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2001 studio album by Dimmu Borgir
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.
Critical reception [ ]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [2] Sputnik Music [3] 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]
Track listing [ ]
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
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
Fredrik Nordström – mixing , engineering
Jan Baan – assistant engineer
Alf Børjesson – cover concept, artwork
Thomas Ewerhand – layout
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