friday, November 5th in Worcester, Massachusetts, Norway’s infamous symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR return to the western hemisphere on a headlining, 32-date run across North America supported by fellow countrymen ENSLAVED and BLOOD RED THRONE, plus DAWN OF ASHES from Los Angeles.

Confirmed tour dates are:

November

5 - The Palladium – Worcester, MA
6 - Northern Lights – Albany, NY
7 - Recher Theater – Towson, MD
8 - Terminal 5 – New York, NY
10 - The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
12 - Mr. Smalls – Pittsburgh, PA
13 - Royal Oak Music Theatre – Detroit, MI
14 - House of Blues – Chicago, IL
15 - The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
16 - Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN
18 - MacEwan Ballroom – Calgary, AB
19 - Edmonton Events Center – Edmonton, AB
21 - Rickshaw Theater – Vancouver, BC
22 - The Knitting Factory – Spokane, WA
23 - Roseland Theatre – Portland, OR
24 - Showbox SoDo – Seattle, WA
26 - The Knitting Factory – Reno, NV
27 - The Fox Theater – Pomona, CA
28 - The Regency Grand Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
30 - House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV

December

1 - Rialto Theater – Tucson, AZ
2 - Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
3 - Sunshine Theatre – Albuquerque, NM
4 - Gothic Theater – Englewood (Denver), CO
6 - House of Blues – Dallas, TX
7 - House of Blues – Houston, TX
9 - Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH
10 - Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
11 - Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY
12 - Sound Academy – Toronto, ON
13 - Metropolis – Montreal, QC
14 - Imperial – Quebec City, QC

Advanced tickets will go on sale online on Wednesday, September 15th.

Dimmu Borgir recently announced the launch of their first and FREE iPhone app.

View photos, watch videos, get access to sound samples from the new album Abrahadabra, share tweets, chat with other die-hards and more. This app syncs up with your Facebook and Twitter accounts, so connect directly with Dimmu Borgir to get the latest news, music and information.

This Dimmu Borgir iPhone app is compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. It requires iPhone OS 3.1.2 or later and is available to fans in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. Download the Dimmu Borgir app here.

BW&BK; recently received the following update from Top Spin Media:

"As a special exclusive to our subscribers, we're releasing this sneak preview video of the Dimmu Borgir track 'Gateways' performed by KORK, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Download the video here here .

Did we mention this isn't available anywhere else? This link is exclusive to just you! It will expire within two days. The video will then be uploaded to the band's YouTube channel, so aren't you glad you're one of the first to watch it? If you would like to purchase the track, please support the band and download it at iTunes or Amazon MP3 (widget below)."

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. The tracklist is as follows:

'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)