Rotting Christ - Rituals
| Release date: | 12 February 2016 |
| Style: | Black metal |
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01. In Nomine Dei Nostri [feat. George]
02. זה נגמר (Ze Nigmar)
03. Ἐλθὲ Κύριε (Elthe Kyrie) [feat. Danai]
04. Les Litanies De Satan (Les Fleurs Du Mal) [feat. Vorph]
05. Ἄπαγε Σατανά (Apage Satana)
06. Του Θάνατου (Tou Thanatou)
07. For A Voice Like Thunder [feat. Nick Holmes]
08. Konx Om Pax
09. देवदेवं (Devadevam) [feat. Kathir]
10. The Four Horsemen
11. Lok'tar Ogar [vinyl bonus]
The Best Melodic Black Metal Album Of 2016
02. זה נגמר (Ze Nigmar)
03. Ἐλθὲ Κύριε (Elthe Kyrie) [feat. Danai]
04. Les Litanies De Satan (Les Fleurs Du Mal) [feat. Vorph]
05. Ἄπαγε Σατανά (Apage Satana)
06. Του Θάνατου (Tou Thanatou)
07. For A Voice Like Thunder [feat. Nick Holmes]
08. Konx Om Pax
09. देवदेवं (Devadevam) [feat. Kathir]
10. The Four Horsemen
11. Lok'tar Ogar [vinyl bonus]
The Best Melodic Black Metal Album Of 2016
Review
Lyrics Sakis Tolis - guitars, vocals
George Emmanuel - guitars
Themis Tolis - drums
Vagelis Karzis - bass
Guest musicians
Danai Katsameni - vocals
Vorph - vocals
Nick Holmes - vocals
Kathir - vocals
George Zacharopoulos - vocals
Rating:
7.8
7.8
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Rating: 7.8 |
Let's get something out of the way first: I've been a big fan of Rotting Christ since their early days, I love almost everything they have released and I consider Theogonia to be among the best black metal albums of all time. Apparently, Sakis Tolis feels similarly about his 2007 opus and has been trying to copy it in the two albums that followed. Rituals swims in similar waters. Or is it? Read more ›› |
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| flightoficarus Stamp Tramp Posts: 1101 From: USA  |
Hm. Hope it's better than the last one.
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| Karlabos Weirdo of MS Posts: 4766 From: Brazil  |
Rotting Christ can come up with some very good ideas sometimes. I hope this will be one of such sometimes
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| HellHammer Posts: 525 From: The Netherlands |
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| Joe Zombie Posts: 540 From: USA  |
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| Jericho Rehling Posts: 28 From: USA |
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| Karlabos Weirdo of MS Posts: 4766 From: Brazil |
And you are the combo breaker.
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| flightoficarus Stamp Tramp Posts: 1101 From: USA |
Written by Jericho Rehling on 19.12.2015 at 05:14 You made my day.
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| Netzach Planewalker Posts: 433 From: Sweden  |
Seems like Alan Averill of Primordial has already had a taste of the new album, this is what he wrote on Facebook a few days ago: "Well the new Rotting Christ has some curious side steps I didn't expect, generally much slower, epic and moving into soundtrack territory"
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Posts: 1929 From: Germany  |
The album should really be called "Recycling". It's an almost tone-by-tone cover of their previous one. There's not a single song here without a major theme reused from before.
----  Schwarzmetall!
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| Lord_Regnier Posts: 1469 From: Canada  |
Written by GOTHIC BLACK on 05.02.2016 at 01:20 Oh yeah, sure. Laughing at Christianity is very original for a Metal band and shows a lot of maturity.
---- "Why would we fear death, when life is so much more frightening?"
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| Karlabos Weirdo of MS Posts: 4766 From: Brazil |
Written by Lord_Regnier on 05.02.2016 at 03:46 
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| Vombatus Potorro Posts: 2276 From: Spain  |
Gave it another spin, and it gets better. Overall solid stuff, all the songs are enjoyable to some extent (which wasn't the case since a while). Problem is the lack of "fresh feel", as if I heard it all before. That lack of originality is palpable in Konx Om Pax (I can hear Innocence and Wrath there) or Devadevam (basically a Xibalba remix). Different vocal approaches thanks to guests does help in that department though.
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| deswesher Posts: 64 From: Turkey |
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| Lord_Regnier Posts: 1469 From: Canada |
Written by Karlabos on 05.02.2016 at 13:36 It's not that I want to defend Christianity, even if it is the religion I grew up with. I'm quite aware that the Catholic Church is responsible for many atrocities and abuse of power. Truth is I don't give a fuck at religion and believe the world would do better without it. It's just that in Metal so-called satanism and anti-Christianity has been so ridiculously overdone that it can get plain tedious. I can hardly imagine less original. I prefer by far when bands can come up with a different subject matter or at least talk of satanism in a more metaphysical/occult way.
---- "Why would we fear death, when life is so much more frightening?"
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| Hellcult Posts: 286 From: UK  |
Such a Satanic lyrics !! 'In Nomiene Dei Nostri' Satanas Luciferi Excelsi ( i've heard those words before on Kat - Diabelski Dom II (Devils House II years ago). It is not a typical black metal album but still very 'original' and engrossing! 
---- And I see the blade fall down upon the head of lord in heaven And Darkness falls upon the end of history While I drink the milk of the Black Goddess and cry over the mankind Black Moses is my name...
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| jayhasgin Posts: 62 From: India  |
Wow. Its awesome. I wanna support the band this time. Gotta get a t-shirt. Love the atmosphere in the new album. Every song is upto rotting christs expertise. But devadavam is little ruined, there are much better atmospheric chants of kali. They instead chose devadamn. Now I wonder what are they gonna do in their next album? Satan himself must be envying rotting christ for doing what he would have wished to do. lol
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| GiwrgosOtinanes Posts: 3 From: Greece |
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| AtrumHiberna Posts: 161 From: UK  |
Sakis Tolis said in a recent interview that with this album closes a circle that started from Theogonia. I hope that's the case musically and listen, at last, something new from the band. Up to Theogonia, each of the albums had a different character and I really liked that, but from Theogonia onwards there is a repetition, a lack of creativity, with Aealo being the all time low for the band. Rituals is saved by its overall atmosphere, just that.
---- This is my worship, this is my path...
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| Rasputin Posts: 559 From: Russia  |
Written by AtrumHiberna on 16.02.2016 at 21:15 I can agree with that. It seems to me that he should have closed the chapter with the last album, since it feels since Theogonia like he was trying to make the "right" album, hence it was all repetitive and very similar. Still one of the stronger BM band that are left.
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| Gurablashta Posts: 38 From: UK  |
I really like Rituals. Not as much as Kata Ton or Aealo or Theogonia, but there is some glorious "Metul" material here, espiecially in the first half. Unfortunately it seems to fall off after the first half of the album, which prevents me from loving it completely. Still, 8/10 would listen again FOR A VOICE LIKE THUNDER!!
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| HellHammer Posts: 525 From: The Netherlands |
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| BloodTears ANA-thema Posts: 11835 From: Portugal  |
My favorite song on the album is "Les Litanies De Satan (Les Fleurs Du Mal)" and not because I like Baudelaire  It's quite simple and straightforward but I just love the French sounds in there and the vocals. Not many other songs stand out to me but I guess I give it the benefit of the doubt because I'm a RC fangirl!
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| Deadmeat Necrobutcher Posts: 2425 From: Greece  |
Is it a Zulu album? What the Heck? I wont rate it yet just out of respect for them, i'll give it a few more spins trying to find any good moments...
---- Υou've sold your human essence to the cold world of dead and empty things... You're SOLD!
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| solar Posts: 160 From: India  |
I listened to this album months ago, but it was nicely atmospheric, just how I like it. Recommended!
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| ickoriss Posts: 199 From: USA  |
This thing is fucking great. I didn't think I'd like anything more than Theogonia, but this just might be it.
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