Ritual don't play the most energetic material coming from the NWOBHM era, but rather falls into a slew of artists from that era/wave who tip-toed on the fence between Heavy Metal and dark Heavy/Hard Rock. I've heard quite a few of those, and Widow falls into the very good ones, balancing good playing and clean sound with the rough, blue collar-ish edge that one expects from a band part of "the wave." Not only is the music good, but the atmosphere it conveys makes it worth the purchase price alone. Good of SKR to resurrect these guys from the land of the out-of-print.
Tracklist:
1 Widow
2 Come To The Ritual
3 Rebecca
4 Never For Evil
5 Morning Star
6 Journey
7 Burning
8 Temptation
9 Forever
10 House Of Secrets
11 Into The Night