ROTTING CHRIST have kicked off the second leg of their extensive headlining European tour. The “Rituals 2017” tour sees ROTTING CHRIST traveling throughout the year, hitting 17 countries before concluding on Oct. 6. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.
ROTTING CHRIST are touring in support of the band’s new album, ‘Rituals’. The band, regarded as “one of the best guitar-riff-writing bands out there to date” (No Clean Singing), is streaming ‘Rituals’ in full here.. The band’s twelfth studio album, ‘Rituals’ is regarded as “singular and unique a contribution to the development of metal as anything on the table.” (Kevin Stewart Panko, Metal Injection) and is available across multiple formats at the Season of Mist E-Shop. ROTTING CHRIST previously landed the Billboard Heatseekers Chart at #14 for the release ‘Rituals’.
For almost 30 years, ROTTING CHRIST have blazed a trail for the black metal genre to follow. From their primitive early material through to 2012’s epic ‘Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy’, their pioneering spirit has been a flame of inspiration in an increasingly reductive genre. Now the renowned band return with new album ‘Rituals’, a diverse collection of new songs influenced by rites and myths from all around the globe. ‘Rituals’ highlights their unique power and magic, and is the darkest and most personal-sounding ROTTING CHRIST album to date. As ‘Rituals’ illustrates, there is a reason that ROTTING CHRIST are an international heavy metal institution.
ROTTING CHRIST Europe
Jun. 2 Aachen (DE) @ Musikbunker
Jun. 3 Leipzig (DE) @ Wave Gothic Treffen
Jun. 6 Kosice (SK) @ Coloseum
Jun. 9 Hauptmannsgrün (DE) @ Chronical Moshers Open Air
Jun. 10 Wroclaw (PL) @ Firlej
Jun. 11 Poznan (PL) @ U Bazyla
Jun. 13 Wiesbaden (DE) @ Schlachthof
Jun. 14 Osnabrück (DE) @ Bastard Club
Jun. 15 Arnhem (DE) @ Willemeen
Jun. 16 Dessel (BE) @ Graspop Metal Meeting
Jun. 17 Drachten (NL) @ Iduma
Jun. 22 Essen (DE) @ Turock
Jun. 23 Ferropolis (DE) @ With Full Force
Jun. 24 Halden (NO) @ Tons of Rock
Jul. 14 Dunauyvaros (HU) @ Rockmaraton
Jul. 29 Viseu (PT) @ Viseu Rockfest
Aug. 5 Tampere (FI) @ Saari Helvetti Festival
Aug. 10 Graz (AT) @ Metal on the Hill
Aug. 12 Jeromer (CZ) @ Brutal Assault Festival
Aug. 18 Falun (SE) @ Lugnet as part of Sabbaton Open Air)
Sept. 22 Zaragoza (ES) @ Iberian Warriors
Oct. 6 Brighton (UK) @ Mammoth Fest
