ROTTING CHRIST Mainman Comments On Upcoming DVD

Dimitris Kontogeorgakos of the Metal Temple webzine recently conducted an interview with mainman Sakis Tolis of the Greek extreme metallers ROTTING CHRIST. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

Metal Temple: You have a really long and if I may add a "tough" program ahead; have you thought about it?

Sakis: Yes, we have in total 28 concerts to do and this is the 10th I think and you bet it's tiring. It's a big country and thus you have to travel a lot from one place to the other. You know that for "Theogonia" we have done more than 120 concerts. so it's kind of tough.

Metal Temple: You have also booked some Latin American dates, I think. I wonder how are the metalheads there?

Sakis: We will go there in May and let me tell you this; the Latin American audience in one the toughest. They are really die-hard fans there.

Metal Temple: How was the Athenian concert where you filmed the upcoming DVD?

Sakis: It was something amazing! We had 1500 fans who knew all the songs and were singing with us. I am really happy about the result of this concert.

Metal Temple: When can we expect the release of this DVD?

Sakis: Actually, we have done absolutely nothing about it! After the U.S. tour we will start working on it. I think that we will probably release it on September.

Metal Temple: Last time we talked you said that you were thinking about having Greek lyrics and what will be the result.

Sakis: (interrupting) I wanted to do something really different. Nowadays the bands tend to have the same sound, they are walking towards the same direction without have their own personality. So, I thought why I don't do something Greek without having any intentions to act like a nationalist zealot.

Metal Temple: I know what you mean. So, have you written anything new?

Sakis: No. I have absolutely nothing. The truth is that I do not write music when I am on tour. I have to sit in the studio completely alone and think what I want to do and then start writing music.

Metal Temple: Do you believe that ROTTING CHRIST have the place in the metal scene that they deserve?

Sakis: Tough one. ROTTING CHRIST could have done more or less. You cannot be objective about this. Well, if you think that we come from a small country then you can say that we have accomplished something. I am satisfied because you know that we started playing in small venues for free where we felt a kind of a racism because we were from Greece that was nothing in the metal map.

Read the entire interview at www.metal-temple.com.

Metalzone.gr's interview with Sakis Tolis can be viewed below.