Альбомы исполнителя
Superb Birth
1999 · альбом
Ritual
1995 · альбом
Glimpses from the Story of Mr. Bogd
2020 · Мини-альбом
The Hemulic Voluntary Band
2007 · альбом
Live
2006 · альбом
Think Like a Mountain
2003 · альбом
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Биография
Ritual is a progressive rock band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 1992. Influenced equally by progressive rock of the 70s and contermporary bands like The Police, XTC and It Bites, Ritual forged their own distinctive brand of progressive music. The characteristics of the band's sound were already prominent on their eponymous debut album, released in 1996: song based, melodic and intense, with a great stylistic variation, and plenty of folk music influences seeping in. The latter feature is not least due to the band's frequent use of odd acoustic instruments like bouzouki, mandola, whistles and keyed fiddle (nyckelharpa). Songs like "Seasong For The Moominpappa" and "A Little More Like Me" also showed something that would become a hallmark of the band: lyrics inspired by Tove Jansson's novels about the Moomins. During the following years Ritual also established themselves as a confident and powerful live act through numerous tours around Europe and appearances at international festivals such as Rites Of Spring Fest in the USA and Baja Prog in Mexico.