RITE
Doom Metal • Finland
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1994 - The band is formed in Mikkeli, Finland. Jarkko Laatikainen, Juha Kivikanto and Sami Lintunen, together with bass player Harri Valkonen played together in a band called Caricature, but as the band's founder Perttu Noponen left the group, the rest of the guys wanted to continue with a different name and a different focus.
1995 - First gigs were played and the first demo tape was recorded including a Black Sabbath cover "Wizard". A second guitarist was needed, so Tero Pantsar joined Rite.
1996 - Heavily Black Sabbath influenced "Demo Galaktus" was released including a 9-minute slow doom metal song "Flower". The song was often the last song in their live set.
1997 - "Blackflash" demo was recorded. The tape showed first signs of Rite's heavier future. The songs got shorter and louder still retaining the clear references to heavy rock of the 1970's.
1998 - Harri Valkonen left
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