Biography

Twilight Ritual was born in Geert's mind during the first Autumn years. It was building integrity, clearer identity, admittance of mistery and surreal impressions. During Autumn recording sessions, musical style and experiment varied strongly, which is recognized in the various tape releases. However, some tracks had clearly more 'spirit' or 'personality' than others. It became clear that a new project was born out of Autumn work : Twilight Ritual. Twilight Ritual continued evolving and many tracks were recorded in 83 and 84 (only interrupted by the demanding Metropolis project). By that time, they equipped themselves with various tape recorders and managed to develop a technique of bouncing tracks from one tape to another while recording new layers each time. It resulted in a very rich sound, yet clear and powerful. In the same period, all Micrart Group bands were taking part in many compilation projects. One of them was initiated by Javier Marin from Auxilio De Cientos in Granada, Spain. He proposed to release a full-length Twilight Ritual album, and the band agreed. The band selected the songs, went searching for cover material and designed a layout. Rituals was released in 85 and was an immediate success. There were only 1000 copies made, to be sold out within the year. Amazingly enough, up to today Rituals inspires many. After many releases since then, Twilight Ritual is still alive and kicking with regular new work being released and the occasional live gig.