Rotting Christ

Rotting Christ was founded in 1987 as a grindcore act. They released a series of demos and splits with local bands during their rehearsal era. During this period, the group gradually altered their sound with influence from proto-black metal bands like Celtic Frost and Venom, and in the process became one of the inaugurators of black metal. Their 1989 demo, Satanas Tedeum, presented a crossover between black metal and grindcore. In 1991, the band released Passage to Arcturo, their career-breaking EP.

One of band's major debuts was on the 1993 "Fuck Christ Tour", which also featured Immortal and Blasphemy. During this concert, some audience members engaged in cutting and self-mutilation that resulted in hospitalization.{{cite web|url=http://bands.metalland.net/cgi-bin/detail.cgi?id=1233&lang=en|title=Band "Rotting Christ" :: Download Rotting Christ MP3, read Biography, Discography, Members and more...|access-date=14 August 2016}} Before signing to Unisound Records (a now-defunct Athens-based independent record label founded in 1992),{{efn|Not to be confused with the Stockholm-based Unisound Recordings.}} Mayhem's Øystein Aarseth had expressed interest in distributing the band through his Deathlike Silence Productions label,{{cite web|url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles/rants/6-900_when_hades_strikes.aspx|title=CoC : Rant : When Hades Strikes...|access-date=14 August 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212221342/http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles/rants/6-900_when_hades_strikes.aspx|archive-date=12 February 2012}} but due to Aarseth's murder the same year, nothing materialized. The band signed to Century Media in 1996 and remained on their roster for 10 years before joining Season of Mist.

Rotting Christ has played in many regions outside their native Greece, including the Americas, Greater Europe, Russia, the United Kingdom, Malta, the Middle East and South Africa. Several heavy metal festivals around the world have hosted the band, including the 2003 Wacken Open Air in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Past tour-mates include My Dying Bride, Tristania, Tiamat, Vintersorg, Finntroll, Agathodaimon, Old Man's Child, Malevolent Creation, Anorexia Nervosa, Vader, Krisiun, Deicide, Behemoth, Melechesh and Nile, among many others.{{cite web|url=http://www.thegauntlet.com/bio/538/Rotting-Christ.html|title=Rotting Christ html Biography and Band Info at The Gauntlet|access-date=14 August 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=12448|title=Anorexia Nervosa Join Vader's Blitzkrieg 3 Tour|access-date=14 August 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://metal-rules.com/interviews/RottingChrist.htm|title=Metal Rules!!: Interview with Rotting Christ|access-date=14 August 2016}}

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Rotting Christ was one of the first bands announced to perform the Barge to Hell festival, which is a metal-themed cruise organized by Ultimate Metal Cruises and took place aboard Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas. Barge to Hell set sail from Port of Miami on 3 December 2012.

{{As of|2024}}, Rotting Christ has been around for 37 years and is one of the longest running bands within the black metal genre. In celebration of the band's longevity, the 2-DVD + 2-CD compilation Non Serviam: A 20 Year Apocryphal Story, shot in Athens on 8 December 2007, was released in Europe and North America 23 February 2009.

Aealo, the band's tenth studio album, was released on 15 February 2010, in Europe and 23 February 2010, in the United States.

Their eleventh album, Katá ton Daímona Eautoú, was released in March 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.season-of-mist.com/bands/rotting-christ |title=Rotting Christ, KATA TON DAIMONA EAYTOY (Do What Thou Wilt) album, Dark Metal (news, biography, releases, downloads, line-up, tour dates) | Season of Mist, Metal Label |publisher=Season-of-mist.com |access-date=29 July 2014}}

They made their first appearance in South Asia on 13 September 2014, in India (Bangalore Open Air 2014 Edition) and 14 September 2014, in Sri Lanka.

Their twelfth studio album, Rituals, was released on 12 February 2016.Bowar, Chad. "Mayhem + Watain To Co-Headline 'Black Metal Warfare II' U.S. Tour with Rotting Christ". Loudwire. [http://loudwire.com/mayhem-watain-black-metal-warfare-ii-us-tour-rotting-christ/]

To coincide with their 30th anniversary, the band released a new 7-inch single "The Call" on 9 February 2018; the single's b-side is a live version of "The Sign of Evil Existence", which includes guest vocals by Behemoth's Nergal and Varathron's Stefan Necroabyssious.{{cite web|title=Rotting Christ To Release "The Call" 7-inch In February|url=http://www.theprp.com/2018/01/19/news/rotting-christ-release-call-7-february/|publisher=theprp.com|date=19 January 2018|access-date=19 January 2018}} The band also released an official biography entitled "Non Serviam: The Official Story Of Rotting Christ" in late November 2018, written by Sakis Tolis and British author Dayal Patterson (author of 'Black Metal: Evolution Of The Cult', 'The Cult Never Dies Vol. One' and 'Into The Abyss') and published by British publishing house Cult Never Dies. The book features extensive interviews with Sakis Tolis, Themis Tolis, Jim Mutilator, Morbid, George Emmanuel and members of the bands Watain, Mayhem, Enslaved, Moonspell, Blasphemy, Mystifier, Septicflesh, Behemoth, Macabre Omen, Cradle Of Filth and Immolation {{cite web|url=https://www.rotting-christ.com/en/news/non-serviam-the-official-story-of-rotting-christ-202/|title=Non Serviam: The Official Story of Rotting Christ|website=Non Serviam: The Official Story of Rotting Christ}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cultneverdies.com/p/non-serviam-official-story-of-rotting.html |title=Cult Never Dies Productions: NON SERVIAM: THE OFFICIAL STORY OF ROTTING CHRIST |website=www.cultneverdies.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105160254/http://www.cultneverdies.com/p/non-serviam-official-story-of-rotting.html |archive-date=5 November 2018 |url-status=dead}} The book has since been released in Greek, Russian and Czech languages.

Rotting Christ's thirteenth studio album, The Heretics, was released on 15 February 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=143959 |title=Rotting Christ Posts New Album Trailer – in Metal News |website=Metalunderground.com |date=15 August 2011 |access-date=13 March 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/rotting-christ-new-song-fire-god-and-fear-new-album-the-heretics/|title=Rotting Christ Debut First Song Off 2019 Album 'The Heretics'|first=Joe|last=DiVita|website=Loudwire|date=28 November 2018 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/rotting-christ-to-release-the-heretics-album-in-february/|title=ROTTING CHRIST To Release 'The Heretics' Album In February|date=19 November 2018|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET}}

In 2020, Rotting Christ announced a collaboration with the video game developer Cold Symmetry on their action role-playing video game, Mortal Shell.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Collaboration with the creators of the PS4 game Mortal Shell|url=https://www.rotting-christ.com/en/news/collaboration-with-the-creators-of-the-ps4-game-mortal-shell-233|access-date=27 January 2021|website=Rotting Christ Official Website|language=en}} The game's launch trailer, released in August 2020, featured the song "χξς (666)" as its soundtrack.{{Cite web|title=ROTTING CHRIST featured in trailer for PS4 game 'Mortal Shell'|url=https://www.season-of-mist.com/news/rotting-christ-2020-08-07/|access-date=27 January 2021|website=Season of Mist|language=en-US}} In addition, a downloadable content pack, titled "Rotten Autumn", was released for the game in October 2020 and includes, among other content, an alternative soundtrack composed by Rotting Christ.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Rotten Autumn is here...|url=https://www.mortalshell.com/news/?id=13|access-date=27 January 2021|website=www.mortalshell.com}}

Rotting Christ's fourteenth studio album, Pro Xristou, was released on 20 May 2024.{{cite web|url=https://bravewords.com/news/rotting-christ-begin-recording-new-album-studio-video-streaming|title=ROTTING CHRIST Begin Recording New Album; Studio Video Streaming|publisher=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles|access-date=4 July 2023|date=4 July 2023}}

The permanent line-up consists of brothers Sakis Tolis (vocals and guitar) and Themis Tolis (drums). Third founding member Jim Patsouris played bass until 1996. Andreas Lagios was the bassist since 1997, taking the stead of Patsouris until the end of 2011. Nightfall's Giorgos Bokos joined as a guitarist in 2005, replacing Costas Vasilakopoulos. In February 2012, Bokos announced his departure from the band for personal reasons.{{cite web|url=http://www.rocking.gr/news/Parelthon_apo_tous_Rotting_Christ_o_Giwrgos_Mpokos__Me_to_authentiko_line-up_tha_emfanistoun_sto_Nuclear_War_Now_Festival/12058/ |title=Παρελθόν από τους Rotting Christ ο Γιώργος Μπόκος / Με το αυθεντικό line-up θα εμφανιστούν στο Nuclear War Now! Festival |publisher=Rocking.gr |date=16 February 2012 |access-date=29 July 2014}} In December 2012, the new members of the band were announced: guitarist George Emmanuel and bassist Vagelis Karzis.{{cite web |url=http://www.rockoverdose.gr/news_details.php?id=18164 |title=Rock Overdose – News – Rotting Christ: Oλοκληρωθηκε το νεο line up της μπάντας! |publisher=Rockoverdose.gr |date=21 December 2012 |access-date=29 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809203757/http://www.rockoverdose.gr/news_details.php?id=18164 |archive-date=9 August 2014 }} George Emmanuel and Vagelis Karzis amicably left the band in February and May 2019 respectively to pursue other projects.{{cite web|url=https://metalinjection.net/latest-news/breakups/rotting-christ-splits-with-guitarist-george-emmanuel|title=ROTTING CHRIST Splits With Guitarist George Emmanuel|date=26 February 2019|website=Metal Injection|access-date=20 May 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxrd_I8C72P/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/Bxrd_I8C72P |archive-date=26 December 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Vagelis Van Ace Full House BC on Instagram: "Last night was my last show with Rotting Christ! 7 amazing years, more than 400 shows round the globe and a ton of experience! I wanna take…"|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=20 May 2019}}{{cbignore}}

Three keyboardists had previously been a part of the band; George Tolias, George Zaharopoulos (Magus Wampyr Daoloth of Necromantia) and a session musician known only as Panayiotis (on A Dead Poem).

The band members from the beginning, up to Triarchy of the Lost Lovers album, were using the pseudonyms Necromayhem for Sakis,{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Necromayhem|title=Necromayhem|website=Discogs|access-date=14 August 2016}} Necrosauron for Themis{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Necrosauron|title=Necrosauron|website=Discogs|access-date=14 August 2016}} and Mutilator for Jim (Dimitris).{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/mutilator|title=Mutilator|website=Discogs|access-date=14 August 2016}} George Zaharopoulos used the pseudonym Morbid for early EP and split-LP releases up to Passage to Arcturo, and the pseudonym Magus Wampyr Daoloth{{Cite web|title=Magus Wampyr Daoloth|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/311160-Magus-Wampyr-Daoloth|access-date=27 January 2021|website=Discogs|language=en}} for Thy Mighty Contract and Non Serviam.{{Cite book|last1=Patterson|first1=Dayal|title=Non Serviam – The Official Story of Rotting Christ|last2=Tolis|first2=Sakis|publisher=Brainfood {{!}} Acid Publications|year=2018|isbn=978-960-436-595-1|location=Athens, Greece|pages=|language=Greek|edition=Greek}}

Over the years, the group has faced controversy due to their name and gained international media attention in November 1999 during the 2000 United States Presidential Primaries for Republican Nomination, when candidate/Christian conservative Gary Bauer accused the band of being "anti-Catholic", among other things. In response to Bauer's criticism, Sakis Tolis wrote:

{{blockquote|Living in (so called) democratic societies, I think everyone should have the right to call religions as he/she wants. We in fact simply believe they are "rotting"! We are not a "satanic-crusader" type of band but rather one of the many bands that represent the dark side in nowadays Metal music.{{cite web|url=http://www.rusmetal.ru/vae_solis/rotting_christ.html|title=Rotting Christ|access-date=August 14, 2016}}}}

They also have had to cancel some shows, most recently in May 2005, when Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine threatened to refuse to play at a Greek concert if Rotting Christ were on the bill.{{cite web|url=http://www.tartareandesire.com/interviews/rottingchrist2.html|title=Rotting Christ interview @ Tartareandesire.com|access-date=14 August 2016|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110080610/http://www.tartareandesire.com/interviews/rottingchrist2.html|archive-date=10 November 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/greece/athens/rotting%20christ|title=MusicMight :: Artists :: ROTTING CHRIST|access-date=14 August 2016}}

In response to their forced cancellation, Tolis noted:

{{blockquote|I didn't expect something like that from Dave Mustaine, because, you know, he's supposed to be metal — you know, 'metal band,' all metal ... I just feel sorry for him and for every new Christian with new ideas, because we think Christianity is the worst thing to happen in human history. This is a well-organized trick in order to control society, so when I see someone that's very much Christian, that's full of the system, I feel very sorry for him because he's not free.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/rotting-christ-mainman-feels-sorry-for-megadeth-s-dave-mustaine/|title=ROTTING CHRIST Mainman Feels 'Sorry' For MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE|last=Blabbermouth|date=February 4, 2007|access-date=August 14, 2016}}}}

Nuclear Assault and former Anthrax bassist Dan Lilker defended Rotting Christ and criticized Dave Mustaine's actions,{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/dan-lilker-to-dave-mustaine-break-up-megadeth-and-pursue-your-new-love-for-jesus-on-your-own/|title=DAN LILKER To DAVE MUSTAINE: 'Break Up MEGADETH And Pursue Your New Love For Jesus On Your Own'|last=Blabbermouth|date=22 May 2005|access-date=14 August 2016}} as did Nevermore's Warrel Dane, whose bands appeared on Mustaine's Gigantour in 2005. Dane added:

{{blockquote|Everybody is free to believe anything he wants to; I just think that Dave misunderstood the whole subject. I have met the guys from Rotting Christ and I don't think that they are Satanists or something. I think that Dave overreacted on this.{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/musicians/warrel_dane_nevermore.htm?root=14&keep_has_js=1|title=Metal-Temple.com – Warrel Dane interview, 30 June 2005|access-date=August 14, 2016|archive-date=27 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327070944/http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/musicians/warrel_dane_nevermore.htm?root=14&keep_has_js=1|url-status=dead}}}}

When playing in Malta, a country which in its constitution declares itself as Roman Catholic, trouble from the Church and other Catholic groups ensued when an unknown person stuck a Rotting Christ flyer to a church door. The band was allowed to play eventually even though they had to change venue.

In April 2018, Rotting Christ were scheduled to play in Georgia. Upon arriving in Tbilisi, founding members Sakis and Themis Tolis were arrested by Georgian authorities under suspicion of terrorism due to their band name, as reported by an announcement from the band's label, Season of Mist.{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/rotting-christ-arrested-georgia/|title=Rotting Christ Arrested in Georgia Under Suspicions of Terrorism|website=Loudwire|date=16 April 2018 |language=en|access-date=7 June 2018}} They had their passports and cell phones confiscated and were detained in prison, without being permitted legal representation or contact with the Greek Embassy for 12 hours. Afterwards, they were informed by their lawyers that the two were included in a "list of unwanted people for reasons of national security" that labeled them as "Satanists" and "suspects of terrorism". The two were eventually released, after arrangements made by the band's other members in collaboration with the local promoter, "who involved legal experts, journalists and activists in Georgia". The band was allowed to perform their scheduled concert and left for their next destination, Armenia, without hassle.

A species of prehistoric brittle star, Brezinacantha tolis, was named after the Tolis brothers.{{cite web |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/new-fossil-species-discovery-named-after-rotting-christ/ |title=New Fossil Species Discovery Named After ROTTING CHRIST|date=3 November 2020 }}{{cite journal |doi=10.1038/s41598-018-27326-z|title=Brittle-star mass occurrence on a Late Cretaceous methane seep from South Dakota, USA|year=2018|last1=Thuy|first1=Ben|last2=Landman|first2=Neil H.|last3=Larson|first3=Neal L.|last4=Numberger-Thuy|first4=Lea D.|journal=Scientific Reports|volume=8|issue=1|page=9617|pmid=29941907|pmc=6018167|bibcode=2018NatSR...8.9617T}}

Early in their career, they were responsible for creating what is known as the "classic" Greek black metal sound which can be heard in other bands such as Varathron and Thou Art Lord. Despite the name, the band's traditional lyrical themes involving evil and occultism has evolved into a more "mystic" path, and they have modified their musical direction on each album, utilizing elements such as clean melodic baritone vocals, doom, gothic metal and industrial music traits, and male/female Benedictine chants. Recent albums, beginning with Khronos, have shown the band taking a more modern, faster and more aggressive approach to their blackened-gothic style. Their 2007 album, Theogonia, especially, has been described as more "atmospheric" and "epic" by their label.{{cite web|url=http://www.phonopaca.com/en/members/season_of_mist/season.htm|title=Phonopaca : Accueil|access-date=14 August 2016}}

The group's choice of producers, engineers and mixers has also been varied; Swedish extreme metal figures Dan Swanö (Unisound), Peter Tägtgren (Abyss Studios) and Fredrik Nordström (Studio Fredman), German producers Andy Classen (Asphyx, Belphegor), Siggi Bemm (Therion, Theatre of Tragedy) and Waldemar Sorychta (Lacuna Coil, The Gathering) as well as Xy (Samael percussionist/keyboardist) have all contributed to production on the band's albums.

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Current members

• Sakis Tolis − lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, bass (studio only) (1987–present)
• Themis Tolis − drums (1987–present)
• Kostas "Spades" Heliotis − bass, backing vocals (2019–present)
• Kostis Foukarakis − lead guitar, backing vocals (2019–present)

Session musicians

• Markus "Makka" Freiwald − drums (1996)
• Panayiotis − keyboards (1997)

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Former members

• Jim "Mutilator" Patsouris − bass, backing vocals (1987–1996)
• George "Magus Wampyr Daoloth" Zaharopoulos − keyboards, backing vocals (1991–1995)
• Costas Vasilakopoulos − lead guitar, backing vocals (1996–2004)
• Andreas Lagios − bass, backing vocals (1997–2011)
• Georgios Tolias − keyboards, backing vocals (1997–2003)
• Giorgos Bokos − lead guitar, backing vocals (2005–2012)
• George Emmanuel − lead guitar, backing vocals (2012–2019)
• Vagelis "Van Ace" Karzis − bass, backing vocals (2012–2019)
• Stamatis "Melanaegis" Petrakos − bass, backing vocals (2019)
• Giannis Kalamatas − lead guitar, backing vocals (2019)

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• Thy Mighty Contract (1993)
• Non Serviam (1994)
• Triarchy of the Lost Lovers (1996)
• A Dead Poem (1997)
• Sleep of the Angels (1999)
• Khronos (2000)
• Genesis (2002)
• Sanctus Diavolos (2004)
• Theogonia (2007)
• Aealo (2010)
• Κατά τον δαίμονα εαυτού (2013)
• Rituals (2016)
• The Heretics (2019)
• Pro Xristou (2024)

• Lucifer Over Athens (2015)
• 35 Years Of Evil Existence (2025)

• Passage to Arcturo (1991, Decapitated Records)

• Leprosy of Death (1988, unofficial demo)
• Decline's Return (1989, demo)
• The Other Side of Life (1989, split EP with Sound Pollution)
• Satanas Tedeum (1989, demo)
• Rotting Christ / Monumentum (1991, split with Monumentum)
• Dawn of the Iconoclast (1991, EP)
• Ade's Winds (1992, demo)
• Apokathelosis (1993, EP)
• The Mystical Meeting (1997, single/live/cover compilation)
• Der Perfekte Traum (1999, single/live)
• In Domine Sathana (2003, live DVD)
• A Soundtrack to Mikael Häll's Doctoral Dissertation (2012, Malört förlag, split 7-inch single with Negative Plane)
• Promo 1995 (2013, EP)
• Lucifer over Athens (2015, live album)
• The Call (2017, b side the sign of evil existence live, special edition 45rpm EP)

• The Mystical Meeting (1995)
• Thanatiphoro Anthologio (2007, best-of compilation)
• Semigods of the Serpent Cult (2009)
• Non Serviam – A 20 Year Apocryphal Story (2009, live DVD/CD)
• 25 Years: The Path of Evil Existence (2014)
• Their Greatest Spells (2018)

• Non Serviam: The Official Story Of Rotting Christ (2018)

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