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.

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Ancient Rites Tours & Concerts (Page 2)

Date Concert Venue Location
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
Feb 15, 2019 –
Feb 16, 2019
Doc's BlackFest 2019
Enthroned / Gnaw Their Tongues / Ancient Rites / Soulburn / Thyrgrim / Asgrauw / Misanthropia / Pictura Poesis / The Shiva Hypothesis / Dodenkrocht / Daemonos / Adversarius / Hyperion (Swe)
Willemeen Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
Oct 19, 2018
Ancient Rites

Malta Doom Metal Festival

Chateau Buskett Siġġiewi, Malta
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 11, 2017
Ancient Rites

Diabolica Sonis

P60 Amstelveen, 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
Ancient Rites

Motocultor Festival

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site de Kerboulard Saint-Nolff, France
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
Apr 05, 2015
Ancient Rites

Eggbangers Ball

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De Harmonie Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
Dec 09, 2014
Agata / Ancient Rites / Cloak The Knockout San Francisco, California, United States
Mar 31, 2013
Ancient Rites

Veneration of the Dead

Baroeg Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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
Ancient Rites

Eindhoven Metal Meeting

Effenaar Grote Zaal Eindhoven, North Brabant, 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 29, 2012 –
Jun 30, 2012
Dokk'em Open Air 2012
Arch Enemy / Moonspell / The Gathering / Death Angel / Obituary / Pro-Pain / Jon Oliva's Pain / Vanderbuyst / Hail of Bullets / Trail of Tears / Ancient Rites / Sinister / Dominici / Omission / Devious / Pathfinder / Bloodline / Max Pie / Glorior Belli / Nom De Plume Show all bands
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Dokkum, Friesland, Netherlands

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Dynamo Open Air 1999
May 21 - 23, 1999
 Mierlo, The Netherlands
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Dynamo Open Air 1999
May 21 - 23, 1999
 Mierlo, The Netherlands
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Dynamo Open Air 1999
May 21 - 23, 1999
 Mierlo, The Netherlands
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Graspop Metal Meeting 1999
Jun 27, 1999
 Dessel, Flanders, Belgium
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Dec 14 - 15, 2012
 Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
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 Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
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 Dessel, Flanders, Belgium
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Genres:

Black Metal
Folk Metal
Belgian
Melodic Black Metal
Symphonic Black Metal
Viking Metal
Pagan Black Metal
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  1. Infant Sacrifices to Baalberith
  2. Crucifixion Justified (Roman Supremacy)
  3. Obscurity Reigns (Fields of Flanders)
  4. Aris
  5. Death Messiah
  6. Longing for the Ancient Kingdom
  7. Blood of Christ (Mohammed Wept)
  8. ...and the Horns Called for War
  9. Land of Frost and Despair
  10. Evil Prevails
  11. Victory or Valhalla
  12. Blasfemia Eternal
  13. Total Misanthropia
  14. Mother Europe
  15. On Golden Fields (De Leeuwen dansen)
  16. Fatherland

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Concerts Per Year:

2025 6 concerts
2024 5 concerts
2023 6 concerts
2022 4 concerts
2019 1 concert
2018 2 concerts
2017 2 concerts
2016 7 concerts
2015 2 concerts
2014 1 concert
2013 2 concerts
2012 3 concerts
2008 1 concert
2007 2 concerts
2006 6 concerts
2005 1 concert
2003 11 concerts
2002 2 concerts
2001 13 concerts
1999 16 concerts
1998 9 concerts
1996 9 concerts
1995 10 concerts
1994 6 concerts
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