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About Me

Over the years Illicit Rite has gone through many changes, but now with the loss of their singer the band has been forced to change once again. This time the band is going out as a trio and the vocals are now spat forth by two entities, the guitarist Zach and the bassist Paul.
With this change in the lineup the band has also changed their music. The old songs have been removed completely; as has the bastard mix of black metal and death metal and the band is now focusing purely on the death metal side. There is no more singing or high pitched screams that were reminiscent of metalcore and blackmetal respectively, but instead more gutteral growls that are the trademark of death metal.
Musically the band is faster and more brutal than ever before, laying their slow chugging and single note speed picking down and picking up more technical chops and fretwork. And to add to the brutality, there is more double bass from the drums.
Though constantly evolving and changing their sound, the band has one thing that remains constant; the need to play brutal music, and you can expect more in the future.
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Member Since: 10/1/2004
Band Website: illicitrite.com
Band Members: Zach -Lead Guitar/vocals
Jon -Guitar
Paul -Bass/vocals
Jim -Drums

Influences: Slayer
Behemoth
Cannibal Corpse
Deicide
Nile
Vital Remains
Exhumed
Necrophagist
Krisiun
Danzig

Sounds Like: Being shoved into a garbage disoposal.

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studio

We are happy to announce that we will be in the studio all weekend to finish up our demo. We are laying down tracks for 3 songs and if all goes well it will be done. Tentatively our CD release party w...
Posted by Illicit Rite on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 06:28:00 PST

Vote for Illicit Rite

Say Guys, Login and VOTE for Illicit RIte, We need YOUR help http://www.battleofthebands.com/illicitrite ERINE Ball Battle of the Bands...
Posted by Illicit Rite on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 01:00:00 PST

Rough Song Up

Since it is going to be a while before we complete our new demo because of schedule problems, we decided to upload one of our songs that isnt complete yet. The drums are final, but the guitar and bass...
Posted by Illicit Rite on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 02:40:00 PST

Recording Update

We just got back a rough mix of one of our songs, Eat the Decomposed (otherwise known as song2), and it sounds absolutely killer! Right now we just have drum tracks layed for it, but even with the sc...
Posted by Illicit Rite on Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:51:00 PST

Recording

We are pleased to announce that we are planning to record a new demo. I know most of you have listend to the only song we have posted on our myspace site and wonder "WTF is up with that crap", as we n...
Posted by Illicit Rite on Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:30:00 PST

no singer

We are sad to announce that our singer has decided to quit. This will not stop the band from going forward however. We are currently working some new options available and we will keep you posted on w...
Posted by Illicit Rite on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Birmingham, AL show tonight

Tonight is the show in Birmingham AL. Show starts at 10 at the Rocking Horse. Admission 5 bux.
Posted by Illicit Rite on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Downloads

Greetings hellians. You can now download all four songs off of this website. Feel free to burn them to a CD and pass them out to your buddies. Also, dont forget about our official website, www.illi...
Posted by Illicit Rite on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

2 new songs uploaded

Greetings you horrible lot. Check out the two new songs uploaded to this site, Desecration and The Hunger. Now you can listen to our full 4 song demo. Also, check out our official website www.illic...
Posted by Illicit Rite on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

2 New shows

Check the site for new shows. We are playing in Birmingham on Oct.7th and Chattanooga on Dec. 3rd. Also check out our main web site at www.illicitrite.com
Posted by Illicit Rite on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST