Misanthrope (band)
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| General information | |
| origin | La Ferté-sous-Jouarre , France |
| Genre (s) | Death Metal , Progressive Death Metal , Melodic Death Metal |
| founding | 1988 |
| Website | http://www.misanthrope-metal.com/ |
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Singing , initially also electric guitar
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Phillipe "SAS" de l'Argilière |
| Jean-Jacques Moréac | |
| Gaël Féret | |
Keyboard, electric guitar
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Anthony Scemama |
| former members | |
Electric bass |
Lionel Bolore |
Electric bass |
David Barrault |
Drums |
Sebastien Castelain |
Drums |
Johansson Offhenstruh |
Electric guitar |
Frank Paniez |
Electric guitar |
Stéphane Cros |
Electric guitar |
Frantz-Xavier Boscher |
Electric guitar |
Gregory Lambert |
Keyboard |
Alexandre Iskander |
Electric guitar |
Charles-Henri Moréac |
Drums |
Olivier Gaubert |
Electric guitar, keyboard |
Jean-Baptiste Boitel |
Keyboard |
Sergio Gruz |
Drums |
Alexis Phélipot |
Keyboard |
Bénédicte Archipiade Albanhac |
Misanthrope is a French death metal band from La Ferté-sous-Jouarre that was formed in 1988. The band's name was taken from Molière's piece Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux .
history
The band was founded in the fall of 1988 by the guitarist and singer Phillipe "SAS" de l'Argilière. After several line-up changes and the release of a split release together with Torturer in 1991 and the two albums Variation on Inductive Theories (1993) and Miracles: Totem Taboo (1994), bassist Jean-Jacques Moréac joined the line-up. The third album 1666… Theater Bizarre was released in 1995. The title refers to the year Molière's piece Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux was created . In September of the same year the guitarist and keyboardist Jean-Baptiste Boitel joined the band. In February 1997 the band recorded their next album Visionnaire in the Swedish studio Fredman . The album was released in 1997. In the same studio and with the same line-up, the group recorded their next album, Libertine Humiliations , which followed in 1998. In Japan , the album was released in April 1999, with the recordings contained two bonus tracks. In May 1999 the band held their first tour, accompanied by their label mates Septic Flesh and Natron . The tour lasted two weeks and took place in Belgium , the Netherlands and France. For this purpose, Frantz-Xavier Boscher came to the band as guitarist, so that de l'Argilière could concentrate completely on the vocals. In March 2000, the 3- appeared CD - Compilation Les épaves ... et Autres Oeuvres Interdites: Recueil d'Écueils , which had a circulation of 1,793 pieces. This included 13 previously unpublished recordings that had been made between 1994 and 2000. Then the band performed at various festivals, where the group played with bands such as Angra , Dimmu Borgir , Gamma Ray and Cradle of Filth . Within five months, the band was working on their next album, Misanthrope Immortel , which was released in 2000. The next album was released in 2003 under the name Sadistic Sex Daemon , which was produced by Anssi Kippo ( Children of Bodom , To / Die / For ). With IrremeDIABLE (2008) and Ænigma Mystica (2013), two more albums followed. During this time the band also played other concerts and performed at the Summer Breeze in 2008 and 2013 .
style
According to Eduardo Rivadavia from Allmusic , the band sings in both French and German. The music is progressive death metal, with the group tending more towards progressiveness than death metal. Robert Müller from Metal Hammer was not impressed by Misanthrope's part on the split release with Torturer. The music is normal Death Metal and "consists essentially of seemingly senseless double bass rumbling with absolutely commonplace riffs , and when a promising break occurs, it is covered up with nihilistic solo whisper". According to Müller, the band mixed a mixture of modern and classic death metal on Libertine Humiliations . The album has a guitar lead reminiscent of Helloween , while a chorus evokes memories of In Flames . Stefan Müller from Metal Hammer assigned the band to Black Metal on Misanthrope Immortel . The keyboard on the album was reminiscent of Dimmu Borgir , while melodies and harmonies showed parallels to Children of Bodom. The band members would play their instruments at a comparatively high level. For Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann from Rock Hard , Misanthrope Gothic Metal is a special kind. He considers the term Death Metal worth mentioning because of its timid echoes, but not applicable. Breda Maßmann, who also works for Rock Hard , describes the album Immortel in detail as "a musical high-speed cocktail of ultra-furious heavy riffs including increased solos, escalating drums, lightning-like orchestral elements and keyboard splinters". She lists “melody”, “drama” and “hymn-like” on the positive side, while she has “kitsch epic” on the negative side. The comparison with Cradle of Filth, but in a light version , is most appealing to her. According to Martin Wickler from Metal Hammer , the band would play a mixture of Black, Thrash , Death and melodic Metal on Sadistic Sex Daemon just like on their predecessors . On the album, "[e] in a few blast beats here, some groovy riffs there, dynamic songs and one or the other playful instrumental passage [...] would [invite] to listen".
Discography
- Inductive Theories (Demo, 1989, self-published)
- Crisis of Soul (Demo, 1990, self-published)
- Hater of Mankind / Kingdom of the Dark (Split with Torturer , 1991, Infest Records )
- Variation on Inductive Theories (Album, 1993, Holy Records )
- And Forget ... (Split with Mordor and Shud, 1993, Incense Records)
- Miracles: Totem Taboo (album, 1994, Holy Records)
- 1666 ... Theater Bizarre (album, 1995, Holy Records)
- Visionnaire (album, 1997, Holy Records)
- Libertine Humiliations (Album, 1998, Holy Records)
- Recueil d'Écueils: Les Épaves… et Autres Oeuvres Interdites (Compilation, 2000, Holy Records)
- Misanthrope Immortel (album, 2000, Holy Records)
- Sadistic Sex Daemon (Album, 2003, Holy Records)
- Misanthro-Thérapie: 15 Années d'Analyse (compilation, 2004, Holy Records)
- Metal Hurlant (album, 2005, Holy Records)
- The Holy Party (Split-DVD with Supuration , Trepalium and Garwall, 2005, Holy Records)
- IrremeDIABLE (album, 2008, Holy Records)
- Lumières et Obscurité EP (EP, 2012, self-published)
- Ænigma Mystica (album, 2013, Holy Records)
Awards
Misanthrope was voted the best French metal band by readers of Hard'N'Heavy in 1999 and by Hard Rock Mag readers in 2000 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Eduardo Rivadavia: Misanthrope. Allmusic , accessed May 24, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Misanthrope - Biography. metalstorm.net, accessed May 24, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Martin Wickler: Misanthrope . Sadistic Sex Daemon. In: Metal Hammer . February 2003, p. 112 .
- ↑ Misanthrope (2). Discogs , accessed May 24, 2014 .
- ↑ Summer Breeze. More bands confirmed. metal.de, accessed on May 24, 2014 .
- ↑ Review 2013. Friday, August 16, 2013. (No longer available online.) Summer-breeze.de, archived from the original on June 26, 2014 ; accessed on May 24, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Robert Müller: Misanthrope / Torturer . Split LP. In: Metal Hammer . January 1992, p. 56 .
- ↑ Robert Müller: Misanthrope . Libertine humiliations. In: Metal Hammer . February 1999, p. 92 .
- ^ Stefan Müller: Misanthrope . Immortal. In: Metal Hammer . March 2001, p. 96 .
- ↑ Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: Misanthrope . Recueil d'Écueils: Les Épaves… In: Rock Hard . No. 157 , June 2000, p. 96 .
- ↑ Breda Maßmann: Misanthrope . Immortal. In: Rock Hard . No. 166 , March 2001, p. 90 .
