Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia | ||||
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Released | 20 March 2001 | |||
Recorded | October–November 2000 | |||
Studio | Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden | |||
Genre | Symphonic black metal | |||
Length | 57:58 | |||
Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
Producer | Dimmu Borgir, Fredrik Nordström | |||
Dimmu Borgir chronology | ||||
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Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia is the fifth studio album by Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir. It was released by Nuclear Blast Records in 2001. This is the first album to feature drummer Nick Barker, guitarist Galder, and ICS Vortex on bass. It is also the first album upon which the band used real orchestral instrumentation besides keyboards and the first of the three subsequent albums recorded in Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden, with producer Fredrik Nordström. The drum sound on this particular album strongly relies on using triggered samples, thus giving it a distinct drum machine sounding result. According to Nick Barker, the idea to this recording approach at that time was heavily inspired by his friend Hellhammer and him doing the same thing on Mayhem's album Grand Declaration of War. Specifically, the bass drum sound uses a direct sample from the beginning of 5 Minutes Alone by Pantera off their 1994's Far Beyond Driven album. [1] Also the exact tom drum sound used on this album was later re-used on Reaping the World Winds, debut album by Dimension F3H, which was mixed by Nordström as well.
A remixed and remastered version (again by Fredrik Nordström) of the album was released on 28 October 2022. [2] This version features less prominent and more natural sounding drums as well as less volume on samples and keyboards among other things.
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Sputnikmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Metal Storm | 8.3/10 [5] |
Ultimate Guitar | 9.3/10 [6] |
Chronicles of Chaos | 9/10 [7] |
Metal Reviews | 93% [8] |
Thrash Pit | 8.9/10 [9] |
Metal1 | 8.5/10 [10] |
Metal.de | 8/10 [11] |
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." [3]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Fear and Wonder" | Instrumental | Mustis | 2:48 |
2. | "Blessings Upon the Throne of Tyranny" | Silenoz | Galder, Silenoz, Shagrath | 5:18 |
3. | "Kings of the Carnival Creation" | Silenoz | Mustis, Silenoz, Shagrath | 7:48 |
4. | "Hybrid Stigmata - The Apostasy" | Silenoz | Shagrath, Silenoz, Mustis | 6:57 |
5. | "Architecture of a Genocidal Nature" | Shagrath | Silenoz, Shagrath | 6:08 |
6. | "Puritania" | Silenoz, Morten Lunde | Shagrath | 3:06 |
7. | "IndoctriNation" | Silenoz | Silenoz, Shagrath, Mustis | 5:57 |
8. | "The Maelstrom Mephisto" | Silenoz | Silenoz, Archon, Galder, Shagrath, Mustis | 4:42 |
9. | "Absolute Sole Right" | Silenoz | Silenoz, Shagrath, Mustis | 6:26 |
10. | "Sympozium" | Vortex | Mustis, Shagrath, Silenoz | 5:13 |
11. | "Perfection or Vanity" | Instrumental | Shagrath | 3:30 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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12. | "Devil's Path (2000 Version)" | Shagrath | Silenoz, Shagrath | 6:06 |
13. | "Burn in Hell" (Twisted Sister cover) | 5:05 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Fear and Wonder" | 2:49 |
2. | "Blessings Upon the Throne of Tyranny" | 5:23 |
3. | "Kings of the Carnival Creation" | 7:51 |
4. | "Hybrid Stigmata - The Apostasy" | 6:59 |
5. | "Architecture of a Genocidal Nature" | 6:13 |
6. | "Puritania" | 3:06 |
7. | "IndoctriNation" | 6:01 |
8. | "The Maelstrom Mephisto" | 4:44 |
9. | "Absolute Sole Right" | 6:31 |
10. | "Sympozium" | 5:13 |
11. | "Perfection or Vanity" | 3:48 |
12. | "Burn in Hell" (Twisted Sister cover) | 5:13 |
13. | "Devil's Path" (2000 Version) | 6:06 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Hybrid Stigmata - The Apostasy" (Preprod. Session 2000) | 5:33 |
2. | "Blessings upon the Throne of Tyranny" (Preprod. Session 2000) | 4:02 |
3. | "Indoctrination" (Preprod. Session 2000) | 5:39 |
4. | "Architecture of a Genocidal Nature" (Preprod. Session 2000) | 6:07 |
5. | "Absolute Sole Right" (Preprod. Session 2000) | 6:27 |
6. | "Fear and Wonder" (The Kolbotn Tapes) | 2:26 |
7. | "Blessings upon the Throne of Tyranny" (The Kolbotn Tapes) | 5:39 |
8. | "Kings of the Carnival Creation" (The Kolbotn Tapes) | 7:40 |
9. | "Puritania" (The Kolbotn Tapes) | 2:49 |
10. | "The Maelstrom Mephisto" (The Kolbotn Tapes) | 4:00 |
11. | "Sympozium" (The Kolbotn Tapes) | 5:28 |
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (tracks 1-4, 6-8, & 10-11)
| Miscellaneous
| "Puritania"
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Chart | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [12] | 23 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [13] | 71 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [14] | 11 |
French Albums (SNEP) [15] | 66 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [16] | 16 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [17] | 16 |
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [18] | 14 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [19] | 28 |
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [20] | 25 |
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [21] | 33 |