Redemption Festival

@ Button Factory, Dublin

Saturday February 9th 2013

Review by Mark Ashby
Photography by Jamie Hunter

Primordial

Curated by Primordial lead vocalist, Alan Averill, the purpose of this inaugural Redemption event in his home city of Dublin was to bring together half a dozen of Europe’s top black metal outfits under a single roof in a way which the Irish capital had never seen before.
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Interview by Arto Lehtinen

Old Rotting Christ pics by Sakis Tolis

The Greek black/dark metallers Rotting Christ have spread their blasphemic hymns since the 80′s till now. The band has undergone line-up changes and faced up and down hills, but without loosing originality and their roots from the all evil underground days. The latest AEALO was a piece of evidence of Rottting Christ’s uncompromising apocalyptic haunting metal. The band’s cult status amongst the black metal worshippers is definitely incontrovertible. Rotting Christ were booked to play some old school specials at various festivals. The band is working on the follow-up to AEALO and it is good timing to interview the band’s guitarist/vocalist Sakis Tolis.

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Krisiun
Rotting Christ
Incantation
Crionics

The 5th of September 2007
Nosturi Helsinki
Finland

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The Greek black/occult metal scene has always had unique and original bands since the late 80′s when Rotting Christ and Varathron, and later Necromantia, rose from the world beyond. These three hellenic occult black metal bands carved their own marks into the metal underground in the 90′s when they put out legendary releases. For example: ONE STEP BEYOND by Varathron, the legendary Rotting Christ/Monumentum spilt Ep, and the split album of Varathron and Necromantia. However, Varathron has battled through these years by facing the ups and downs, but the band’s leader Stefan NecroAbyssious is still committed to Varathron. Here is the interview with Stefan telling about the new album and other interesting issues in the world of Varathron.

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Sakis Tolis of Rotting Christ

Greek extreme metallers Rotting Christ have soldiered on through the years since the early days of extreme grindcore until now with their new SANCTUS DIAVOLOS opus. The Greek leading metal name has undergone line-up changes that the band?s mastermind and frontman Sakis Tolis will be telling us a about and especially about the above mentioned new album. Into The Abyss we go?.

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