Belgian black/death/doom metal trio Rituals Of The Dead Hand released third full-length album »The Wretched And The Vile«

Belgian black/death/doom metal trio Rituals Of The Dead Hand (part of The Nox Entity) presents their third full-length album, »The Wretched And The Vile«, which was released on January 26th, 2024 via Immortal Frost Productions.

Featuring current and former members of Hemelbestormer, Serpentcult, Death Penalty, Entartung, Lhaäd, Wolven, Gorath and more.

Tracklist:
01. The Restless Doomed
02. Wij, Hoeren van Lucifer
03. Ius Cruentationis
04. Mayhem And The Goat
05. De Gnijdige
06. Stigma Diabolicum

Rituals Of The Dead Hand was conceived in the fall of 2016 when both extreme scene veterans Lykaios (vocals & guitars; Hemelbestormer, Lhaäd, Entartung, Wolven, ex-Gorath) and Isangrim (drums; Hemelbestormer, Hedonist, ex-Serpentcult, ex-Death Penalty) decided to venture back in the darkest, deepest caverns of extreme metal and ventilate their love for eerie, brooding and sinister death, black and doom metal.

Inspired and fueled by tales of the infamous »Buck Rider Cult«, the duo recorded 2 monstrously heavy albums »Blood Oath« and »With Hoof And Horn«.

Although there were initially no plans for bringing their unholy gospels to the stage, Rituals Of The Dead Hand changed their mind after hearing »Blood Oath« in all its glory and soon enlisted Beleth as their live bass player. Some selected shows shows were played across Europa. From then on Beleth joined as a permanent member.

With that all said, it was time to start a next chapter with »The Wretched And The Vile«, Rituals Of The Dead Hand’s third album, released in January 2024 on the dedicated Immortal Frost Productions.

»The Wretched And The Vile« is a blasphemous piece of art that can be enjoyed by fans of black, death & doom metal!

Order the album HERE!

Vocals, guitars, bass & FX by Lykaios at Crestfallen Audio.
Drums & mix at Studio 508 by Jan Lathouwers & Sven Kelchtermans.
Mastered by Mario Dahmen at Liquid Aether Audio.
Artwork by Beleth.

Line-up:
Lykaios – Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
Beleth – Bass, Backing Vocals
Isangrim – Drums, Keyboards, Samples

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well