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. The album debuted at number 14 on the Billboard heatseekers album chart[3] and at number 10 on Ifpi Greek charts.
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| Released | 12 February 2016[1] | |||
| Recorded | April – August 2015 | |||
| Studio | Devasoundz Studios (Athens, Greece)[2] | |||
| Genre | Black metal | |||
| Length | 49:05 | |||
| Label | Season of Mist | |||
| Producer | Sakis Tolis | |||
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Track listing
All tracks are 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. The lyric of "Les Litanies de Satan" is taken directly from Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire
| 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 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Lok'tar Ogar" (Warcraft Orcish for "Victory or Death") | 4:25 |
| Total length: | 53:30 | |
Personnel
Rotting Christ
- Sakis Tolis – vocals, guitars, bass, 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)
Production
- Jens Bogren – mixing, mastering
- Adrien Bousson – layout[1]
Charts
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[4] | 75 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[5] | 136 |
| US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[6] | 18 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[3] | 14 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[7] | 48 |
References
- Rotting Christ – Rituals on metal-archives.com Retrieved on 30 May 2016
- Rotting Christ – Rituals discogs.com Retrieved 26 March 2019
- "Rotting Christ Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- "Ultratop.be – Rotting Christ – Rituals By Rotting Christ" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- "Ultratop.be – Rotting Christ – Rituals By Rotting Christ" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- "Rotting Christ Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- "Rotting Christ Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
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