Rotting Christ - Thy Mighty Contract

8.3 | 325 votes |

Release date:	11 November 1993
Style:	Black metal
Owners:	284 have it 29 want it

01. The Sign Of Evil Existence
02. Transform All Sufferings Into Plagues
03. Fgmenth, Thy Gift
04. His Sleeping Majesty
05. Exiled Archangels
06. Dive The Deepest Abyss
07. The Coronation Of The Serpent
08. The 4th Knight Of Revelation (Part I, II)

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Label: Osmose, Century Media

Producer: G. Osmark, A. Delaportas & Rotting Christ

Staff review by
KwonVerge

Rating:
10

Let's go back in time and visit the birth of the 90s. When the Norwegian scene was forming its very own sound and image in the north, in the south at the same time another scene of the same genre, black metal, was developing, the Greek black metal scene. Rotting Christ and Varathron were the two bands destined to define and haunt the overall sound of the Greek black metal scene, yet only one of them would become very known abroad and become nowadays a deeply respectable with a cult past band in the world of extreme metal, Rotting Christ.

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!J.O.O.E.! Account deleted	Permalink 21.06.2013 - 21:19 !J.O.O.E.! Account deleted Surprised at all praise this gets. It's really nothing special whatsoever to my ears. Boring musicianship and sound and almost no atmosphere to speak of. Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink +1 21.06.2013 - 22:03 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 Written by [user id=4365] on 21.06.2013 at 21:19 Surprised at all praise this gets. It's really nothing special whatsoever to my ears. Boring musicianship and sound and almost no atmosphere to speak of. Just look where the reviewer is from ---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 Loading...
!J.O.O.E.! Account deleted	Permalink 21.06.2013 - 22:18 !J.O.O.E.! Account deleted Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 21.06.2013 at 22:03 Just look where the reviewer is from Not just here though. Everywhere I look it seems to be considered a masterpiece. Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 21.06.2013 - 22:26 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 Written by [user id=4365] on 21.06.2013 at 22:18 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 21.06.2013 at 22:03 Just look where the reviewer is from Not just here though. Everywhere I look it seems to be considered a masterpiece. Evrywhere I look all of Rotting Christ seems to be reagrded as the second coming of Christ, except for their demo's which are mostly superior to any of their later stuff. ---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 Loading...
Dr. Strawberry Posts: 698	Permalink +2 11.04.2014 - 14:12 Rating: 8 Dr. Strawberry Posts: 698 Written by [user id=4365] on 21.06.2013 at 22:18 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 21.06.2013 at 22:03 Just look where the reviewer is from Not just here though. Everywhere I look it seems to be considered a masterpiece. Probably you're not a masterpiece so it's beyond your capability to recognize it. Loading...
!J.O.O.E.! Account deleted	Permalink 11.04.2014 - 14:15 !J.O.O.E.! Account deleted Written by Dr. Strawberry on 11.04.2014 at 14:12 Probably you're not a masterpiece so it's beyond your capability to recognize it. "Those who loves this album must be geniuses !" Loading...
Dr. Strawberry Posts: 698	Permalink 11.04.2014 - 14:17 Rating: 8 Dr. Strawberry Posts: 698 The only Rotting Christ's album can be considered as Pure Black Metal. The rest are Hybrid Black Metal. Loading...
!J.O.O.E.! Account deleted	Permalink +1 11.04.2014 - 14:18 !J.O.O.E.! Account deleted Written by Dr. Strawberry on 11.04.2014 at 14:17 Hybrid Black Metal. Lol, so Rotting Christ are the Toyota Prius of the metal world, then. Loading...
Dr. Strawberry Posts: 698	Permalink 11.04.2014 - 14:23 Rating: 8 Dr. Strawberry Posts: 698 Written by [user id=4365] on 11.04.2014 at 14:15 Written by Dr. Strawberry on 11.04.2014 at 14:12 Probably you're not a masterpiece so it's beyond your capability to recognize it. "Those who loves this album must be geniuses !" Someone has stolen my famous quote, royalty fee please...! Loading...
Dr. Strawberry Posts: 698	Permalink 11.04.2014 - 14:24 Rating: 8 Dr. Strawberry Posts: 698 Written by [user id=4365] on 11.04.2014 at 14:18 Written by Dr. Strawberry on 11.04.2014 at 14:17 Hybrid Black Metal. Lol, so Rotting Christ are the Toyota Prius of the metal world, then. Genius ! exactly ! Loading...
ickoriss Posts: 350	Permalink 14.05.2020 - 20:15 ickoriss Posts: 350 Strong debut as far as I'm concerned. Not my favorite from the band, but still fun to revisit. Loading...
F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3146	Permalink +1 01.10.2021 - 21:38 Rating: 9 F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3146 Ive now listened to this band for the first time - and I'm impressed! Great riffs and haunting atmosphere! Favorite tracks: 4th Knight of Revelation ; Fgmenth, Thy Gift ; Dive the Deepest Abyss ; Exiled Archangels Loading...
AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5492	Permalink +1 01.05.2022 - 14:20 Rating: 9 AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5492 Written by F3ynman on 01.10.2021 at 21:38 Ive now listened to this band for the first time - and I'm impressed! Great riffs and haunting atmosphere! Favorite tracks: 4th Knight of Revelation ; Fgmenth, Thy Gift ; Dive the Deepest Abyss ; Exiled Archangels I've been revisiting this one alot recently, it's become my second favourite Rotting Christ album behind Theogonia. This particular album is fantastic, "4th Knight Of Revelation" is probably my favourite track, but this style of early Greek black metal is quite addictve for me, it's fairly simplistic, but the riffs are very melodic, and easy on the ears, and I like the way they were produced too, there was a certain rawness and unpolished sound. His Majesty At The Swamp by Varathron is very similar to this, but the production is even more raw and edgy, I'm always on the look out for albums/bands with similar sound and melodies to this. ---- Andy's 2025 album ranking Loading...
F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3146	Permalink +1 01.05.2022 - 16:01 Rating: 9 F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3146 Written by AndyMetalFreak on 01.05.2022 at 14:20 this style of early Greek black metal is quite addictve for me, it's fairly simplistic, but the riffs are very melodic, and easy on the ears, and I like the way they were produced too, there was a certain rawness and unpolished sound. Yeah I really love the atmosphere and the simple yet effective riffs. Written by AndyMetalFreak on 01.05.2022 at 14:20 His Majesty At The Swamp by Varathron is very similar to this, but the production is even more raw and edgy, Oh thanks for reminding me of that! It had popped up in my recommendations on YouTube and I listened to a bit of it and noticed it has a similar style. I haven't listened to it all though- and I totally forgot about it until now! Loading...
Chumb Posts: 13	Permalink 14.07.2022 - 01:58 Rating: 8 Chumb Posts: 13 Very good album. Primitive, yet able to creative a certain atmosphere. They still play a couple of the songs live Loading...