Canadian death/doom metal band Rötual to release debut EP »Wörms« on May 31st; first single streaming now!
Ontario, Canada based death/doom metal band Rötual premiere a lyric video for the first single »Worms« taken from their debut EP, »Wörms«, which will be released independently on May 31st, 2024.
Tracklist:
01. Worms (Single)
02. Mycélium (French version)
03. Ultime Voyage
On May 31st, 2024, Rötual will self-release its first EP, »Wörms«. This 3-song release is presented as a rotten sample of things to come: it will feature the band’s first single »Worms«, alongside two alternate versions of songs to be found on an upcoming full length album (later in 2024).
A lyric video has been released for the single »Worms«. Sporting the deadly artwork of Headsplit Design, this video presents what Rötual is all about: mid-pace riffs, a 90’s death-doom feel, death metal vocals, and enough hooks to cut the meat off a corpse.
Formed in 2023, Rötual is a death-doom band from the graveyard of Canada’s National Capital Region. It features musicians from other metal entities such as Signs Of Chaos, Norilsk, Sons of the Nether (Misshapen), Whispers In The Maze, and Dead Culture Society.
Drums and vocals were recorded at Apartment 2; guitars and bass were recorded by Tom Hansen. The EP was produced, mixed, and mastered by Topon Das and Apt 2. The artwork was created by Headsplit Design.
Pre-orders will start in a few days.
Rötual will be playing at Le Petit Campus in Montreal on Saturday May 18th, alongside Ashbreather and Burning Sanctum.
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About Rötual:
Hailing from the graveyard of Canada’s National Capital Region, Rötual is a new metal entity. The band garners the experience of well-known musicians in the Gatineau and Ottawa scene (incl. Signs Of Chaos, Norilsk, Whispers In The Maze, Misshappen, Dead Culture Society, ex-Fumigation, ex-Mörtor) who, instead of adding their collective influences, chose to strip it down to the bones. As a result, Rötual’s music could be associated with the slow riffs of doom metal, the heaviness and harsh vocals of death metal, melted into compact slabs of mid-pace (de)compositions.
»Wörms« is the first release of the band. It dives head-first into the terrible ear-worm single, with its infectious chorus and groovy riffs. The EP also includes two French alternative versions of songs to be found on the forthcoming full-length album, thus illustrating the bilingual nature of the band.
Like a dead corpse with strabismus, Rötual’s rotten music has an eye turned to the past and one eye turned on you. The band is currently presenting this first putrid release to the living, while seeking the interest of record labels to harvest the dead.
Credits:
Drums and vocals recorded by Topon Das at Apt 2 Recording, Ottawa
Guitars and bass recorded by Tom Hansen
Mixed and mastered by Topon Das at Apt 2 Recording
All music by Rötual
Lyrics by N. Miquelon and B. Bertrand
Artwork by Headsplit Design
Rötual is:
Nic Miquelon – Vocals
Ben Bertrand – Bass, Backing Vocals
Tom Hansen – Guitars
Mike Berrigan – Drums
FFO: early Paradise Lost, Cemetary, Lake Of Tears, Temple Of Void, Asphyx, Winter
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well