Ritual Productions is a London-based independent record label launched in 2010.
Biography On the summer solstice of 2010, Ritual put out their first release, Ramesses' Take the Curse. The album artwork features images by Jake and Dinos Chapman of their work Fucking Hell, from the 2008 "If Hitler Had Been a Hippy How Happy Would We Be" exhibition at London's White Cube Gallery. Additionally, Ramesses have released the following albums on Ritual Productions: Chrome Pineal, Possessed By The Rise Of Magik (with the LP featuring remixes from Justin Broadrick) and re-issues of We Will Lead You to Glorious Times, The Tomb, and Misanthropic Alchemy.
Drone rock band Bong have too released numerous albums with Ritual Productions: We Are, We Were and We Will Have Been, Beyond Ancient Space, Mana-Yood Shushai, Stoner Rock, Thought and Existence and a re-issue of the band’s rare debut S/T, which came with a previously unreleased bonus track.
During 2013, Ritual released Superunnatural by the new psychedelic rock group 11PARANOIAS, followed by Spectralbeastiaries in 2014 and Stealing Fire From Heaven in 2015. The band released their latest full-length, Reliquary For A Dreamed Of World in October 2016. The LP and CD formats for Reliquary For A Dreamed Of World came with a ‘Multi-Dimensional Paranoid Vision Key’ – based on the RGB colour model, a set of three coloured filters reveals different layers to the album artwork. 2019 saw the band release a new album, 'Asterismal', with artwork courtesy of contemporary British artist Toby Ziegler.
2015 saw heavy rock improv duo GHOLD release ‘Of Ruin’ – their debut on Ritual Productions. A second full-length for Ritual Productions, PYR, was released in 2016 and included an expanded line-up with the addition of multi-instrumentalist Oliver Martin.
2016 further saw three new bands, and their subsequent releases, added to the Ritual Productions roster. The Poisoned Glass from Seattle/Atlanta, consisting of Edgy59 and G. Stuart Dahlquist, released their debut album 10 SWORDS; Horse Latitudes from Helsinki released Primal Gnosis – their first on the Ritual Productions label - and NYC's Thralldom released their first music in over a decade, titled Time Will Bend Into Horror, the latter being only available on digital formats.
The New band, Ancient Lights, signed with Ritual Productions in summer 2017. The band is composed of Adam Richardson (11PARANOIAS, Ramesses), Ben Carr (INTRCPTR, 5ive) and Tim Bertilsson (Switchblade). The band met in the early 2000s whilst playing shows together, eventually recording their debut album in North London during 2017.
In 2018, Ritual Productions announced the signing of Drug Cult, a four-piece occultist doom collective hailing from Mullumbimby, Australia. The band's debut rite was released in June 2018.
2019 saw the label re-release Brazilian band Basalt's debut album, 'O Coração Negro da Terra' on digital formats. The album has been exclusively remastered by labelmate Adam Richardson (11PARANOIAS, Ancient Lights, Ramesses).
Ritual Productions further released the album by Italian psychedelic black/doom metal trio,'Salbrox' in May 2019.
In collaboration with Diagonal Records, Ritual Productions released electronic noise artist Viviankrist's 2019 LP 'Cross Modulation'.
2020 saw Ritual Productions release Basalt's new album, 'Silêncio Como Respiração', their first full-length for the label. The year further included the release of Viviankrist's 'Cross Modulation - Bootleg Remixes' and a cassette tape boxset comprising four Viviankrist albums; 'Live in Studio 2018', 'Pop Incentive', 'Heavy Sleep' and 'Alabaster White'.
To date, 5 Ritual Productions artists have appeared at the Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands.
Artists
11PARANOIAS Ancient Lights Basalt Bong Drug Cult Ghold Horse Latitudes Nibiru Ramesses The Poisoned Glass Thralldom Viviankrist
Discography
Complete 12", CD & digital releases RITE001CD: Ramesses - 'Take the Curse' CD RITE002DL: Ramesses - 'Take the Curse' Digital Download RITE003DL: Ramesses - 'We Will Lead You to Glorious Times' Digital Download RITE004DL: Ramesses - 'The Tomb' Digital Download RITE005DL: Ramesses - 'Misanthropic Alchemy' Digital Download RITE006CD: Bong - 'Beyond Ancient Space' CD RITE007DL: Bong - 'Beyond Ancient Space' Digital Download RITE008LP: Ramesses - 'Chrome Pineal' LP RITE009DL: Ramesses - 'Chrome Pineal' Digital Download RITE010CD: Ramesses - 'Possessed by The Rise of Magik' CD RITE011DL: Ramesses - 'Possessed by the Rise of Magik' Digital Download RITE012LP: Ramesses - 'Possessed By The Rise of Magik' double LP RITE013LP: Ramesses - 'Take the Curse' double LP RITE014LP: Ramesses - 'Misanthropic Alchemy' double 12" LP + bonus material RITE015CD Ramesses - 'Misanthropic Alchemy' double CD + bonus material RITE016CD: Bong - 'Mana Yood Sushai' CD RITE017DL: Bong - 'Mana Yood Susha' Digital Download RITE018CD: Bong - 'S/T' CD RITE019DL: Bong - 'S/T' Digital Download RITE020LP: Bong - 'Mana-Yood-Sushai' LP - second pressing on coloured vinyl RITE021LP: 11PARANOIAS - 'Superunnatural' 12" LP RITE022CD:11PARANOIAS - 'Superunnatural' Digital Download RITE023CD: 11PARANOIAS - 'Superunnatural' CD + bonus material - with deluxe full colour double sided PVC sleeve RITE024LP: Bong - 'Stoner Rock' double LP RITE025CD: Bong - 'Stoner Rock' CD RITE026DL: Bong - 'Stoner Rock' Digital Download RITE027LP: Bong - 'Beyond Ancient Space' double LP - uncut, remixed, remastered specially for vinyl RITE028LP: 11PARANOIAS - 'Spectralbeastiaries' 12" LP RITE029DL: 11PARANOIAS - 'Spectralbeastiaries' Digital Download RITE030CD - 11PARANOIAS 'Stealing Fire From Heaven' CD RITE031LP - 11PARANOIAS 'Stealing Fire From Heaven' LP RITE032DD - 11PARANOIAS 'Stealing Fire From Heaven' Digital Download RITE033CD - Ghold 'Of Ruin' CD RITE034LP - Ghold 'Of Ruin' LP RITE035DD - Ghold 'Of Ruin' Digital Download RITE036CD - Bong 'We are, we were and we will have been' CD RITE037LP - Bong 'We are, we were and we will have been' LP RITE038DD - Bong 'We are, we were and we will have been' Digital Download RITE039LP - 11PARANOIAS 'Reliquary For A Dreamed Of World' LP - with MPV Key RITE040CD - 11PARANOIAS 'Reliquary For A Dreamed Of World' CD - with MPV Key, bonus material and additional artwork RITE041DD - 11PARANOIAS 'Reliquary For A Dreamed Of World' Digital Download RITE042LP - Ghold 'PYR' LP RITE043CD - Ghold 'PYR' CD - with bonus track RITE044DD - Ghold 'PYR' Digital Download RITE045LP - The Poisoned Glass '10 Swords' LP RITE046CD - The Poisoned Glass '10 Swords' CD - with bonus track RITE047DD - The Poisoned Glass '10 Swords' Digital Download RITE048LP - Horse Latitudes 'Primal Gnosis' Double LP RITE049CD - Horse Latitudes 'Primal Gnosis' CD RITE050DD - Horse Latitudes 'Primals Gnosis' Digital Download RITE051DD - Thralldom - 'Time Will Bend Into Horror' Digital Download RITE052LP - Bong ‘Thought and Existence’ LP RITE053CD - Bong ‘Thought and Existence’ CD RITE053CDLE - Bong ‘Thought and Existence’ Limited Edition CD RITE054DD - Bong ‘Thought and Existence’ Digital Download RITE055LP - Ancient Lights ‘Ancient Lights’ Double LP RITE056CD - Ancient Lights ‘Ancient Lights’ CD RITE056CDLE - Ancient Lights ‘Ancient Lights’ Limited Edition CD RITE057DD - Ancient Lights ‘Ancient Lights’ Digital Download RITE058LP - Drug Cult ‘Drug Cult’ LP RITE059CD - Drug Cult ‘Drug Cult’ CD RITE059CDLE - Drug Cult ‘Drug Cult’ Limited Edition CD RITE060DD - Drug Cult ‘Drug Cult’ Digital Download RITE061LP - 11PARANOIAS ‘Asterismal’ LP RITE062CD - 11PARANOIAS ‘ Asterismal’ CD RITE062CDLE - 11PARANOIAS ‘ Asterismal’ Limited Edition CD RITE063DD - 11PARANOIAS ‘ Asterismal’ Digital Download RITE064LP - Nibiru ’Salbrox’ LP RITE065CD - Nibiru ‘Salbrox’ CD RITE066DD - Nibiru ‘Salbrox’ DD RITE067LP - Basalt ‘Silêncio Como Respiração’ LP RITE068CD - Basalt ‘Silêncio Como Respiração’ CD RITE069DD - Basalt ‘Silêncio Como Respiração’ Digital Download RITE70DD - Basalt ‘O Coração Negro da Terra’ Digital Download RITE071LP - Viviankrist ‘Cross Modulation - Bootleg Remixes’ LP RITE071LPLE - Viviankrist ‘Cross Modulation - Bootleg Remixes’ Limited Edition LP RITE072CD - Viviankrist ‘Cross Modulation - Bootleg Remixes’ CD RITE072CDLE - Viviankrist ‘Cross Modulation - Bootleg Remixes’ Limited Edition CD RITE073DD - Viviankrist ‘Cross Modulation - Bootleg Remixes’ Digital Download RITE074CS - Viviankrist ‘Live in Studio 2018’ Cassette Tape RITE075DD - Viviankrist ‘Live in Studio 2018’ Digital Download RITE076CS - Viviankrist ‘Pop Incentive’ Cassette Tape RITE077DD - Viviankrist ‘Pop Incentive’ Digital Download RITE078CS - Viviankrist ‘Heavy Sleep’ Cassette Tape RITE079DD - Viviankrist ‘Heavy Sleep’ Digital Download RITE080CS - Viviankrist ‘Alabaster White’ Cassette Tape RITE081DD - Viviankrist ‘Alabaster White’ Digital Download RITE082CSB - Viviankrist Cassette Boxset
See also Doom metal Drone metal List of record labels List of independent UK record labels
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