RITUAL to Duke it Out on Tour this December
Rising metal act RITUAL will bring some heaviness to the holiday season with a series of Canadian tour December stops with special guest, ’68.
First up will be the Detour Music Hall in St. Catharines, Ontario on December 6.
This tour will be in support of the band’s debut, Self-Titled album that came out on October 30 and promptly debuted at #1 on the Canadian iTunes Metal charts.
“We’re all beyond excited for our first tour since our CD’s release and couldn’t be happier to be sharing the stage each night with ’68,” said RITUAL’s Matt Tobin. “Having shared the road many a time over the years with Josh, it’s really cool to come full circle in both our current bands and hit the road for a bit. Being huge fans of ’68 ourselves, its something we’re all really looking forward to and wanted from the beginning.”
During an interview with Riffyou.com in February, Tobin discussed his transition from Dead and Divine to RITUAL: “Dead and Divine was done. I wasn’t. There were always prerequisites with D&D. Especially in the song writing…being the guy writing the majority of the music and having four other people who were dependent on you to do so. Demanding you have a chorus in every song eventually makes you reach a boiling point. I didn’t want guidelines and dos and don’ts anymore. Music had become a business, as it eventually does, always. I was done with the business of it. I wanted something better and different for myself, something freeing. There was zero challenge with RITUAL. It was me, by myself in the beginning. Then I found four incredible guys who wanted to be a part of it and I couldn’t be happier.”
Tour Dates:
12/06 – St. Catharines – Detour Music Hall
12/07 – Montreal – Turbo Haus
12/08 – Ottawa – House of Targ
12/09 – Kingston – The Mansion
12/10 – London – Rum Runners
12/11 – Toronto – Sneaky Dees
12/12 – Hamilton – Club Absinthe
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