For all tid explained

For all tid
Type:studio
Artist:Dimmu Borgir
Cover:For-all-tid.jpg
Released:1995
12 September 1997 (re-release)
Recorded:August–December 1994 at Stovner Rockefabrikk
Genre:Melodic black metal
Language:Norwegian
Label:No Colours (1995)
Nuclear Blast (1997)
Producer:Dimmu Borgir
Prev Title:Inn i evighetens mørke
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:Stormblåst
Next Year:1996

For all tid ("For All Time") is the debut studio album by Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir. It was released in 1995 through No Colours. It was remastered and re-released in 1997 through their new label Nuclear Blast with the front cover art in full color and the entire Inn i evighetens mørke EP added. It is the band's only studio album on which Shagrath is on drums, Tjodalv on guitar and Silenoz on vocals.

The artwork displayed on the front cover of the album is inspired by Gustave Doré's illustration of Camelot from Idylls of the King.

Critical reception

In their favourable review of the album, AllMusic wrote, "The production is awful, boasting thin and sharp guitars, muted drumming and echoing vocals that sound like what it might have been like to stand outside of their rehearsal hall. But somehow the songs manage to overcome the production, offering a somewhat beautiful (albeit warped) view of heavy metal that comes off far more ambitious than a band in their position usually does."

Personnel

Dimmu Borgir

Additional personnel

Production