Misanthrope's second studio album is available for the first time on Deluxe Digipack CD with 2025 High Resolution Digital 24-bit audiophile mastering.
Out of print and unavailable for over 20 years, this album is unrivalled in the history of French Extreme Baroque Romantic & Avant-Garde Metal, produced in 1995 on analogue tape!
‘1666... Theatre Bizarre’ is a dark gem 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 French Extreme Metal.
Recorded and Mixed at Studios R.M.S, on 16 tracks ½ inch analog tape, Clichy sous Bois, France, August 1995.
30th Anniversary Edition Mastered by Frédéric Gervais at Studio Henosis France 2025.
Cover, artwork lay-out and photography by: Séverine Foujanet.
2025 Lay-out and Graphics resurrection by: Yohann Silere Omnia.
Produced by Misanthrope.
Co-produced, mixed, conceptualized & orchestred by: S.A.S Philippe Courtois de l’Argilière.
Music harmonization & arrangements by: Jean-Jacques Moréac.
CD Digipack tracklist:
1.Gargantuan Decline 7.21
2.Courtisane Syphilitique 5.39
3.1666… Theatre 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.Rêve Lézardé 6.52
11.Schattengesang 6.16
12.La Dernière Pierre 8.09
Total Playing Time: 74’08’’
Digitally Remastered CD with bonus track « Rêve Lézardé »
