A Dead Poem

A Dead Poem is the fourth full-length album by Greek extreme metal band Rotting Christ.

A Dead Poem
Studio album by Rotting Christ
Released	October 7, 1997[1]
Recorded	May 1997
Genre	Gothic metal, melodic black metal
Length	47:25
Label	Century Media
Producer	Sakis Tolis & Xy
Rotting Christ chronology
Triarchy of the Lost Lovers (1996) A Dead Poem (1997) Sleep of the Angels (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Chronicles of Chaos	8/10[3]

The band slowed down their tempos significantly and added occasional usage of acoustic guitars and regional music, making this particular record one of their more mainstream of releases, and the farthest removed from black metal music styles.

Moonspell's Fernando Ribeiro contributed backing vocals to the track "Among Two Storms".

It was produced at Woodhouse Studios in Hagen, Germany by Xy, programmer/percussionist for Samael, who also contributed keyboards to some tracks.

Track listing

1. "Sorrowfull Farewell" – 4:52
2. "Among Two Storms" – 4:09
3. "A Dead Poem" – 4:08
4. "Out of Spirits" – 4:06
5. "As If by Magic" – 5:51
6. "Full Colour Is the Night" – 4:47
7. "Semigod" – 4:39
8. "Ten Miles High" – 4:34
9. "Between Times" – 5:03
10. "Ira Incensus" – 5:16

Credits

• Sakis Tolis – guitar, vocals
• Costas Vassilakopoulos – guitar
• Andreas Lagios – bass
• Georgios Tolias – keyboards
• Themis Tolis – drums, backing vocals

References

1. Retrieved on 30th of May, 2016
2. A Dead Poem at AllMusic
3. Adrian Bromley (November 17, 1997). "CoC : Rotting Christ - A Dead Poem : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved January 25, 2014.