Khronos 666

Rotting Christ | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 29, 2000)
• Original Release Date: August 29, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Century Media
• ASIN: B00004WFJJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #249,497 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "I'll be the fire that keeps you warm", May 4, 2004

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D. Knouse (vancouver, washington United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Khronos 666 (Audio CD)

I was thoroughly convinced that the heaviest days of Rotting Christ were long gone. But, much like the rebirth of Testament with their album "Demonic," Rotting Christ has reached back and re-established their brutal Metal attack. This time, however, the production is more polished. The music here has all the gothic ambience they have shown from more recent albums mixed with even more excellent guitar work and a much more agressive rhythm section carving a swath of diabolical attitude. Up until the release of "Khronos 666," my favorite Rotting Christ album was "Thy Mighty Contract" with its astonishingly evil texture and audio presence. Listening to that album in the dark makes me feel like some stygian Thing with black, leathery wings is watching me with malevolent intentions. I still prefer "Thy Mighty Contract" over any of the Rotting Christ albums I own, but "Khronos 666" is right on the heels of that seminal Black Metal masterpiece. Another factor that leads me to believe that this album is undeniably excellent is that with each spin of the CD I am discovering more and more detail. The drumming, in particular, is more impressive each time I encounter this darkly alluring music. This is certainly "a welcome reverse shift in direction." May this darkness embrace you.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Art Of Khronos, December 11, 2003

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child_of_the_jester_race "child_of_the_jester... (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Khronos 666 (Audio CD)

Rotting Christ are an amazing band. For those of you who are not familiar with this band, don't dismiss it as a band trying to sell and make news with their controversial name. Their name does not do this band justice. Maybe it's what they were trying to do when they first started, but that was 16 years ago, they have matured and their music developed so much since then. The band is amazingly talented and they trully play beautiful music.

With this album they show us their more aggressive side, which I must add, is not as good. It is overall a much more heavy album than what we are used to from Rotting Christ. Their previous albums, "A Dead Poem", and "Sleep Of Angels", are much more melodic and tranquil than this one, however, this album has plenty of good songs, some resembling their previous work.

"If It Ends Tomorrow" and "My Sacred Path" are very good tracks. The guitars play a major role yet they seem to be kept in the background. The sound in this album is very full, and dispite what these other reviewers said, the production is very good, these reviewers don't know what they are talking about. They make it sound like it was recorded in their garage or something, c'mon be serious, and get informed before reviewing an album. My favourite song in this album is "Art Of Sin", it possesses an amazing riff that few bands can come up with. "Khronos" is another strong track, so are "Fateless", and "Glory Of Sadness".

The reason I gave this album a 4 star review is that even if this album has too many songs that are mediocre (tracks like "Aeternus", "Law Of the Serpent", "You Are I", and even "Thou Art Blind") Rotting Christ still manages to get me hooked to it. I love this band, they are really good, so you must definitely listen to them. If you have never heard their stuff I recommend "A Dead Poem" or "Sleep Of Angels" as they are the classic Rotting Christ albums.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best metal albums of all time., January 25, 2001

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Stipple Pfeffercorn "chaosgoat" (APO, AP USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Khronos 666 (Audio CD)

I own all of the Rotting Christ albums and they are all great. I believe Khronos happens to be their greatest achievement thus far. I was wondering how they would top the mighty Sleep Of The Angels. Khronos is all it is cracked up to be. Trust me. They have indeed gone back to their blacker roots while at the same time keeping the atmosphere of the recent albums. If you are a Rotting Christ fan I don't know how you couldn't love this album. If you haven't heard Rotting Christ before, this is the perfect album to start with. I believe the best metal albums should have 2 key elements: brutality and melody. Khronos is a perfect example of this.