Editing Dark Funeral (section)

=== ''Diabolis Interium'' and ''De Profundis Clamavi Ad Te Domine'' ===
In January/February, the band again entered The Abyss Studio, enlisting the help of producer Peter Tägtgren and studio technician Lars Szöke, to record their third full-length album, ''[[Diabolis Interium]]''. Due to the overwhelming positive response to the new album from both the public and the press, the band was able to secure deals that brought their music across to a much wider audience, with licenses in Japan (Soundholic Co. Ltd), Brazil (Hellion Records), Poland (Mystic Productions), Romania (Rocris Disc), Bulgaria (Rocris Disc), Thailand (S.Stack Co. Ltd), Russia (Irond Records Ltd), Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China (Magnus Music). With the exceptional response to the album in Brazil, which was released through Hellion Records, another local label, Somber Records licensed the band's entire back catalogue. As soon as ''Diabolis Interium'' was released, Dark Funeral once again went on tour. First they toured Europe, supported by Tidfall, [[Anorexia Nervosa (band)|Anorexia Nervosa]] and [[Ragnarok (Norwegian band)|Ragnarok]]. On this tour, the band brought in Mikael Hedlund (Hypocrisy) to play the bass. After this tour, Mikael resumed duties with his main band. They recruited Richard Cabeza for the session bassist slot. The band also toured the US, supporting their longtime friends Cannibal Corpse. With ''Diabolis Interium'', the Swedish radio station [[Rocket 95.3 FM]] nominated Dark Funeral in the category “Best Swedish Hard Rock Band”. Other bands nominated at the same time and in the same category were [[Breach (band)|Breach]], [[Entombed (band)|Entombed]], and [[Arise (band)|Arise]].

In October 2002, the band embarked on their first tour in the Far East, which included shows in Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore. The band was the first Western [[extreme metal]] band to play Taiwan and Singapore. On 29 November 2002, the band and MNW/No Fashion Records announced that they were no longer contractually-bound to [[Necropolis Records]], who had licensed the band's 2001 release ''Diabolis Interium'' for North America. Official termination of contract papers had already been delivered to Necropolis Records, putting an official end to Dark Funeral's tenure with said record label. This was a result of Necropolis' alleged breach of contract with the band and label.

After the Asian tour, guitarist Dominion felt it was in the best interests of both the band and himself to resign his position, due to commitment to studies. Dominion officially resigned upon the band's completion of their Asian tour. He would later explore other musical options. After this the band begin auditioning guitarists to replace the departed Dominion. A new guitarist was found in the form of Chaq Mol, who had a long history in different local metal acts. He is also in the two-man [[Doom metal|doom]]/black metal project Mordichrist. He made his official debut with the band at Wacken Open Air 2003.

After a successful gig at the Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany, the band headed down to South America for a tour through Brazil, Chile, and Colombia. This tour became one of the most successful ever undertaken by the band. During the tour, the band recorded a couple of the shows with plans to release a live album. After sifting through the recorded material with their live sound engineer (Erik Lidbom, Hitfire Productions), ''[[De Profundis Clamavi Ad Te Domine]]'' was born.

Dark Funeral officially announced their split from MNW/No Fashion Records, after the band did not receive royalties for their back-catalogue. A series of legal battles began, where Ahriman and Caligula sought the rights to Dark Funeral's back-catalogue.<ref name="DarkFuneral">{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=109515 |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=24 November 2008 |access-date=6 February 2009 |title=Dark Funeral: Legal Battle with MNW/No Fashion Records Finally Over}}</ref> Shortly after, the band signed a license deal with [[Regain Records]] for their live album ''De Profundis Clamavi Ad Te Domine'', which was licensed to several other countries. On 31 May 2005, the album was released in the US through [[Candlelight Records]].

In January 2004, the band partnered with [[Goatwhore]] and [[Zyklon]] in Japan on the Extreme the Dojo Volume 9. Shortly after, the band continued to tour with a spate of Mexican dates. The band made appearances at festivals including Spain's Piorno Rock (with [[Sepultura]], [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]], [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]], [[Lacuna Coil]], among others), Finland's [[Tuska Open Air Metal Festival]], and [[X-Mass Festival]]s across Europe. The band appeared as the headlining act at Germany's Party San, Swedish Nordic Rage, and LA's Gathering of the Bestial Legions Festival. The band also played in Italy together with [[Defleshed]] for a short burst of dates. In December 2004, Dark Funeral resumed touring by first playing Israel, and then hitting Russia and Ukraine for the Black Winter Days Tour, together with openers Horned NecroCannibals and Icewind Blast.