Khronos and Genesis are definitely some of the most underrated RC albums, but I love them both so much! As a half-Greek metalhead, RC was the first band that introduced me to black metal and once I listened to Non Serviam, well, there was no turning back! Triarchy, Theogonia, Thy Mighty Contract, Sanctus Diavolos and Heretics are some of my favorites records too! Keep up the good work, Questy, even though I'm a bit sad you didn't try to pronounce "Κατά τον Δαίμονα Εαυτού" 😉

I’ve only heard the first 3 albums so far but absolutely love those, I’ll need to check out some of the others real soon! The Passage to Arcturo EP is awesome as well. Great video as always! Thanks Questy 🤘🤘

I love your list dude ! I almost agree with all of it maybe I would flip a few around but it’s pretty much on the money 👍👍🤘🤘😈

I had listened to some RC before but this inspired me to check out more. Listened to Non Serviam last night and absolutely loved it.

Questy! Would love to see your favorite atmospheric death metal albums! I've pretty recently discovered stuff like Tribulation's Formulas of Death, Blood Incantation, Venenum, Morbus Chron, Sulphur Aeon, etc. Down for more of you have any recs (or maybe even a video?)

Man I like your RC taste. Theogonia and thy mighty contract is on top for me

Loved this video!

Great list - pretty much similar to my own rankings. Still remember my first steps as a metalhead in the early 90s and buying Non Serviam on cd - it blew me away! If you want to listen to an amazing Greek black metal band (lead by former RC bassist Jim Mutilator), try Yoth Iria - phenomenal music!

Hi mate great list can't disagree with you 👍🏾.

Theogonia is an amazing album! Nothing beats Thy Mighty Contract it will always be my #1. Great list!

An astounding act of self indulgence.

Do Moonspell please ;)

I really like that you discovered Rotting from Aealo, but eventually you also reached back to their top notch works which are The mighty & Non Serviam. With minor difference i would place Non in the first place and i also think that Dead Poem is much much higher in the ranks. Small hint, Non Serviam has such a good songwriting that you literally hear it for decades ( i strongly believe that Non Serviam and Necromantia's Scarlet Evil Witching Black are the 2 top Greek black metal releases of all time).

Interesting ranking, I agree with some of it, not others. Sleep of the Angels and A Dead Poem are easily in my top 5 from the band so... lol :))))) I don't feel there's a huge sound difference between them and Triarchy of the Lost Lovers, so the wildly different rankings were a bit surprising, but hey, it's BM, each album can hit us in unique ways. But yeah, this is a tough band to rank because almost all their albums are damn near flawless. Heretics and Rituals are the only ones which, although I like, are a bit more hit-and-miss in terms of consistency so I'd probably rank them last.

The Greek phrase "Κατά τον δαίμονα εαυτού" may be translated in several ways, including as "do what thou wilt", a quote associated with Aleister Crowley and Thelema. Sakis Tolis contended that this was the label's translation of the Greek phrase, and a more accurate translation is "true to your own spirit", which better fits the subject matter of the album. The same sentence can also be seen on Jim Morrison's tombstone, again in Greek.

@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063

2 жыл бұрын

I quote it every few days lol

Geez, this was hard, but finally i managed to rank all albums 13. Rituals 12. The Heretics 11. Aealo 10. Genesis 9. Kata... 8. Sanctus Diavolos 7. Theogonia 6. Sleep of the Angels 5. Khronos 4. Non Serviam 3. A Dead Poem 2. Thy Mighty Contract 1. Triarchy of the Lost Lovers My top 5 are pretty much set in stone. The rest could change from time to time, but i don't really listen to those albums a whole lot, so i really don't care too much about their ranking.

@rahmatsumantri6577

10 ай бұрын

What are your favorite songs by Rotting Christ?? Top 15 or 10 if you don't mind

@Arutha_Con_Doin

10 ай бұрын

@@rahmatsumantri6577 Oh wow, that's a tough one, because i think their albums work best in their entirety. But if i had to choose a couple of songs i would say (in no particular order): King of a stellar war, The sign of prime creation, Non serviam, Transfer all sufferings into plagues, Among two storms, Art of sin, After dark i feel. Those are more or less my favorite songs on my favorite albums.

@rahmatsumantri6577

10 ай бұрын

@@Arutha_Con_Doin Gonna check them. Thank you very much🤘

@g.g.nonserviam7633

8 ай бұрын

​@@rahmatsumantri6577Seriously???😂😂😂 ..........😮🤯👈

@g.g.nonserviam7633

8 ай бұрын

🙊🙊🙊🙊🙊🙈🙈🙈🙈🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉♠️🤘🏻🎸🔥🤘🏻😈🏴‍☠️

I remember hearing Triarchy when it came out and being amazed by the melodic riffs. They are one of my favorites and probably the biggest influence for my black metal side. Really fun learning their music. My ranking is gonna be different because i have alot of nostalgia with most of these albums. 14. Passage to Arcturo 13. Rituals 12. Heretics 11. Thy Mighty Contract (yep, its ranked low because maybe i listened to it too much and i just like others a bit more i guess) 10. Khronos 9. Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy (i listened to alot back when i was dominating hitman absolution leaderboards ps3 as BrainyCabde) 8. Sanctus Diavlos 7. A Dead Poem 6. Genesis 5. Non Serviam 4.Sleep of the Angels 3. Aealo 2. Theogonia 1. Triarchy of the Lost Lovers

I've heard of Rotting Christ but accidentally assume they were Death Metal - which Iam not a fan off. Then I saw the album The Heretics being promoted and gave it a listen out of curiosity and my god it blew me away!!! Loved that album now working my way through their discography lol

Rotting Christ man .. spartan metal at its best ! I met them a couple of weeks ago we were playing on the same festival in Germany, these guys are metal as fuck . I'm Greek so I can translate those 2 titles for you my friend, Aealo means conquered or taken over. And Kata ton demona eafto means follow(trust) your inner voice, thats ancient Greek.

@g.g.nonserviam7633

8 ай бұрын

Κατά Τον Δαίμονα Εαυτού... Αναγράφεται πάνω από τον τάφο του Jim Morrison.

Rotting Christ is simply flawless. Wow. This was a hard list but I'm gonna go with non servium and Aealo

I started with Aealo and became a fan just off that.

For me thy mighty contract is their best too and 1 of my favourits of all times in extreme metal.. bought it when it came out back in the days just by it's cover art...yeahhh, I'm that old LOL :)

Hi mate another one you know a band called Brymir?

Nailed it!

The best álbum is The Mighty Contract!!!!!!!!!!!!

My all time favorite is "Κατά Τον Δαίμονα Εαυτού". A truly masterpiece for me. Then come together "Theogonia" and "Aelo", and with them, yes... "A Dead Poem"! Your second worst! Actually "A Dead Poem" was really hated in my country Greece when it first came out. Metalheads thought that Rotting Christ were "sold out" with this album. But now it 's for many people an absolute favorite, a classic. How times change...

Hi mate do you know the Greek band Aetherian ?

A Dead Poem is a classic. Ya done it dirty 😂 I think it takes what the earlier albums were trying to do and perfects it. I also personally find Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy to be pretty dull, but that’s par for the course for the divergence in our stylistic takes. Cheers for the list. Been looking forward to doing this one for a pretty long time. Just waiting to see what the next album brings.

@Questformetal

2 жыл бұрын

In my opinion the sound was perfected right away haha but yeah it’s good to see the different takes look forward to your list

I cant get into their older stuff , its grating, but i like the rythmic new stuff . I live aealo( i added googly eyes lol) , and kata ton, rituals

Very hard to rank, most of the albums are perfect

1. Non Serviam 2. Triarchy of the lost lovers 3. The mighty contract Love them. Hail from Greece

@rahmatsumantri6577

10 ай бұрын

What are your favorite songs by Rotting Christ? Top 15 or 10 if you don't mind

@lambiskipenis9211

10 ай бұрын

@@rahmatsumantri6577 The Sign of evil existence, Fgmenth thy gift , exiled archangels , Saturn unlock avey's son , Non Serviam , Morality of a dark age , Archon, king of a stellar war, Shadows follow, sorrowfull farewell, victoriatous , my sacred path, visions of a blind order, athanati este, Nemecic ,the signe of prime creation, Demonon Vrosis, Pir Threnontai, Kata ton daimona eaftou, elthe Kurie 20. Can't go any less 😎🤣

@rahmatsumantri6577

10 ай бұрын

@@lambiskipenis9211 Thank you very much for the list🤘Gonna check them out.

Whaaaat??? Sleep of the angels on the last place?? It is the best album !!!

@MRituals

9 ай бұрын

Rotting Christ is my favorite band. I list Sleep of the Angels as #1 as well.

1. A Dead Poem 2. Sanctus Diavolos 3. Thy Mighty Contract 4. The Heretics 5. The Rituals 6. Kata Ton Daimona 7. Triarchy Of The Lost Lovers 8. Non Serviam 9. Khronos 10. Sleep Of The Angels 11. Aealo 12. Genesis 13. Theogonia

@rahmatsumantri6577

10 ай бұрын

What are your favorite songs by Rotting Christ? Top 15 or 10 if you don't mind

@bredexponjadea7007

10 ай бұрын

@@rahmatsumantri6577 sure, no problem 1. A Dead Poem (A Dead Poem) 2. Sorrowful Farewell (A Dead Poem) 3. Among Two Storms (A Dead Poem) 4. Tile Track (Sanctus Diavolos) 5. The New Messiah (The Heretics) 6. For A Voice Like Thunder (The Rituals) 7. You My Cross ( Sanctus Diavolos) 8. A Dynasty From Ice ( Triarchy Of The Lost Lovers) 9. Keravnos Kivernitos ( Theogonia) 10. Transform All The Suffering Into Plagues (Thy Mighty Contract) 11. Daemons (Genesis) 12. Hallowed By Thy Name (The Heretics) 13. Thine Is The Kingdom.(Sleep Of The Angels) 14. Cine Iubește Si Lasa (Kata Ton Daimonos) 15. Full Colour Is The Night (A Dead Poem)

Much like you, I think the first is still the best: Thy Mighty Contract! The most epic, dark, satanic and atmospheric album and the best of their releases! Nothing can surpasss Thy Mighty Album when it comes to its sick atmosphere and the awesome riffs. Everything on this album shows a band at its full force tgat unfortunately will never sound like this again. It's truly a gem of the Greek Black Metal Scene and an classic on its own! As about the rest... Ranking: 1 - Thy Mighty Contract 2 - Non Serviam 3 - Triarchy of the Lost Lovers 4 - Theogonia 5 - Genesis 6 - Sanctus Diavolos 7- Sleep of the Angels 8 - A Dead Poem 9 - Aealo 10 - Kata ton Daimona 11 - Rituals 12 - Khronos 13 - The Heretics If you want to know, I'm a big Rotting Christ fan! 🖤🤘

@rahmatsumantri6577

10 ай бұрын

What are your favorite songs by Rotting Christ?? Top 15 or 10 if you don't mind

@emperorsavron-peterdewind0358

10 ай бұрын

@@rahmatsumantri6577 alright. 1-The Fourth Knight of Revelation 2-Fgmenth, Thy Gift 3-Coronation of the Serpent 4-Exiled Archangels 5-Non Serviam 6-The Fifth Illusion 7-Wolfera the Chacal 8-Morality of a Dark Age 9-King of a Stellar War 10-A Dynasty from the Ice 11-Diastric Alchemy 12-The First Field of the Battle 13-Shadows Follow 14-Visions of the Dead Lovers 15-Astral Embodiment It was kind of difficult for me to mention some songs from Rotting Christ, since I like a lot most of their stuff, especially the 1991-1996 period.

@rahmatsumantri6577

10 ай бұрын

@@emperorsavron-peterdewind0358 Thank you very much for the list🤘Gonna check them out.

RC is arguably my favorite band and Sleep of the Angels is my favorite album.

Khronos and theogonia were the first ones I heard like ‘em a lot

hey man, you know there is a new Drudkh due in November?

@Questformetal

2 жыл бұрын

I knew there was one coming out but didn’t know it was November. Gonna be gooood

@spencergrady5501

2 жыл бұрын

@@Questformetal fingers crossed

Been listening to RT since 1996, when Triarchy came out. Still love every album they've put out. Here's my top 5, not in order: 1. Triarchy of the Lost Lovers 2. Theogonia 3. Kata Ton asdfljasdflkadsfsa 4. Khronos 5. Rituals

Please go watch this band live if you ever have the chance. They are one of the best if not the best band I've seen live, their energy is unmatched

@derpherpula592

Жыл бұрын

Going to see them at Hell's Heroes in Houston Texas next March

interesting choice putting sleep of angels last. Not my favourite by a long strech but I like heretics a lot less. Execution on Heretics is just very messy. Good ideas just put together very sloppily. Mine might be a bit different than others but for me, going best to worst Thy Mighty Contract Triarchy of Lost Lovers Non-Serviam Dead Poem Sanctus Diavolous Theogonia Khronos Genisis Aelo Rituals Kata Ton Daimon Heretics

@rahmatsumantri6577

10 ай бұрын

What are your favorite songs by Rotting Christ? Top 15 or 10 if you don't mind

I haven't really gone through much of Rotting Christ's music. I really love Triarchy of lost lovers, but I haven't really listened to their other stuff. I did listen to their latest single which I kind of hated, it really didn't sound good to me.

Hail from Greece 🇬🇷

Love RT, they've been really consistent throughout the years. Sadly their last 2 albums are kinda on the weak side. A Dead Poem kinda makes sense in the time it was released. Mid-late 90's Gothic metal was peaking and RT did their take on it. It's obvious the emulation of bands like Moonspell and Tiamat on this album, but i really like it. It has very cool and catchy songs. 1. Thy Mighty Contract 10/10 2. Triarchy of the Lost Lovers 9/10 3. Κατά τον δαίμονα εαυτού 9/10 4. Theogonia 9/10 5. Aealo 8/10 6. A Dead Poem 8/10 7. Sanctus Diavolos 7,5/10 8. Khronos 7,5/10 9. Non Serviam 7/10 10. Genesis 7/10 11. Sleep of the Angels 6,5/10 12. The Heretics 6,5/10 13. Rituals 6/10

@rahmatsumantri6577

10 ай бұрын

What are your favorite songs by Rotting Christ? Top 15 or 10 if you don't mind

The Hellenic black metal scene is fantastic. Rotting Christ is great especially live. 13 Sleep of the Angels 12 Kronos 11 A Dead Poem 10 Katá ton Daimona Eautoú 9 Aealo 8 Genesis 7 Triarchy of the Lost Lovers 6 Theogonia 5 Sanctus Diavolos 4 The Heretics 3 Rituals 2 Non Serviam 1 Thy Mighty Contract

@spencergrady5501

2 жыл бұрын

Human Serpent are slithery

@vicenteraira

2 жыл бұрын

Sleep of the Angels is a fantastic album. I wish more bands could replicate that sonority. I understand it is not BM, but totally unique.

@Transilvanian90

Жыл бұрын

@@vicenteraira I love Sleep of the Angels, a bit surprised to see it ranked so low by some people.

@rahmatsumantri6577

10 ай бұрын

What are your favorite songs by Rotting Christ? Top 15 or 10 if you don't mind

If you want the Greek pronunciation of Aealo it's like Eh-AH-lo. Kata ton Daimona Eaytou is similar to the spelling, KatA ton DEH-mona Eh-af-TWO.

Dead poem is either first or second favourite by my fellow greek dudes

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1:55 too bad it didn't fall down while you were talking about sleep of the angels

Sleep of the Angels and A Dead Poem are the only Rotting Christ albums I like. Taste is a silly thing

13. Sleep of the angels 12. Rituals 11. Heretics 10. A dead poem 9. Aealo 8. Kata... 7. Sanctus diavolos 6. Khronos 5. Genesis 4. Thy mighty contract 3. Theogonia 2. Non Serviam 1. Triarchy of the lost lovers

@rahmatsumantri6577

10 ай бұрын

What are your favorite songs by Rotting Christ? Top 15 or 10 if you don't mind

From best to "worst" 1. Back in 1998 the first track that hooked me in was Snowing still, so Triarchy is, by default, an anchor and the defining RC sound for me and with Elysian Fields to be my main influences when I'm thinking Hellenic Black (and maybe Nightfall GR) 2. A curve ball here for any RC fan, A Dead Poem. After almost 25 years listening to RC I can say with confidence that Dead Poem has more similarities with my favorite album than differences. Brutal vocals and guitars are quite aggressive in more parts, it is melodic and atmospheric with dirty harmonics here and there, and by playing them on the guitar you can't distinguish the two albums (specially with songs like Sorrowful farewell or among two storms) 3. Even though I can't really rank one over the other from here and on, I could say Non Serviam is my no.3 for the same reasons as beyond. Plus this is the second ever album that I listened to and was a blast with the dirty harmonics in the riff of Non Serviam to be a joy. A style that started with Non Serviam and carried on to the next two albums. 4. OK Khronos is next.There is no song that I would skip in this album (same goes to Triarch but not to Dead Poem or Non Serviam). More of the tracks have a lighter tone but it starts with a blast with "Thou art Blind" and somewhere in the middle of the album "You Are I" is there to keep the tension. 5. Genesis could be my number 2 RC album but I listened to it over and over and over again when it first came out that I started to spot similarities in almost every track in the album but Lex Talionis and maybe Daemons, that makes it difficult for a song to stand out. Even though Khonos was the turning point to their origins, Genesis was the album with the most expectations, with the returning of the old good logo to leave a clear message. The aggressiveness of the album is the reason that I always choose it to play first, but there is new experimental elements which always turn me off in the end. Things like the riff of Nightmare, that it sounds like Greek pop or Greek folk songs (Λόγια κλειδωμένα), which unfortunately they continued in a higher rate after Genesis. 6, Thy Mighty Contract would be quite higher in the past. This is the typical sound or 90s for hellenic black metal bands, a disc that should be classified as Thou art Lord (Daoloth have played some part there) than RC. Don't get me wrong there is nothing bad with a good old "The Era of Satan Rising", but still first era of RC could end like Necromantia or Thou Art Lord than what they became since their 2nd era and after. 7. Sleep for the Angels is the penultimate disc that I listen to. This is an excellent album with some exceptional songs in it, like Cold Colors, After Dark I feel, and Der Perfekt Traum, but it is not what first comes to your mind when you hear the phrase "Rotting Christ". This is closer to Moonspell though which is not a bad thing after all. 8. Last but not least, Sanctus Diabolus, a medium, a passage from their third era to their forth era, a continuation to Genesis with tracks like Vision of the Blind order or Thy Wings Thy Horns Thy Sin (love this song), some between Genesis and Theogonia like Athanati Este and Sanctus Diabolus and others that I can not listen at all like Tyrannical. After Sanctus Diabolus the Greek folk additions and their style in general has been changed so much, that even though I can realize that I'm listening to RC still feels that there is nothing much from the band I loved.

Torchic dies at 1:56

thy and triarchy

Personally I prefer their later stuff or albums post Non Serviam. Not a big fan of black greek scene really.

I'm definitely the outlier here. One of my favorite bands and I've been with them since Triarchy came out. I was addicted to that album and didn't go anywhere without it. Here's my list after 25+ years of full devotion to the band (changes per season): 1. A Dead Poem 2. Theogonia 3. The Heretics 4. Rituals 5. Κατά τον δαίμονα εαυτού 6. Sleep of the Angels 7. Aealo 8. Triarchy of the Lost Lovers 9. Genesis 10. Sanctus Diabolos 11. Khronos 12. They Mighty Contract 13. Non Serviam

I disagree as for A Dead Poem sounding like Paradise Lost, l think it sounds more like Dark Tranquility's first two albums.

METAL FROM HELLAS🇬🇷🇬🇷🤘🤘Check also Septicflesh!! I am proud to be a Greek metalhead

@erikberg5363

2 жыл бұрын

Septicflesh and Rotting Christ of course are both fantastic! Varathron is another awesome band, and I like Flames as well. I also enjoy some of the old stuff too, like Socrates, Aphrodite’s Child and Vangelis. And I’m sure there’s a lot of other great music from your country that I still need to hear! Cheers 🤘🤘

@custer13

2 жыл бұрын

@@erikberg5363 thanks mate i will check them out.

@erikberg5363

2 жыл бұрын

@@custer13 If you like Rotting Christ I’m sure you’ll enjoy Varathron! I also forgot to mention Necromantia, Hail Spirit Noir, Dead Congregation and Spectral Lore. All great bands

Slayer has had atmospheric stuff lol

finally

Trianchy of the Lost Lovers is straight Gothic Metal album, sorry mate, you can hear the Paradise Lost influence all over

bullsheet list!

more like rotting crap letsgooo

@pyramidhead3109

2 жыл бұрын

hahahaha gottem

@Transilvanian90

Жыл бұрын

The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.