Misanthrope "Ænigma Mystica"

Ænigma Mystica is the tenth studio album studio from French death metal act Misanthrope. It comes in a regular version exclusively in French and a two disk deluxe edition with the French disk, English versions of chosen tracks as well as other re-recorded songs from past albums.

Track listing

1. "L'Art Chorégraphique de la Transe" 4:55
2. "Forces Conspiratrices" 4:47
3. "La Bonté du Roi pour son Peuple" 6:03
4. "Les Ombres de Dante" 5:02
5. "L'Arborescence du Lys" 4:47
6. "Desponsation" 6:00
7. "Gigantomachie" 5:24
8. "Nouvelle Parole" 4:52
9. "Charmantes Castratrices" 5:17
10. "Suis-Je Misandre ?" 7:09
11. "Lycaon (Omophagie Communiante)" 4:22
12. "Ænigma Mystica" 7:23

Limited Edition Bonus Disk

1. "Conspiracy Forces"  
2. "Dante's Shadows"  
3. "Sacred Human Omophagy"  
4. "Charming Castration"  
5. "Holy Betrothal"  
6. "The Tree Of Vice"  
7. "Gigantomachy"  
8. "Miserable Misanthrope"  
9. "Neurosis"  
10. "Exaltation Of The Cross"  
11. "King Saint-Louis"  
12. "Ænigma Mystica"  

Limited Edition Bonus DVD

1. "Lycaon (Omophagie Communiante)"  
2. "Making Of Ænigma Mystica"  
3. "La Bonté du Roi pour son Peuple (Live)"  
4. "Le Maudit et son Spleen (Live)"  
5. "Exaltation de la Croix (Live)"  
6. "Ixion (Live)"  
7. "Névrose (Live)"  
8. "Charmantes Castratrices (Live)"  
9. "Les Retourneurs de Pierres (Live)"  
10. "Tranchées 1914"

Trivia:

- The album peaked at #162 on the Top Albums France.

Recording information:

Engineered, recorded & mixed at Studios Davout, Paris, 2010-2011-2012.

Additional recordings at Le Manoir des Déportés, Ile-de-France, 2010-2011-2012.

Mastered at Elektra Mastering, Soignolles-en-Brie, November 2012.

Fernando Pereira Lopes - production, engineering, mixing

Bruno "L'Ensorcelé" Gruel - mastering

Executive production by Holy Records & Aeternitas Musique

Séverine Foujanet (Holy Records) - Cover artwork, layout and graphic arts

Christophe Hargoues - Musicians' photography

Jean-Jacques Moréac & S.A.S de l'Argilière - Artwork photography