Editing Rotting Christ (section)

== Musical style ==
Early in their career, they were responsible for creating what is known as the "classic" Greek black metal sound which can be heard in other bands such as Varathron and Thou Art Lord. Despite the name, the band's traditional lyrical themes involving [[evil]] and [[occultism]] has evolved into a more "mystic" path,<ref name=rusmetal.ru /> and they have modified their musical direction on each album, utilizing elements such as clean melodic [[baritone]] vocals, [[doom metal|doom]], [[gothic metal]] and [[industrial music]] traits, and male/female [[Benedictine]] chants. Recent albums, beginning with ''[[Khronos (Rotting Christ album)|Khronos]]'', have shown the band taking a more modern, faster and more aggressive approach to their [[black metal|blackened]]-[[gothic metal|gothic]] style. Their 2007 album, ''Theogonia'', especially, has been described as more "atmospheric" and "epic" by their label.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phonopaca.com/en/members/season_of_mist/season.htm|title=Phonopaca : Accueil|access-date=14 August 2016}}</ref>

The group's choice of producers, engineers and mixers has also been varied; Swedish [[extreme metal]] figures [[Dan Swanö]] (Unisound), [[Peter Tägtgren]] (Abyss Studios) and [[Fredrik Nordström]] ([[Studio Fredman]]), German producers [[Andy Classen]] ([[Asphyx]], [[Belphegor (band)|Belphegor]]), Siggi Bemm ([[Therion (band)|Therion]], [[Theatre of Tragedy]]) and [[Waldemar Sorychta]] ([[Lacuna Coil]], [[The Gathering (band)|The Gathering]]) as well as Xy ([[Samael (band)|Samael]] percussionist/keyboardist) have all contributed to production on the band's albums.