Rituals of Power

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Rituals of Power
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 8, 2019 (2019-03-08)
Genre Death metal, crust punk [1] [2]
Length36:02
Label Season of Mist
Misery Index chronology
The Killing Gods
(2014)
Rituals of Power
(2019)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim! 8/10 [3]
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Rituals of Power is the sixth studio album by American death metal band Misery Index. It was released on March 8, 2019, by Season of Mist.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Universal Untruths"NethertonJarvis, Morris, Kloeppel2:35
2."Decline and Fall"NethertonJarvis, Morris, Kloeppel4:36
3."The Choir Invisible"NethertonJarvis, Kloeppel4:26
4."New Salem"KloeppelJarvis, Kloeppel3:24
5."Hammering the Nails"NethertonJarvis, Netherton3:46
6."Rituals of Power"NethertonJarvis, Kloeppel5:20
7."They Always Come Back"NethertonJarvis, Netherton5:08
8."I Disavow"NethertonJarvis, Kloeppel4:21
9."Naysayer"Netherton, KloeppelJarvis, Kloeppel2:26
Total length:36:02

Personnel

Misery Index

Production

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [5] 89

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