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After a
couple of albums of more mellow, melodic and melancholic gothic influenced
albums, the most prominent of Greek metal bands entered the Abyss studios with
sound wizard Peter Tägtgren to create something darker and more extreme.
The result was "Khronos", an album where Rotting Christ returns to their
roots. The sound of this album is once again harsher and more aggressive which
will certainly appeal to the fans who liked what they did in their early days
before they signed with Century Media. The gothic touch is still apparent even
on this album though and Rotting Christ of today actually reminds me of the
Belgian black metal band Ancient Rites. While Ancient Rites perform what I
would like to call gothic black metal, Rotting Christ show more death metal
influences. Albeit the vocals are mainly growls they sound very clear in some
strange way. On "Khronos" they let the guitars speak out loud once again and
the keyboards have been pushed away to do their subtle work in the background
most of the time. As always the music is very melodic and after more than ten
years of hard work Rotting Christ today stand in the forefront of the extreme
metal scene. For "Khronos" the band also did a cover version of the Current
93 song "Lucifer Over London" from back in 1994 which is one of many
highlights of a wonderful album. Overall this is a very coherent release with
many similar sounding songs but what is important to emphasize is that it
never gets boring. There are subtle melodies, nice vocal lines and a thick
Abyss sound wall in every song that should make sure that every fan of melodic
death / gothic / black metal will enjoy this album. Greece is a country with a
strong metal scene and Rotting Christ have certainly been inspiring lots of
younger bands to come out of the country. The only thing I don't like about
the album is that there are a couple of minutes of silence in the last song
before some kind of outro music kicks in. Things like that really annoys me.
Stand-out tracks: "Thou Art Blind", "Aeternatus", "Lucifer Over London",
"You Are I".
| Tracklist |
1. Thou Art Blind 2. If It |
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Ends Tomorrow 3. My Sacred Path 4. Aeternatus 5. Art Of |
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Sin 6. Lucifer Over London 7. Law Of The Serpent 8. You |
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Are I 9. Khronos 10. Fateless 11. Time Stands Still |
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12. Glory Of Sadness |
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