The Black Bible

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The Black Bible
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Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedOctober 13, 1998 (1998-10-13)
Genre
Length269:21
Label Cleopatra

The Black Bible is a various artists compilation album released on October 13, 1998 by Cleopatra Records. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Keith Farley of AllMusic credits The Black Bible for starting well but criticizes it for stagnating once the second disc starts and presenting "more than 30 tracks of middling-to-downright-obnoxious industrial music." [5]

Track listing

Disc one: The Old Testament
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."In the Flat Field"
 Bauhaus 4:46
2."Blacklist"
 The Legendary Pink Dots 6:43
3."Dead Heaven" Gary Numan Gary Numan 5:22
4."Everyday Is Halloween" Al Jourgensen Ministry 6:25
5."Laura"
 Fields of the Nephilim 3:53
6."Pagan Lovesong"
 Virgin Prunes 3:46
7."Christian Says"
 Tones on Tail 3:42
8."Jipp"Chris Reed Red Lorry Yellow Lorry 2:57
9."Rosary"
 Gene Loves Jezebel 5:49
10."Holes"
  • Chris Bell
  • Tim Huthert
  • Jon Klein
  • Johnny Melton
  • Kevin Mills
  • Jonathon Trevisick
  • Oliver Wisdom
 Specimen 4:40
11."She's a Killer"
  • Johnnie Freshwater
  • David James
  • Christine Wade
  • Nicholas Wade
 Alien Sex Fiend 6:42
12."Kagami"Philippe Fichot Die Form 3:52
13."Supernaut" (Black Sabbath cover)
 1000 Homo DJs 6:39
14."Fatherland" (Sisters of Mercy Mix)
  • Jürgen Engler
  • Chris Lietz
 Die Krupps 4:37
15."V's Theme (Outro)"Haskins David J 1:52
Disc two: The New Testament
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Somnolent"
 Delerium 4:35
2."Drool (Mother)"
 Switchblade Symphony 5:10
3."Allegedly, Dancefloor Tragedy"
  • Matthew Carl Lucian
  • Mark Tansley
 Suspiria 4:38
4."An Exit"
 Spahn Ranch 4:14
5."Adrenaline"
 Rosetta Stone 3:42
6."Love and Solitude"
 Love Is Colder Than Death 3:49
7."Torturous"
  • Damien DeVille
  • Dominic LaVey
  • Dante Savarelle
 Nosferatu 4:35
8."Eyelash"
  • David Block
  • Deborah Denton
  • Dr. Ruth
  • Paul Sadler
 Big Electric Cat 4:47
9."The Lake"
  • Christophe Baudrion
  • Sébastien Pietrapiana
  • Laurence Romanini
  • Jérôme Schmitt
 Corpus Delicti 3:01
10."Irresistible"
  • Timo Väänänen
  • Jyrki Witch
 Two Witches 4:37
11."Angel"Rudolf Ratzinger wumpscut: 4:24
12."4 Walls Black"
 Genitorturers 3:28
13."Clownhead"Mark S. Walsh The New Creatures 5:30
14."Psychocult"Marvin Arkham The Merry Thoughts 4:47
15."Invocation (Salome's Dream)"
  • John Berry
  • Rachel Speight
 Die Laughing 3:22
16."Malvasia"
  • Janis Kalifatidis
  • Jens Gellner
  • Mario Lang
  • Gen Vincent
  • Markus Wymetalik
Into the Abyss6:01
17."Serenade for the Dead"Claus Larsen Leæther Strip 3:56
Disc three: The New Revelations
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Waves (Take Me Alive)"
  • Jim Field
  • Sue Hutton
Rhea's Obsession4:44
2."Wake Up"
  • Olaf Lupp
  • Christian Lehmann
  • Peter Wizki
  • Andreas Menge
Crimson Joy2:57
3."Odio en el Alma"
  • Rasco Agroyam
  • Erk Aicrag
 Hocico 6:12
4."Write My Name in Blood"
 Burning Retna 3:32
5."Subversion III"
  • Chris McCarter
  • Dino Molinaro
 Ikon 4:22
6."Seasoned"
  • David Cerequas
  • Sheena Colbath
  • Karl Schulz
Numeralia3:27
7."Untitled"SanteriaSanteria2:20
8."Birth"Joe RollandGravedance3:26
9."The Shepherds Deathline" (Leæther Strip Mix)
  • Benoît Blanchart
  • Séba Dolimont
Aïboforcen5:10
10."Chains"
  • Cook
  • Kai
Strap on Halo3:46
11."Monsters"
  • Tim Curry
  • Virgil DuPont
  • Sean Flanagan
 The Crüxshadows 4:48
12."100 Crimes"
  • Brian Castillo
  • Eamon Collier
  • Anne Hadlock
  • Jeremy Lightfoot
  • Gordan Raphael
  • Josh Recap
Absinthee4:04
13."Desperado"
  • Haruhiko Ash
  • Siva
 Eve of Destiny 4:32
14."Scar Tissue"Adam ChristianAdam Christian3:43
15."You Can Never Cut Your Hair"Askelon Sain Trance to the Sun 4:07
16."Infusion"
  • Mark Andrews
  • Shelly Stewart
  • Static
Lucifer Scale3:54
17."One Mind"
 Magenta 3:31
Disc four: The Apocrypha
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Halloween Theme" (John Carpenter cover) John Carpenter The Electric Hellfire Club 2:31
2."Transylvanian Concubine" (The Marilyn Manson Mix) Melora Creager Rasputina 2:54
3."Black Light District" Boyd Rice Boyd Rice 1:42
4."Writhing"
 The Blackouts 3:39
5."Chain" Daniel Vahnke Vampire Rodents 2:55
6."Annabell Lee"
  • Giovanni Pagliari
  • Francesca Nicoli
  • Vittorio Vandelli
 Ataraxia 2:41
7."Suicide"
  • Daniel C
  • Robert Brothers
  • Troy Payne
  • James Tramel
  • Richard Witherspoon
 The Wake 4:38
8."A Flock of Birds"Chako HattoriChako2:55
9."This Mirage"
 Christian Death 2:23
10."The Hop"
 Theatre of Hate 2:47
11."Party Time"
 45 Grave 3:29
12."Cathedral in Ice"
Fahrenheit 4513:31
13."This Garden of Mine"
  • De Coy
  • Daniel Kleczyński
  • Leszek Rakowski
Fading Colours8:40
14."1969" (The Stooges cover)
 The Stooges 2:58
15."Cinerarium Waltz"
 Eerie Von & Mike Morance3:28
16."Interview" Siouxsie Sioux Siouxsie Sioux 0:43
17."Interview" Robert Smith Robert Smith 2:28

Personnel

Adapted from The Black Bible liner notes. [6]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1998 Cleopatra CD CLP-0387

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  5. 1 2 Farley, Keith. "Various Artists: Vampire Themes > Overview". AllMusic . Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  6. ↑ The Black Bible (booklet). Various artists. Marina Del Rey, California: Cleopatra Records. 1998.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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