Ritual

As well as giving rise to hundreds of new bands captained (or perhaps "pirated" would be a better term) by hungry young Turks fueled by the D.I.Y. lessons of punk rock, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal of the early '80s also provided a tolerant platform for numerous groups that had been struggling to launch their careers for much of the previous decade. And as history would record, these ranged from eventual superstars (Iron Maiden, formed in 1975) to middle of the pack favorites (Raven, 1974) and, of course, plenty of utterly obscure relics like Ritual (1973). The latter h...