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Over the course of seven years, between 2005 and 2012, Ritual – like rarely any other band of their generation – demonstrated the liveliness of hardcore in Germany and Europe. In the intensity of their music you could unmistakably hear what it still could mean to play in a band of punks in the new millenium: a deeply felt »NO« to all authorities and social constraints, which, in the end, cannot forever be escaped from – and at the same time a passionate life in the wolfpack. In other words: a momentum of youth, of friendship. A handful of releases now points back to long days and nights in rehearsal rooms, studios and the stages of Europe: The band has released three albums and three 7“ singles, played more than 300 concerts in 19 countries and thereby established a sound which is as fresh today as it was, when it was first created. The band members went on to play in bands as diverse as Messer, Die Negation, Orbit the Earth, All the Ghosts, Wire Love, Station 17, Die Heiterkeit and Joachim Franz Büchner Band. Yet, the profoundness of their first love can never be forgotten.
