title: Ankoku butoh
text: # Ankoku butoh
  
  :ankoku butoh: is the fifth studio album by Gothic rock band Faith and the Muse. It comprises one CD and one DVD. It was the band's first release on the Danse Macabre label.
  
  Thematically, the album reflects elements of Shinto and Japanese culture. In accordance with this, the booklet accompanying the album was printed back-to-front.
  
  ## Track listing (CD)
  
  $_{AlltracksbyFaithandtheMuse}$
  
  ## DVD track Listing
  
  Videos
  
  * Battle Hymn (album video) (link opens in a new page)
  * Blessed (album video)
  * Interview with the band
  
  Live Concert Film
  
  * Scars Flown Proud
  * The Silver Circle
  * Bait & Switch / Sredni Vashtar
  * Relic Song
  * Shattered in Aspect
  * Paul Mercer: Solo
  * The Burning Season
  * The Trauma Coil
  * All Lovers Lost / Arianrhod
  * Fade and Remain
  * Sparks
  * Cantus
  
  Rarities & Extras
  
  * Sparks (1994 Video)
  * Annwyn, Beneath the Waves (live at WGT 1998)
  * The Burning Season (2004 Video)
  * Into My Own (2007 Video)
  * Anafae (Official Trailer)
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * All instruments and voices performed by William Faith and Monica Richards except:
  * Violin by Paul Mercer • Cello by Marzia Rangel
  * Dragon Artwork by Jim Neely
  * Produced by Faith and the Muse
  * Recorded by William Faith @ Zone 0, Los Angeles, CA
  * Mixed and mastered by Chad Blinman @ The Eye Socket, Los Angeles, California
  