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Athens, Attica, Greece (1987 – present)
Rotting Christ is a melodic black metal band hailing from Athens, Attica, Greece. They were formed in 1987 with the original line-up Sakis (vocals, guitar), Jim (bass), Themis (drums) incorporating a roaring mixture of death metal and grind (a style that was at its height in the rest of the world at that time except, of course, Greece). Early on Rotting Christ produced two informal recordings (“Decline’s Return” and ‘Leprosy Of Death”) which basically consist of rehearsals and are not considered official by the band.
In 1988 the band recorded their first split 7” EP with Yhorypansi (aka Sound Pollution) which includes nine of their songs. The style and lyrical content are typical of Grindcore (for example “Asthmatic Apoplexy”, “Myxomycetes Attack”, “Thyrotoxicosis”, “Artificial Hypertrophy”).
This particular year, the band decided to dedicate itself solely to black metal following the footsteps of Bathory, Venom, Possessed and Celtic Frost. So, in 1989 they circulated their first official demo, the notorious 5-track “Satanas Tedeum”. The result was incredibly dark and violent black metal, which the band themselves characterized as “abyssic death metal”, since the term “black metal” was not yet established in the underground and death and black metal were interchangeable in those days. This demo did its rounds in the underground and gave the band a good name, establishing Rotting Christ as one of the originators of the second wave of black metal. In the piece “Feast Of The Grand Whore” one can hear keyboards that were unique for that era and for death metal.
In 1988 the band recorded their first split 7” EP with Yhorypansi (aka Sound Pollution) which includes nine of their songs. The style and lyrical content are typical of Grindcore (for example “Asthmatic Apoplexy”, “Myxomycetes Attack”, “Thyrotoxicosis”, “Artificial Hypertrophy”).
This particular year, the band decided to dedicate itself solely to black metal following the footsteps of Bathory, Venom, Possessed and Celtic Frost. So, in 1989 they circulated their first official demo, the notorious 5-track “Satanas Tedeum”. The result was incredibly dark and violent black metal, which the band themselves characterized as “abyssic death metal”, since the term “black metal” was not yet established in the underground and death and black metal were interchangeable in those days. This demo did its rounds in the underground and gave the band a good name, establishing Rotting Christ as one of the originators of the second wave of black metal. In the piece “Feast Of The Grand Whore” one can hear keyboards that were unique for that era and for death metal.
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sinisha wrote:
V Retard alert
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cashmerestylz wrote:
Okay jesus doesn’t want you to listen to this type of music anymore.... in fact he said that if you do he will personally stick his dick in the mashed potato and then feed it to you, just before you go to hell. It’s your choice my friend. Is your favourite band really worth it? so what do yoo think
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demon_gpunkt wrote:
Nathaniel510? Sounds like an STD.
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Pheneks wrote:
Grindcore Rotting Christ > Black metal Rotting Christ
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AstralAether wrote:
I love when Sakis whispers. ♥
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He11Kn1ght wrote:
For the people who don't know, there are two tracks on the Khronos and Genesis albums that were only released in Brazil. Tracks are called Phobia and Astral Embodyment. Fucking amazing songs.
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AstralAether wrote:
A Dead Poem ♥
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Kenji_RS wrote:
Религиозным фанатикам сосать!
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AlvaroCVillela wrote:
AEALO \m/
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Wantedblood wrote:
Годнота
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worldisblack91 wrote:
aealo siker
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GranateMetal wrote:
ну и как? понравились?!
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Metal_tne_best wrote:
Я их в Тель-Авиве видал
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MaxSkill wrote:
Any info when they will be making a new album?
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B-eatchSkin wrote:
Someone that wanna help change the awful chards in this group? http://www.lastfm.se/group/Holli+Would
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psychik_45 wrote:
Respect & Greetings from neighboring Bulgaria.
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kalmametallinen wrote:
I agree. These two bands can't be compared. You can tell for example that Unanimated is better than Dissection, or something like that. :P But this isn't place for that kind of discussion. :D
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darkritual wrote:
I don't find the Dissection vs Rotting Christ discussion particularly fruitful. Why can't we agree that they were two great bands, two bands with music that was different to each other and enchanting.
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GranateMetal wrote:
Everybody fans of Rotting Christ Happy New Year and Merry Christmas!
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UndeadMessiah wrote:
"However Rotting Christ is better than Dissection :)" As much as I like Rotting Christ, they don't have an album in their backcatalog that is as good as Somberlain or Storm of Light's Bane
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