Genesis is the seventh full length album by the Greek black metal

Black metal

Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....

 band, Rotting Christ

Rotting Christ

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.- Line-up :...

.

The release showed some return to the group's more aggressive early days as a black metal

Black metal

Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....

 band, featuring fast, percussive tempos and raw vocals, as well as some gothic and doom elements from middle releases.

It was produced by Andy Classen

Andy Classen

-Holy Moses:He began his career in 1980 as a guitarist for the German thrash metal band Holy Moses, fronted by his ex-wife Sabina Classen. In 1989 the band bought a house in the village of Borgentreich-Bühne in the vicinity of Warburg, North Rhine-Westphalia...

 in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 at the Stage-One-Studio, also used by Krisiun

Krisiun

Krisiun is a Brazilian death metal band, founded by Alex Camargo , Moyses Kolesne , and Max Kolesne . Since its formation, in 1990, the group recorded two demos, Evil Age in 1991, and Curse of the Evil One in 1992, and self-released an extended play titled Unmerciful Order in 1993...

, Belphegor

Belphegor (band)

Belphegor is a blackened death metal band from Salzburg, Austria. They originally formed in 1991 under the name Betrayer before changing their name in 1993. They are named after the demon Belphegor.-Early years :...

 and Callenish Circle

Callenish Circle

Callenish Circle was a melodic death metal band from the Netherlands. They recorded three of their albums for Metal Blade Records, and broke up in February 2007. In the early 2000s things were going well for the band. In 2002 they toured with God Dethroned, played at the Dutch version of Ozzfest...

.

Track listing

1. "Daemons" – 3:27
2. "Lex Talionis" – 5:03
3. "Quintessence" – 4:45
4. "Nightmare" – 7:08
5. "In Domine Sathana" – 5:16
6. "Release Me" – 3:51
7. "The Call of the Aethyrs" – 4:32
8. "Dying" – 4:48
9. "Ad Noctis" – 6:11
10. "Under the Name of the Legion" – 6:29

Credits

• Sakis Tolis- guitar, vocals
• Kostas Vassilakopoulos - guitar
• Andreas Lagios - bass
• Georgios Tolias - keyboards
• Themis Tolis - drums