Ritual Dictates - No Great Loss

Available on first pressing on clear vinyl and includes a one-of-a-kind insert hand-written by the band's singer Justin Hagberg! RITUAL DICTATES is back! Their sophomore album, No Great Loss, will be released via Artoffact Records and with it, a dramatic shift in their sound. Justin Hagberg elaborates on the release: “These unsettling and depressing times contributed to the change in Ritual Dictates’ sound. That, and working full time graveyard shifts in a crematorium during a global pandemic.” When RITUAL DICTATES members Justin Hagberg and Ash Pearson decided to join forces on this project, they brought with them all of the aggressive death/thrash that defined their previous work in 3 INCHES OF BLOOD and REVOCATION, while throwing any and all convention out of the window. Their debut album, Give in To Despair, brought together black metal hallmarks like speedy tremolos and icy interludes, plus punk moments and good time rock ‘n’ roll with catchy and fun keyboard accents. A more gothi