{"id":78,"date":"2026-03-07T13:57:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T13:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"\/theoutcast\/interviews\/silenoz-dimmu-borgir\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T20:23:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T01:23:00","slug":"silenoz-dimmu-borgir","status":"publish","type":"interviews","link":"https:\/\/adkoi.com\/theoutcast\/interviews\/silenoz-dimmu-borgir\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Silenoz of Dimmu Borgir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dimmu Borgir, whether you like them or not, are a band that all extreme music supporters should know about by now. And if you do not know who this band is, then what rock have you been hiding under?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not supporting their satanic message (or art work) that they express within Dimmu Borgir\u2019s image, I was still curious what excellent composer Silenoz had to say about his open and dark philosophies that Dimmu preaches to the masses. We all have the same unanswered questions (all the WHY\u2019s!?); we just react to the outcome differently. I may not support what they stand for, but I do respect them as individuals, as artists, and of course for playing metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Outcast:<\/strong>  So how has the tour been so far? How long does this tour have left?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Silenoz:<\/strong> This is close to the end. We have a week left. We started on April 20th, so&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Outcast:<\/strong>  What are you going to do after this tour?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Silenoz:<\/strong>  We\u2019re going to go to Europe and do 7 or 8 festivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Outcast:<\/strong> Sounds like you are a very busy man. So who is in charge of writing the lyrics?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Silenoz:<\/strong>  I am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Outcast:<\/strong>  Good. Besides anti-religious subjects, what exactly inspires you to write the lyrics that you write? Do you believe in God and Satan as actually beings?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Silenoz:<\/strong>  No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Outcast:<\/strong>  Then are you guys atheists?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Silenoz:<\/strong>  Well, for me personally I can only speak for my self, and to call my self or to classify my self as an atheist would be too easy. I\u2019ve experienced a lot more in my life that involves the spiritual world that it wouldn\u2019t make sense (to call himself an atheist). But I don\u2019t believe in a godly being or anything like that, I just believe there\u2019s something else that we don\u2019t see. At the end of the day, you are in charge of yourself. It\u2019s only yourself that can make changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Outcast:<\/strong>  When did you deicide to accept and walk this darker side of life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Silenoz:<\/strong>  I didn\u2019t really decide it because it came naturally to me. It\u2019s always been like that ever since I was a kid. I always liked stuff that all the other kids didn\u2019t, you know? I have been into stuff that other people may have looked upon as something negative and frightening or whatever, it just comes natural to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Outcast:<\/strong>  When did metal come into your life and do you think it influenced your beliefs as far as the satanic bands are concerned?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Silenoz:<\/strong>  Oh, of course. I always sought out the more extreme metal bands in the late 80\u2019s, when I was&#8230;&#8230; I was into the regular heavy metal bands for a while because I didn\u2019t know there was anything more extreme. There were bands like Slayer, Exodus, and Possessed, they came around and then a lot harder and it just took off from there really. I\u2019ve always been into bands that have more than just music, you know? If they had an image or a look or whatever that goes hand in hand with the music, then that is what I\u2019ve always been interested in. That\u2019s also why we look the way we do to, you know? I want the band to have something more that goes with the music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Outcast:<\/strong>  Were you ever forced to attend church growing up?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Silenoz:<\/strong>  Actually, I went to Sunday school momentarily because I grew up in the &#8220;Bible belt&#8221; where I live. So the only way to hang out with other kids my same age was to take Sunday school. We had Bible hour every Sunday, but it wasn\u2019t really anything major (not really sure what he means by &#8220;major&#8221; &#8211; Mike). I realized already then at the years of 6 that religion was fucking phony. There was something really itchy about it, so luckily I discovered that at an early age that it was bullshit and that that it is up to each and everyone to find their own better way, you know? So I guess in many ways I can thank the Bible belt for my success to some extent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Outcast:<\/strong>  Would you consider the theme on your new album a fictional story, or non-fictional?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Silenoz:<\/strong>  It\u2019s both in a way because the symbolism in the story symbolizes my own upbringing in many ways. But it\u2019s of course a fictional story because I wanted to portray the dark medieval times (Great album!! &#8211; Mike), because that is an era in history that had a lot of significant changes world wide, especially when it comes to religion to. Symbolically I guess we can also say that it compares to current times as well because we see around the world there\u2019s a lot of bullshit and war happening because indirectly or directly caused by religious conflict. 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I wouldn\u2019t be the right person to talk to about politics, especially not other countries politics. If you fuck up, admit that you fucked up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Outcast:<\/strong>  There\u2019s a documentary that I watched called &#8220;Freedom to Fascism&#8221; that my friend Chris &#8220;Brutalizer&#8221; introduced me to. A lot of it has to do with the IRS and how they are an illegal operation that the American government supports due to also collecting profit from what the IRS takes by force. The last 20-30 minutes they show some current documentation taken from CNN showing how scandalous Bush really is (you really have to watch it folks) and where they introduce the RFID chip. This documentary states that this chip could be used against the human race and where all freedom will cease to exist. What really surprised me and frightened me was when they made one biblical reference; Revelation 14:17 &#8211; &#8220;And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name.&#8221; Who\u2019s to say that the barcode on this chip isn\u2019t 666? Some Christians believe it will be the beginning to the mark of the beast and whether you are a Christian or not, there will be a revolt by the people if this one world government tries to insert this chip into us. What do you think of the Christians thinking this chip will be the mark of the beast?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Silenoz:<\/strong>  It\u2019s a typical Christian mentality. They fear what they don\u2019t know. But me personally of course I wouldn\u2019t walk around with a chip in me, you know?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Outcast:<\/strong>  So if your government said that you have to have this chip in you&#8230;..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Silenoz:<\/strong>  FUCK OFF, you know? Yeah, yeah, you can control up to a certain point, that\u2019s why we have police, governments, and rules and whatever. If you lose that free thinking and the freewill, then it\u2019s all over, people are going to fucking tear the place apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Outcast:<\/strong>  Wouldn\u2019t that be weird if this chip thing happened and you had these Christians who wouldn\u2019t accept this chip, and you had on the other hand the satanic mentality that wouldn\u2019t accept this chip and actually unite and&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Silenoz:<\/strong>  Actually have something in common (laughing)!? Yeah, that would probably be weird. I totally believe in free will you know, but beware of the consequences. That\u2019s how I\u2019ve always basically lived my life and it\u2019s been working so far. I\u2019ve fucked up a lot of times to, but it\u2019s like you have to move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Outcast:<\/strong>  Going back to the consequences thing, do you think that since you personally do not believe in the devil as an actual being&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Silenoz:<\/strong>  I take part&#8230;&#8230;. I side with the symbolic devil, if you know what I mean? Through all of the years he\u2019s been looked upon as an outcast and as something really negative, but if you think about it, you read in the Bible or whatever, or other Christian books and what they say about the devil. To me it\u2019s more common sense to side with him than with God. 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