"Sympozium" redirects here; not to be confused with Symposium.

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 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.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Sputnikmusic[4]
Metal Storm8.3/10[5]
Ultimate Guitar9.3/10[6]
Chronicles of Chaos9/10[7]
Metal Reviews93%[8]
Thrash Pit8.9/10[9]
Metal18.5/10[10]
Metal.de8/10[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]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Fear and Wonder"InstrumentalMustis2:48
2."Blessings Upon the Throne of Tyranny" Galder, Silenoz, Shagrath5:18
3."Kings of the Carnival Creation" Mustis, Silenoz, Shagrath7:48
4."Hybrid Stigmata - The Apostasy" Shagrath, Silenoz, Mustis6:57
5."Architecture of a Genocidal Nature" Silenoz, Shagrath6:08
6."Puritania" Shagrath3:06
7."IndoctriNation" Silenoz, Shagrath, Mustis5:57
8."The Maelstrom Mephisto" Silenoz, Archon, Galder, Shagrath, Mustis4:42
9."Absolute Sole Right" Silenoz, Shagrath, Mustis6:26
10."Sympozium" Mustis, Shagrath, Silenoz5:13
11."Perfection or Vanity"InstrumentalShagrath3:30
Limited Japanese Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleMusicLength
12."Devil's Path (2000 Version)"Silenoz, Shagrath6:06
13."Burn in Hell" (Twisted Sister cover) 5:05


Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (Remixed & Remastered)

No.TitleLength
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
Dust of Cold Memories
No.TitleLength
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

Credits

Dimmu Borgir

Guest

Charts

Chart Peak
position
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

References

  1. ^ "Nicholas Barker Interview—Talks Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Drumming & A Lot More!". Chernobyl Audio. 8 January 2021.
  2. ^ "DIMMU BORGIR Announces Remixed & Remastered Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia". Metal Injection. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b O'Neill, Brian. "Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia - Dimmu Borgir : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (album review)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia review". Metal Storm. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Dimmu Borgir: Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia | Reviews @ Ultimate-Guitar.com". Ultimate Guitar. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  7. ^ "CoC : Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia". Metalreviews.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia Review - Thrashpit.com". Rocknworld.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia • Review". Metal1.info. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia Review". Metal.de. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Dimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia" (in German). Hung Medien.
  13. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Dimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  14. ^ "Dimmu Borgir: Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  15. ^ "Lescharts.com – Dimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia". Hung Medien.
  16. ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  17. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Dimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia". Hung Medien.
  18. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.
  19. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Dimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia". Hung Medien.
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