1666… Theatre Bizarre

30th Anniversary Edition - the complete sessions - limited to 1040 ex. Limited edition CD Digipack, 12 tracks 74'08'', single pressing December 2025 strictly limited to 1040 copies. Picture CD + Deluxe Digipack 8 pages with booksleeve + 20 page booklet. Fully black interior, printed on black spine. Digitally remastered CD with bonus title "Lizarded Dream" Reissue for the 30th anniversary of this masterpiece that is "1666.Theatre Bizarre". Cult is pure for this extraordinary French combo. Misanthrope's second studio album for the first time available on CD Deluxe Digipack with 2025 mastering High Resolution Digital 24 Bits audiophile. Out of print and not found for more than 20 years, it is an album without equivalence in the history of Metal Extreme Baroque Romantic & French Avant-Garde produced in 1995 on analog tapes! "1666… Theatre Bizarre" is a black jewel of French Metal, a work that transcends genres and eras, and deserves its place in the pantheon of the most daring and refined creations of hexagonal Metal Extreme. A baroque, theatrical and decadent sound fresco, released on November 17, 1995, "1666… Theatre Bizarre" marks a decisive turning point in the career of Misanthrope, an emblematic group of French Extreme Metal. This album is a total work of Art, a macabre Metal ball where aristocratic refinement, morbid lyricism and virtuosity mingle. From the first notes, the tone is set: a progressive and theatrical Metal, with Gothic atmospheres and complex structures, carried by the singular voice of S.A.S. from Argilière. The universe of 1666 is a decadent and erudite aesthetic. … "1666… Theatre Bizarre" is deeply marked by the XVII? century, with references to Molière, the court of Louis XIV, and at a time when Art flirted with madness. Misanthrope transcends the codes of Metal by injecting a dose of black dandyism and syphilitic poetry. Titles like "Courtisane Syphilitique" or "Pirouetting Through the Gloom" evoke paintings by Bosch or Baudelaire verses, in a sound staging where each riff is an estocade and each keyboard an arabesque. An impressive line-up! At that time, the group consists of: S.A.S. Philippe Courtois de l'Argilière: guitar and vocals Jean-Jacques Moréac: bass and acoustic guitar Alexandre Iskandar (Elend): orchestral keyboards With the participation of a pleiad of guests, including Renaud Tschirner (Elend), who brings a Germanic touch to "Schattengesang", song "Le Roman Noir" sung in German. The compositions are rich, sometimes labyrinthine, but always consistent, testifying to a rare mastery. A cult and timeless album "1666… Theatre Bizarre", a true Madeleine by Proust for an entire generation of the mid-90s, is a cult album, timeless and unclassifiable. It is a baroque work, an artistic manifesto, a play so

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