CoC : Rotting Christ - Triarchy Of The Lost Lovers : Review

Rotting Christ - _Triarchy Of The Lost Lovers_
(Century Media, 1996)
by: Adrian Bromley (8 out of 10)

Rotting Christ, Greece's epidemy of black metal return in 1996 with _Triarchy Of The Lost Lovers_, a stunning blend of brutality and passion that rips and tears through nine epic-like songs, rarely losing the listener's interest. _TotLL_ (their debut for Century Media) is the much anticipated follow-up to their triumphant and powerful 1995 Osmose Records release _Non-Serviam_ and much like _NS_, _TotLL_ showcases the deep rooted growls and crashing riffs that embedded the black metal stylings of Rotting Christ as fresh and innovative when they first attained critical claim with their 1991 EP _Passage To Arcturo_. With each album the band has managed to bring forth more creativity and depth to both song structure and the lyrics of each song, allowing the band to not only stay affixed with their black metal tendencies with, "Snowing Still," "Shadows Follow" or "King Of A Stellar War" but also finding them breaking in new musical directions and sounds with songs like "One With The Forest" and "Diastric Alchemy" - songs that are leaning towards more groove and feel to them. One way of looking at _TotLL_ is seeing it as a stepping stone for the band and its growth, as I am sure that with future releases from the band we will see the continuing need for the band to explore other musical boundaries, yet retain the mighty and aggressive sounds they are known for. Bottom line: Rotting Christ delivers strong with _TotLL_ and I highly reccomend this release.

(article published 12/8/1996)

CHATS
10/19/2004	J Smit	Rotting Christ: Back Into the Abyss Once More
3/23/2004	J Smit	Rotting Christ: Still Rotting in the Free World
1/1/1998	P Azevedo	Rotting Christ: Seen One Season, Felt Only Cold
10/11/1996	A Bromley	Rotting Christ: Revealing the Rotted Remains

ALBUMS
10/13/2013	D Lake	8	Rotting Christ - Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy
1/28/2007	J Smit	8.5	Rotting Christ - Theogonia
9/23/2004	J Smit	9.5	Rotting Christ - Sanctus Diavolos
5/19/1999	A Bromley	8	Rotting Christ - Sleep With Angels
11/17/1997	A Bromley	8	Rotting Christ - A Dead Poem

GIGS
3/28/2011	J Carbon	Rotting Christ / Melechesh / Abigail Williams / Lecherous Nocturne / The Ziggurat	The Gates of Sumeria
3/25/2007	J Smit	Rotting Christ / Malevolent Creation / Incantation	Malicious Rot
3/23/2004	J Smit	Decapitated / Rotting Christ / Thus Defiled / Anata	Death Comes Ripping
1/14/2002	D Rocher	Tristania / Rotting Christ / Vintersorg / Madder Mortem	A Night to Remember, a Bill to Forget
3/14/1999	P Schwarz	Deicide / Rotting Christ / Aeternus / Ancient Rites / Behemoth	Dead by Dawn