RECORD WILL BE SHIPPED END OF SEPTEMBER.
Hail Satan!
Following on from 2024’s debut album, Dial in the Ghost (TNS Records), London-based noise-punk stalwarts Ritual Error come ripping out of the gate once more with their sophomore record, Terminal with Benefits (Totality). Recorded with noise rock connoisseur, Wayne Adams at BearBitesHorse, Ritual Error take their sound in a more angular, meaner direction this time around. Alessandro Incorvaia’s abrasive bass tone intersects with David Thair’s frantic and precise drumming, creating an off-kilter rhythm section and allowing a platform for Okala Elesia’s guitar – buzzsaw tone, phasers set to stun - to slash in and out of the gaps they leave.
The result is a noise-rock record that assaults the senses but always feels tightly controlled. Okala’s vocals, somewhere between a shout and scream, further add colour to the void; wryly talking about sexual alien abductions, an island state obsessed with 12-foot immigrants, and booking agents who turn themselves into tattoos to please their clients. This is modern noise-rock as filtered through JG Ballard and all your favourite Touch and Go bands, brought kicking and screaming into 2026 with all the sharp edges kept intact - and with new ones added.
