Rotting Christ

Rotting Christ is a metal band founded in Athens in 1987. The Greek rockers initially released several demos. This was followed by split EPs The Other Side of Life (1989) with Yhorypansi and Rotting Christ / Monumentum (1991) with Sound Pollution. During this time, the band was still strongly oriented towards grindcore. The demo album Satanas Tedeum was released in 1989. This marked a decisive change in the band's style towards black metal and gothic metal. Influences include Venom, Possessed, Celtic Frost and Bathory. In 1993, Rotting Christ released their debut album Thy Mighty Contract. The band underwent several line-up changes in the following years. The rockers regularly release albums. Major chart successes were a long time coming. In 2014, Rotting Christ celebrated their 25th anniversary with the best-of album 25 Years: The Path of Evil Existence. Five years later, the band achieved their first chart entry in Germany with The Heretics at number 51. The longplayer also reached the charts in Switzerland at number 33. Another Rotting Christ studio album, Pro Xristou, followed in 2024. In Austria, the album climbed into the top 10 at number 9, reaching number 35 in Germany and number 15 in Switzerland.