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DIMMU BORGIR - Kings of The Carnival Creation (Live at Ozzfest 2004) (OFFICIAL LIVE)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir
Performer
Mustis
Mustis
Synthesizer
Silenoz
Silenoz
Guitar
Shagrath
Shagrath
Lead Vocals
Annica Kroon
Annica Kroon
Violin
Annika Hjelm
Annika Hjelm
Violin
Bertil Lindh
Bertil Lindh
Violin
Bo Eklund
Bo Eklund
Contrabass
Catherine Claesson
Catherine Claesson
Violin
Galder
Galder
Lead Guitar
Gaute Storaas
Gaute Storaas
Conductor
Gothenburg Opera Orchestra
Gothenburg Opera Orchestra
Orchestra
Grzegorz Wybraniec
Grzegorz Wybraniec
Cello
Henrik Edström
Henrik Edström
Viola
Johan Stern
Johan Stern
Cello
Nicholas Barker
Nicholas Barker
Drums
Nicola Boruvka
Nicola Boruvka
Violin
Nils Edin
Nils Edin
Viola
Per Enoksson
Per Enoksson
Violin
Per Hogberg
Per Hogberg
Viola
Thord Svedlund
Thord Svedlund
Violin
Vortex
Vortex
Bass Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tom Rune Anderssen
Tom Rune Anderssen
Composer
Sven Atle Kopperud
Sven Atle Kopperud
Composer
Stian Thoresen
Stian Thoresen
Composer
Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir
Arranger
Gaute Storaas
Gaute Storaas
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir
Producer
Fredrik Nordström
Fredrik Nordström
Producer
Jan Banan
Jan Banan
Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Incarnated marvels simplified
Effects from such a disconsolate kind
Impotence of the once-so-perfect living
Erase and rewind
Stand rigid for the next battle
Peace means reloading your guns
The love for life is all hatred in disguise
A carnival creation with masks undone
[Verse 2]
In search for the guidelines to the gateways of sin
Through mires of misanthropy with wrath in mind
Sophistication as cruelty and perfection
As the virulent truth
[Verse 3]
Confidently dawned
To pick the best of enemies
[Verse 4]
An abyss womb stretched wide open
Exposed to retaliate
[Verse 5]
With the stigma feasting upon your flesh as I wish you well
Thorns from the fountains of faith licking lepered skin
Worshipped by anyone's mass on your planet hell
What on earth possessed you?
[Verse 6]
Consuming illusions made from hysteria and swallowed tongues
[Verse 7]
Devoured by doubt, conducting arts of misconception
Testimonial sufficiency declaring numbness of all perceptions
[Verse 8]
Glance into the blackness hidden beneath your surface
And enjoy the suffering, sanity drained in disrespect
With such bedeviled faith in good, subsequently trusting evil
Next step for mankind will be the last seasons in sin
[Verse 9]
With the stigma feasting upon your flesh as I wish you well (Wish you well)
Thorns from the fountains of faith licking lepered skin
Worshipped by anyone's mass on your planet hell
What on earth possessed you?
[Verse 10]
Consuming illusions made from hysteria and swallowed tongues
[Verse 11]
Left are the kings of the carnival creation
Carrying out the echoes of the fallen
[Verse 12]
Sense the withering eternity as it fades away
The ultimate graceless voyage of all times
Only death will be guarding your angels, silently
Cripples joining arms in clamor
Institutionalized for the rebirth
The herd will be hunted
Written by: Stian Thoresen, Sven Atle Kopperud, Tom Rune Andersen Orre, Tom Rune Anderssen

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