Vaticinal Rites - Vaticinal Rites [REVIEW]



Hailing from the UK, Vaticinal Rites is a brand new band.

This self-titled debut offering only has four tracks, and clocks in at under 12 minutes, but it demands several listens every time you put it in the player.

Flawless death metal; it would have made our 2021 end-of-year list if we had discovered it sooner.

Redefining Darkness/Caligari have released it on CD (and a very cool slimline jewel case CD it is too); and cassettes are available from Dry Cough.

You can stream this exceptional EP below, and pick up a copy here.

Hopes are very high indeed for the forthcoming full-length.

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