Editing Dimmu Borgir (section)

===''In Sorte Diaboli'' period===
Dimmu Borgir's seventh studio album, ''[[In Sorte Diaboli]]'', was released on 24 April 2007.<ref>[http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7398161 Dimmu Borgir – In Sorte Diaboli CD Album]. Cduniverse.com (24 April 2007). Retrieved on 2011-06-11.</ref> A special edition version was released in a boxed case with a DVD, backward-printed lyrics, and a mirror. The album artwork was released on 14 February 2007 on a promotional webpage for the album. This album features once more the drumming of [[Jan Axel Blomberg|Hellhammer]] of [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]]. Blomberg left the band in mid-tour in 2007 because of a neck injury that resulted in limited movement of his right arm. With the release of this album, Dimmu Borgir became the first black metal band with a number one album on the charts in their native country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nuclearblast.de/index.php?Action=showDynamicPage&artistname=DIMMU+BORGIR&id=11&ident=artistsfull#DIMMU%20BORGIR |title=No.1 Heavy Metal Online-Shop, Metal-Shirts T-Shirts, CDs, Vinyl – Nuclear Blast |website=Nuclearblast.de |access-date=11 October 2016}}</ref> In October 2008, they released their second live DVD set titled [[The Invaluable Darkness]], which was based on several shows during the world tour supporting "In Sorte Diaboli". In 2008, the band played the UK festival Bloodstock.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Band Line Up - 2008 - Bloodstock Heavy metal festival band line and metal band biographies {{!}} Bloodstock |url=https://www.bloodstock.uk.com/events/boa-2008/stages |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=www.bloodstock.uk.com}}</ref>

[[File:Dimmu Borgir 18.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Shagrath]] performing on Gods of Metal 2007]]

In 2009, members ICS Vortex and Mustis independently announced their departure from Dimmu Borgir. Mustis released a statement claiming his disfavor with the band, stating that he was not properly credited for his writing contributions to the band's music, mentioning possibly taking legal action.<ref name=blabbermouthsplit>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=126138 |title=Dimmu Borgir Splits With Keyboardist Mustis, Bassist/Vocalist Vortex |date=30 August 2009 |work=Blabbermouth.net |publisher=Roadrunner Records |access-date=5 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919103804/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=126138 |archive-date=19 September 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Dimmu Borgir soon after confirmed the pair's dismissal from the band, releasing a statement explaining why the two were fired.<ref name="blabbermouthstatement">{{cite web|url=http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=126340|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202013244/http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=126340|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2013|title=Dimmu Borgir: 'We Have Put Up With Unprofessionalism And Bad Live Performances For Years'|date=2 September 2009|work=Blabbermouth.net|publisher=Roadrunner Records|access-date=5 February 2010}}</ref> Shagrath, Silenoz and Galder wrote: "Funny then, how the new album is half-way finished written already by the rest of us without any of these guys' input, still having all those elements we're known for."<ref name=blabbermouthstatement/>