{"product_id":"rotting-christ-sleep-of-the-angels-lp-gatefold","title":"Rotting Christ - Sleep Of The Angels - LP Gatefold","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlack 12\" vinyl (33 rpm) in gatefold sleeve.\u003cbr\u003eFirst pressing 300 copies worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormed in Athens in 1987, ROTTING CHRIST are one of extreme metal's most enduring and shape-shifting acts—architects of a sound that has moved restlessly between black metal, gothic atmosphere, and dark ritualism across nearly four decades.\u003cbr\u003e‘Sleep of the Angels’ (1999) is the culmination of a deliberate artistic turn: the Greek duo's fifth full-length finds brothers Sakis and Themis Tolis at the furthest point from their black metal origins, delivering a record defined by melodic weight, brooding atmosphere, and a gloomy romanticism that feels both immersive and self-contained. Produced by Samael’s Xy at Woodhouse Studios, the album is built around the interplay of Sakis's heavily chorded guitar work and a constant, gauzy keyboard presence that lends the whole record an almost ecclesiastical quality. Vocals shift between a characteristic snarl and a lower, whispered clean register, adding an intimate tension that runs beneath the surface throughout. From the sweeping martial drive of \"Cold Colours\" and the seductive menace of lead single \"After Dark I Feel\", to the gothic grandeur of \"Victoriatus\" and the closing epic \"Thine Is the Kingdom\", the record moves as a unified whole.\u003cbr\u003eIt is the band's most gothic-focused statement, and for a generation of listeners who came up on dark metal's late-'90s golden moment, it remains one of those albums that returns to you before you think to return to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of NIGHTFALL, MOONSPELL, SEPTICFLESH, PRIMORDIAL, VARATHRON.\u003cbr\u003eArtwork by Stephen Kasner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracklist:\u003cbr\u003eSide A: Cold Colours \/ After Dark I Feel \/ Victoriatus \/ Der Perfekte Traum \/ You My Flesh\u003cbr\u003eSide B: The World Made End \/ Sleep the Sleep of Angels \/ Delusions \/ Imaginary Zone \/ Thine Is the Kingdom\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Season of Mist - International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53304725143895,"sku":"P-177663-","price":24.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/6500\/8471\/files\/Rotting-Christ-Sleep-Of-The-Angels-LP-Gatefold-177663-1-1774965303.jpg?v=1779969475","url":"https:\/\/shop.season-of-mist.com\/products\/rotting-christ-sleep-of-the-angels-lp-gatefold","provider":"Season of Mist - International","version":"1.0","type":"link"}