The Heretics (album) explained

The Heretics
Type:	studio
Artist:	Rotting Christ
Cover:	Rotting Christ - The Heretics 2019.jpeg
Released:	15 February 2019
Recorded:	2018
Studio:	Pentagram Studios (Athens, Greece)^[1]
Genre:	Melodic black metal
Length:	43:36
Label:	Season of Mist
Producer:	Sakis Tolis
Prev Title:	Rituals
Prev Year:	2016

The Heretics is the thirteenth full-length album by Greek extreme metal band Rotting Christ. It was released on 15 February 2019 via Season of Mist.^{[2] [3]} Loudwire named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019.^[4]

Personnel

Rotting Christ

• Sakis Tolis – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, production^[1]
• Themis Tolis – drums

Additional personnel

• Stelios Steele – poem narration (track 1, 4, 10)
• Alexis Karametis – vocals (backing) (track 6)
• Stratis Steele – vocals (choirs)
• Alexandros Louziotis – vocals (choirs)
• Giannis Stamatakis – vocals (choirs)
• Theodoros Aivaliotis – vocals (choirs)
• Nikos Velentzas – percussion
• Stamatis Ampatalis – percussion
• Vasilis Koutsouflakis – percussion
• Manos Six – percussion
• Irina Zybina – additional vocals (track 2)
• Dayal Patterson – narration (track 3, 7)
• Melechesh Ashmedi – vocals (track 8)

Production

• Tony Lindgren – mastering
• Vyacheslav Smishko – artwork
• George Emmanuel – engineering
• Maximos Manolis – cover art
• Jens Bogren – mixing

Notes and References

1. https://www.discogs.com/Rotting-Christ-The-Heretics/release/13224805 Rotting Christ - The Heretics
2. https://www.rotting-christ.com/en/news/new-album-the-heretics-205 New album: The Heretics on rotting-christ.com
3. http://www.season-of-mist.com/bands/rotting-christ#The-Heretics Season of Mist's Website for Rotting Christ
4. Web site: The 50 Best Metal Albums of 2019 . . . March 7, 2021 . December 3, 2019.