HISTORY
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Ritual Carnage's concept was achieved in 1993
by D.Montgomery.He started playing Bass guitar in his first band in 1983
called Pagan Faith in Tampa, Florida. His first influences were mainly
British bands such as Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Judas Priest, AC/DC, and Black
Sabbath.Other members of his first band introduced him to some more extreme
bands like Discharge, Raw Power, and Suicidal Tendencies. Metallicas'
"Kill 'em All" was released as well in that year and Montgomery
realized that Metallicas' mixture of speed and aggression combined with metal
was what he wanted to play most.In 1985, Music for Nations released the 1st
"Speed Kills" compilation and was introduced to bands like Celtic
Frost, Razor, Exciter, and Slayer. These bands influenced him greatly, and in
1986 he left Pagan Faith in search of metal............no luck! The Tampa bay
area was still dominated by hardcore and punk bands,as well, the glam metal
movement began. Disgusted, he decided to join the military and see the world.
In 1986, he came to Tokyo with the Air Force and was stationed at Yokota
Airbase.Soon after arriving there, he met John Dunmire who was the vocalist
of the band S.I.C. John's band was looking for a new guitarist and found out
about Montgomery by his extremely loud guitar playing in the dormitory.Though
S.I.C. was a hardcore band, John wanted to thicken the sound and put a
metallic edge to the guitars. Montgomery was not very interested in playing
hardcore, but he missed playing in a band and playing live shows......so he
joined. S.I.C. played many shows and tours and recorded a split 12' record
with the band ROSE ROSE in 1987 for Island Hop records(UK). In 1988, John
left the band and soon after Montgomery left as well. From 1990 until 1992,
Montgomery gave up playing in bands, mainly because of lack of dedication
from other members. He became a biker, and riding Choppers became his new
love. In 1993, he started playing bass and guitar once again. Montgomery also
became intersted in Tattooing. So he saved his money and moved back to Japan
to learn how to tattoo. He became a tattoo apprentice of Hori-Waka in
Asakusa. During his free time, he wrote music on a four track with a drum
machine and the concept of Ritual Carnage was born. In 1994, he joined the
band Scrap Tambourine. He liked their aggression and their powerful shows.
About a year after, the band started to fall apart. The other members were
getting married and having children and began losing interest. Montgomery
decided to leave the band and tried to get Ritual Carnage going. This proved
to be very difficult. He started playing with Alex Amedy (drums) and Bill
Jokela (Bass). Bill left the band because he could not dedicate enough time
to the band, and Alex was busy with his band, Section 8. He recorded a couple
of rehearsal tapes on a 4 track and gave them out to freinds and record
shops. Soon after, he met Shinjiro Sawada (drums), and Ken(guitar).They
recorded a 5 song demo in 1996 at Morrisound in Tampa, Florida.On December of
1996, Ritual Carnage played their 1st show at Meguro Live Station. A few
weeks later, Ken and Shinjiro left the band to concentrate on their own band,
Blood Shower. Alex's band broke up and he joined Ritual Carnage once
again.Soon after Hideo Ideno joined the band on bass.They played one show
together in July of 1997.On August of 1997, Eddie(X-Cracked Brain) joined the
band on lead guitar.They played 2 shows with Mortician in Tokyo on September.
A month later, Alex and Dan's relationship fell apart, Alex left the band. On
January of 1998, Ritual recorded its first full length record at
Morrisound.After the recording, Naoya Hamaii(X-Cracked Brain) became the new
drummer. A few months later, Shige Kamazawa became the second lead guitarist
and Montgomery became the vocalist.Ritual then sent its recording out to
nearly every metal record label. They were immediately offered contracts by
Osmose Productions, Metal Blade, Displeased Records, Merciless Records,and a
few others. They decided that Osmose would be the best for them.In July of 1998,
Ideno left the band to concentrate on his own project.Montgomery took over on
Bass and vocals.Their 1st album was released on October. On
November/December, they left for their first tour of Europe with Impaled
Nazarene and Driller Killer. The tour was very successful and their name was
spread throughout Europe.To their surprize, the record was recieved very well
throughout the world.In America, SOD Magazine rated their record 10 out of 10
and pick of the issue. Holland and Beligium's biggest metal magazine
AArdschock, rated their record 94 of 100 and writer Rene Vandeerhoof choose
their record as album of the year.Keith Harris, a writer for Terrorizer(UK)
nominated their record as one of the top 5 releases of 1998. On March of
1999, label mates Impaled Nazarene came to Japan to tour with Ritual.On this
tour they played their first show in Osaka,Japan.Then on May of 1999, Ritual
went to Europe to support Immortal and Benediction for 17 shows. The shows
were extremly successful and they were embraced by the European audiences.On
June, Marduk came to Japan and played 3 shows here.After the tour, Kamazawa
was asked to leave the band due to personal differences. Soon after, former
Disgust guitarist Nakabayashi joined the band. On September, Ritual flew to
Florida again to record their new album "Every Nerve Alive" at
Morrisound. Then on October and November, they flew to Austria to tour East
Europe with Krabathor.The tour was the most successful by far.The shows
averaged 1000 or more people a night.After the tour,Nakabayashi was asked to
leave the band due to financial and personal problems. On December of 1999,
Hidenori Tanaka(X-Tyrant) became the new second lead guitarist for the
band.Their new record, "Every Nerve Alive" will be released on the
1st week of March 2000.Pony/Canyon Japan will release the record in Japan
along with 4 bonus tracks. These bonus tracks will be available thru Osmose
on vinyl, limited to 1000 copies.From March, the band will do a complete tour
of Japan with Defiled(Nightfall/Terrorizer Records).During this tour,
Krabathor(Czech Republic) and God Dethroned (Holland) will make guest
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NOTICES
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INTERNET
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1999 |
THE HIGHEST
LAW |
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EVERY NERVE
ALIVE |
2° |
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NATION
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GENRE
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JAPAN |
THRASH
METAL |
BAND
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2000 |
ACTIVE |
ALBUM |
OTHER BAND |
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GUITARS/BASS/VOCALS |
‘NASTY DANNY’ MONTGOMERY |
ALL |
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GUITARS |
EDDIE
VAN KOIDE |
ALL |
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DRUMS |
NAOYA
HAMAII |
ALL |
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