Rotting Christ Album: “Sleep of Angels”

I love this cd, unfortunately, I have been with these guys for a really long time, and this album for me is a little less than what I would have hoped for. The Mighty Contract and Triarchy of lost souls are both extremely epic feeling albums. To a lesser degree, so is A dead Poem, as that particular album just plain rocks, but doesnt give you the feel the formers do. Most people would disagree with me on that, but thats a different review isnt it? I just felt that with Sleep of the angels, Rotting Christ lost their epicness, their passion, and their style. It is still Rotting christ, with many good songs (The title track is the best), but they could have done better......

4.5 stars. This album is more or less a continuation in the same Goth Metal direction as their previous release "A Dead Poem." This is superior for the the simple reason that Rotting Christ has refined its apporach, and the result is more fluid. I am a fan of the persuasion that prefers the heavier Rotting Christ albums such as "Thy Mighty Contract" and "Khronos 666." But that should be noted when considering that I rated this more mid-tempo release so highly. For that matter, there really isn't a bad Rotting Christ album for sale here at Amazon.com. "Non Servium" is listed here, but I don't see it being readily available to their fans in the near future. But those that are available are all worth owning. If you are more into mid-tempo Gothic dirges with solid guitar riffs, then "Sleep of the Angels" would be a fine purchase. But if you are like me and you prefer a more brutal attack, try "Thy Mighty Contract" or "Khronos 666." All get my attention. There are many fans here who rank this album as their best. It is a fine album, to be sure. Thank you.

No black no white -> gray. Yes just ok album. I cant understand how can somebody find their lets say black metal album ,,as lovely album. I cant get it guys. Its just an average neutral just ok album with very average tracks. And its not black metal -> it just has black metal vocals..the music is lets say slow metal

this is a very special album. It doesn't like to the other albums of Rotting Christ. If you like metal, if you like dark metal; there is no other better than this album of Rotting Christ.

Out of all the different gothic bands out there Rotting Christ has my vote for the top three best gothic artists of all time. All the way from Germany these five men kick off some lurid but calm and relaxing gothic metal.

I first saw the album at my local record store and decided to pick it up and check it out, what a great decision I made. The music is so mellow you think your listening to opera but with death vocals. "Sleep of the Angels" is by far Rotting Christ's best album to date. "Dead Poem" was good but it didn't come close to this album. And yes everyone to there own opinion.

I recommend this album to any gothic fan. And if the name of the band offends you cause it's anti-god or whatever just remember.....don't buy it. Anyway, 100% true goth and 110% excellent!

Rotting Christ: Sleep of the Angels

10 stars out of 10 stars