Ritual Earth - MMXX
Absolutely honored to receive this slab of vinyl gold... And humbled to read those Stoner HiVe words of praise on the front... Ritual Earth 's MMXX is out on Iodine Recordings and still stands tall as that : "... perfect amalgam of doom, rock, metal, space and prog..."
Thank you George, will be spinning the shit out of this one for ages to come...
Ritual Earth – MMXX
Self released / Deathwish Inc / Iodine Recordings – 2020/2022
Metal, Rock, Doom, Space
Rated: *****
Ritual Earth is about to release their MMXX album from 2020 on vinyl through the Deathwish Inc / Iodine Recordings machine. But before we go and order one of those gorgeous splatter vinyl releases; why not revisit the mention we wrote back in August of 2020 to see if we still feel the same about that, at the time, Five Star release. And the little thing we wrote back then surely holds up; there’s something special about their spacious doom metal approach. Doom-haze, slow-prog, and all that’s metal with a little psychedelic dust sprinkled over it. Indeed, the four from Philly have something special going on; a certain way to gradually deliver the stomp and punch; not at all gentle, but with a different kind of energy and vaporous intention. So, let’s end with the final sentence of the August 2020 mention: “And it is, for in the way Ritual Earth makes this perfect amalgam of doom, rock, metal, space and prog, turning soundscapes into wonderous vistas and whole galaxies of sound, you know you will reach your auditory climax. Come again? Yes indeed! Please.”
(Written by JK)
