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status = Active |
origin = [[Athens]], [[Greece]] |
origin = [[Athens]], [[Greece]] |
music_genre = [[Symphonic black metal|Symphonic black]]/[[dark metal]] <br>[[Grindcore]]/[[black metal]] (early)<br> |
music_genre = [[Melodic black metal|Melodic black]]/<br>[[Grindcore]]<br>[[black metal]] (earlier works) |
record_label = [[Season of Mist]]<br/>[[Century Media]]<br/>[[Unisound]]<br>[[The End Records]] |
record_label = [[Season of Mist]]<br/>[[Century Media]]<br/>[[Unisound]]<br>[[The End Records]] |
current_members = [[Sakis Tolis]]<br />[[Andreas Lagios]]<br />[[Giorgos Bokos]]<br /> [[Themis Tolis]] |
current_members = [[Sakis Tolis]]<br />[[Andreas Lagios]]<br />[[Giorgos Bokos]]<br /> [[Themis Tolis]] |

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Rotting Christ
File:Fotosleep3.jpg
Rotting Christ line-up, circa 1998. (Sleep of the Angels). From left: Kostas Vassilakopoulos, George, Sakis Tolis, Andreas Lagios, and Themis Tolis
Background information
OriginAthens, Greece
Years active1987 – present
MembersSakis Tolis
Andreas Lagios
Giorgos Bokos
Themis Tolis

Rotting Christ is an Athens, Greece-based black metal band formed in 1987, although recent releases have greatly experimented with gothic metal. They are noteworthy as not only being Greece's most well known metal group but rock band as well.

The permanent line-up consists of brothers Necromayhem (born Sakis Tolis, June 29, 1972, Athens, Vocals and Guitar) and Necrosauron (born Themis Tolis, March 28, 1974, Athens, Drums). Andreas (born Andreas Lagios, November 11, 1972) has been the bassist since 1996.

In their nearly two decades of existence, the band started as grindcore/raw black metal, but utilized a "dark metal" direction on later releases, almost doing away the black metal title, but not compromising their extreme sound.

Rotting Christ recently recorded 2 shows in Larissa which will be featured on a live album slated for release in 2007, around the time of their 11th full length album. They have also planned a global tour organized through Polish management agency, Massive Music.[1]

Band members

Current members

Past members


Discography

demos, singles, and DVD

  • Leprosy of Death (1987) (rehearsal/demo)
  • The Other Side of Life (1989) (EP)
  • Split with Monumentum (1991) (split)
  • Dawn of the Iconoclast (1991) (EP)
  • Ades Wind (1992) (demo)
  • Apokathelosis (1993) (EP)
  • The Mystical Meeting (1997) (single/live/cover compiliation)
  • Der Perfekte Traum (1999) (single/Live)
  • In Domine Sathana (2002) (live DVD)

Official

Fan sites

Online databases