Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

Infobox Album
Name = Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
Type = studio
Artist = Dimmu Borgir


Released = March 20, 2001
Recorded = October-November 2000 at Studio Fredman
Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre = Symphonic black metalFact|date=July 2008
Length = 57:58
Label = Nuclear Blast Records
Producer = Dimmu Borgir, Fredrik Nordström
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://wc08.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?sql=10:0pfexqe0ldae link]
Last album = "Spiritual Black Dimensions"
(1999)
This album = "Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia"
(2001)
Next album = "Alive in Torment"
(2001)

"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 album showed a radical departure from previous Dimmu Borgir albums. The usage of an actual orchestra versus traditional keyboards gives the album a much more theatrical approach. Also, the guitars became much more up-front on this album than before. Keyboard and orchestral lines were more sparse than on Enthrone Darkness Triumphant and Spiritual Black Dimensions, and even experimental song-writing was seen on tracks like "Puritania" (which sounds more industrial than black metal) which is also featured in CKY.

The lyrics also masked much of the band's overt Satanism and anti-Christian views much more than on previous albums, which, according to Silenoz, was meant to have people think and interpret the lyrics and moods for themselves, though the artwork and over-all delivery still marks the band as purely anti-Christian. In the song "Hybrid Stigmata" the line: "Demons to some, Angels to others", is from the movie Hellraiser.

Ring of Honor wrestling star Delirious uses their song "Hybrid Stigmata - The Apostasy" as his entrance music. "Puritania" was also used as deathmatch wrestling icon Brandon Prophet's exclusive entrance music from its release until June of 2006. "Puritania" is currently being used as the entrance music of 1PW wrestling faction "The Damned Nation."

This is also the first album to mark the introduction of drummer Nicholas Barker as well as ICS Vortex as a full-time member.

Track listing

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title1=Fear and Wonder |music1=Mustis |lyrics1=— |length1=2:47
title2=Blessings upon the Throne of Tyranny |music2=Galder, Silenoz, Shagrath |lyrics2=Silenoz |length2=5:18
title3=Kings of the Carnival Creation |music3=Mustis, Silenoz, Shagrath |lyrics3=Silenoz |length3=7:48
title4=Hybrid Stigmata – The Apostasy |music4=Shagrath, Silenoz, Mustis |lyrics4=Silenoz |length4=6:57
title5=Architecture of a Genocidal Nature |music5=Silenoz, Shagrath |lyrics5=Shagrath |length5=6:08
title6=Puritania |music6=Shagrath |lyrics6=Silenoz, M. Lunde |length6=3:06
title7=IndoctriNation |music7=Silenoz, Shagrath, Mustis |lyrics7=Silenoz |length7=5:57
title8=The Maelstrom Mephisto |music8=Silenoz, Archon, Galder, Shagrath, Mustis |lyrics8=Silenoz |length8=4:42
title9=Absolute Sole Right |music9=Silenoz, Shagrath, Mustis |lyrics9=Silenoz |length9=6:26
title10=Sympozium |music10=Mustis, Shagrath, Silenoz |lyrics10=Vortex |length10=5:13
title11=Perfection or Vanity |music11=Shagrath |lyrics11=— |length11=3:36
title12=Devil's Path |music12=Silenoz, Shagrath |lyrics12=Shagrath |length12=5:32
title13=Burn in Hell |music13=Snider |lyrics13=Snider |length13=5:05
note1=Intro
note11=Outro
note12=Re-recording) (Japanese bonus track) [cite web |url=http://wc08.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?sql=10:0xfyxq80ld6e |title=Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia [Bonus Tracks] - Overview |accessdate=2008-09-23 |publisher=Allmusic]
note13=Twisted Sister cover) (Bonus track) [cite web |url=http://wc08.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?sql=10:gjfqxzlgldte |title=Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia [Bonus Track] - Overview |accessdate=2008-09-23 |publisher=Allmusic]

Personnel

Gothenburg Opera Orchestra

*Gaute Storås – conductor
*Thore Svedlund – violin
*Bertil Lindh – violin
*Henrik Edström – viola
*Grzegorz Wybraniec – cello
*Nils Edin – viola
*Annika Hjelm – violin
*Per Enokson – violin
*Annica Kroom – violin
*Nicola Boruvka – violin
*Catherine – violin
*Bo Eklund – contrabass
*Per Högberg – viola
*Johan Stern – cello

Band members

*Shagrath – vocals, Clean vocals (On track 5), synthesizers
*Silenoz – guitars
*Galder – lead guitar
*Nicholas Barker – drums
*ICS Vortex – bass guitar, clean vocals on tracks 3, 4, 8, 10, 13
*Mustis – synthesizers, piano
*Archon has a credit on track 8 and was a member in the band for several weeks
*Andy LaRocque is guest member on track 11

Technical staff

*Fredrik Nordström – producing, mixing, engineering
*Jan Baan – assistent engineer
*Charlie Storm – sample manipulation on "Puritania"
*Alf Børjesson – cover concept, artwork
*Thomas Ewerhand – layout

Footnotes