{"product_id":"rotting-christ-sanctus-diavolos-double-lp-gatefold","title":"Rotting Christ - Sanctus Diavolos - DOUBLE LP GATEFOLD","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlack 12\" double vinyl, cut at 45 rpm for optimum fidelity, in gatefold.\u003cbr\u003eFirst pressing 300 copies worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eROTTING CHRIST formed in Athens in 1987 and have spent decades shaping the sound of Greek black metal, their catalogue standing among the genre's most consistently distinctive. ‘Sanctus Diavolos’, their eighth full-length, remains a defining document of that history.\u003cbr\u003eWritten in the wake of two founding departures, the record found Sakis Tolis taking sole command of guitars, keyboards, and vocals, and that singular authorship gives the album its unusually personal, unified character. Its title devil is not the cold adversary of black metal convention but Lucifer the light-bearer, rendered in warm, seductive tones rather than blasphemous provocation, and that reframing runs through every corner of the record. Gothic melodicism and symphonic ambition meet here in full form, with a live eight-person choir, arranged by Christos Antoniou of Septicflesh, threading through the arrangements to give the album an operatic, cinematic pull. The result moves between aggressive, riff-driven black metal and passages of genuine tenderness, anchored by \"Sanctimonious,\" a brief string-and-choir interlude that remains one of the most affecting moments the band has committed to tape.\u003cbr\u003eClosing on the sprawling, choir-drenched title track, ‘Sanctus Diavolos’ plays less like a collection of songs than a single sustained arc, cohering into the most extreme and fully realized statement of that era in the band's discography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of MOONSPELL, TIAMAT, SAMAEL.\u003cbr\u003eArtwork by Seth Siro Anton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracklist:\u003cbr\u003eSide A: Visions of a Blind Order \/ Thy Wings Thy Horns Thy Sin \/ Athanati Este\u003cbr\u003eSide B: Tyrannical \/ You My Cross \/ Sanctimonius\u003cbr\u003eSide C: Serve in Heaven \/ Shades of Evil\u003cbr\u003eSide D: Doctrine \/ Sanctus Diavolos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"hidden\"\u003eThis item is available for pre-order. It will be available on 09\/11\/2026. \u003cbr\u003eNotice: orders cannot be split into several shipments. Your order will be dispatched when all items are available.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Season of Mist - International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54081225425239,"sku":"P-180768-","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/6500\/8471\/files\/Rotting-Christ-Sanctus-Diavolos-DOUBLE-LP-GATEFOLD-180768-1-1784553870.jpg?v=1784555070","url":"https:\/\/shop.season-of-mist.com\/products\/rotting-christ-sanctus-diavolos-double-lp-gatefold","provider":"Season of Mist - International","version":"1.0","type":"link"}