---
title: "Rotting Christ"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/rotting-christ"
genre: "Black Metal"
country: "Greece"
formed: 1987
---

# Rotting Christ

**Rotting Christ** is a black metal band, from Greece, active 1987 to present.

Rotting Christ is a Greek extreme metal band. Founded in Athens in 1987, they are described as being "one of the most influential, long-running metal bands to hail" from their region.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotting_Christ

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Rotting Christ |
| Genre | Black Metal |
| Parent genre | Black Metal |
| Origin | Athens, Greece |
| Formed | 1987 |
| Releases in catalog | 22 |

## Genres

[Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal) · [Melodic Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/melodic-black) · [Gothic Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/gothic-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Kostas Cheliotis](https://themetalnet.com/musician/kostas-cheliotis) | Electric bass guitar | 2020 to present | Current |
| [Sakis Tolis](https://themetalnet.com/musician/sakis-tolis) | Lead vocals, Guitar, Keyboard | 1987 to present | Current |
| [Vagelis Karzis](https://themetalnet.com/musician/vagelis-karzis) | Background vocals, Bass guitar | 2012 to present | Current |
| [George Emmanuel](https://themetalnet.com/musician/george-emmanuel) | Guitar | 2012 to present | Current |
| [Themis Tolis](https://themetalnet.com/musician/themis-tolis) | Drums (drum set) | 1987 to present | Current |
| [Magus Wampyr Daoloth](https://themetalnet.com/musician/magus-wampyr-daoloth) | Background vocals, Keyboard | 1992 to 1994 | Former |
| [George Bokos](https://themetalnet.com/musician/george-bokos) | Guitar | 2005 to 2012 | Former |
| [Andreas Lagios](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andreas-lagios) | Bass guitar | 1997 to 2011 | Former |
| [Costas Vasilakopoulos](https://themetalnet.com/musician/costas-vasilakopoulos) | Guitar | 1996 to 2004 | Former |
| [Georgios Tolias](https://themetalnet.com/musician/georgios-tolias) | Keyboard | 1997 to 2003 | Former |
| [Jim Patsouris](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jim-patsouris) | Bass guitar | 1989 to 1996 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1989 | [The Other Side of Life](https://themetalnet.com/album/4e5062a2-378e-4a8d-aee7-02e375f556c6) | EP |
| 1991 | [Passage to Arcturo](https://themetalnet.com/album/a5f2f0d5-8c7f-3ad7-b593-6f203a0ea8da) | EP |
| 1991 | [Rotting Christ / Monumentum](https://themetalnet.com/album/b0cb93d2-abed-30f9-bee0-d44f8db396ba) | EP |
| 1993 | [Thy Mighty Contract](https://themetalnet.com/album/ba1865cf-7da2-3238-b905-a66a1129410e) | Album |
| 1994 | [Non serviam](https://themetalnet.com/album/2c58b362-b501-3348-9495-bd8b1d74ec70) | Album |
| 1996 | [Triarchy of the Lost Lovers](https://themetalnet.com/album/0c699fda-80c6-3b68-bd64-316e2ea82ea2) | Album |
| 1997 | [A Dead Poem](https://themetalnet.com/album/107375a8-c5e7-3dff-b8da-6b898c25628d) | Album |
| 1997 | [The Mystical Meeting](https://themetalnet.com/album/e64e1acf-5751-3347-b796-6267be4c6f32) | EP |
| 1998 | [Der perfekte Traum](https://themetalnet.com/album/7947626e-485a-39d2-9e4d-5a784b30a34f) | EP |
| 1999 | [Sleep of the Angels](https://themetalnet.com/album/e41533e7-8bad-3e7f-b0eb-bcc3ad131819) | Album |
| 2000 | [Khronos](https://themetalnet.com/album/1e3c0234-b0c0-32b8-9e12-0dda5f67680b) | Album |
| 2002 | [Genesis](https://themetalnet.com/album/eeb7c138-f374-31f3-a577-b3dd8cb48912) | Album |
| 2004 | [Sanctus Diavolos](https://themetalnet.com/album/bc8a2ba5-75c6-373e-8b33-0cabbf2f9f07) | Album |
| 2007 | [Theogonia](https://themetalnet.com/album/f7713b17-13ed-375c-8abd-d087e7abecd3) | Album |
| 2010 | [Aealo](https://themetalnet.com/album/6ef61d40-d4d9-4705-bffa-5bdd594a7522) | Album |
| 2012 | [Naturdemonernas lockrop: I 1000 djävlars namn / The Chasm Depths](https://themetalnet.com/album/d468ad1f-53f5-4f87-967b-ac1d74dfcdd8) | EP |
| 2013 | [Κατά τον δαίμονα εαυτού](https://themetalnet.com/album/624c296c-189e-4d43-a515-e222505e36c5) | Album |
| 2016 | [Rituals](https://themetalnet.com/album/116e8bcc-8f7c-41c4-89a4-597d45e614ac) | Album |
| 2019 | [The Heretics](https://themetalnet.com/album/162830b3-021f-4d57-bda4-0418978b119e) | Album |
| 2019 | [The Sons of Hell](https://themetalnet.com/album/42277954-15be-4ca3-baf0-1b58c576bf54) | EP |
| 2024 | [Pro Xristou](https://themetalnet.com/album/e901ca26-0ca6-43ff-a64a-e48cdd7874bd) | Album |
| 2026 | [Aealo](https://themetalnet.com/album/7654e1da-948f-450b-916e-271ece2efbd7) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Behemoth](https://themetalnet.com/band/behemoth) (listened together)
- [Dimmu Borgir](https://themetalnet.com/band/dimmu-borgir) (listened together)
- [Septicflesh](https://themetalnet.com/band/septicflesh) (listened together)
- [Amon Amarth](https://themetalnet.com/band/amon-amarth) (listened together)
- [Moonspell](https://themetalnet.com/band/moonspell) (listened together)
- [In Flames](https://themetalnet.com/band/in-flames) (listened together)
- [Samael](https://themetalnet.com/band/samael) (listened together)
- [Emperor](https://themetalnet.com/band/emperor) (listened together)
- [Paradise Lost](https://themetalnet.com/band/paradise-lost) (listened together)
- [Amorphis](https://themetalnet.com/band/amorphis) (listened together)
- [Katatonia](https://themetalnet.com/band/katatonia) (listened together)
- [Enslaved](https://themetalnet.com/band/enslaved) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ7jBi1TD0fvyC_gses45OQ
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rottingchristofficial/
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Rotting_Christ/314
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rotting-Christ-290468585669
- x: https://twitter.com/AthanatoiEste
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/gr/artist/28441629
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FhkwcO8Jd7BRWdllBpXBJ
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/5602
- bandcamp: https://rottingchrist.bandcamp.com/
- website: https://www.rotting-christ.com/

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/rotting-christ](https://themetalnet.com/band/rotting-christ). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt