Rotting Christ

Rotting Christ
Rotting Christ on Rockwave, Athens, 2015
Background information
Origin	Athens, Greece
Genres	Black metal, gothic metal, death metal (early)
Years active	1987–present
Labels	Osmose Unisound Century Media Season of Mist
Members	Sakis Tolis Themis Tolis Kostas Spades Kostis Foukarakis
Past members	Jim Mutilator Magus Wampyr Daoloth Costas Vasilakopoulos Andreas Lagios Georgios Tolias Giorgos Bokos George Emmanuel Van Ace Melanaegis Giannis Kalamatas
Website	rotting-christ.com

Rotting Christ is a Greek black metal band formed in 1987. They are noted for being one of the first black metal bands within this region, as well as a premier act within the European underground metal scene.^[1] They are also responsible for creating the signature Greek black metal sound prevalent in the early 1990s.