Dimmu Borgir kicked out of UK charts

Norwegian symphonic black metallers Dimmu Borgir have been disqualified from the UK charts for their latest release 'In Sorte Diaboli'.

Despite rave reviews, and charting highly in other countries around the globe, the band's album does not qualify for UK chart rating as the packaging breaks the rules set by the The Official UK Charts Company. Attempting to ensure that no release has an unfair advantage or promotional foot-up over any other album, the band's exciting 'mirror' packaging and competition offer inside have duped the metaller's chances to burst into the charts.

"This is not funny," says Yorck Eysel, the label manager for the band's Germany-based record company, Nuclear Blast. "I hope that nobody blames us, but rather blames the almost unbelievably strict rules in England."

Posted by Dan at 02:59PM | May 16, 2007

thats just the uk officials not wanting a black metal album in the charts if you ask me!

they just tried to find some damn excuse!

Posted by Alex Haskett | May 17, 2007 1:55 AM | Reply to this

Thats so stupid! On the one rather rare occasion a good band finally gets into the charts they kick them out again! its ridiculous, and yet again an un-talented teen rapper is going to number 1.

Posted by sadie | May 17, 2007 7:24 AM | Reply to this

how stupid do you get? any band that thinks they can get away with it do promotional stuff with cds! mostly chavs but they need all the help they can get cos chavs spend all theyr money on booz n fags

Posted by VYKIE | May 17, 2007 7:39 AM | Reply to this

Dimmu Borgir are fuckin awesome!
Thats so unfair that they arent aloud to be in the UK charts anymore

They should make a different chart for metal bands. The metal can be judged without people like McFly and Britney Spears or wotever standing alongside them.. its kinds fuckin stupid if you ask me..

Posted by Benn..... | May 17, 2007 10:39 AM | Reply to this

I Want Charvs To Die !!!!!!!

They Suck Big Tym Mate Seriously

And All That Jazz :D

Posted by Emo's Are Tha Business | May 17, 2007 10:50 AM | Reply to this

I Want Charvs To Die !!!!!!!

They Suck Big Tym Mate Seriously

And All That Jazz :D

Posted by Emo's Are Tha Business | May 17, 2007 10:51 AM | Reply to this

Thats stupid, you know, the UK charts care more about the goddamn chavs than metal. Sure Trivium made it into the charts, and MCR (though they are emo, not metal) but why can't Dimmu Borgir enter?...jeez....they let Cradle of Filth in...so why not these....

Message to the UK chart ballsuckers: Sort it out!!!!!!!

Posted by Danny Emo | May 17, 2007 11:05 AM | Reply to this

in a lesson full of them now totally sucks i swear they think theres only 2 classes of human in the world them n if your not like them your a friggin goth grrrrrrrr xxx<3

Posted by rudeh pie <3 | May 17, 2007 11:49 AM | Reply to this

Dimmu Bullshit are crap anyway, black metal sucks...and anyway, they shouldn't care about getting into the mainstream charts, cuz all of their fans will think they're selling out to the mainstream pop charts!!

Posted by Lewis | May 17, 2007 12:21 PM | Reply to this

...you have to admit the chart people were being fascist arseholes. Fuck what you've been told in school, image IS important, and Dimmu are one of those rare bands who actually take care over how they present themselves and their music. The fact that no other fucker bothered to pull a cool stunt like theirs speaks volumes to me about how "imaginative" every other band is.

Posted by das blutkind | May 17, 2007 1:58 PM | Reply to this

does it really matter if they get into the charts?

as long as we apriciate thier music then thats is what counts

what is the point in being the same and being in the charts??

we like what we like and other people like what they like its not really all that much of a big deal.

yes i think slipknot and Killsitch engage would be welcomed onto top of the pops with open arms * rolls eyes*

Posted by Metal_core | May 17, 2007 2:02 PM | Reply to this

Black metal is music too, it shouldn't be judged on its appearance.. this is another event that proves that the uk charts is just a load of shit

Posted by Klaus | May 17, 2007 8:43 PM | Reply to this

this is pure gadz.
theyre shite anyway but they shouldnt be kept out the charts for people that like them.

black metalwould kick the arse out of lady soverign anyday!

Posted by ashlie! | May 18, 2007 12:27 PM | Reply to this

dimmu burger suck anyway. so what! does it matter. If it was number 1 in the charts people would say it was shit anyway just coz it's popular. Metal Should remain tucked away from people who wouldn't understand it. IT's what makes it so special in the first place. Underground music should remain underground. Not too much coz that would be stupid, but no-one wants to watch black metal on top of the pops. It's only talentless cretins and whores who want to be that famous anyway. Nowadays people want to be famous for nowt, and spaztic's in the media make them huge for no apparent reason other than fucking someone else who is famous or, being the product of some 80's mongolloyde celebrity coke party to become nothing more than an oxygen thief.

Being famous is a by-product of doing something else. In this analogy it's like going to a restaurant because you want to have a shit.

SOOOOOOO.... to recap, Dimmu borgir are crap. ;) R x

Posted by 'Bad man' ryan | May 18, 2007 5:18 PM | Reply to this

Well maybe this has done dimmu borgir some good..at least they have been Noticed.

Posted by Fiss Plap | May 21, 2007 7:17 PM | Reply to this

What if madonna released an album with the same dynamics Dimmu Borgir did (ie the reasons they were disqualified)...

Posted by Dave | June 9, 2007 4:51 AM | Reply to this

who really cares? black metal is crap!

death metal FTW!!!!!!!!

Posted by Andrew | June 22, 2007 1:41 PM | Reply to this

er
who are they?

Posted by me | June 22, 2007 1:52 PM | Reply to this

ARGH! theyre fuckin scary! xD

Posted by Woudltn u like to know =] | June 29, 2007 10:12 AM | Reply to this

YOUR MUM SUCKS COCKS IN HELL
BIG UP DA DRIVEBYE CREW, CHAVS RULE DEM ROADZ

Posted by ollie brock | July 22, 2007 11:20 PM | Reply to this

fall off da edge get a life an get off ere.

Posted by upya | July 22, 2007 11:38 PM | Reply to this

Small cock complex? Sympathies...

Posted by upya | July 22, 2007 11:42 PM | Reply to this

Evey one chill lol. We all know the UK charts suck anyway (to us).

I like Dimmu.. and regardless of what others say (lol, black vs death metal people.. I like them both.. even if I didn't... other people do.. so hush, your opinion of them being crap is only an opinion.. XD).. But they've been noticed anyway.. which means more tours over here maybe? which is good
They're not allowed in the charts.. I wonder how they feel about it, not the record label?
Their mirror cover isn't quite their fault either, it's just that the cover wasn't allowed, but if you look at the cover, the art work on it is pretty damn awesome I think, so I'm glad they mirrored it and didn't get rid of the original!
And.. now I'm rantined lol o.O... I'll stop now... but generally... rellaxxx people lol.. I doubt this'll change much with the band, the charts, nor your lives.. oh.. or chavs .. sadly XD.

And just to be a pest... Woo, EBM music! XD.. and death, black, circus, gothic, thrash, industrial, hardcore, gabba.. blahhh.. so on... horay for all and more...

Posted by Anon. | September 26, 2007 12:01 AM | Reply to this

'Bad man' ryan, it's "some 80's mongoloid" but your point is pretty fucking valid. I can't be bothered with a lot of Black Metal and such, as the production (or chosen sound) is too harsh, and by that I mean fingernails down a blackboard versus loud engine noise. It sounds like a lot of musical talent with nowhere to go, a huge number of bands all playing stuff that (like many overly-stale genres) is too fucking similar! People get ridiculous and look for the tiniest of differences to justify calling a band original. Bollocks, it's not a fucking stamp-collectors fair, it's rock and roll.

Posted by Skunk Fondler | September 26, 2007 12:27 AM | Reply to this

Britain stinks!!!! I hate it here. Dimmu have progressed in a good way. Their music is fantastic, listen to all the other chav bullshit in the charts, all the pop rock emo crap, England, free speech????? Yeah right, this is a nation of programmed sheep. No one here thinks for themselves. Sooner this damp miserable little island sinks the better :<

Posted by matt | October 10, 2007 6:51 PM | Reply to this

What !?!

15 years of your live is gone for music and someone desides to kick you from the chart ?!?!?!

I can't believe that this is thuth !!!

england FUCK YOU !!!

Posted by Radoslav Yordanov | November 13, 2007 11:09 PM | Reply to this

...Dimmu Borgir Sound like Pieces of Shit with a Streak of Blood and a Flick of Corn Cornel...

...Yawn !!!

Posted by Scum Cunt | December 6, 2007 11:26 PM | Reply to this

Ohhhh go FUCK yourself!! Dimmu Borgir wn your sorry ass! And i dont understand what you mean with ''Metal Should remain tucked away from people who wouldn't understand it.'' People should listen more to this kind of metal!

Posted by The Arse | January 16, 2008 6:21 PM | Reply to this