Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia is the fifth studio album by Norwegian sy… Read Full Bio ↴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 the CKY (video series).
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.
This is also the first album to mark the introduction of drummer Nicholas Barker as well as ICS Vortex as a full-time member. Shagrath uses clean singing on "Architecture of a Genocidal Nature".
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 the CKY (video series).
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.
This is also the first album to mark the introduction of drummer Nicholas Barker as well as ICS Vortex as a full-time member. Shagrath uses clean singing on "Architecture of a Genocidal Nature".
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Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
Dimmu Borgir Lyrics
Absolute Sole Right As cyclones detach from the world above And all the other…
Architecture of a Genocidal Nature A dismal universal hiss; the sound of public scorn The brush…
Blessings Upon the Throne of Tyranny Infected by invalid behavior While capturing the stench of d…
Burn In Hell Welcome to the abandoned land Come on in, child; take my…
IndoctriNation Oh, look at those lifeless leaves All their precious pride i…
Kings Of The Carnival Creation Incarnated marvels simplified Effects from such a disconsola…
Perfection Or Vanity [music: Shagrath]…
Puritania Let chaos entwine on defenseless soil Remove errors of man a…
Sympozium Chains of despair Cloaked by darkness The thundering echoes …
The Maelstrom Mephisto Ride the vortex winds with the beast inside Cast down all…