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 | ||||
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Studio album by Dimmu Borgir | ||||
Released | 20 March 2001 | |||
Recorded | October–November 2000 | |||
Studio | Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden | |||
Genre | Symphonic black metal, progressive metal[1] | |||
Length | 57:58 | |||
Label | Nuclear Blast Records | |||
Producer | Dimmu Borgir, Fredrik Nordström | |||
Dimmu Borgir chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
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Metal Storm | 8.3/10[4] |
Ultimate Guitar | 9.3/10[5] |
Chronicles of Chaos | 9/10[6] |
Metal Reviews | 93%[7] |
Thrash Pit | 8.9/10[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]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Fear and Wonder" | Instrumental | Mustis | 2:48 |
2. | "Blessings Upon the Throne of Tyranny" | Galder, Silenoz, Shagrath | 5:18 | |
3. | "Kings of the Carnival Creation" | Mustis, Silenoz, Shagrath | 7:48 | |
4. | "Hybrid Stigmata - The Apostasy" | Shagrath, Silenoz, Mustis | 6:57 | |
5. | "Architecture of a Genocidal Nature" | Silenoz, Shagrath | 6:08 | |
6. | "Puritania" | Shagrath | 3:06 | |
7. | "IndoctriNation" | Silenoz, Shagrath, Mustis | 5:57 | |
8. | "The Maelstrom Mephisto" | Silenoz, Archon, Galder, Shagrath, Mustis | 4:42 | |
9. | "Absolute Sole Right" | Silenoz, Shagrath, Mustis | 6:26 | |
10. | "Sympozium" | Mustis, Shagrath, Silenoz | 5:13 | |
11. | "Perfection or Vanity" | Instrumental | Shagrath | 3:30 |
No. | Title | Music | Length |
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12. | "Devil's Path (2000 Version)" | Silenoz, Shagrath | 6:06 |
13. | "Burn in Hell" (Twisted Sister cover) | 5:05 |
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (Tracks 1-4, 6-8, & 10-11)
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Miscellaneous
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"Puritania"
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Chart | Peak position |
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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 |
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