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Track listing

All songs written by Sakis Tolis, except where noted. #"Thou Art Blind" – 2:47 #"If It Ends Tomorrow" – 4:28 #"My Sacred Path" – 5:38 #"Aeternatus" – 3:14 #"Art of Sin" – 5:18 #"Lucifer Over London" (David Tibet) – 5:15 #"Law of the Serpent" – 2:08 #"You Are I" – 3:27 #"Khronos" – 6:37 #"Fateless" – 4:10 #"Time Stands Still" – 5:04 #"Glory of Sadness" – 11:32 #"Phobia razil Edition – 5:34

Personnel

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

References

{{Authority control 2000 albums Rotting Christ albums Albums produced by Peter Tägtgren Century Media Records albums