Khronos

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 01:05:10
Rotting Christ: Sakis (vocals, guitar); Kostas (guitar); George (keyboards); Andreas (bass); Themis (drums). Additional personnel: Grimar (drums). Engineers: Lars Szoke, Jan Roger Halversen. Recorded at Abyss Studios, Sweden in March, 2000. Personnel: Sakis Tolis (vocals, guitar); Costas Vassilakopoulos (guitar); George Tolias (keyboards); David Tibet, Themis Tolis, Jan Roger Halvorsen (drums). Recording information: Abyss Studios, Sweden (03/2000). After devoting their previous two albums to exploring more accessible and intensely gothic sounds (without ever quite selling out, mind you), Greece's favorite sons Rotting Christ decided it was time to revisit the ferocious brutality of their raw primordial origins with 2000's Khronos -- or at least portions of it. On the one hand, surprisingly blackened thrash-outs like "Thou Art Blind" and "Aeternatus" raged with a vicious aggression not heard since the group's uncompromising 1993 debut, Thy Mighty Contract. On the other, less frenzied and insinuatingly melodic offerings like "My Sacred Path," "Art of Sin," and the title track retained the lessons learned during that recent discovery period, with largely positive results (a cover of Current 93's "Lucifer Over London" proved more divisive of fan opinions). And somewhere in the middle, balanced efforts like "If It Ends Tomorrow" and "Fateless" tapped into both extremes in ways reminiscent of the band's best work on 1994's Non Serviam and 1996's Triarchy of the Lost Lovers. So would future offerings, in fact, as Rotting Christ continued to experiment with different musical styles and influences, while keeping their boots firmly grounded in their much-loved black metal foundations. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia

Thou Art Blind
If It Ends Tomorrow
My Sacred Path
Aeternatus
Art Of Sin
Lucifer Over London
Law Of The Serpent
You Are I
Khronos
Fateless
Time Stands Still
Glory Of Sadness
Thou Art Blind (Live In Hellas) * bonus track
You Are I (Live In Hellas) * bonus track