ROTTING CHRIST

Release Year: 2023
Artist Origin: GRE
Style: dark gritty occult black metal

sullen, occult, and still highly regarded sophomore full-length by the gods of essential Hellenic black metal [1994], with its characteristic southern sound and originality typical for black style pioneers, continues the glorious history of then-still-fresh genre - compared to Thy Mighty Contract, music gained more pronounced structural framework, masterfully maintaining an esoteric mood while enhancing these intoxicating compositions with more monumental rhythms, richer guitar textures, and ritualistic vocals; absolutely cult band refined their unique vision, abandoned excessive roughness, and focused on inner strength, power of dark spirituality, and spirit of defiance, which became the cornerstone of these fundamental songs; third French black vinyl edition with authentic cover artwork and complete story of the album based on an interview with Sakis in a pro-printed fold out four page insert is limited to 400 units