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Thy Mighty Contract is the first full length album by Greek metal band Rotting Christ, released in late 1993 on Osmose Productions.
It was re-released by Century Black in January 1998 with two bonus tracks originally released on the Apokathelosis EP and different artwork.
Track listing
The Sign of Evil Existence – 2:00Transform All Sufferings into Plagues – 5:25Fgmenth, Thy Gift – 4:29His Sleeping Majesty – 3:33Exiled Archangels – 5:07Dive the Deepest Abyss – 5:50The Coronation of the Serpent – 4:06The Fourth Knight of Revelation (Part I and II) – 6:49Visions of the Dead Lover (Bonus track on re-issue)The Mystical Meeting (New version, bonus track on re-issue)Credits
Sakis “Necromayhem” Tolis - guitar, vocalsGeorge “Magus Wampyr Daoloth” Zaharopoulos - keyboardsJim “Mutilator” Patsouris - bassThemis “Necrosauron” Tolis - drumsMusical style
Rotting Christ plays fast black metal in the Greek style, which was, according to Allmusic, “slightly over-reliant on furious blastbeats”, but showing “a budding flair for melody” About.com describes the style as black metal which “took on a melodic, slightly heavy metal-ish format“, with a “limited supply of rhythm blasting and lifeless tremolo riffing”.
Reviews
Allmusic journalist Eduardo Rivadavia called Thy Mighty Contract “a promising first long-player”, although “the album's production may have been somewhat subpar, and its songs slightly over-reliant on furious blastbeats, but none of this mattered a lick to hardcore extreme metal fans”. About.com featured the album as a Retro Recommendation and criticised the drums for being “too loud, and given the repetitive beats played, it becomes distracting at times. However, the bass is audible, which automatically makes the record something to cherish.“