US heavy-metal hardliners KILL RITUAL fire the starting shot of their forthcoming era with the title track “In My Head”. The single anticipates the band’s new album “In My Head”, out November 21, 2025 via Massacre Records
Lead guitarist, producer and main songwriter Steven D. Rice frames the new single as a stark descent into institutionalized madness: “‘In My Head’ is the typical tale of the mentally ill being abused in asylums. The torture and hopelessness they feel as being treated is visualized in the lyrics. There’s a lot of cool Eastern melody in the refrain with dreamy/nightmare vibes.“
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On the album, Rice handled production, arrangements and lyrics, with Judas on vocals and Seamus Gleason on drums; Rice also performs guitars, bass, additional vocals and synths. The full-length promises ten tracks that move between vengeance, love and the will to endure —”aggression with atmosphere, darkness with melody,” as heard from opener In My Head through the haunting finale Our Elegant Demon.
Available as CD Digipak and Limited Vinyl LP, “In My Head” delivers ten powerful tracks where crushing riffs, dark melodies, and lyrical intensity come together to form one of the most dynamic works of the band’s career.
The album captures the essence of KILL RITUAL at their sharpest and most uncompromising. Recorded over the course of a year, with production, arrangements, and lyrics all crafted by Steven D. Rice, “In My Head” was mixed and mastered by Andy LaRocque at Sonic Train Studio in Sweden, and enriched visually by the artwork of Jobert Mello at Sledgehammer Graphix. The performances of Judas on vocals, Seamus Gleason on drums, and Rice himself on guitars, bass, vocals and synths converge into a relentless yet dynamic record that combines aggression with atmosphere, darkness with melody.
From the tormented opener that gives the album its title to the haunting close of “Our Elegant Demon,” the record unfolds as a journey through madness, vengeance, love, and survival. Each track pushes forward with a sense of urgency and depth, making “In My Head” a compelling statement of identity and power from a band that continues to evolve without compromise.
With “In My Head” KILL RITUAL invites listeners to step into their world of shadows and revelations, where heavy metal meets storytelling in its most intense form.
ICYMI:
“Shadow On Your Grave” video: https://youtu.be/VEaStsW2j5M https://youtu.be/VEaStsW2j5M
Track listing:
- In My Head
- Shadow On Your Grave
- 1000 Years
- Fall To Fly (Join Or Die)
- I Paint In Death
- The Head Of Judas
- More Than Pain
- My Love Is Hate
- Fire Bird
- Our Elegant Demon
KILL RITUAL are:
Steven D. Rice – Guitars, Bass, Synths, Vocals
Seamus Gleason – Drums
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