Artist: Misanthrope
Genre(s):
Metal: Doom
Discography:
Misanthro-Therapie
Year: 2004
Tracks: 13
Misanthrope Immortel
Year: 2000
Tracks: 10
France's Misanthrope ar a progressive death alloy band wHO, unlike to the highest degree of their stylistic brethren, in reality lean towards the 'progressive' more than so than the 'death' portion of the pronounce. Formed in 1988 by vocalist/guitarist Phillipe De L'Argilière, the banding made their recorded debut with 1991's name-explaining Hater of Mankind -- a split E.P. with Chileans Torturer. On this and their subsequent albums, Variation on Inductive Theories (1993), Miracles: Totem Taboo (1994), and 1666...Dramatic art Bizarre (1995), the band's ambitious efforts to mix energetic alloy riffs, incongruous time changes, and even idle words fusion, often proven more than puzzling than actually successful -- no thanks to their alternated use of both French and English lyrics. But with 1997's much more cohesive Visionnaire, Misanthrope's maverick metallic compositions were finally brought into focus and made to make sense, preeminent to their low gear major brush with international recognition. Since then, the group has continued to expand the seemingly boundless possibilities of their stylus with every release, to wit 1998's Libertine Humiliations, 2000s outtakes appeal, Recueil d'Écueils: Les Épaves et Autres Oeuvres Interdites, and Immortal Misanthrope, and 2003's Sadistic Sex Daemon. Through it all, L'Argilière has remained the only ceaseless in Misanthrope's account, and has worked with over a twelve musicians. Listing them all here would, of course, be a quite bootless utilisation, merely for the interest of information, his in vogue supporting cast includes Jean-Baptiste Boitel (samples/keyboards), Gregory Lambert (lead-in guitar), Anthony Scemama (guitar), Jean-Jacques Moréac (bass), and Gaël Feret (drums).
