This song is awesome.

Artist: Dimmu Borgir

Song: Gateways

Album: Abrahadabra

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Even if you don’t like metal, just listen to that fantastic insanity in the girl’s voice around 1:30. And the fierce guitar riffage right afterwards.

Dimmu Borgir are the closest thing to what a Castlevania: The Movie soundtrack would sound like if it were real. When I hear this song, I feel like I’m running through a burning castle with a battle-axe chopping demons and roaring like a beast.

And the melody and lyrics here are EPIC:

Be the broken or the breaker/ Be the giver or the undertaker/ Unlock and open the door/ Be the healer or the breaker/ The keys are in your hands/ Realize you are your own source of all creation/ Of your own master plan

I don’t even think English is these guys’ first language. Damn.

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Extra Credit:

Check out this great live performance of Gateways by the KORK orchestra - even if you’re not digging the crazy Norwegian Black Metal, you can probably still appreciate how intricate, exciting, and epic the orchestral arrangement is.