Rotting Christ have announced that their thirteenth full-length album “Rituals” will be released through Season Of Mist on February 12th. A track from it titled “Elthe Kyrie” can be streamed below via Stereokiller. Band founder Sakis Tolis commented:
“Dear friends, we now present the first creation of our forthcoming album ‘Rituals‘ to you. It is not an easy task to pick only one song to represent a whole album as diverse as this, but as this has to suffice for the time being, the choice fell on “Elthe Kyrie“. “Elthe Kyrie” translates as ‘Come Lord’ and was influenced by the tragic ancient Greek poet Euripides and more specifically his creation ‘Bakxais’. This pure bacchanalian play refers to the coming of the new god.
The ritualistic atmosphere of this historical theater-drama influenced us lyrically as well as musically, and resulted in this song. There only remains one thing, which is us taking you on a mystical journey into ancient Greek bacchanalian occultism. The female guest vocals are courtesy of the fabulous Danai Katsameni, an actress of the National Hellenic Theater.”
Pre-orders are available here, with the track listing and cover art posted below:
01 – “In Nomine Dei Nostri”
02 – “Ze Nigmar”
03 – “Elthe Kyrie”
04 – “Apage Satana”
05 – “Les Litanies De Satan (Fleurs du mal)”
06 – “For A Voice Like Thunder”
07 – “Komx Om Pax”
08 – “Devadevam”
09 – “Thou Thanatou”
10 – “The Four Horsemen”
