Rotting Christ - Khronos
| Release date: | 29 August 2000 |
| Style: | Black metal, Gothic metal |
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01. Thou Art Blind
02. If It Ends Tomorrow
03. My Sacred Path
04. Aeternatus
05. Art Of Sin
06. Lucifer Over London [Current 93 cover]
07. Law Of The Serpent
08. You Are I
09. Khronos
10. Fateless
11. Time Stand Still
12. Glory Of Sadness
02. If It Ends Tomorrow
03. My Sacred Path
04. Aeternatus
05. Art Of Sin
06. Lucifer Over London [Current 93 cover]
07. Law Of The Serpent
08. You Are I
09. Khronos
10. Fateless
11. Time Stand Still
12. Glory Of Sadness
Review
Lyrics Recorded while buried under ice during a freezing March 2000 in Abyss Studios, Sweden.
Pre-produced by Sakis.
Produced by Peter Tãgtgren and Sakis.
Engineered by Lars Szöke.
All music composed by Sakis except "Law Of The Serpent" by George and "Lucifer Over London" by David Tibet, Current 93.
All lyrics written by Sakis except "Law Of The Serpent" by George and "Lucifer Over London" by David Tibet, Current 93.
Artwork, cover layout, sculpture and paintings by "Seth" Spiros Antoniou.
Rating:
9.0
9.0
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Rating: 9.0 |
During 2000 Rotting Christ entered the studio to record "Khronos", one of the darkest albums of this wonderful band, produced by Necromayhem (Sakis Tolis) and Peter Tagtgren at his Abyss Studios in Sweden. "Khronos" is a very complex and various-sounding album since Rotting Christ flirt with many soundscapes that seem to be different, yet they succeed in harmonizing them wonderfully together. The black metal feeling of their first cult releases is present along with the evil aesthetic of those early years of the band, the heavy metal structure of some compositions refers to their previous releases, "A Dead Poem" and "Sleep of the Angels", but sounding way darker and in the air you can sense several influences of the dark wave scene of the 80s. The darkness that this album exudes is quite obvious even by a single stare at its cover (made by Septic Flesh's Spiros Antoniou ) where lies the beauty of the defiled crucified Christ, picture of what the name of the band means, a portrait of abysmal beauty, Christ in decomposition, Rotting Christ? Read more ›› |
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Comments
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| Hex_Omega Gem Seeker Posts: 1178 |
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| Deadmeat Necrobutcher Posts: 2437  |
A great eight! "if it ends tomorrow" and "thou art blind" are my personal favs followed by "my sacred path"!
---- Υou've sold your human essence to the cold world of dead and empty things... You're SOLD!
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| flightoficarus Stamp Tramp Posts: 1118  |
Overlong. I get pretty bored. There are some standouts, but Lucifer Over London is probably the worst song they have ever written.
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| Vombatus Potorro Posts: 2393  |
Written by flightoficarus on 15.01.2015 at 00:22 Well, Lucifer Over London is a cover from Current 93... but I think it's awesome, completely transformed the song to fit effectively the RC formula.
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| flightoficarus Stamp Tramp Posts: 1118 |
Written by Vombatus on 15.01.2015 at 00:36 That explains a lot. I am not as learned in the background of these albums as the many others I listen to.
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