Thy Mighty Contract is the first full length album by Greek metal band Rotting Christ

Rotting Christ

Rotting Christ is a Greek black metal band formed in 1987. They are noted for being one of the first black metal bands within this region, as well as a premier act within the European underground metal scene.- Line-up :...

, released in late 1993 on Osmose Productions

Osmose Productions

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The album is considered a microcosm

Microcosm

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 of the band's entire discography, with emphasis on both the raw and unrefined direction of their demos/EP's (Satanas Tedeum, Passage To Arcturo

Passage to Arcturo

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) and also the dark, melodic and atmospheric direction of later releases.

It was re-released by Century Black in January 1998 with two previously-unreleased bonus tracks and different artwork.

Track listing

1. "The Sign of Evil Existence" – 2:00
2. "Transform All Sufferings into Plagues" – 5:25
3. "Fgmenth, Thy Gift" – 4:29
4. "His Sleeping Majesty" – 3:33
5. "Exiled Archangels" – 5:07
6. "Dive the Deepest Abyss" – 5:50
7. "The Coronation of the Serpent" – 4:06
8. "The Fourth Knight of Revelation (Part I and II)" – 6:49
9. "Visions of the Dead Lover" (Bonus track on re-issue)
10. "The Mystical Meeting" (New Version, Bonus track on re-issue)

Credits

• Sakis "Necromayhem" Tolis - guitar, vocals
• George "Magus Wampyr Daoloth" Zaharopoulos - keyboards
• Jim "Mutilator" Patsouris - bass
• Themis "Necrosauron" Tolis - drums