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Rotting Christ – Khronos (2000) – Review

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We write the year 2000. This was the time when the world awoke to the Y2K disaster that did not happen, even if it was widely hyped. Christ did not return to this mortal coil either, nor the devil for that matter. No earthquakes to speak of, the Earth did not break up and no major asteroids hit the blue planet. A non-event after all these predictions, Nostradamus be damned.

But the Black Metal universe – in contrast – spawned a felt gazillion of metal records. To cite just two of them: Immortal crab-walked themselves into Damned in Black and … [...] Click to raid more!

Rotting Christ – Rituals (2016) – Review

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The Greek act Rotting Christ is one of the outfits most rooted in the Black and Extreme Metal genres. Their ascent to unholy glory really took off with the renowned Triarchy of the Lost Lovers back in 1996. 

Now, before you start throwing eggs at me, there will undoubtedly always be those who will argue that Non-Serviam came first. But I was never overly impressed by this specific record.

And yes, there are other players in the black magick universe from that epoch, too. Especially the more gritty ones from the North that took a liking to burn churches and such. Apart from killing … [...] Click to raid more!

Rotting Christ – Triarchy of The Lost Lovers (1996) – Review

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The new year is still fresh, so what better moment than this one to reflect on some old metal for a change?

Old? The ’90s are old? Well, yeah, if you look at the rapid-fire development all things metal have taken since then. We sure show a totally different landscape today if compared to all these years ago.

And for sure again, if you look at the style changes Rotting Christ took over the years to the present day. Triarchy of the Lost Lovers really got us a fresh look at things and delivered powerfully well.

In essence, 1996 was a year of turning

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Darkend – The Canticle of Shadows (2016) – Review

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Ah, the devil communicates in Italian. How very fitting. Black Metal moving closer to Rome, spiked fists and all. But then Darkend are speaking in tongues on The Canticle of Shadows – many tongues.

Mixing English with Italian, French, and Latin into the fray. A real tower of Babylon, but what else would you expect from the devil? Right? 

Dissonance at every corner, monologues, and a weird Lovecraft-esque type of nightmare Black Metal of the melodic kind. Some of that stuff is very reminiscent of the liturgical Batushka, keeping you unhinged like Myrkur or Saille at every turn of … [...] Click to raid more!