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2016 studio album by Rotting Christ
Rituals is the twelfth full-length album by Greek
extreme metal band
Rotting Christ . It was released on 12 February 2016, via
Season of Mist . The album debuted at number 14 on the Billboard heatseekers album chart
[3] and at number 10 on Ifpi Greek charts.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Sakis Tolis, except for "
The Four Horsemen " by
Aphrodite's Child and "Του θάνατου (Tou Thanatou)" by
Nikos Xilouris ; the lyrics for "For a Voice Like Thunder" have been taken from a dramatic piece, "King Edward the Fourth", by
William Blake . The lyric of "Les Litanies de Satan" is taken directly from
Les Fleurs du mal by
Charles Baudelaire
Title 1. "In Nomine Dei Nostri" (
Latin for "In the Name of Our God") 4:57 2. "זה נגמר (Ze Nigmar)" (
Hebrew for "It's Over") 4:43 3. "Ἐλθὲ κύριε (Elthe Kyrie)" (
Greek for "Come Lord") 4:49 4. "Les Litanies de Satan (Les Fleurs du Mal)" (French for "The Litanies of Satan (The Flowers of Evil)") 3:55 5. "Ἄπαγε Σατανά (Apage Satana)" (Greek for "Begone, Satan") 3:50 6. "Του θάνατου (Tou Thanatou)" (Greek for "Of Death") 3:37 7. "For a Voice like Thunder" 6:11 8. "Konx om Pax" (Greek for "Watch and do no harm";
Egyptian for "Light rushing out in a single ray") 6:21 9. "देवदेवं (Devadevam)" (
Sanskrit for "God of Gods") 5:18 10. "The Four Horsemen" 5:24 Total length: 49:05
Digipak edition bonus track Title 11. "Lok'tar Ogar" (
Warcraft Orcish for "Victory or Death") 4:25 Total length: 53:30
Personnel
Rotting Christ
Additional personnel
Vagelis Karzis – backing vocals
George Emmanuel – backing vocals, lead guitar (track 3),
recording
Manolis Antzoletakis – backing vocals
Giorgos Petratos – backing vocals
Theodoros Aivaliotis – vocals (choir)
Giannis Stamatakis – vocals (choir)
Babis Alexandropoulos – vocals (choir)
George Zacharopoulos – additional vocals (track 1)
Danai Katsameni – additional vocals (track 3)
Vorph – additional vocals (track 4)
Nick Holmes – additional vocals (track 7)
Kathir – additional vocals (track 9)
Nikos Veletzas – percussion
George Anamouroglou – percussion
Fotis Benardo – percussion
Alexandros Kalfakis – percussion
Konstantis Mpistolis –
bagpipes (tracks 3, 9)
Giorgos Nikas –
bagpipes (tracks 3, 9)
Nikola Nikita Jeremić – orchestration (tracks 1, 7)
Production
Charts
References
Studio albums Compilation albums EPs and singles