DIMMU BORGIR “The Invaluable Darkness” Debuts on Music Charts

The Invaluable Darkness, a three-disc release of two DVDs with a bonus audio CD from Norway’s symphonic black metal band DIMMU BORGIR, has sold over 1,400 copies in the U.S. since its October 14th release, debuting at no. 5 on the Nielsen SoundScan “Top DVD Music Videos” chart. The top four artists on the chart are (in order): AC/DC, ZZ Top, Eagles, and John Mayer.

The Invaluable Darkness has also entered the Music DVD chart in the band's home country at position No. 1.

Indie Distrubution, which distributes DIMMU BORGIR releases in Norway, told Norway's music industry magazine Faro Journalen that it felt pretty comfortable that the DVD would reach the top of the chart.

“Yes, we expected it,” Espen Solheim Rřhne, sales manager at Indie Distribution, admitted. “There are few bands out there that have the same following in Norway as DIMMU BORGIR, and their fans are always early in the shops to buy their product.”

Rřhne told Faro Journalen that the company shipped 2,500 copies of the DVD sets to Norwegian retailers. “We hope to reach 5,000 by Christmas,” he said.

This marks the second time DIMMU BORGIR has landed at No. 1 in Norway. The band's most recent album, In Sorte Diaboli, topped the chart upon its release in 2007.
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Checking in from Danzig’s Blackest Of The Black tour is DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Silenoz:

“Everything’s going well. We’re happy with the tour, and to get this news… [pause]… It’s cool that the fans appreciate that we came out with this DVD now. It seems that this was what they wanted and we gave it to them. We’re selling an autographed version of the DVD on tour, so anyone who wants one should come out!”