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Thy Mighty Contract

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Released
  
11 November 1993

Producer
  
Rotting Christ

Artist
  
Rotting Christ

Label
  
Osmose Productions

Length
  
35:25

Thy Mighty Contract (1993)
  
Non Serviam (1994)

Release date
  
11 November 1993

Genre
  
Black metal

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Recorded
  
November–December 1992 at Molon Lave Studio

Similar
  
Rotting Christ albums, Black metal albums

Thy Mighty Contract is the first full-length album by Greek black metal band Rotting Christ, released in late 1993 on Osmose Productions.

Contents

It was re-released by Century Black in January 1998 with two bonus tracks originally released on the Apokathelosis EP and different artwork.

Rotting christ thy mighty contract full album


Track listing

  1. "The Sign of Evil Existence" – 2:00
  2. "Transform All Sufferings into Plagues" – 5:25
  3. "Fgmenth, Thy Gift" – 4:29
  4. "His Sleeping Majesty" – 3:33
  5. "Exiled Archangels" – 5:07
  6. "Dive the Deepest Abyss" – 5:50
  7. "The Coronation of the Serpent" – 4:06
  8. "The Fourth Knight of Revelation (Part I and II)" – 6:49
  9. "Visions of the Dead Lover" (bonus track on re-issue) - 4:45
  10. "The Mystical Meeting" (bonus track on re-issue) - 5:03

Credits

  • Sakis “Necromayhem” Tolis – guitar, vocals
  • George “Magus Wampyr Daoloth” Zaharopoulos – keyboards
  • Jim “Mutilator” Patsouris – bass
  • Themis “Necrosauron” Tolis – drums

    • Musical style

    Rotting Christ plays fast black metal in the Greek style, which was, according to Allmusic journalist Eduardo Rivadavia, “slightly over-reliant on furious blastbeats”, but showing “a budding flair for melody”. Chad Bowar of About.com describes the style as black metal which “took on a melodic, slightly heavy metal-ish format“, with a “limited supply of rhythm blasting and lifeless tremolo riffing”.

    Reviews

    Allmusic journalist Eduardo Rivadavia called Thy Mighty Contract “a promising first long-player”, although “the album's production may have been somewhat subpar, and its songs slightly over-reliant on furious blastbeats, but none of this mattered a lick to hardcore extreme metal fans”. About.com featured the album as a Retro Recommendation and criticised the drums for being “too loud, and given the repetitive beats played, it becomes distracting at times. However, the bass is audible, which automatically makes the record something to cherish.“

    Songs

    1The Sign of Evil Existence2:00
    2Transform All Sufferings Into Plagues5:26
    3Fgmenth - Thy Gift4:30

    References

    Thy Mighty Contract Wikipedia
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