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Ritual

Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Apple Valley, California, USA

Ritual formed in 1991 beginning with Vic Mendoza, Larry Lucero, and Tim Haase as the founding members. Ritual was being managed by Roger Martinez of Vengeance Rising at that time. In 1992 Vic Mendoza left Ritual and began a project called Coronation. Vic Mendoza was holding auditions. He contacted Panda Bear Studios for a list of musicians. Willie Stenner was on the roster at that time.

After a few auditions Vic Mendoza chose Willie Stenner to join Coronation. After listening to Vic and Willie practice, Ritual asked the two to join Ritual in 1992. Ritual became a five piece band. Roger Martinez did not like the idea of having Willie Stenner in Ritual and asked the guys to fire Willie Stenner. The other band members got together and decided to let Willie Stenner go but Vic Mendoza would not stay in the band if Willie was to be gone. Willie’s band mates decided to keep Willie Stenner in Ritual.

In the Beginning of 1993 Roger Martinez decided to let Ritual go and shortly after that Tim Haase and Demian Bridwell decided to form Electric Rattlebone. Vic Mendoza, Larry Lucero, and Willie Stenner moved on and released Ritual’s second demo called Crematorium of the Deceased.

In 1994 Vic Mendoza left Ritual to continue on with Coronation. Willie Stenner and Larry Lucero continued on and were not looking for any band members at the time but were practicing to obtain a sound that the two were collaborating on.

In 1994 Larry and Willie hired Nicene Creed's bassist Bill Burke to play a show in Grand Rapids Michigan. The show was played May 21st and was the last Show Ritual Played. Willie Stenner got married April 21st of 1994 and settled in to start a family. In 2005 Larry Lucero and Willie Stenner started collaborating and re-did a Ritual song called “Suffer The Un-Holy 2,” which was released on MySpace.com.

Discography

1992 Demo
1993 Crematorium of the Deceased

Demo

1992 Independent

Vic Mendoza - Bass, vocals
Tim Haase - Guitars, vocals
Larry Lucero - Drums

  1. Internal Hardening (3:37)
  2. Eternal Damnation (2:42)
  3. Baptism (2:02)
  4. Temporal Inhumation (0:44)

Crematorium of the Deceased

1993 Independent

Vic Mendoza - Lead vocals, bass
Willie Stenner - Guitars, vocals
Larry Lucero - Drums

  1. Internal Hardening (3:23)
  2. Eternal Damnation
  3. Rotting from Within
  4. Buried Alive (4:20)
  5. Suffer The Unholy (2:49)

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