The Heretics (album)
# The Heretics (album)

The Heretics is the thirteenth full-length album by Greek extreme metal band Rotting Christ. It was released on 15 February 2019 via Season of Mist. Loudwire named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019.

## Track listing

All lyrics are written by Sakis Tolis, except on songs "Πιστεύω", written by Nikos Kazantzakis, and "The Raven", adapted from a poem by Edgar Allan Poe; all music is composed by Sakis Tolis.

## Personnel

### Rotting Christ

* Sakis Tolis – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, production
* Themis Tolis – drums

### Additional personnel

* Stelios Steele – poem narration (track 1, 4, 10)
* Alexis Karametis – vocals (backing) (track 6)
* Stratis Steele – vocals (choirs)
* Alexandros Louziotis – vocals (choirs)
* Giannis Stamatakis – vocals (choirs)
* Theodoros Aivaliotis – vocals (choirs)
* Nikos Velentzas – percussion
* Stamatis Ampatalis – percussion
* Vasilis Koutsouflakis – percussion
* Manos Six – percussion
* Irina Zybina – additional vocals (track 2)
* Dayal Patterson – narration (track 3, 7)
* Melechesh Ashmedi – vocals (track 8)

### Production

* Tony Lindgren – mastering
* Vyacheslav Smishko – artwork
* George Emmanuel – engineering
* Maximos Manolis – cover art
* Jens Bogren – mixing

## Charts

| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) | 61 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) | 157 |
| French Albums (SNEP) | 154 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 51 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) | 33 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) | 13 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard) | 27 |
