Rotting Christ – ‘Aealo’ CD

‘Aealo’ is the tenth full-length album by the Greek extreme metal band Rotting Christ.

Vocalist Sakis Tolis stated that ‘Aealo’ is the transcription of the Ancient Greek word “ΕΑΛΩ” into the Latin alphabet. It means thrashing, catastrophe or destruction and reflects the musical and lyrical content of the album.

The latter does not entail the new offering from the Greek gods of atmospheric black metal is so dull that the listening session is an ordeal. On the contrary, ‘Aealo’ is a perfect, coherent album with plenty of well-written and played songs. The sound is hefty and rich, clear but not too clean. Just perfect.

Rotting Christ is known to be a consistent band that does not shift their musical style with every passing fad, but it seems like they have made a more enormous leap this time.

It is one of those albums where rating depends on individual tastes (or even current mood) in the first place. Near perfect and so very refreshing.