ANCIENT RITES

ANCIENT RITES made their performance at 2002's prestigious Biebob Festival (held each spring in Belgium) more than memorable. The lengthy performance was recorded and filmed for what now stands as their first live album. And the Hordes Stood As One contains 16 selections that capture the band in their strongest role – the stage performer. Together over a decade, ANCIENT RITES have recorded five full-length albums and numerous singles. The band's most recent, Dim Carcosa, was their first for Holland's Hammerheart Records. In stores March 18.