Triarchy of the Lost Lovers

Rotting Christ | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 20, 1996)
• Original Release Date: August 20, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Century Media
• ASIN: B000005HMZ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,713 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars arguably their best..., May 22, 2003

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torquemada "sweating_demon" (beirut, lebanon) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Triarchy of the Lost Lovers (Audio CD)

this album imo is tied with "a dead poem" for best rotting christ album. triarchy is a lot more catchy though, and you're instantly hooked by the hallucinating riffing and crushed by the cold atmosphere of the album. the music flirts with elements of doom and black metal to create an impeccable fusion of perfectly tuned darkness. i think that only 2 or 3 songs are average while the rest is monumental in its entirety, especially the mighty "Archon" with its traumatizing rythm section and bass. tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 and 8 are just as efficient. what the hell, just buy this and you'll surely die smarter.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well thought out melodic/doom metal, August 1, 2000

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Jahangir Hasan (Santa Clara, CA) - See all my reviews
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I first heard rotting christ nearly 2-3 years ago on "thy mighty contract" ... and it literally blew me away. I've heard of this record and always wanted to get my hands on it which I recently did. Well most of my review will follow in comparison to "thy mighty ... ". All in all this very much lives up to my expectations from this band ... some fans of "thy mighty .. " might criticize the loss of speed here ... but those people I feel have altogether missed the point to rotting christ .... PASSION is the word ... there are other melodic bands around too .. but I have heard only a few that put this indescribable feeling to their atmosphere ... its just as intense as it was with "thy mighty .. " beautiful soulful music that makes you feel contemplatingly sad/angry in a very passionate way. The songs are "relatively" slow but all the beauty is there ... there is much more solo and lead guitar work ... most, in fact nearly all of the riffs and compositions use higher scaled guitar work in parallel with the main guitar e-chord riffs .... the parallelism adds a lot of brains to the possibilities and give a feeling of well-thought-outness to the whole music. My score is defintely 10 out of 10 ... if you're into melodic metal this one is not to be missed ..... just to give a more definite picture ... my favorites include katatonia/opeth/mydyingbride etc. so anybody with these kind of tastes certainly needs to hear this one too.

5.0 out of 5 stars Rotting Christ - Triarchy of the Lost Lovers, September 13, 2011

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1996's Triarchy of the Lost Lovers is RC's triumph and masterpiece. It is among the best extreme metal albums every made. Each song strikes a different chord inside the listener, making each song unique in delivery, yet the songs reign in the realm of the album. The drums especially the snare drum hit with a clear resonance. Though the guitars are low tuned for the Death/Black metal genre, they emit sound clearly and in the perfect space inside the open air of the album's production. At times Sakis nearly whispers and can be heard just as well as the loudest guitar. Though Rotting Christ are unquestionably an Extreme Metal group, playing the heaviest on Triarchy is not a primary goal, and hardly a secondary goal. The combination of distinctly heard guitar riffs that have the perfect tone and overdrive and the impeccable melody and sublime guitar harmony throughout makes the album pace at a nearly enchanting speed. Triarchy is one of the best extreme metal albums, and makes the case that this extreme genre of rock can not only be uncompromisingly heavy and brutal, but also uncompromisingly beautiful and artistic.