CHARLIE BENANTE Explains His Love For DIMMU BORGIR’s Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

Charlie Benante – the drumming powerhouse behind Anthrax and Pantera – has a fairly various style in the case of what he is listening to and influenced by. And naturally amongst every little thing Benante listens to is a healthy dose of heavier music.

In an interview with Consequence, Benante touched on his love of Dimmu Borgir‘s 2001 album Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia and the drumming of Nick Barker. Benante mentioned he remembers listening to the observe “Blessings Upon The Throne Of Tyranny” and being fully blown away by Barker‘s drumming, and later explains why Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia probably appealed to the lots.

“Within the early 2000s, when this document got here out, it was a kind of moments the place my head spun. Again within the ’80s, there was a band that Scott Ian and I did with two different guys, and it was known as Stormtroopers of Death. And we had a tune known as ‘Milk.’ And it was like the primary time {that a} blast beat had actually appeared on a document. And I keep in mind at the moment individuals have been asking me, ‘What are you doing there? What are you doing there?’ And I’d attempt to display and present them. In order that complete factor type of took off.

“In a while, the black steel bands began to choose up on the blast beat. I used to be doing like a one foot blast mainly again then, however then they have been doing it extra independently with two toes. So, Nick Barker, specifically had simply mastered it so effectively. And after I heard Dimmu Borger‘s [sic] Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia album, and I heard that tune ‘Blessings Upon the Throne of Tyranny,’ it was a kind of moments the place I needed to go as much as the audio system and simply ask myself, ‘What’s going on right here?’

“To me, that is a black steel document that I feel the lots type of can absorb as a result of it was produced very effectively. The enjoying was fucking killer and the songs have been nice. However, out of every little thing, Nick Barker shines on that document. His drumming, his tasty fills, simply blew me away.”