ROTTING CHRIST
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Биография: Заметив бурное развитие стиля блэк-метал в Скандинавии братья Толис, Сакис (вокал, гитара) и Темис (ударные) решили привить подобную музыку в родных Афинах. В 1987 году они основали проект "Rotting Christ", в который также вошли второй гитарист Костас и басист Андреас. Первой попыткой студийной работы музыкантов стал сплит-сингл с командой "Sound pollution". В 1989-м вышло демо "Satanas Tedeum", благодаря которому парням удалось заключить контракт с норвежской фирмой "Deathliker Silence". Правда, дальше дело не пошло, поскольку глава лейбла Эуронимоус вскоре был убит. К 1991-му году музыкантам удалось наскрести кое-каких деньжат на выпуск своего первого мини-альбома "Passage to Arcturo". Благодаря этому релизу "Rotting Christ" наконец-то получили признание у себя в Греции, а кроме того, группа получила предложение от французского лейбла "Osmose Productions". Примерно в это же время состав банды был доукомплектован клавишником Джорджем. С его помощью был записан мощный альбом "Thy Mighty Contract", очень хорошо воспринятый критиками и слушателями. Чтобы закрепить растущую популярность команда отправилась в европейское турне "Fuck Christ" в компании с "Blasphemy" и "Immortal". По возвращении с гастролей парни умудрились разругаться с "Osmose Productions", разорвав с ними контракт и подписавшись уже к родному греческому лейблу "Unisound". На "Non Servam", выпущенном этой фирмой, как и на предыдущем альбоме чувствовалось значительное влияние таких коллективов как "Venom" и "Celtic frost". На волне растущей популярности демо "Satanas Tedeum" было переиздано на виниле, а "Rotting Christ" отправились на мексиканские гастроли. В 1996 году группа заключила контракт с немецким влиятельным металлическим лейблом "Century media". Результатом нового сотрудничества стала более атмосферная пластинка "Triarchy Of The Lost Lovers". Продюсировал альбом экс-гитарист "Holy moses" Энди Классен, а издание-дигипак содержало в виде бонуса три кавера "Kreator". Следующий релиз получился более меланхоличным и вполне подпадал под категорию "дарк метал". Сессии проходили под руководством клавишника "Samael" Кси, а на треке "Among Two Storms" гостил фронтмен "Moonspell" Фернандо Рибейро. В 1997 году "Century Media" переиздала альбом "Thy Mighty Contract" и два ранних сингла, "Visions Of The Dead Lover" и "The Mystical Meeting". Тем временем "Rotting Christ" с большим успехом гастролировали в Европе, Западной Азии и Южной Америке. В 1999-м на свет появился еще один "дарковый", с примесью готики альбом "Sleep Of The Angels". В его поддержку группа провела глобальное турне, включавшее в себя выступления в Мексике и США. А на следующий год музыканты решили, что пора завязывать с попсовостью, и выдали на гора злую экстремальную пластинку под названием "Khronos". Тенденция возвращения к своим блэковым корням сохранилась и на релизе 2002 года "Genesis", который вновь продюсировал Энди Классен. // http://hardrockcafe.narod.ru/
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Rotting Christ is an Athens, Greece-based black metal band formed in 1987. They are notable as being one of the first bands of the genre within this region, as well as a premier act within the European underground metal scene. The permanent line-up consists of brothers Sakis Tolis (born June 29, 1972, Athens, vocals and guitar) and Themis Tolis (born March 28, 1974, Athens, drums). Andreas Lagios (born November 11, 1972, Athens) has been the bassist since 1997, taking the stead of Jim Patsouris. Nightfall's George Bokos joined as a guitarist in 2005, replacing Kostas Vassilakopoulos. Three keyboardists had previously been a part of the band; George Tolias, George Zaharopoulos and a session known only as Panayiotis (on A Dead Poem). Biography In their two decades of existence, the band started as raw black metal, but utilized what has been described as a "dark metal" direction on later releases, almost doing away with the black metal title, but not compromising their extreme sound. During their rehearsal era in the late 1980s, the band began as grindcore and released various splits and demos with other bands from the Athens area. The group would later alter their sound with influence from proto-black metal bands like Celtic Frost and Venom, and in the process become one of the genre's instigators. Their 5 song demo, Satanas Tedeum, would show a grindcore/black metal crossover, followed by their career-breaking EP, Passage to Arcturo, in 1991. One of band's first major appearances was on the 1993 "Fuck Christ Tour" consisting of Immortal and Blasphemy. During this concert, some audience members had engaged in cutting and self mutilation that resulted in hospitalization.. Before signing to Unisound, Mayhem's Øystein Aarseth had expressed interest in distributing the band through his "Deathlike Silence" label , but due to Aarseth's murder the same year, nothing materialized. The band would sign to Century Media in 1996 and remain on their roster for 10 years before joining Season of Mist. Rotting Christ have played in many continents outside their native Greece, including both Americas, Greater Europe, Russia, the United Kingdom and the Middle East. Several heavy metal festivals around the world have hosted the band, including the 2003 Wacken Open Air in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Past tourmates have included My Dying Bride, Tristania, Tiamat, Vintersorg, Finntroll, Old Man's Child, Malevolent Creation, Anorexia Nervosa, Vader, Krisiun, Deicide, Behemoth and Nile . Publicity Over the years, the group has faced some 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 wrote: "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." They also have had to cancel some shows, most recently in May 2005, when Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine refused to play at a Greek concert if Rotting Christ were on the bill. In an interviewed response to their forced cancellation, Sakis noted: "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." Despite the name, the band's traditional lyrical themes involving evil and occultism has evolved more recently 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. 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 Xytras (Samael percussionist/keyboardist) have all contributed to production on the band's albums. As of 2007, Rotting Christ have been around 20 years, one of the longest running bands within the black metal genre. The band recently recorded two shows in Larissa which will be featured on a live album intended to coincide with the release of the band's brand new DVD, shot in Athens on December 8, 2007, sometime in 2008. Band members
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