Flood Ritual

Members: Jim Mullin: Lead Vocals, Ken Weiss: Rhythm Guitar (Lead Guitars) Charlie Costa: Drums (Backing Vocals), Tony Bock: Bass (Backing Vocals) Formed in early 2001 by these fast-found friends - after Weiss left his previous band on the New Years Eve, and Costa already joined with Bock, found Mullin hanging out in a local guitar store, it hasn't taken long for Flood Ritual to begin making their mark. First and foremost, there are the songs. Each one stands as a pillar unto itself, with all out blazing hard rock mixed with

Jim Mullin: Lead Vocals,
Ken Weiss: Rhythm Guitar (Lead Guitars)
Charlie Costa: Drums (Backing Vocals),
Tony Bock: Bass (Backing Vocals)

Formed in early 2001 by these fast-found friends - after Weiss
left his previous band on the New Years Eve, and Costa already
joined with Bock, found Mullin hanging out in a local guitar
store, it hasn't taken long for Flood Ritual to begin making their
mark. First and foremost, there are the songs. Each one stands as
a pillar unto itself, with all out blazing hard rock mixed with
soulful and melodic brilliance make the band's varying influences
and tastes all magnificently battle with one another for
prominence. "We try not to do what everyone else is doing, we want
to make a mark and stand alone." Mullin says with a smile. "We
like to take a completely different approach to writing each song,
but at the same time try to relate each one in some way to keep a
nice balance throughout the entire project. Using common and
uncommon formulas integrated with new and old ideas within
ourselves seem to work great in making music that we are all proud
of. We're not trying to mask or mirror anyone else, or go with or
against the grain. This is just who we are and what we do to make
ourselves feel good."
From first song to the last, this is a musical project that shows
a band flowing through in and out of itself into heavy riffing
measures and smooth melodically dreams. This music created by
Flood Ritual seems almost accidentally designed to send streaming
shivers racing up and down your spine. While their approach on
such tunes as "Lifeless" and "Touch my soul" can seem rather dark
and mystical, there's always a positive thread running through the
music. Bringing forward such empowering messages within songs like
"Set you free,", "Greed", and "Real", it thankfully leaves the
listener with the unmistakable feeling that this has been a
musical journey well worth taking.
"There were so many things that we wanted to do with this project,
but we couldn't get it all into such a short compilation of
songs," Costa said. The album was made over such a long period of
time and it sort of evolved into what it has become. Chuck
Alkazian, the producer decided to take this record in small steps.
He made a world of difference out of this process and let it
breathe. This album "Set Yourself Free," the debut album from
Flood Ritual is an instant masterpiece.