ROTTING CHRIST, are reissuing their album Khronos. First released in 2000, the sixth album from the Greek legends stands as the final pillar of the band’s Gothic period, which started in the mid-1990s, before they turned toward the mythology and cultural roots that characterize their later albums.
Season of Mist will reissue Khronos on July 10, 2026. Pre-order: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/RCReissues
Recorded in the dead of a Nordic winter at Sweden’s Abyss Studios, Khronos carries a sense of cold. Keyboards pull back beneath the guitars rather than ride above them. The album’s overall atmosphere leans toward shadow rather than sheen. Songs like “Thou Art Blind” and “Aeternatus” hit with a ferocity closer to Rotting Christ’s uncompromising 1993 debut Thy Mighty Contract than to the polished gothic sound of the recently reissued Sleep of the Angels. “My Sacred Path,” “Art of Sin,” and the title track hold onto the melodic intelligence of the band’s late-90s records, threading dark wave undercurrents through slower, more insinuating structures. The eleven-minute closer “Glory of Sadness” eventually yields to an industrial-inflected hidden passage—a signal, in its own oblique way, that a door is closing.
Among the most debated moments on Khronos is Rotting Christ’s cover of Current 93’s “Lucifer Over London”. The band’s restrained and deliberate reading of David Tibet’s Neofolk original drew divided responses on release and has continued to do so since.
Tracklist:
- Thou Art Blind (02:47)
- If It Ends Tomorrow (04:28)
- My Sacred Path (05:38)
- Aeternatus (03:15)
- Art of Sin (05:18)
- Lucifer Over London (05:16)
- Law of the Serpent (02:08)
- You Are I (03:27)
- Khronos (06:37)
- Fateless (04:10)
- Time Stands Still (05:04)
- Glory of Sadness (11:26)
Full runtime: 59:39
Current Lineup:
Sakis Tolis — Vocals, Guitar
Kostis Foukarakis — Guitars
Kostas Cheliotis — Bass
Themis Tolis — Drums
Khronos recording Line-up:
Sakis Tolis — Guitars, Vocals
Kostas Vassilakopoulos — Guitars
Andreas Lagios — Bass
Georgios Tolias — Keyboards
Jan Roger Halvorsen — Drums (session)
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