Ancient Rites Concert History

Ancient Rites is a Belgian black metal (old) / folk metal (recent) band formed in 1988. Initially, the line- up consisted of guitar players Johan and Phillip, drummer Stefan, and Gunther Theys on bass and vocals. In 1990 the Dark Ritual demo was released in the underground scene, getting worldwide attention just as black metal was gaining importance in the metal scene. Soon after the release of this demo Phillip died in a car crash and not long after, Stefan committed suicide.

Ancient Rites Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2024)

Date Concert Venue Location
Feb 10, 2024
Ancient Rites / Bodyfarm / Gutwrench / Infinity / Nattas / Carnal Desecration

In The Grip Of Winter V

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Baroeg Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Nov 03, 2023
Ancient Rites Escape Metalcorner Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Oct 10, 2023
Ancient Rites / Goat Semen

Evil Prevails... Tour Sur América 2023

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Yield Rock Lima, Lima, Peru
Jun 30, 2022 –
Jul 02, 2022
Under the Black Sun 2022
...And Oceans / Ancient Rites / Archgoat / Arkona (Poland) / Darkestrah / Darkmoon Warrior / Demonical / Deus Mortem / Endezzma / Frostmoon Eclipse / Goath / Illum Adora / In Twilight's Embrace / Iron Kindl Pest / Liber Null / Lucifericon / Mgła / Moribund Oblivion / Naglfar / Odium Humani Generis / Psychonaut 4 / Sarkrista / Satan Worship / Sur Austru / Total Hate / Whiskey Ritual Show all bands
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Freilichtbühne Friesack Friesack, Germany
Mar 31, 2018
Ancient Rites / Varathron / Lugubre / PESTILENTIA / Bloodtomb

Veneration Of The Dead VI 2018

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Baroeg Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Feb 10, 2017 –
Feb 11, 2017
Diabolica Sonis 2017
A Forest of Stars / Wiegedood / Ancient Rites / Shining (SWE) / Mortuus / Countess / Terzij De Horde / Evil Oath / Soulburn
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P60 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Nov 12, 2016
Solarfall
Tsjuder / Laster / The Great Old Ones / Ancient Rites / Thurisaz / Treurwilg / Throne of Time
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Victorie Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands
Jun 04, 2016
"Summerrock" / Ancient Rites / Nervosa / Monument / Komah / Drakkar

Summerrock

Ambacht Oosterzele, Belgium
Feb 08, 2016
70000Tons Of Metal
"70000Tons Of Metal" / At The Gates / Hammerfall / Epica / Ancient Rites / Aura Noir / Belphegor / Bloodbath / Carach Angren / Children of Bodom / Cradle of Filth / Delain / Dragonforce / Firewind / Fleshgod Apocalypse / Gamma Ray / Holy Moses / Iced Earth / Insomnium / Jag Panzer / Katatonia / Krisiun / Lacuna Coil / Manilla Road / Moonspell / My Dying Bride / Paradise Lost / Rhapsody of Fire / Rotting Christ / Samael / Sodom / Squealer / Stratovarius / subway to sally / Thyrfing / Tsjuder / Turisas / Tyr / Vader / Vallenfyre / Visions of Atlantis Show all bands
Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas® OCEAN
Feb 07, 2016
70000Tons Of Metal
"70000Tons Of Metal" / At The Gates / Hammerfall / Epica / Ancient Rites / Aura Noir / Belphegor / Bloodbath / Carach Angren / Children of Bodom / Cradle of Filth / Delain / Dragonforce / Firewind / Fleshgod Apocalypse / Gamma Ray / Holy Moses / Iced Earth / Insomnium / Jag Panzer / Katatonia / Krisiun / Lacuna Coil / Manilla Road / Moonspell / My Dying Bride / Paradise Lost / Rhapsody of Fire / Rotting Christ / Samael / Sodom / Squealer / Stratovarius / subway to sally / Thyrfing / Tsjuder / Turisas / Tyr / Vader / Vallenfyre / Visions of Atlantis Show all bands
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Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas® OCEAN
Feb 06, 2016
70000Tons Of Metal
"70000Tons Of Metal" / At The Gates / Hammerfall / Epica / Ancient Rites / Aura Noir / Belphegor / Bloodbath / Carach Angren / Children of Bodom / Cradle of Filth / Delain / Dragonforce / Firewind / Fleshgod Apocalypse / Gamma Ray / Holy Moses / Iced Earth / Insomnium / Jag Panzer / Katatonia / Krisiun / Lacuna Coil / Manilla Road / Moonspell / My Dying Bride / Paradise Lost / Rhapsody of Fire / Rotting Christ / Samael / Sodom / Squealer / Stratovarius / subway to sally / Thyrfing / Tsjuder / Turisas / Tyr / Vader / Vallenfyre / Visions of Atlantis Show all bands
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Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas® OCEAN
Feb 05, 2016
70000Tons Of Metal
"70000Tons Of Metal" / At The Gates / Hammerfall / Epica / Ancient Rites / Aura Noir / Belphegor / Bloodbath / Carach Angren / Children of Bodom / Cradle of Filth / Delain / Dragonforce / Firewind / Fleshgod Apocalypse / Gamma Ray / Holy Moses / Iced Earth / Insomnium / Jag Panzer / Katatonia / Krisiun / Lacuna Coil / Manilla Road / Moonspell / My Dying Bride / Paradise Lost / Rhapsody of Fire / Rotting Christ / Samael / Sodom / Squealer / Stratovarius / subway to sally / Thyrfing / Tsjuder / Turisas / Tyr / Vader / Vallenfyre / Visions of Atlantis Show all bands
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Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas® OCEAN
Feb 04, 2016 –
Feb 08, 2016
70000 Tons of Metal 2016
Dragonforce / Children of Bodom / Lacuna Coil / Cradle of Filth / Epica / Katatonia / Eluveitie / Iced Earth / Hammerfall / Paradise Lost / Stratovarius / At The Gates / Insomnium / Turisas / Vader / Sodom / Delain / Moonspell / Týr / Bloodbath / Rotting Christ / Fleshgod Apocalypse / Rhapsody of Fire / Gamma Ray / My Dying Bride / Diamond Head / Belphegor / Firewind / Samael / Fallujah / Arkona / Krisiun / Raven / Carach Angren / Incantation / Dead Cross / Tsjuder / Novembers Doom / Visions of Atlantis / Skálmöld / Ghoul / Svbway To Sally / Aura Noir / Twilight Force / Thyrfing / Jag Panzer / Nervosa / Manilla Road / Vallenfyre / Susperia / Holy Moses / Día de los Muertos" / Ancient Rites / Squealer / Distillator / Koyi K Utho / Abinchova / Star Killer / No Raza Show all bands
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Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas® OCEAN
Aug 14, 2015 –
Aug 16, 2015
Motocultor 2015
Opeth / Trivium / Carcass / Death DTA / Sepultura / Pentagram / Eluveitie / Sick of It All / Madball / Sodom / Brujeria / Triptykon / Orange Goblin / Finntroll / God Seed / Septicflesh / Aborted / Tankard / Kataklysm / Krisiun / Bombers / Ultra Vomit / Solstafir / Kronos / Alcest / The Ocean / Glorior Belli / Ancient Rites / Agalloch / Psycroptic / Klone / Gutalax / Dopethrone / All Out War / Crisix / Mars Red Sky / Rise of the Northstar / Sticky Boys / Ne Obliviscaris / Cliteater / Killers / Nesseria / C R O W N / Belenos / Angelus Apatrida / Abysse / Bliss of FIesh / Arcania / Psykup / Birds In Row / Verbal Razors / Der Weg Einer Freiheit / Hexecutor / Machete / Drakwald / Muezli / Heart Attack / Je / The Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell / Antropomorphia / Deficiency / My SLeeping Karma / Little BIG / Avulsed / One Last Shot Show all bands
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site de Kerboulard Saint-Nolff, France
Mar 30, 2013 –
Mar 31, 2013
Veneration Of The Dead I 2013
Ancient Rites / Funeral Winds / Hekel / Murw / Gheestenland / Heimdalls Wacht / Angantyr / Svartidauði / Weltbrand
Baroeg Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Dec 14, 2012 –
Dec 15, 2012
Eindhoven Metal Meeting
The Amenta / Ancient Rites / Blacklodge / Brujeria / Carach Angren / Christ Agony / Dark Tranquillity / Deathstars / Debauchery / Disharmonic Orchestra / Djerv / Dunderbeist / Dust Bolt / Enthroned / Excrementory Grindfuckers / Flotsam and Jetsam / Gorath / Gospel Of The Horns / Haemorrhage / Herder / Krux / My Dying Bride / Macabre / The New Dominion / Obituary / Psycroptic / Satyricon / Sodom / Taake / Thyrfing / Totenmond / Zombie Inc. / The Devil's Blood Show all bands
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Effenaar Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
Jun 24, 2006
Graspop Metal Meeting
"Graspop Metal Meeting" / Stone Sour / Bloodsimple / Ill Nino / Guns N' Roses / Akercocke / Ancient Rites / Nile / Death Angel / My Dying Bride / Soulfly / New York Dolls / Caliban / Alice In Chains / Opeth / The Datsuns / Avenged Sevenfold / Bullet for My Valentine / Obituary / Jon Oliva's Pain Show all bands
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Festival Grounds Dessel, Flanders, Belgium
Jun 23, 2006 –
Jun 25, 2006
Graspop Metal Meeting 2006
Guns N' Roses / Avenged Sevenfold / Alice In Chains / Bullet for My Valentine / Stone Sour / Whitesnake / Trivium / In Flames / Motörhead / Opeth / Dragonforce / Gojira / As I Lay Dying / Lacuna Coil / Arch Enemy / DevilDriver / Cradle of Filth / Helloween / Soulfly / New York Dolls / Saxon / Exodus / Ill Niño / Agnostic Front / Nile / Ensiferum / 36 Crazyfists / Obituary / Satyricon / Death Angel / Y & T / Edguy / Caliban / Moonspell / The Datsuns / Anvil / Ignite / The Gathering / My Dying Bride / Evergrey / Leaves' Eyes / After Forever / Die Krupps / Armored Saint / Bloodsimple / Stream of Passion / Enthroned / Darkane / Jon Oliva's Pain / Leng Tch'e / Up the irons / Ancient Rites / Beyond Fear / Machine Men / Battalion / In-Quest / Sengir / Axamenta / The Maple Room / Iconoclasm / Withesnake / Panchrysia / Ozzy Ozz / Nutellica / Action In Dc Show all bands
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Dessel, Flanders, Belgium
Jun 17, 2006
Osdorp Posse / Ancient Rites / Gunz N' Roses

Osdorp Posse / Guns N' Rozes / Ancient Rites

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Elektra Sliedrecht, South Holland, The Netherlands
Jul 31, 2003 –
Aug 02, 2003
Wacken Open Air 2003
Slayer / Twisted Sister / In Flames / Testament / Sonata Arctica / Soilwork / Stratovarius / Nile / Lordi / Annihilator / Heaven Shall Burn / Vader / Kataklysm / Rotting Christ / Dark Funeral / Rage / Gamma Ray / Diamond Head / Assassin / Primal Fear / Carpathian Forest / Sentenced / Masterplan / Freedom Call / Running Wild / Dismember / Malevolent Creation / Die Apokalyptischen Reiter / Victory / Graveworm / Raunchy / Svbway To Sally / Extreme Noise Terror / Sinister / The Crown / Thyrfing / Darkane / Sinner / Dark Age / Metalium / The Quill / Dew-Scented / Circle II Circle / Lotto King Karl / Psychopunch / Symphorce / Ancient Rites / Human Fortress / Obscenity / V8 Wankers / Onkel Tom / Raise Hell / Twisted Tower Dire / Cryptic Wintermoon / Eidolon / Evidence One / Oratory / Callenish Circle / Seventh One / Victims of Madness Show all bands
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Wacken Open Air 2003 Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Dynamo Open Air 1999 on May 23, 1999 [342-small]

Dynamo Open Air 1999
May 23, 1999
 Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
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Graspop Metal Meeting 2001 on Jun 23, 2001 [618-small]

Graspop Metal Meeting 2001
Jun 23, 2001
 Dessel, Flanders, Belgium
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Graspop Metal Meeting 2001 on Jun 23, 2001 [619-small]

Graspop Metal Meeting 2001
Jun 23, 2001
 Dessel, Flanders, Belgium
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Ancient Rites / Celtic Dance / Web on Feb 3, 1996 [683-small]

Ancient Rites / Celtic Dance / Web
Feb 3, 1996
 Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Ancient Rites / Bodyfarm / Gutwrench / Infinity / Nattas / Carnal Desecration on Feb 10, 2024 [528-small]

Ancient Rites / Bodyfarm / Gutwrench / Infinity / Nattas / Carnal Desecration
Feb 10, 2024
 Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Ancient Rites / Bodyfarm / Gutwrench / Infinity / Nattas / Carnal Desecration
Feb 10, 2024
 Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Ancient Rites / Bodyfarm / Gutwrench / Infinity / Nattas / Carnal Desecration
Feb 10, 2024
 Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Ancient Rites / Bodyfarm / Gutwrench / Infinity / Nattas / Carnal Desecration
Feb 10, 2024
 Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Ancient Rites / Bodyfarm / Gutwrench / Infinity / Nattas / Carnal Desecration
Feb 10, 2024
 Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Ancient Rites / Bodyfarm / Gutwrench / Infinity / Nattas / Carnal Desecration
Feb 10, 2024
 Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Ancient Rites / Bodyfarm / Gutwrench / Infinity / Nattas / Carnal Desecration
Feb 10, 2024
 Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Ancient Rites / Bodyfarm / Gutwrench / Infinity / Nattas / Carnal Desecration
Feb 10, 2024
 Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Genres:

Black Metal
Folk Metal
Melodic Black Metal
Viking Metal
Symphonic Black Metal
Pagan Black Metal
Belgian Metal
Viking Black Metal
Belgian Black Metal
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Latest Setlist (02/10/2024):

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  1. Infant Sacrifices to Baalberith
  2. Assyrian Empire
  3. Crucifixion Justified (Roman Supremacy)
  4. Aris
  5. Obscurity Reigns (Fields of Flanders)
  6. Death Messiah
  7. Götterdammerung
  8. Longing for the Ancient Kingdom
  9. ...and the Horns Called for War
  10. Land of Frost and Despair
  11. Evil Prevails
  12. Blood of Christ (Mohammed Wept)
  13. (Het Verdronken Land van) Saeftinge
  14. Victory or Valhalla
  15. Blasfemia Eternal
  16. Total Misanthropia
  17. Mother Europe
  18. On Golden Fields (De Leeuwen dansen)
  19. Fatherland

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Concerts Per Year:

2024 1 concert
2023 2 concerts
2022 1 concert
2018 1 concert
2017 1 concert
2016 7 concerts
2015 1 concert
2013 1 concert
2012 1 concert
2006 3 concerts
2003 2 concerts
2001 2 concerts
1999 4 concerts
1998 1 concert
1996 5 concerts

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 Hui Shan
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 Mario Zapata
 Michael Crustard
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How many concerts has Ancient Rites had?

Ancient Rites has had 33 concerts.

What genre is Ancient Rites?

Ancient Rites is most often considered to be Black Metal, Folk Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Viking Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Pagan Black Metal, Belgian Metal, Viking Black Metal, and Belgian Black Metal.

When was the last Ancient Rites concert?

The last Ancient Rites concert was on February 10, 2024 at Baroeg in Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. The bands that performed were: Ancient Rites / Bodyfarm / Gutwrench / Infinity / Nattas / Carnal Desecration.

What setlist does Ancient Rites play live?

The songs that Ancient Rites performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the February 10, 2024 concert at Baroeg in Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands:

  1. Infant Sacrifices to Baalberith
  2. Assyrian Empire
  3. Crucifixion Justified (Roman Supremacy)
  4. Aris
  5. Obscurity Reigns (Fields of Flanders)
  6. Death Messiah
  7. Götterdammerung
  8. Longing for the Ancient Kingdom
  9. ...and the Horns Called for War
  10. Land of Frost and Despair
  11. Evil Prevails
  12. Blood of Christ (Mohammed Wept)
  13. (Het Verdronken Land van) Saeftinge
  14. Victory or Valhalla
  15. Blasfemia Eternal
  16. Total Misanthropia
  17. Mother Europe
  18. On Golden Fields (De Leeuwen dansen)
  19. Fatherland

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