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Sunday, July 23, 2017

Rotting Christ

Country of origin: Greece
Location: Athens, Attica
Status: Active
Formed in: 1987
Years active: 1987-present

Genre: Black Metal (early), Gothic Metal (mid), Extreme Metal (later)
Lyrical themes: Anti-Christianity, Occultism, Greek mythology
Current label: Season of Mist

Members: 
Themis Tolis: Drums (1987-present)
Sakis Tolis: Guitars, Vocals (1987-present)
Van Ace: Bass (2014-present)
George Emmanuel: Guitars (2014-present)
 
Before they formed Rotting Christ, Sakis Tolis, Themis Tolis and Mutilator played in a band together called Black Church, which they started in 1985. They went on to create Rotting Christ in 1987.
 
 From 1987-89 Rotting Christ were a grindcore band, after Satanas Tedeum their sound shifted towards black metal. In due time, with the release of A Dead Poem, the band's sound evolved towards the dark metal and gothic metal realms, with the blackened elements less prominent. They started going back to their heavier sound on Khronos and on Sanctus Diavolos they blackened their sound even more. With Theogonia, the band began incorporating folk/world music elements into their music.
 
 In 2012 the band announced that the line-up from their first three albums (Sakis Tolis, Themis Tolis, Mutilator, George Zacharopoulos) will get together again for a show in Nuclear War Now festival in Berlin, Germany celebrating their 1000th show and play songs exclusively from their first three albums and demos. When the time came for this one show the band actually appeared with the current 2012 line up and not the original as it was planned.
 
 In 2016, due to legal issues regarding religious groups in South Africa boycotting the band, they will be performing under the name Χ Ξ Σ there.
 
Compilation appearances:
 - "Asthmatic Apoplexy", Mutilador Compilation Volume II Cassette (Mutilador Tapes, 1989)
 - "Black Sabbath" on "Sabbath Cadabra, A Greek Tribute to Black Sabbath" (Metal Hammer, 2013)
 
Discography:

  Thy Mighty Contract (1993)

  Non Serviam (1994)

  Triarchy of the Lost Lovers (1996)

  A Dead Poem (1997)

  Sleep of the Angels (1999)

  Khronos (2000)

  Genesis (2002)

  Sanctus Diavolos (2004)

  Theogonia (2007)

  Aealo (2010)

  Κατά τον δαίμονα εαυτού (2013)

  Rituals (2016)

 
 


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