Rotting Christ will visit Warsaw's Progresja, accompanied by Borknagar and Seth.

Rotting Christ started with furious grind (as documented on a 1989 splice with Sound Pollution), but quickly grew bored with it, switching to black metal. It was a shot in the arm – as was giving themselves such a name rather than another – because in the darkest of metal genres the Greeks are fully themselves and have been triumphant for years. Their approach to the mainstream is invariably characterized by directness combined with thoughtful and densely pumped atmosphere and melody – it's for the melodies that everyone has come to love them. At the same time, Rotting Christ has always been a creative band that builds a style using many component parts. They have long felt a mint for gothic metal, they also incorporate almost symphonic elements from time to time, and they definitely do not like the simplest solutions.

Borknagar have not been an ordinary black metal band since their debut. Despite sitting up to their ears in the mainstream, they were looking for ways to expand its (and at the same time their own) boundaries, and were always expanding them. They are quietly one of the most important lineups in the field of mixing blackened matter with Nordic, nailing folk. You could hear it in the beginning, you can still hear it now, but the Norwegian lineup has never played one card. Over time, progressive elements began to be added to their arsenal, which now also form the axis of this music.

Inspired by romanticism and hatred of Jesus Christ since 1995 (excluding a five-year hiatus), France's Seth have nurtured an authorial approach to black metal, and they do it brilliantly. Their version of the genre draws from many of its strains, but never entirely departs from the classic patterns. Aggression and gushing evil are paramount, but this is varied by peri-folk, symphonic and highly atmospheric elements. Nothing but setting churches on fire with them.