Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia is the fifth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Dimmu Borgir. It was released by Nuclear Blast Records in 2001. This is the first album to feature drummer Nicholas Barker, guitarist Galder, and ICS Vortex on bass. It is also the first album upon which the band used real orchestral instrumentation instead of keyboard lines.

Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
Studio album by
Dimmu Borgir
Released20 March 2001
RecordedOctober–November 2000 at Studio Fredman
Gothenburg, Sweden
GenreSymphonic black metal, progressive metal[1]
Length57:58
LabelNuclear Blast Records
ProducerDimmu Borgir, Fredrik Nordström
Dimmu Borgir chronology
Spiritual Black Dimensions
(1999)		 Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
(2001)		 Alive in Torment
(2002)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Sputnik Music[3]
Metal Storm8.3/10[4]
Ultimate Guitar9.3/10[5]
Chronicles of Chaos9/10[6]
Metal Reviews93%[7]
Thrash Pit8.9/10[8]
Metal1 (DE)8.5/10[9]
Metal.de (DE)8/10[10]

AllMusic wrote, "A minority of purists might see this as too much of a departure, a complaint that would have more merit if Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia wasn't as exquisite as it is diverse."[2]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Fear and Wonder" (Instrumental) Mustis2:48
2."Blessings Upon the Throne of Tyranny"SilenozGalder, Silenoz, Shagrath5:18
3."Kings of the Carnival Creation"SilenozMustis, Silenoz, Shagrath7:48
4."Hybrid Stigmata - The Apostasy"SilenozShagrath, Silenoz, Mustis6:57
5."Architecture of a Genocidal Nature"ShagrathSilenoz, Shagrath6:08
6."Puritania"Silenoz, Morten LundeShagrath3:06
7."IndoctriNation"SilenozSilenoz, Shagrath, Mustis5:57
8."The Maelstrom Mephisto"SilenozSilenoz, Archon, Galder, Shagrath, Mustis4:42
9."Absolute Sole Right"SilenozSilenoz, Shagrath, Mustis6:26
10."Sympozium"VortexMustis, Shagrath, Silenoz5:13
11."Perfection or Vanity" (Instrumental) Shagrath3:30
Limited Japanese Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Devil's Path" (2000 Version)Silenoz, Shagrath6:06
2."Burn in Hell" (Twisted Sister cover)Dee Snider5:05

Credits

Dimmu Borgir
Guests
  • Orchestration arranged and conducted by Gaute Storås
  • Recorded with the Gothenburg Opera Orchestra [tracks 1-4, 6-8, 10-11]
  • Annica Kroon, Annika Hjelm, Bertil Lindh, Catherine Claesson, Nicola Boruvka, Per Enokson, Thore Svedlund - violins
  • Henrik Edström, Nils Edin, Per Högberg - violas
  • Grzegorz Wybraniec, Johan Stern - cellos
  • Bo Eklund - double bass
  • Charlie Storm – sample manipulation on "Puritania"
Technical staff

Charts
Chart Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11] 23
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] 71
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[13] 11
French Albums (SNEP)[14] 66
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 16
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[16] 16
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[17] 14
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 28

References
  1. https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-nme-4484
  2. O'Neill, Brian. "Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia - Dimmu Borgir : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  3. https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/5937/Dimmu-Borgir-Puritanical-Euphoric-Misanthropia/
  4. http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=167&page=&message_id=
  5. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/dimmu_borgir/puritanical_euphoric_misanthropia/
  6. http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=2-1911
  7. https://www.metalreviews.com/reviews/album/450
  8. http://www.rocknworld.com/thrashpit/reviews/07/DimmuBorgirPEM.shtml
  9. https://www.metal1.info/metal-reviews/dimmu-borgir-puritanical-euphoric-misanthropia/
  10. https://www.metal.de/reviews/dimmu-borgir-puritanical-euphoric-misanthropia-1431/
  11. "Austriancharts.at – Dimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia" (in German). Hung Medien.
  12. "Dutchcharts.nl – Dimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  13. "Dimmu Borgir: Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  14. "Lescharts.com – Dimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia". Hung Medien.
  15. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  16. "Norwegiancharts.com – Dimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia". Hung Medien.
  17. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.
  18. "Swedishcharts.com – Dimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia". Hung Medien.
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