The Black Bible

The Black Bible
The Black Bible
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	October 13, 1998
Genre	Industrial; EBM; gothic rock;
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]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"In the Flat Field"	Daniel Ash David Haskins Kevin Haskins Peter Murphy	Bauhaus	4:46
2.	"Blacklist"	Edward Ka-Spel Phil Knight Patrick Wright	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"	Carl McCoy Gary Wisker Paul Wright Nod Wright	Fields of the Nephilim	3:53
6.	"Pagan Lovesong"	Mary D'Nellon Dik Evans Gavin Friday Derek Rowen Trevor Rowan	Virgin Prunes	3:46
7.	"Christian Says"	Daniel Ash Glenn Campling Kevin Haskins	Tones on Tail	3:42
8.	"Jipp"	Chris Reed	Red Lorry Yellow Lorry	2:57
9.	"Rosary"	John Aston Michael Aston Ian Hudson Albie DeLuca Julianne Regan Steve Marshall	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)	Geezer Butler Tony Iommi Ozzy Osbourne Bill Ward	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.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"Somnolent"	Rhys Fulber Bill Leeb	Delerium	4:35
2.	"Drool (Mother)"	Tina Root Susan Wallace	Switchblade Symphony	5:10
3.	"Allegedly, Dancefloor Tragedy"	Matthew Carl Lucian Mark Tansley	Suspiria	4:38
4.	"An Exit"	Matt Green Athan Maroulis Eric Powell	Spahn Ranch	4:14
5.	"Adrenaline"	Karl North Porl King	Rosetta Stone	3:42
6.	"Love and Solitude"	John Clare Love Is Colder Than Death	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"	Chuck Lenihan Vincent Saletto David Vincent Gen Vincent	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 Abyss	6:01
17.	"Serenade for the Dead"	Claus Larsen	Leæther Strip	3:56

Disc three: The New Revelations
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"Waves (Take Me Alive)"	Jim Field Sue Hutton	Rhea's Obsession	4:44
2.	"Wake Up"	Olaf Lupp Christian Lehmann Peter Wizki Andreas Menge	Crimson Joy	2:57
3.	"Odio en el Alma"	Rasco Agroyam Erk Aicrag	Hocico	6:12
4.	"Write My Name in Blood"	Chris Bradshaw Sean Beavan Mick Cripps Charlie Clouser	Burning Retna	3:32
5.	"Subversion III"	Chris McCarter Dino Molinaro	Ikon	4:22
6.	"Seasoned"	David Cerequas Sheena Colbath Karl Schulz	Numeralia	3:27
7.	"Untitled"	Santeria	Santeria	2:20
8.	"Birth"	Joe Rolland	Gravedance	3:26
9.	"The Shepherds Deathline" (Leæther Strip Mix)	Benoît Blanchart Séba Dolimont	Aïboforcen	5:10
10.	"Chains"	Cook Kai	Strap on Halo	3:46
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	Absinthee	4:04
13.	"Desperado"	Haruhiko Ash Siva	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"	Mark Andrews Shelly Stewart Static	Lucifer Scale	3:54
17.	"One Mind"	Anders Odden Vilde Lockert	Magenta	3:31

Disc four: The Apocrypha
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
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"	Paul Barker Roland Barker William Rieflin Erich Werner	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 Hattori	Chako	2:55
9.	"This Mirage"	Eric Westfall Rozz Williams	Christian Death	2:23
10.	"The Hop"	Kirk Brandon Jim Walker Jon Werner Simon Werner	Theatre of Hate	2:47
11.	"Party Time"	Don Bolles Paul Cutler	45 Grave	3:29
12.	"Cathedral in Ice"	Pete Lisa Athan Maroulis Ed Salek Shelly Stewart	Fahrenheit 451	3:31
13.	"This Garden of Mine"	De Coy Daniel Kleczyński Leszek Rakowski	Fading Colours	8:40
14.	"1969" (The Stooges cover)	Dave Alexander Iggy Pop Ron Asheton Scott Asheton	The Stooges	2:58
15.	"Cinerarium Waltz"	Eerie Von Mike Morance	Eerie Von & Mike Morance	3:28
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]

Athan Maroulis – compiling
Brian Perera – compiling

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1998	Cleopatra	CD	CLP-0387

References

^ Thompson, David (November 1, 2000). The Mission. Alternative Rock: Third Ear – The Essential Listening Companion. Miller Freeman, Inc. p. 503. ISBN 9780879306076. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
^ Waller, Don (March 30, 1996). "Playing the Dark Side: Goth and Industrial Action". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 37. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 32. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
^ Le Boucanier, Thierry F. (June 17, 2013). 1983: Invaders From Mars and a UFO. Camion blanc: Virgin Prunes Une nouvelle forme de beauté. Camion blanc. ISBN 9780313378348. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
^ Van Isacker, Bernard (June 4, 2019). "Cleopatra Records to release The Unquiet Grave 2019 compilation". Side-Line Magazine. Bernard Van Isacker. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Farley, Keith. "Various Artists: Vampire Themes > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
^ 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)

External links

The Black Bible at Discogs (list of releases)

[alternativerock-1] Thompson, David (November 1, 2000). The Mission. Alternative Rock: Third Ear – The Essential Listening Companion. Miller Freeman, Inc. p. 503. ISBN 9780879306076. Retrieved August 20, 2020.

[billboard96-2] Waller, Don (March 30, 1996). "Playing the Dark Side: Goth and Industrial Action". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 37. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 32. Retrieved August 20, 2020.

[camionblanc-3] Le Boucanier, Thierry F. (June 17, 2013). 1983: Invaders From Mars and a UFO. Camion blanc: Virgin Prunes Une nouvelle forme de beauté. Camion blanc. ISBN 9780313378348. Retrieved August 20, 2020.

[sidelineint-4] Van Isacker, Bernard (June 4, 2019). "Cleopatra Records to release The Unquiet Grave 2019 compilation". Side-Line Magazine. Bernard Van Isacker. Retrieved August 20, 2020.

[allmusic-5] Farley, Keith. "Various Artists: Vampire Themes > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved August 20, 2020.

[linearnotes-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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