Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001)
Tracklist front / back album covers
1. "Fear and Wonder" (Instrumental) 2:48
2. "Blessings Upon the Throne of Tyranny" 5:18
3. "Kings of the Carnival Creation" 7:48
4. "Hybrid Stigmata - The Apostasy" 6:57
5. "Architecture of a Genocidal Nature" 6:08
6. "Puritania" 3:06
7. "IndoctriNation" 5:57
8. "The Maelstrom Mephisto" 4:42
9. "Absolute Sole Right" 6:26
10. "Sympozium" 5:13
11. "Perfection or Vanity" (Instrumental) 3:30
Limited Japanese Edition bonus tracks
1. "Devil's Path" (2000 Version) 6:06
2. "Burn in Hell" (Twisted Sister cover) 5:05
Dimmu Borgir Band Members / Musicians
Shagrath – lead vocals/harsh vocals, synth
Galder – lead guitar
Silenoz – rhythm guitar
ICS Vortex – bass guitar, co-clean vocals (3, 4, 8, 10 & 13)
Mustis – synthetics and samples
Nicholas Barker – drums and percussion
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"
Fredrik Nordström – mixing, engineering
Jan Baan – assistant engineer
Alf Børjesson – cover concept, artwork
Thomas Ewerhand – layout
Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia is the 5th 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.
