Dimmu Borgir keyboardist Øyvind "Mustis" Mustaparta has issued the following statement on his MySpace page:

"Attention to all the worldwide fans of my work with Dimmu Borgir. I feel that I must begin my note to you all by saying that your dedication and interest in my musical work with Dimmu Borgir has been greatly appreciated by me for many, many years and you all have motivated me to continue to push the creative envelope farther each and every day. You might be able to see where this note is heading and if you are thinking correctly you will know that I am informing you all that I am no longer associated with the band and have left the ranks of Dimmu Borgir effective immediately.

My departure was not entirely of my own accord and while I had felt this change was something imminent for my future, my time had been spent addressing the fact that many songs written by me had not been registered properly under my name in their credits. Without naming every single track, let us just say that a good majority of albums like "Spiritual Black Dimensions", "Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia" and "In Sorte Diaboli" would have been vastly different had I not composed and created as much as I actually did. Sadly, based on terrible gaps in the communication process and a failure to find logical rationale for why this had been done this way found me hitting wall after wall as opposed to finding a professional and reasonable solution to the problem. My inquiries and investigation into the issues which I wished to resolve and move on from would in the end find me being fired from the group. No discussions about it, just "goodbye" (via text message).

I can say to you that this was not a new dispute and is something that has been going on for some years and since these are my individual creative rights and work that are being denied of me, we shall now let the resolution come from the lawyers instead of dealing with more dishonesty and lies on a one on one personal level. On this I cannot say anymore because we will be walking into sticky legal territory. I mentioned earlier that my fans have motivated me to create great music again and again and they should know that I will continue to do this and shall return to them in the not too distant future with material that I hope will keep their musical needs fed. In advance I will say that I thank you for notes and texts of support and ask that you please understand that there is not much more I can say on this, nor will be able to answer every single message that I get. I ask you to please keep tabs on my official MySpace page. I will do my best to post what I am legally allowed to share with you so you remain informed."

According to Mustis, also bassist/clean vocalist Simen "ICS Vortex" Hestnæs got fired by the band. Both Mustis and Vortex were apparently either fired or had no other choice than to leave the group after years of disagreements. However, this has not yet been confirmed by Vortex or anyone else associated with the group.

An official statement from Dimmu Borgir is expected to be released shortly.


UPDATE

Dimmu Borgir has announced the following: "We regret to inform you that we have parted ways with both Vortex and Mustis. However, we do want to make it perfectly clear that the creative force in the band is highly intact, perhaps even more so than ever. With that being said, we're currently working on our next album and are excited to start a new chapter in the legacy that is Dimmu Borgir."


Source: myspace.com / MetalStorm
Band profile: Dimmu Borgir

En fait DIMMU BORGIR c'est un peu comme une montgolfière, en éjectant du monde ça décolle.

Borgir sans vortex ni mustis, je ne suis pas sûr que je suivrai

Ouais, car même si le coté creatif de Dimmu semblait être basé sur la paire Shagrath/Silenoz, j'ai toujours trouvé que Mustiis apportait une bonne part à leur musique. D'ailleurs quand Mustiis s'efface, ça donne "In Sorte Diaboli", donc pas de quoi se réjouir...
Et Vortex apportait aussi de la variété et de l'aération dans les compos avec sa voix unique.

d'ailleurs sur le dernier live, on entend carrément mieux Mustis sur les compos d'in Sorte, et ça les transcende pas mal...

Quant à Vortex, il n'a plus qu'à réintégrer Borknagar qu'il avait quitté pour rejoindre Dimmu^^ Mais bon, y'a peu de chances

Ils prendront peut-être Ripper pour faire les voix claires.

Triste nouvelle.

Reste à esperer qu'on assiste pas à une valse d'intermittents.

Apparement, si Mustis s'est fait virer, c'est pour une histoire de droit. Il a osé dire qu'il était largement compositeur d'albums comme "Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia" et "In sorte diaboli" (pas de quoi se la ramener pour ce dernier). Il aurait pu raler avant parce que bon Puritanical il date quand même de 2001...

Quant à Vortex, il soutien Mustis qui serait pour lui la vraie force créatrice de Dimmu Borgir. La bonne nouvelle c'est que ce dernier envisage une reformation d'Arcturus


Et puis pourvu que Dimmu réengage le claviériste au chapeau haut de forme

REFORMATION D'ARCTURUS???????

edit: sinon Vortex parle d'un nouvel album de Lamented Souls, quelqu'un connait ce groupe?

Lamented Souls c'est un groupe de doom metal formé en 1991 avec Vortex au chant et à la gratte qui n'a pas été très productif jusqu'à maintenant.

Arcturus avec Vortex ça puait un peu, pas de quoi sauter au plafond.

ça risque d'être interessant si le père Mustis fait qqchose en solo.

Vortex avait participé à la masquerade infernale, dire qu'Arcturus pue avec lui est un peu déplacé. D'ailleurs le dernier album avec Vortex au chant est peut être moins bon que The Sham Mirrors, mais reste un très bon disque.

En clair: bonne nouvelle.

Ouais enfin ne nous rejouissons pas trop vite, il a juste dit qu'il comptait discuter avec les autres en vue d'une possible reformation d'Arcturus...

Réponse de Dimmu à ses deux ex membres, ça balance on se penserait dans Voici



merci à VS pour la traduction quand même

C'est génial les reglements de compte par déclarations interposées.
J'aurais du faire pareil avec mon ancien groupe

1) tu chanteras juste
2) tu viendras à la repet'
3) ....