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Rendered Armor

by Ritual Howls

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router nice album! Strong vocals in the vein of Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim maybe, mixed with Duane Eddy ish twang! Brilliant combo for a soundtrack for driving determined on an empty western Highway towards an uncertain fate.
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©ough©ool Ritual Howls needs no intro...
I just wanted to say how awesome the folks @ Felte are. I ordered this CD & they sent me a copy of Flaamingos S/T, just to be nice... Anyways that was last year I think, sheesh. Just forgot to mention how awesome they are Favorite track: Mother Of The Dead.
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Plums_2.0 These guys do it right. Favorite track' I Can Hear Your Tears.
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glemt Perfect song!! It is felt a special dedication and passion into it. Beautiful creation!!! The highlight of Rendered Armor. Love it Favorite track: Thought Talk.
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Winternacht333 Cavernous and forlorn spaghetti western hooks for nocturnal voyages and erotic excursions.....
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Gothic Crypt This band can do no wrong. Whatever is good in dark alternative music, you can find it here! Nick Cave, Sisters of Mercy, Madrugada, Joy Division etc. Gothic-dark-americana-magick!
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Ritual Howls create a cinematic blend of twangy industrial-rock that could fuel a post-apocalyptic dancefloor. A collaboration between Paul Bancell (vocals, guitar), Chris Samuels (synth, samples, drum machine), and Ben Saginaw (bass), the Detroit trio's fourth full-length Rendered Armor follows the 'Their Body' EP of 2018 with expansive arrangements sculpted with masterful production.

Throughout 'Rendered Armor' familiar influences reveal themselves, but the band doesn’t rely on derivative imitation. Instead, Ritual Howls forge haunting atmospheres that are all their own, reaching into unexpected sonic domain. Each track unfolds with unnerving anticipation, as if sound tracking a chase scene in a surrealist western film. Bancell delivers his baritone above a jangling guitar like an incantation, evoking macabre, religious imagery laden with futuristic undertones. Propelled by Saginaw's often fuzzed-out bass and Samuels' dance club-friendly rhythms, it's no surprise that the band hails from the techno capital of the US.

Opening the album with a gloomy country-tinged guitar hook, "Alone Together" sets an ominous tone as Bancell narrates a love story in a doomed world, colored by a glassy synth that sounds as if it were summoned from a horror movie. A sense of longing pervades "Thought Talk" with its subdued, hi-hat accented tempo, spacious bass line and reverb soaked guitars that ring out with melancholy. Ritual Howls' most mature offering to date, 'Rendered Armor' finds the band further carving out their own eclectic mix of organic instrumentation and pulsing electronics, distinguishing them as a unique force in the current landscape of underground music.

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released March 22, 2019

℗ + © felte 2019
Written + Produced by Ritual Howls
Paul Bancell | Vocals, Guitars
Christopher Samuels | Drums, Synths & Sounds + Acoustic Guitar on “Alone Together”
Ben Saginaw | Bass
Recorded by Adam Cox @ Hamtramck Sound Studios, Hamtramck, MI USA
Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri @ Black Knoll Studio, NY USA
Design by Chris Samuels

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Ritual Howls create a cinematic blend of twangy industrial-rock that could fuel a post-apocalyptic dancefloor. A collaboration between Paul Bancell (vocals, guitar), Chris Samuels (synth, samples, drum machine), and Ben Saginaw (bass), the Detroit trio create expansive arrangements sculpted with masterful production. ... more

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