KILL RITUAL – Signs With Dissonance Productions

Formed in 2010 by former members of Imagika, Dark Angel and Eldritch, Kill Ritual launched themselves into the metal world with their debut CD “The Serpentine Ritual” in 2012 on Scarlet Records and the band were immediately rewarded with great reviews and positive reaction from around the world. Following the initial success the band completed a US tour in the fall of 2013 and followed it up with the release of “The Eyes Of Medusa” in 2014 on Golden Core/ZYX and again received great press and accolades from fans and press worldwide. 2015 saw Kill Ritual recruiting vocalist David Reed Watson (Rage of Angels, Electric Messiah) to record their new CD “Karma Machine” after the departure of original vocalist Josh Gibson and ushered in a new direction and focus to the bands already expansive sound. The band followed the release with a full US tour in 2016 and European tour with NWOBHM legends Raven in June 2017. 2018 again sees the band releasing their new CD “All Men Shall Fall” thru Dissonance Productions with yet another new slew of touring hence bringing their definition of metal to the masses.

Kill Ritual vocalist David Reed Watson:
“We are honored to join the Dissonance Productions roster. What a great pedigree of bands. Looking forward to great things!”

Label Boss Steve Beatty:
“Powerful and vibrant, these boys know how to deliver a tune! Happy to have this highly talented band aboard the Dissonance freight train!”

The story begins back in 2010 when former members of Imagika, Dark Angel, and Eldritch formed Kill Ritual. The band was one that took its traditional Heavy Metal influences and then blended and molded them into a very powerful, modernized machine. The music of Kill Ritual has always been very guitar-oriented and that’s surely due to the presence of axe-slinger Steven Rice. He has been the one singular, constant presence in the band since the very beginning. In 2012 Kill Ritual issued their debut album The Serpentine Ritual (Scarlet Records) to much critical acclaim and positive acceptance. That was followed by the 2014 effort The Eyes Of Medusa (Golden Core/ZYX) which one again garnered the band increased attention and accolades.

In 2015, changes came to the Kill Ritual camp, the inevitable types that usually become most bands at some point or another. So enters vocalist David Reed Watson (Rage Of Angels, Electric Messiah, D.N.A.) who brought his wide spectrum of emotion-infused banshee vocals to the band. Watson and Rice became the heart and soul of Kill Ritual that fueled the phenomenal 2015 album Karma Machine, an album produced by Steve and mixed/mastered by the legendary Andy LaRocque (King Diamond). The album propelled the band’s status further into the metallic community where increased awareness of Kill Ritual‘s awesomeness grew exponentially with all the right people. Incredible things are happening with Kill Ritual yet again. First off is they have a new album in the can, titled ‘All Man Shall Fall‘, secondly, a solid line-up change with continuing European Tour members, Lotesto and Pegram.

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