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Dimmu Borgir crafts an aural landscape that immediately draws the mind into confrontation with normative values. ‘The Chosen Legacy’ is, in no uncertain terms, a requiem for the conformist. The song lays to rest the expectations of societal and religious alignment by donning the robes of the outlier. At its heart, it beats a rhythm of unapologetic defiance, calling into question the sustainability of spiritual beliefs imposed from without rather than cultivated from within. The Norwegian black metal virtuosos sing not of ignoble surrender but of a proud descent into ‘inevitable sin,’ a term perhaps metaphorically representing the innate human tendency to deviate from rigid moral dogmas. Here, the sin is not a stain upon the soul, but a testament to the spirit’s indomitable will.
