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Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia



8.6 | 985 votes |
Release date: 2001
Style: Symphonic black metal

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Disc I
01. Fear And Wonder
02. Blessings Upon The Throne Of Tyranny
03. Kings Of The Carnival Creation
04. Hybrid Stigmata - The Apostasy
05. Architecture Of A Genocidal Nature
06. Puritania
07. IndoctriNation
08. The Maelstrom Mephisto
09. Absolute Sole Right
10. Sympozium
11. Perfection Or Vanity

Disc II [Korean Edition bonus]
01. Devil's Path [re-recorded version]
02. Burn In Hell [Twisted Sister cover]

Additional info
Produced by Dimmu Borgir and Fredrik Nordstrom.

Guest review by
AntaeusM
Rating:
8.0
The first time I listened to this album I was a little shocked - the sound has changed in many ways compared to the Spiritual Black Dimensions album. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but compaired to the other albums this one is just not as strong... This time more symphonic elements added, which made the album more melodic and less 'black'. For all the true black metal fans out there this album would probably find it quite disappointing. That's the same thing that happened after Cradle of Filth's "Midian".

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published 16.09.2003 | Comments (23)

Guest review by
TheH2K
Rating:
10
At first I aimed to write an article about this record but I thought it would get so musically technical as this album has a lot to say, so I just want to transform it to a review and say why this record is a flawless performance.

Dimmu Borgir is commonly accepted for being one of the giants of the genre; some critics would argue about their musical alteration or one would say they are not as extreme as they should be these days. Others would say after Mustis and ICS Vortex departed, they haven't had the essence anymore. But a band cannot satisfy all the listeners equally; they had to move on at some point.

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published 02.06.2020 | Comments (1)

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14.05.2010 - 13:01
Rating: 10
Necromutant

One of the greatest metal albums in the world. Its magical ambience enchants me over and over again. The synths and orchestrations are probably the most stylish in the band's history. Also the other parts and elements, including riffs, melodies, raw and clean vocals, structure of the songs etc, are extremely magnificent.
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15.08.2010 - 07:55
Rating: 7
Uirapuru
Liver Failure
Very good. Dimmu in its golden years.
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04.06.2011 - 20:26
Io
Account deleted
Kings Of The Carnival Creation is my favorite song.
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24.07.2011 - 10:48
Rating: 10
AXA

Amazing album ,,,,
my beast album for all time
great nice music and shagrath had amazing voice in this album \../
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24.08.2011 - 01:14
Rating: 10
SatyriconChick

Written by Guest on 04.06.2011 at 20:26

Kings Of The Carnival Creation is my favorite song.


Ditto. It's an amazing song that just has every single element you could possibly want. The entire album is awesome.
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29.01.2012 - 18:23
Rating: 9
musicalkaratekid

This album is as epic as epic can be, and even if that's what dimmu borgir are known for, they still do it in their own way. This album is enough to make me want to see them at this years bloodstock all the more. Excellent album.
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05.03.2015 - 19:45
Stunning Cactus

Even if you don't like black metal in general, I'd recommend checking this out. It is truly a unique experience. I hear a lot of death metal in it, to be honest.
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07.10.2018 - 07:58
Rating: 8
DeathMetal

Good album but I find myself losing focus around the end. The songs start to blend together.
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13.01.2019 - 15:34
Rating: 2
Maasai Mara

A lesson on how to make annoying Swedish melodic death even more over the top and twice as stupid. Listen to Arch Enemy and imagine your typical power metal keyboards and stupid over the top distorted vocals.
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14.03.2020 - 09:57
Stunning Cactus

Written by Maasai Mara on 13.01.2019 at 15:34

A lesson on how to make annoying Swedish melodic death even more over the top and twice as stupid. Listen to Arch Enemy and imagine your typical power metal keyboards and stupid over the top distorted vocals.


1. They're Norwegian, not Swedish.
2. This style is called black metal, not melodeath.
3. These guys predate Arch Enemy by 3 years.

Seems like you're the one in need of the lesson afterall.
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16.03.2020 - 01:08
Rating: 7
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Written by Stunning Cactus on 14.03.2020 at 09:57

Seems like you're the one in need of the lesson afterall.

He's a troll. Don't bother taking him seriously or you'll just work yourself up for no reason and he'll get off on the attention.
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29.03.2020 - 09:56
Stunning Cactus

Written by Troy Killjoy on 16.03.2020 at 01:08

Written by Stunning Cactus on 14.03.2020 at 09:57

Seems like you're the one in need of the lesson afterall.

He's a troll. Don't bother taking him seriously or you'll just work yourself up for no reason and he'll get off on the attention.


Duly noted. Thanks for looking out.
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08.04.2020 - 22:06
Rating: 2
Maasai Mara

Written by Stunning Cactus on 14.03.2020 at 09:57


1. They're Norwegian, not Swedish.
2. This style is called black metal, not melodeath.
3. These guys predate Arch Enemy by 3 years.

Seems like you're the one in need of the lesson afterall.


Meh, English is not your native language if you fail to recognize i am using those references to describe what this album sounds like. Who the hell doesn't know the 3 very obvious informative pieces of information you think you just taught me!
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08.04.2020 - 22:29
The Witchfinder
Account deleted
Can we just ban this retard and be done with it? He is a troll with a history of using racist and homophobic slurs after all.
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11.10.2020 - 15:48
Rating: 9
metalriff

The drumming is so good on this one
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