Rituals (Rotting Christ album)
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.
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.
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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 "Death's") | 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 |
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11. | "Lok'tar Ogar" | 4:25 |
Total length: | 53:30 |
Personnel
- Rotting Christ
- Other staff
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- 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)
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References
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- Jim "Mutilator" Patsouris
- George "Magus Wampyr Daoloth" Zacharopoulos
- Andreas Lagios
- Costas Vassilakopoulos
- Giorgos Tolias
- Giorgos Bokos
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Studio albums | |
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Compilation albums |
- The Mystical Meeting (1995)
- Thanatiphoro Anthologio
- Semigods of the Serpent Cult
- 25 Years: The Path of Evil Existence
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EPs and singles |
- Passage to Arcturo
- Dawn of the Iconoclast
- Αποκαθήλωσις
- The Mystical Meeting (1997)
- Der Perfekte Traum
- Promo 1995
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Split albums | |
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Video releases and live albums |
- In Domine Sathana
- Non Serviam: A 20-Year Apocryphal Story
- Lucifer over Athens
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