Preorders are up now!

You can preorder our new record on both formats gatefold-LP and digipak-CD at the Reflections e-store. Be aware that this is a preorder. It will ship in the first week of March, so you'll be the first to hold the record in your hands.

Preorder BENEATH AGING FLESH AND BONE gatefold LP on limited coloured vinyl – click here!
Preorder BENEATH AGING FLESH AND BONE as a deluxe digipack CD – click here!

Two new songs online

We've just uploaded two new songs from our forthcoming full length record entitled "Beneath Aging Flesh and Bone": "Somewhere in the Rain" and "The City Lies in Quiet Sleep". Go and listen to these songs on our myspace-page:

myspace.com/ritualeurope

Preorders start tomorrow! We'll keep you updated.

New band member

For personal reasons we are parting ways with our bass player Kevin Scharf, a longtime friend and founding member of Ritual. We want to thank him for the incredibly good times we shared. We sincerely hope to remain friends and wish him all the best for his future from the bottom of our hearts.

Pascal Wagner, who has played with us since October 2008 as a fill-in bass player, is now a fulltime member of Ritual. We are friends with him since forever and have already had some other musical projects with him, so it was just a logical step to make him a member of this band. He's not only a very talented musician, but also a lovely person with an appropriate attitude. Meet him & love him!

2009 will be a very busy year for Ritual. I heard someone say that this will be the best year in our lives (I guess that someone was me). We have a new record and some tours coming up. No doubt, we are maximum siked. And most important: Ritual is still based on the deepest of friendships.

Ritual 2009

Julian, Deni, Pascal & Philipp.

The current state of things

We've just been added to the Reflections Records homepage, including the cover of our new record and the tracklist. From now on our upcoming shows will also be posted there. Take a look at it: reflectionsrecords.com

Two new songs will be posted on our myspace in the first week of February. At the very same time preorders will start at the Reflections online shop: shop.reflectionsrecords.com

Tourdates of our tour in March/April will be posted in the coming days. We're waiting for the last confirmations of the UK shows and then we're ready to go!

The last shows before the tour are these:
01/09 - Oschersleben, DE @ Alge
01/10 - Lichtenstein, DE @ JZ Riot
01/17 - Wunstorf, DE @ Empty Vision Farewell-Show

Recognize: Our smash hits "Where the Snakes Hide" and "Take Heart, Stay Punk" will be played for the very last times on these shows. Sing along.