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.
These are photos from concerts where Ancient Rites played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Graspop Metal Meeting 2001 Jun 23, 2001 Dessel, Flanders, Belgium Uploaded by Thierry F
