RITES from Galway, Ireland, have released their second full-length album early November. "II" serves four amazingly heavy and downtuned, at times calm and melancholic hymns of solitude and despair, always ready to explode like a volcano, spitting out fuzzed out riff monoliths and razor-sharp solos, which seem to come directly from earth's core. Lava is flowing, buildings are bursting, people running for their lifes. If you like CONAN you will definitely love RITES. Great, stuff!
http://ritesgalway.bandcamp.com/