Various Artists "The Holy Bible (France, Holy Records, HOLY19CD)"

The Holy Bible is a Death/Doom/Gothic Metal compilation, released in June 17th, 1996 by Holy Records.

Tracklist:

1. Yearning   – Autumn Funeral 5:55
2. Nightfall   – Black Leather Cult 4:49
3. Serenity  -  Skin Of The Soul 5:37
4. Orphaned Land  – Disciples Of The Sacred Oath 5:16
5. Elend  – Birds Of Dawn 12:10
6. On Thorns I Lay – The Higher Color Of Mind (Wrong Is Right) 4:31
7. Tristitia  –  Prelude Of The Solitude 6:20
8. Misanthrope – Rêve Lézardé 6:52
9. Godsend   – Wolf's Den 4:25
10. Septic Flesh – Woman Of The Rings 6:36

First press reportedly limited to 2879 copies.

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

Misanthrope "Visionnaire (Japan Edition)"

Visionnaire is the fourth studio album by the French progressive death metal band Misanthrope.

Track listing

1. "Future Futile" - 5:37
2. "Bâtisseur de Cathédrale" - 5:36
3. "Hypochondrium Forces" - 5:42
4. "Le Silence des Grottes" - 4:55
5. "2666" - 6:38
6. "La Dandy" - 7:37
7. "Hands of the Puppeteers" - 6:18
8. "La Rencontre Rêvée" - 6:10
9. "Irrévérencieux" - 6:21
10. "Visionnaire" - 9:06

Recording information:

Recorded from 3rd to 17th February 1997, days & nights, at Friedman Studio, Goteborg, Sweden.

Misanthrope "1666...Théâtre Bizarre"

1666... Théâtre Bizarre is the second studio album by the French progressive death metal band Misanthrope. It is sung in English on tracks 1, 3, 5 and 8; French on track 2, 4, 6, 7, and 11; and German on track 10.

Track listing

1. "Gargantuan Decline" – 7:21
2. "Courtisane syphillitique" – 5:39
3. "1666... Théâtre bizarre" – 5:38
4. "L'autre hiver" – 6:30
5. "Pirouetting Through the Gloom" – 7:37
6. "Aphrodite marine" – 4:22
7. "Medieval Embroidery" – 5:35
8. "Mylène" – 5:26
9. "Trumpets of Hypochondria" – 4:37
10. "Schattengesang" – 6:16
11. "La dernière pierre" – 8:09

"Schattengesang" is the German version of "Le roman noir", a track that can be found on "Brutale generation" a French compilation of the same year. Misanthrope / Holy didn't have the rights to release this song as is, so the band re-recorded it and changed the lyrics' language.

Recording information:

Recorded in August 1995 at R.M.S. 16 tracks studios, Clichy sous Bois, France.