Customer Reviews

Sleep of Angels

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Out of all of their albums, this has to be my least favorite. It has a couple great tracks, but the only one that really stands out is the title track. On albums like A Dead Poem, Triarchy of Lost Lovers, and Genesis, they succeed in being far more epic....whereas on this album is feels very tired and run of the mill.

Not a bad album by any means, but I recommend pretty much any of their other albums before this one.

Oh...and they are from Greece. Not Germany.

I love this cd, unfortunately, I have been with these guys for a really long time, and this album for me is a little less than what I would have hoped for. The Mighty Contract and Triarchy of lost souls are both extremely epic feeling albums. To a lesser degree, so is A dead Poem, as that particular album just plain rocks, but doesnt give you the feel the formers do. Most people would disagree with me on that, but thats a different review isnt it? I just felt that with Sleep of the angels, Rotting Christ lost their epicness, their passion, and their style. It is still Rotting christ, with many good songs (The title track is the best), but they could have done better......

I GIVE THIS CD 3 STARS BUT ONLY BECAUSE I LIKE THEIR PAST RECORDINGS BETTER, BUT THIS IS STILL A GOOD RECORDING. IF YOU LIKED THE SLOWER GOTHIC FEEL OF "A DEAD POEM", THEN THIS SHOULD PLEASE YOU. ROTTING CHRIST WERE PIONEERS OF THE BLACK METAL GENRE(ALONG WITH MAYHEM). IF MYSTIC BLACKNESS IS WHAT YOU ARE CRAVING, THEN BUY "THY MIGHTY CONTRACT" OR "THE TRIARCHY OF THE LOST LOVERS"

4.5 stars. This album is more or less a continuation in the same Goth Metal direction as their previous release "A Dead Poem." This is superior for the the simple reason that Rotting Christ has refined its apporach, and the result is more fluid. I am a fan of the persuasion that prefers the heavier Rotting Christ albums such as "Thy Mighty Contract" and "Khronos 666." But that should be noted when considering that I rated this more mid-tempo release so highly. For that matter, there really isn't a bad Rotting Christ album for sale here at Amazon.com. "Non Servium" is listed here, but I don't see it being readily available to their fans in the near future. But those that are available are all worth owning. If you are more into mid-tempo Gothic dirges with solid guitar riffs, then "Sleep of the Angels" would be a fine purchase. But if you are like me and you prefer a more brutal attack, try "Thy Mighty Contract" or "Khronos 666." All get my attention. There are many fans here who rank this album as their best. It is a fine album, to be sure. Thank you.

This is a very good disc! I strongly suggest that you purchase it! Why? Well because every track is moving and filled with excellent musicianship! If you are into After Forever, or perhaps Orphanage (An Excellent band from the Netherlands!) Get this disc, it will not dissapoint any metal fan!

No black no white -> gray. Yes just ok album. I cant understand how can somebody find their lets say black metal album ,,as lovely album. I cant get it guys. Its just an average neutral just ok album with very average tracks. And its not black metal -> it just has black metal vocals..the music is lets say slow metal

No matter what others might say, I think that this latest album has given the taste to Rotting Christ mood. I followed them since their very first albums, but whenever time passes I feel much more charmed by their gloriousness. Hail to they souls. Hail your Cult Awaiting the next record

this is a very special album. It doesn't like to the other albums of Rotting Christ. If you like metal, if you like dark metal; there is no other better than this album of Rotting Christ.

Rotting Christ's "The sleep of angels" is by far the best offering from this band. The musical style is quite advanced, and greatly contrasts to the heavy guitar laden format most other underground metal bands favour. Keyboards and synthesizers are well balanced by a blend of raw growling and melodic singing. A must for any metal enthusiast.

Out of all the different gothic bands out there Rotting Christ has my vote for the top three best gothic artists of all time. All the way from Germany these five men kick off some lurid but calm and relaxing gothic metal.

I first saw the album at my local record store and decided to pick it up and check it out, what a great decision I made. The music is so mellow you think your listening to opera but with death vocals. "Sleep of the Angels" is by far Rotting Christ's best album to date. "Dead Poem" was good but it didn't come close to this album. And yes everyone to there own opinion.

I recommend this album to any gothic fan. And if the name of the band offends you cause it's anti-god or whatever just remember.....don't buy it. Anyway, 100% true goth and 110% excellent!

Rotting Christ: Sleep of the Angels

10 stars out of 10 stars