Rituals (Rotting Christ album)

Rituals

Studio album by Rotting Christ

Released

February 12, 2016^[1]

Recorded

2015

Genre

Black metal

Length

49:05

Rotting Christ chronology

Κατά τον δαίμονα εαυτού
(2013)

Rituals
(2016)

Rituals is the twelfth full-length album by Greek extreme metal band Rotting Christ. It was released on 12 February 2016 via Season of Mist. The album debuted at number 14 on the Billboard heatseekers album chart^[2] and at number 10 on Ifpi Greek charts.

Track listing

All tracks written by Sakis Tolis, except for "The Four Horsemen" by Aphrodite's Child and "Του θάνατου (Tou Thanatou)" by Nikos Xilouris; the lyrics for "For a Voice Like Thunder" have been taken from a dramatic piece "King Edward the Fourth" by William Blake.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"In Nomine Dei Nostri" (Latin for "In the Name of Our God")	4:57
2.	"זה נגמר (Ze Nigmar)" (Hebrew for "It's Over")	4:43
3.	"Ἐλθὲ κύριε (Elthe Kyrie)" (Greek for "Come Lord")	4:49
4.	"Les Litanies de Satan (Les Fleurs du Mal)" (French for "The Litanies of Satan (The Flowers of Evil)")	3:55
5.	"Ἄπαγε Σατανά (Apage Satana)" (Greek for "Begone, Satan")	3:50
6.	"Του θάνατου (Tou Thanatou)" (Greek for "Of Death")	3:37
7.	"For a Voice like Thunder"	6:11
8.	"Konx om Pax" (Greek for "Watch and do no harm"; Egyptian for "Light rushing out in a single ray")	6:21
9.	"देवदेवं (Devadevam)" (Sanskrit for "God of Gods")	5:18
10.	"The Four Horsemen"	5:24
Total length:		49:05

Digipak edition bonus track
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Lok'tar Ogar"	4:25
Total length:		53:30

Personnel

Rotting Christ

Sakis Tolis – vocals, guitars, keyboards, production, mixing, mastering
Themis Tolis – drums

Additional personnel

Vagelis Karzis – backing vocals
George Emmanuel – backing vocals, lead guitar (track 3), recording
Manolis Antzoletakis – backing vocals
Giorgos Petratos – backing vocals
Theodoros Aivaliotis – vocals (choir)
Giannis Stamatakis – vocals (choir)
Babis Alexandropoulos – vocals (choir)
George Zacharopoulos – additional vocals (track 1)
Danai Katsameni – additional vocals (track 3)
Vorph – additional vocals (track 4)
Nick Holmes – additional vocals (track 7)
Kathir – additional vocals (track 9)
Nikos Veletzas – percussion
George Anamouroglou – percussion
Fotis Benardo – percussion
Alexandros Kalfakis – percussion
Konstantis Mpistolis – bagpipes (tracks 3, 9)
Giorgos Nikas – bagpipes (tracks 3, 9)
Nikola Nikita Jeremić – orchestration (tracks 1, 7)
Jens Bogren – mixing, mastering
Adrien Bousson – layout^[1]

References

1 2 Rotting Christ - Rituals on metal-archives.com Retrieved on 30th of May, 2016
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Rotting Christ
Sakis Tolis Themis Tolis George Emmanuel Van Ace Jim "Mutilator" Patsouris George "Magus Wampyr Daoloth" Zacharopoulos Andreas Lagios Costas Vassilakopoulos Giorgos Tolias Giorgos Bokos
Studio albums	Thy Mighty Contract Non Serviam Triarchy of the Lost Lovers A Dead Poem Sleep of the Angels Khronos Genesis Sanctus Diavolos Theogonia Aealo Κατά τον δαίμονα εαυτού Rituals
Compilation albums	The Mystical Meeting (1995) Thanatiphoro Anthologio Semigods of the Serpent Cult 25 Years: The Path of Evil Existence
EPs and singles	Passage to Arcturo Dawn of the Iconoclast Αποκαθήλωσις The Mystical Meeting (1997) Der Perfekte Traum Promo 1995
Split albums	The Other Side of Life Rotting Christ/Monumentum
Video releases and live albums	In Domine Sathana Non Serviam: A 20-Year Apocryphal Story Lucifer over Athens

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