ROTTING CHRIST Reissue Sleep of the Angels

Season of Mist is reissuing Sleep of the Angels, the fifth full-length album by Greek legends Rotting Christ. Originally released in January 1999 on Century Media, the album will now be available on vinyl through the band’s current label home.

Sleep of the Angels represents the furthest point from Rotting Christ's black metal origins. It is a record defined by melodic weight, brooding atmosphere, and a gloomy romanticism that remains striking in its internal coherence. At its center is the interplay between the heavy guitar work of Sakis Tolis and a constant, gauzy keyboard presence that lends the whole record an almost ecclesiastical quality. The result is the most gothic album in the band's ever-evolving discography.

Season of Mist will reissue Sleep of the Angels on June 19, 2026

Pre-order

https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/RCReissues

Available formats

Black 12" vinyl in gatefold
Gold 12" vinyl with black splatters in gatefold

 

Formed in Athens in 1987, Rotting Christ are one of extreme metal's most enduring and restlessly shape-shifting forces. By the time Sleep of the Angels was recorded in September 1998, Rotting Christ had spent three consecutive albums methodically expanding from the rawness of their early catalogue toward atmosphere, melody and a dark romanticism. The album closed a trilogy begun with Triarchy of the Lost Lovers(1996) and continued through A Dead Poem (1997), before the band pivoted again toward heavier, more industrial-inflected territory on Khronos (2000).

Guest contributors to Sleep of the Angels include Waldemar Sorychta on lead guitar on "Victoriatus" and "You My Flesh," and vocalist Eddy Kante on the partially German language "Der Perfekte Traum."

Catch Rotting Christ this month on the band’s tour of North America with Behemoth, Deicide and Immolation.

The Godless IV 2026 North American Tour

with Behemoth, Deicide, Rotting Christ + Immolation

Get tickets at https://www.rotting-christ.com/

April 9 - Baton Rouge, LA @ Chelsea’s Live*

April 10 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall*

April 11 - San Antonio, TX @ Vibes Event Center*

April 13 - Las Vegas, NV @ Fremont Country Club*

April 14 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory Northpark

April 15 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom

April 17 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory

April 18 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater

April 19 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SODO

April 21 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Union

April 22 – Denver, CO @ The Fillmore

April 23 - Kansas City, MO @ Warehouse on Broadway**

April 24 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave

April 25 – Chicago, IL @ The Vic

April 26 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant

April 27 - Louisville, KY @ Goodwood Whiskey Row*

April 28 – Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa

April 30 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore***

May 1 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium****

May 2 – New York City, NY @ Palladium Times Square

May 3 - Albany, NY @ Empire Live*

May 4 – Buffalo, NY @ Riverworks

May 5 – Pittsburgh, PA @ The Roxian

May 7 – Daytona Beach, FL @ Welcome to Rockville**

May 9 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore

May 11 – Toronto, ON @ History

May 12 – Montreal, QC @ Olympia

May 14 – Columbus, OH @ Sonic Temple Afterparty*

May 15 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl

May 16 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade

May 18 – Dallas, TX @ The Factory

May 20 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren

May 21 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Palladium

*Deicide, Rotting Christ + Immolation only

**Rotting Christ w/Immolation

***No Rotting Christ

****No Deicide

Rotting Christ Special 1989-1995 set at 2026Maryland Deathfest

Friday, May 22 - Market Place/Power Plant Live [Tickets]

Rotting Christ’s latest studio album, Pro Xristou, live album 35 Years of Evil Existence: Live in Lycabettus and newly re-recorded version of Aealo are available now on Season of Mist.

Order

https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/rottingchristshop