I hate to say this but I have the feeling that this album is gonna be a competition for longtime fans such as: "tell us which of our old songs this new song has ripped off and win a signed copy of The Heretics". I like the track but I've already heard all of its parts before in different songs by the same band.

I've come to expect that from Rotting Christ over the course of the last three albums. I'm good with that; progress doesn't necessarily equate quality.

The "Fire God and Fear" track they released previously actually brought to mind their earlier albums with its gothic melodies. I have to agree this one sounds like "post-Theogonia" material what with the chug-chug riffing but there still surfaces some of the older melodic greatness here and there... They still rip off themselves at parts, as they have done since Aealo, but there's something "new-old" in their approach here... I don't know how to explain it, fuck.

edit: Ok, it's like they've finally blended in their "Triarchy of the Lost Lovers/Sleep of the Angels" stuff into their modern sound, if that makes sense. I think this could be pretty great actually, but I have a feeling "Heretics" will be a bit hit-or-miss when it comes to gelling these parts together. Still, it heralds a new(-old) direction and I'm pretty excited about that!

Yeah, I don't know... It's more melodic but like nikarg said, it's still very repetitive. But I guess you can't expect Rotting Christ to innovate now?

I'll still listen to it though

Written by nikarg on 18.12.2018 at 21:24

I hate to say this but I have the feeling that this album is gonna be a competition for longtime fans such as: "tell us which of our old songs this new song has ripped off and win a signed copy of The Heretics". I like the track but I've already heard all of its parts before in different songs by the same band.

that's pretty spot on

Where are the lyrics though?

Written by BloodJuNkie on 22.12.2018 at 12:27

Where are the lyrics though?

In the video.