This song is absolute fucking magic.

Can these guys ever do wrong? After 25+ years in metal, I doubt there is a band with such passion, consistency, creativity, complexity, composition and imagination as Rotting Christ around. Legendary!

@tristansolies905

11 ай бұрын

theyre gods band

@michellecayne2386

2 ай бұрын

Correct 💯

so... Rotting Christ dedicates to Edgar Allan Poe Septicflesh dedicates to H.P. Lovecraft this is why i love these bands

@Florin_A

5 жыл бұрын

do you know exactly wich songs from septicflesh are basted on HP's work?

@dinospapa7413

5 жыл бұрын

@@Florin_A one of their songs is called "lovecrafts death" i don't have something else in mind. Their artworks and video clips are Lovecraft inspired though...

@MAKTIAS

5 жыл бұрын

@@Florin_A as dinos said, lovecraft's death (they basically cite every title that lovecraft used in his works)

@Florin_A

5 жыл бұрын

@@MAKTIAS oh thank you, i heard this song dozens of times but never checked the lyrics or smh

@mrwoodchuck94

5 жыл бұрын

how about our church below the see

A relaxing night at home: bath, beer, candles, and Rotting Christ.

@mortizya666

5 жыл бұрын

Crissy A night? Where I live is only 12:24 pm 😂

@xytraz

5 жыл бұрын

Excactly! A wonderful moment it is and Will be.

@michoak47nfernandez25

5 жыл бұрын

Candles? Sounds gay

@Atheisticaer

5 жыл бұрын

@@michoak47nfernandez25 A dick in the ass is gay, candles can be good to soothe tired eyes hurt by all the fake light in our modern world. Not that I see being gay as something negative.

@geekymetalhead5112

5 жыл бұрын

I'll drink to that

At 3:30 when the vocal dies of and the guitar picks up.. that is one of the best things I hear. When I hear it, I feel like I'm floating in water and get a warm feeling in my body. Soo good =)

@AncientMetalJudge

Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed i feel the same! Check this cover of a metalbrother of this song and you won't regret it kzread.info/dash/bejne/mGeassGeY5SXZc4.html

@killjoyredux8361

Жыл бұрын

Yes...that's the part. Takes me away

@ironmeme7340

Жыл бұрын

Take thine beak from out my heart! *epicness ensues*

@madlordstaz2957

9 ай бұрын

fun fact the rift or musical line comes from "I Ran So Far Away" or "I Run The Streets All Night and Day"

@vikingzeroone9647

6 ай бұрын

@@madlordstaz2957 I had a feeling it sounded familiar. Thank goodness I wasn't the only one who found out.

Saw these guys live last year and this was the song they played for their encore. Hands down the best band I’ve ever seen live.

i'm turkish. i miss the old days when rotting christ gave a concert in a random bar in istanbul, ankara or izmir like every 3 weeks. people in greece or rest of the europe might think turkish people hate greeks but no other country in the world had/has more fans of sakis than turkey.

So this is how the original music of the boss battle of "Tarsus, The First Martyr" from the "Mortal Shell" sounds. Thank you, Rotting Christ, for this masterpiece.

If only Christopher Lee was still alive. He could have read The Raven here :(

@CryingZombie666

5 жыл бұрын

@CrocutaIV Your opinion.

@CryingZombie666

5 жыл бұрын

Don't virtue-signal on me. I prefer Christopher Lee's voice and that's my opinion. Honestly, the one who reads the poem here wouldn't give a fuck if he knew about my opinion. Learn to have backbone.

@georgecolby7488

5 жыл бұрын

That would have been epic!

@aswedishblackmetalgroup1445

5 жыл бұрын

awesome interpretation of the poem! is interestng to *imagine* alt. versions of The Raven poem, incl. C.Lee. personal wishlist: v. feat. swedish actor (RIP) Ernst-Hugo Järegård. hats off to R.C!

@dante666jt

5 жыл бұрын

I am sorry for being ignorant, but who is Mr. Christopher Lee?

3:30 is incredibly goosebump inducing

@Musicsalvation

3 жыл бұрын

Perfection! Check this cover of the song nailed that part kzread.info/dash/bejne/mGeassGeY5SXZc4.html

@lordiblees

3 жыл бұрын

@@Musicsalvation Just checked out. Beautiful footage and cover! Thanks for sharing!

@opalaa5874

Жыл бұрын

lmao it really is damn

@scorchedearth1894

Жыл бұрын

More like horse bumps lol

As I grow older I am constantly looking for metal that puts me into a melodious high. Welcome Rotting Christ!

My favourite METAL band and Song. Greetings from Georgia. 👊🇬🇪

@3abaYaga

Жыл бұрын

Qartveli daamn

That....guitar....riff. Fucking chills, dude.

3:29 3:29 3:29 3:29 3:29 3:29

Sakis, Rotting Christ, you are unbelievable! Still keeping the flame alive and well after decades. This Album is gonna be just awesome! Hails from Italia! Italia e Grecia, una faccia, una razza!

One of the best band from the Hellas

@petarm27

3 жыл бұрын

Ellada :3

@elhermeneutico

3 жыл бұрын

If not the best. When Greek metal comes into the mix, there is at least a reference to RC.

@miachrst

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah.. They make me proud to be Greek! 🤘

@goodtaste8791

3 жыл бұрын

My best friend name is Hubert ! He is from Poland. Cheers from Athens

@lucsgabriel1052

2 жыл бұрын

Hella(s) cool

Oh man the band is awesome, I just happened to hear the track "Pir Threontai" through the PS5 Game: Mortal Shell at Bossfights. So I thought to myself, look at all the songs by the band. What can I say. Unbelievable good ! I'm a full fan of the band now - they're so awesome. I love the song more than anything!!! Nice Greetings from Germany, Berlin to Rotting Christ.

@eugensechel5095

Жыл бұрын

I went the opposite route: I found out about the game thanks to Rotting Christ and I am enjoying it greatly.

Σας ευχαριστώ! Για όλα αυτά τα χρόνια. Για την έκσταση και τα δάκρυα. Για την οργή και την εξιλέωση. Για όλα αυτά που έχω νιώσει εξ'αιτίας της τέχνη σας. /bow

Saw Rotting Christ last Friday at a small venue in Sweden.. There were only room for 350 people and it was fucking Awesome 🤘🤘🤘

@ioannisampatzoglou

2 жыл бұрын

I envy you. Here in their homeland, Medieval Greece, one of their concerts was forbidden by the church and (other) nazis and I couldn't see them.

@Eclipsify6_

Жыл бұрын

​@@ioannisampatzoglou it is sad that an ancient satanic pagan homeland like greece, now with the dominance of christianity forbids music that talks about their own origins. Im an italian fun of rotting christ 🇮🇹🇬🇷

You can only write something like the raven by being in an incredibly dark and melancholic place

Charles Baudelaire in Rituals album, and now Edgar allen poe(without mentioning the old works). This band understands my needs

@user-fh4gf2iq9o

5 жыл бұрын

That's a pity N.Gumilyov isn't popular abroad and is hardly even translated into English. I bet you would like his gloomy poems.

@iaraaraujo3869

5 жыл бұрын

Our needs 2

@taiurquiola

3 жыл бұрын

Terminan superando todas mis expectativas, maravilloso por siempre... ✨🖤🎸🖤✨

@victorcampos4903

3 жыл бұрын

Allan.

It's priceless to hear this song while fighting 'Tarsus The First Martyr' in Mortal Shell. This hyped me up so much!

@jenniferparker7843

Жыл бұрын

Bull of heaven resurrected by Ishtar (queen ov heaven). The bull once beaten in battle always wins the war #gethexedbro

I fall from the holy empire An angel that loosing his path I am tormented with passion and fire I am tormented with pride, greed and lust The Raven Once upon a midnight dreary While I pondered, weak and weary Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore While I nodded, nearly napping Suddenly there came a tapping I am dreaming flying higher and higher I am dreaming hope, fear, love and pain My graceful forbidden desire They always call whisper my name "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! Prophet still, if bird or devil! Whether Tempter sent Or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore Desolate yet all undaunted On this desert land enchanted On this home by Horror haunted Tell me truly, I implore Is there, is there balm in Gilead? Tell me, tell me, I implore!" Quoth the Raven "Nevermore" Deep into that darkness peering Long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting Dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before "Be that word our sign of parting Bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting "Leave no black plume as a token Of that lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken! Quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart" I fall from the holy empire An angel that loosing his path I am tormented with passion and fire I am tormented with pride, greed and lust And the Raven, never flitting Still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas Just above my chamber door And his eyes have all the seeming Of a demon's that is dreaming And the lamp-light o'er him streaming Throws his shadow on the floor And my soul from out that shadow That lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted Nevermore

@MadHatter1337

2 жыл бұрын

Losing*

One of my favorites. The guitar solo brings a feeling akin to that of flying through the clouds, once upon a midnight dreary...

Un poema de Edgar Allan Poe hecho canción de BLACK METAL, simplemente genial.

ROTTING CHRIST + Edgar Allan Poe = Awesomeness!! ✊💀🎤🎶🎸👍

The guy who read the verses of the poem is very expressive. A bad-ass interpretation!!

@schizmeatarg

4 жыл бұрын

yeah I hear ya, though its Rotting Christ. the Simpsons did a Halloween ep. where Homer was going crazy, taking off of the story, what is the true deep meaning of the story? Nevermore.

Your songs are the cure for our souls, thank you Rotting Christ for all these years \m/

Great song for a great poem I..I

EPIC, TOTALLY EPIC, WHAT A RIFF OMG!!!! How can beautiful songs like this one still being composed? Rotting Christ is an amazing formula. This is pure ART.

Ok, this is too much perfection. First Baudelaire,then Alan Poe... My two favourite things; RC and poetry joined together.

@nephalemresurrection7518

2 жыл бұрын

Which album they used from Baudelaire's lyrics ?

@antonelle3477

Жыл бұрын

​@@nephalemresurrection7518 they used their album "rituals" to include their cover on litanies de satan,from fleurs du mal

Probably "The Heretics" will be the best album of 2019.

@captainzeppos

4 жыл бұрын

Best album of the decade!

@voxpopuli905

Жыл бұрын

@@captainzeppos definitely at the top of my list

Rotting Christ is like wine. Year after year becomes better! Greetings from Brazil!

I'm coming here from playing Mortal Shell. As a life-long metalhead I can say I've found a new band. Seems like these guys have been around forever. They need more exposure.

3:29 I can already hear the crowd chanting with the guitar in a live concert

Rotting Christ remind us to be ourselves, through this song. The raven is the reflection of yourself who wants to be free. Freedom... is the most noble ideal.

Rotting Christ only gets better with each listen!

The best I've heard in recent years. It's godlike.

Great Song, and it sounds waaaaaay better in concert!!!!

most beautiful fave song of all time poetry is awsome wen put with metal omg than u rotting christ u r amazing

Rotting Christ and Edgar Allan Poe? Damn, this is my favourite thing ever.

Mortal Shell!!! ❤❤❤❤

Magnífico! Música de pura arte obscura. Hail Rotting Christ!!!

@pedrojunior4143

4 жыл бұрын

\m/

@luzbel5699

4 жыл бұрын

Salve Prometeo 🤘

Mother of god........i have stumbled upon a masterpiece because of septic flesh.........

Man, I cant get enough of this band. This song is killer. Been going to Greece the last two years in a row, this reminds me of my holidays there. Thanks bros!

One of the greatest metal bands out there.

the riff is so addictive

That solo...❤️

3:50 that solo part... GOSH 😍😍

@voxpopuli905

Жыл бұрын

Yeah! I love the way the two guitar players are in complete harmony. Also, it’s not easy playing guitar and also singing. Awesome band. And the more gothic sounding songs of theirs are definitely my favorite

Words are not enough...

@bootsypoots

5 жыл бұрын

🔥🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼🔥

@firesteele

5 жыл бұрын

Στελλαρα μουουου,που χαθηκες?

@AggelosDimos

5 жыл бұрын

Geia sou re stella, kommatara!!!

@user-ph7wf9ob6i

5 жыл бұрын

@@AggelosDimos ναι ρε Αγγελε εννοειταιιι \m/!!!

@user-ph7wf9ob6i

5 жыл бұрын

@@firesteele Γιαννηηη μου!! Εδω ειμαιι !! Χαθηκαμε όντως 😀😀

This poem has got me for over 30 years... Raise The Horns.. 333

Finally something to bring this dusty old poem to life.

"We are the shadow that kills , the hidden death that none suspects" Glory to Corvus Corax and the RavenGuard!

@untouchablesgus

3 жыл бұрын

The emperor protects brother!

Σεβασμός. Μετά από τόσα χρόνια φουλ αξιοπρέπεια στη μουσική σας και εξελιξη. Εύγε Σάκη.

3:29 Epic Dammm Solo !!!

The album is a front to back cinematic masterpiece for me...such an incredible way to close the album

Me: fighting Tarsus the first Martyr with no shell (armor) Tarsus: *Rush to attack* Me: Karaoke time! I FALL FROM THE HOLY EMPIRES! *for those who don't know, Rotting Christ's The Raven is literally the boss fight music but with no vocals.

@raidriarm6716

3 жыл бұрын

The DLC soundtrack fits perfectly with the atmosphere of the game 🔥f***ing awesome

I CANT HANDLE THIS EPICNESS

Wow beautiful song ! , long live to Rotting christ!

I always wondered what this would sound like as a song

Cómo lo reventaron en València. Son legendarios. Auténtica obra maestra

@davidgrimaldo6670

Жыл бұрын

Quien revento a este genio,?

@mortadelovlc

Жыл бұрын

@@davidgrimaldo6670 reventarlo, significa hacerlo genial

@davidgrimaldo6670

Жыл бұрын

@@mortadelovlc 👍

Teaching my neighbours poetry one burst eardrum at a time

When I finally leave this horrible, putrid world, I’ll have a smile on my face knowing this song exists.

Rotting Christ keeps putting out good music, well done on this track. 😁🤘🏻

One of the best band in the world !

This is the definition of perfection.

this have become my top favorite song listening to it for almost a year now

Just so you know, i'm gonna see you live on the 31st for the first time and i can't wait for it. Edgar Allan Poe has been my favorite poet so far. I love him to bits. Combining the raven with your stuff? Well, i just might cry... Its freaking fucking amazing.

Ich habe Rotting Crist einfach lieben gelernt, weil er keine Scheiße von sich gibt, sondern weil er sich mit der Welt und noch viel mehr beschäftigt. Realität und so genannter Wahnsinn stehen so minimal daneben, das ich mich fragen muß, was ist noch real!?

I've been waiting for this one. Absolutely incredible! \m/

Pure epicness. Being consequent in what you do, even after 30 years, is a sign of a real artist.

Waiting in line in the super market blasting this piece with my headphones 🖤😁

I don't think its unfair to say that already, after only a few songs released, this will be the best album of 2019. Unbelievable how good this sounds.

The best song I've ever heard🎸😎

Recordando tremenda joya, el metal es arte vieja!!! piel de gallina!!! si el poema te deja piel de gallina, fusionado con metal es una obra de arte!!!

1st time listening - wtf is this?! Definite no from me. 2nd time listening - I guess it's alright. Its original. 3rd time listening - ok its growing on me. 4th time listening - this is a masterpiece. 5th time listening - cant..stop..listening..

@xxtogiraikonokaxx

5 жыл бұрын

Same thing here :)

@pablo100fuegos

5 жыл бұрын

x2

@crossbringer

5 жыл бұрын

same here,same here!

@silversteele6624

5 жыл бұрын

Well the funny thing is I've been a Rotting Christ fan for years and I love em. But for some reason this song just wasnt clicking for me with the whole reading of the poem in the middle rather than singing it or integrating it in a different way the first time I heard it. But its definitely grown on me and the guitar work is brilliant. Cant wait for the new album!

@nimeryaspawnbrd1049

5 жыл бұрын

I liked it a lot I find it pretty classic for their work, to be honest, so much that it was almost... "cozy"... and for me the poem reading was a rotting christ classic too... something close to the ones with Diamanda's speeches, if you know what I mean in their approach to music it's already "integrated" just as they want it to be, I guess for me it's like le litanies de satan... if you already know the original poem, it works even better

This video is a masterpiece in my opinion. So well made... Hat tip!

This Guys know what true metal is... (this song)...is the spark the flame To drag me out my insane, of my insane \m/ Hail from Albania

2 of my favourite things combined, goosebumps, man.. amazing.

Rotting Christ.......Ελληνες καλλητεχνες...... Big like from Albania

@chrissonne4077

5 жыл бұрын

Rotting Christ is a Greek black metal band - wikipedia...

@SaithrolI

5 жыл бұрын

@@chrissonne4077 ?

Athens Greece, in November along with Moonspell... Can't wait!!!

One of my favourite RC songs, absolutely love it!!!

Great tribute to one of the greatest authors and poets ever existed. This band keeps making their fans proud....

A beautiful song.... Rotting Christ is an excellentt and incredible band...

One of my favorites from rotting christ

Absolutely beautiful!

@themightybanana5731

5 жыл бұрын

oxi

Relaxing, dark and mysterious. Another good job from Sakis

Только за одну эту композицию, мне, большому почитателю творчества Э. А. По, низкий поклон - Грекам - братьям!!!Супер!!!!!Просто ....Супер, нет слов!!!!!

NEVERMORE!

ΜΕ ΔΙΑΦΟΡΑ Η ΠΙΟ ΨΑΓΜΕΝΗ ΜΕΤΑΛ ΜΠΑΝΤΑ.ΣΑΣ ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΟΥΜΕ R.C. ΓΙΑ ΤΗ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗ ΠΟΥ ΜΑΣ ΠΡΟΣΦΕΡΕΤΕ.NON SERVIAM.

Thank you !!!! Amazing work as ever.

So I find it finally! It really rocks when you are fighting the Ice Boss in the "Mortal Shell" game, and it brings me here...

Classic Rotting Christ metal... \m/ Μπραβο ρε αλανια!!!! Χαιρετισματα απο Αγγλια... Καντε καμια καλη και ανεβειτε, να γινουμε!!!

I love this song, and love how you guys evolve in your success Greetings from a big fan from Sweden.

Never expected an homage to Edgar A. Poe from Rotting Christ. I really, really love how melodic it sounds! Looking forward to the album!

Today I listen to this song 20 times, Tomorrow I will be listening more 50 times. Endless beauty!

Edgar Allan Poe y Rotting Christ maravilloso mi amor por el metal y la literatura oscura crece mas

Восторг!🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

Awesome as always! Thank you guys. 🖤

A great redition of a great poem! And by Rotting Christ and metal ... = Instant greatest of all time metal list for me. Discovered by myself way too late, been catching up ever since, but plz continue, it only keeps getting better. Thanks for all the good music, also a joy to see live. One of the bands I will allways go out of my way to attend live. Just my opinion, but a full + on everything!