Þeir sögðu það sjálfir í einhverju gömlu viðtali.
Nagash; “Dimmu Borgir, we got the name from uh..It's actually an Icelandic name, which means the Black Castle. And, it's actually a place in Iceland that's called Dimmu Borgir and it has a legend that says that it is the Gates to Hell and people go travelling up there and go missing, and that's what Dimmu Borgir means, the Black Castle.”