Editing Rotting Christ (section)

{{Short description|Greek black metal band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = Rotting Christ
| image               = RottingChrist.jpg
| caption             = Rotting Christ at [[Tons of Rock]], Norway, 2024
| landscape           = yes
| background          = group_or_band
| origin              = [[Athens]], Greece
| genre               = [[Melodic black metal]], [[gothic metal]]
| years_active        = 1987–present
| label               = {{hlist|[[Osmose Productions|Osmose]]|[[Unisound Records|Unisound]]|[[Century Media Records|Century Media]]|[[Season of Mist]]}}
| website             = {{URL|rotting-christ.com}}
| current_members     = 
* [[Sakis Tolis]]
* Themis Tolis
* Kostas Spades
* Kostis Foukarakis
| past_members        = 
* Jim Mutilator
* Magus Wampyr Daoloth
* Costas Vasilakopoulos
* Andreas Lagios
* Georgios Tolias
* Giorgos Bokos
* George Emmanuel
* Van Ace
* Melanaegis
* Giannis Kalamatas
}}

'''Rotting Christ''' is a Greek [[black metal]] band formed in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metallian.com/rottingchrist.php |title=Rotting Christ Biography |publisher=metallian.com |date=27 November 2024 |access-date=25 November 2024}}</ref> 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 music|underground]] [[heavy metal music|metal]] scene.<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web |author=DaRonco, Mike |title=Rotting Christ biography |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=rotting-christ-mn0000851665|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=3 January 2011}}</ref> They are also responsible for creating the signature Greek black metal sound prevalent in the early 1990s.