Rite Here, Rite Now

After a 17-year break, Swedish four-piece Ritual have made a very welcome return with the first part of The Story Of Mr. Bogd. Guitarist/vocalist Patrik Lundström discusses embracing their inner child, the magic of Moomins and the musical journey that led to the creation of the two-part concept album.

Dom Lawson

“We’ve stuck together for a long time, and people often comment that we still have the same line-up, and that it’s crazy. Maybe it is, but we will always be the same line-up. It’s a guarantee that the band’s personality will stay intact.” One of Sweden’s most distinctive modern prog bands, Ritual formed in 1992 and were firmly ahead of the game from the start. Inspired by the prog legends of the 60s and 70s and more modern exponents of the art, such as It Bites and XTC, they steadily evolved into a melodic and endlessly inventive powerhouse, with a curious obsession with Finnish legend Tove Jansson’s Moomin stories and a fervently diverse musical palette. Their first four albums are all magnificent, and the last of them – 2007’s The…

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