Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
Studio album by Dimmu Borgir
Released	March 20, 2001
Recorded	October-November 2000 at Studio Fredman Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre	Symphonic black metal
Length	57:58
Label	Nuclear Blast Records
Producer	Dimmu Borgir, Fredrik Nordström
Dimmu Borgir chronology
True Kings of Norway (2000) Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001) Alive in Torment (2001)

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 the first to feature ICS Vortex on bass and also the first time the band used real orchestral instrumentation in place of the keyboard lines.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
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, M. 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

Limited Japanese Edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Devil's Path" (2000 Version)	Silenoz, Shagrath	6:06
2.	"Burn in Hell" (Twisted Sister cover)	Dee Snider	5:05

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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."^[1]

Charts

Weekly

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Polish Albums Chart	14[2]

Monthly

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Poland (ZPAV Top 100)	35[3]

Credits

Dimmu Borgir

• Shagrath – lead vocals/harsh vocals
• Galder – lead guitar
• Silenoz – rhythm guitar
• ICS Vortex – bass guitar, co-clean vocals (3, 4, 8, 10 & 13)
• Mustis – keyboards
• Nicholas Barker – drums

Guests

• Orchestration arranged and conducted by Gaute Storås
• Recorded with the Gothenburg Opera Orchestra [tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 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

• Fredrik Nordström – mixing, engineering
• Jan Baan – assistant engineer
• Alf Børjesson – cover concept, artwork
• Thomas Ewerhand – layout

References

1. O'Neill, Brian. "Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia - Dimmu Borgir : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
2. Onyx.pl
3. http://muzyka.interia.pl/lista/zpav,86