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Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
Studio album by Dimmu Borgir
Released	20 March 2001
Recorded	October–November 2000
Studio	Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre	Symphonic black metal
Length	57:58
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Dimmu Borgir, Fredrik Nordström
Dimmu Borgir chronology

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 instead of keyboards.

A remixed and remastered version of the album was released on 28 October 2022.^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Sputnikmusic	^[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	8.5/10^[9]
Metal.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

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
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

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

Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (Remixed & Remastered)
No.	Title	Length
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"	6:06

Credits

Dimmu Borgir

Shagrath – lead vocals/harsh vocals, lyrics (5, & 12); synth
Galder – lead guitar
Silenoz – rhythm guitar, lyrics (2-4, & 6-9)
ICS Vortex – bass guitar, co-clean vocals (3, 4, 8, 10, & 13), lyrics (10)
Mustis – synthetics and samples
Nick Barker – drums and percussion
Astennu - Pre-production, lead guitar

Guest

Andy LaRocque – guitar solo on "Devil's Path" (2000 version)

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (tracks 1-4, 6-8, & 10-11)

Orchestration arranged and conducted by Gaute Storås
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

Miscellaneous

Fredrik Nordström – mixing, engineering
Jan Baan – assistant engineer
Alf Børjesson – cover concept, artwork
Thomas Ewerhand – layout
Dee Snider – songwriting on "Burn in Hell"

"Puritania"

Charlie Storm – sample manipulation
Morten Lunde – co-lyrics

Charts

Chart	Peak position
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