Dīs Pater Dīs Pater Dīs Pater (pronounced ) was a Roman god of the underworld. Dis was originally associated with fertile agricultural land and mineral wealth, and since those minerals came from underground, he was later equated with the chthonic deities Pluto (Hades) and Orcus. "Dīs Pater" was commonly shortened to simply Dīs and this name has since become an alternative name for the underworld or a part of the underworld, such as the City of Dis of Dante's "The Divine Comedy", which comprises Lower Hell. It is often thought that Dīs Pater was also a Celtic god. This confusion arises from
What Fresh Hell Is This? commercial obscurity", and "Calgary Herald" critic James Muretich calling the album "more tortured, timeless tunes of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll by Canada's subculture answer to Ray Davies, Leonard Cohen and Paul Westerberg". It won the Juno Award for Best Alternative Album in 1996. Bergmann followed up with "Design Flaw", an album of rerecorded versions of songs from his earlier albums, in 1998, but did not record another full-length album of new material until "The Apostate" in 2016. What Fresh Hell Is This? What Fresh Hell is This? is the fourth studio album by Art Bergmann, released in 1995