The Black Bible | |
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Compilation album by Various artists | |
Released | October 13, 1998 |
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Length | 269:21 |
Label | Cleopatra |
The Black Bible is a various artists compilation album released on October 13, 1998 by Cleopatra Records. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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Source | Rating |
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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]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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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" |
| Specimen | 4:40 |
11. | "She's a Killer" |
| 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) |
| Die Krupps | 4:37 |
15. | "V's Theme (Outro)" | Haskins | David J | 1:52 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Somnolent" | Delerium | 4:35 | |
2. | "Drool (Mother)" |
| Switchblade Symphony | 5:10 |
3. | "Allegedly, Dancefloor Tragedy" |
| 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" |
| Nosferatu | 4:35 |
8. | "Eyelash" |
| Big Electric Cat | 4:47 |
9. | "The Lake" |
| Corpus Delicti | 3:01 |
10. | "Irresistible" |
| 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)" |
| Die Laughing | 3:22 |
16. | "Malvasia" |
| Into the Abyss | 6:01 |
17. | "Serenade for the Dead" | Claus Larsen | Leæther Strip | 3:56 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Waves (Take Me Alive)" |
| Rhea's Obsession | 4:44 |
2. | "Wake Up" |
| Crimson Joy | 2:57 |
3. | "Odio en el Alma" |
| Hocico | 6:12 |
4. | "Write My Name in Blood" |
| Burning Retna | 3:32 |
5. | "Subversion III" |
| Ikon | 4:22 |
6. | "Seasoned" |
| Numeralia | 3:27 |
7. | "Untitled" | Santeria | Santeria | 2:20 |
8. | "Birth" | Joe Rolland | Gravedance | 3:26 |
9. | "The Shepherds Deathline" (Leæther Strip Mix) |
| Aïboforcen | 5:10 |
10. | "Chains" |
| Strap on Halo | 3:46 |
11. | "Monsters" |
| The Crüxshadows | 4:48 |
12. | "100 Crimes" |
| Absinthee | 4:04 |
13. | "Desperado" |
| Eve of Destiny | 4:32 |
14. | "Scar Tissue" | Adam Christian | Adam Christian | 3:43 |
15. | "You Can Never Cut Your Hair" | Askelon Sain | Trance to the Sun | 4:07 |
16. | "Infusion" |
| Lucifer Scale | 3:54 |
17. | "One Mind" | Magenta | 3:31 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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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" |
| Ataraxia | 2:41 |
7. | "Suicide" |
| The Wake | 4:38 |
8. | "A Flock of Birds" | Chako Hattori | Chako | 2:55 |
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 451 | 3:31 |
13. | "This Garden of Mine" |
| Fading Colours | 8:40 |
14. | "1969" (The Stooges cover) | The Stooges | 2:58 | |
15. | "Cinerarium Waltz" |
| Eerie Von & Mike Morance | 3:28 |
16. | "Interview" | Siouxsie Sioux | Siouxsie Sioux | 0:43 |
17. | "Interview" | Robert Smith | Robert Smith | 2:28 |
Adapted from The Black Bible liner notes. [6]
Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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United States | 1998 | Cleopatra | CD | CLP-0387 |
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