Dimmu Borgir

Puritanical Euphric Misathropia (Nuclear Blast America 2001)

Album review

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Dimmu Borgir have made huge steps to become Cradle of Filth's big rival in the Black Metal world. Their new album ups the stakes. This is Black Metal all over. With a few twists and turns like using a full orchestra for tracks like SYMPOZIUM, or weird industrial samples and loops in PURITANIA, PURITANICAL sets the Dimmu boys in motion for serious touring. And the more by-the-numbers black metal doesn't let down either without getting boring or long winded. Tracks like BLESSINGS UPON THE THRONE OF TYRANNY or KINGS OF THE CARNIVAL CREATION stink of evil. Cradle had better get cracking with the new album on Sony, because Dimmu Borgir are right on their horned tails.

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Reviewed by: Dan White