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Dimmu Borgir comment on sacked members
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 10 September 2009
Symphonic black metallers Dimmu Borgir has released a lengthy statement after fans reacted angrily to news that the band’s bassist ICS Vortex and keyboard player Mustis had been sacked from the band last week.
The remaining members of Dimmu Borgir said: “For someone to be in a band, on any level, first there’s got to be commitment and dedication, a drive and urge to do what you do, whether you’re part of the song writing process, planning the touring part, business part, the administrative part or simply just the performing part – doesn’t matter which one you’re mostly involved in. However, you need to be involved in some of it to a certain extent to be considered and treated as a member and you have to show some sort of level when it comes to responsibility, not only for yourself but for others around you as well”.
Bearing this in mind, the band listed numerous reasons why the outgoing band members had not lived up to these rules, including turning up to gigs without their instruments, smashing glasses over their own heads, selling signed copies of the band’s albums on eBay, and demanding ransom money for the return of unreleased recordings to the rest of the band.
Meanwhile, those remaining members – Galder, Shagrath and Silenoz – are in the studio working on the band’s ninth album. They told fans: “We’re more than halfway into it at this point and to say we’re excited about this material would be an understatement!There will be an orchestra and a choir which we still have to pick out, but judging from what we have so far and what is brewing, it’s going to sound absolutely massive and heavy, dark and epic!”
