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Track listing

All songs written by Sakis Tolis. # "Daemons" – 3:27 # "Lex Talionis" – 5:03 # "Quintessence" – 4:45 # "Nightmare" – 7:08 # "In Domine Sathana" – 5:16 # "Release Me" – 3:51 # "The Call of the Aethyrs" – 4:32 # "Dying" – 4:48 # "Ad Noctis" – 6:11 # "Under the Name of the Legion" – 6:29 # "Astral Enbodyment razil Edition – 5:51

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Credits

*Sakis Tolis – guitar, vocals *Kostas Vassilakopoulos – guitar *Andreas Lagios – bass *Georgios Tolias – keyboards *Themis Tolis – drums

References

2002 albums Rotting Christ albums Albums produced by Andy Classen {{2000s-black-metal-album-stub