SATANIC RITES: Live To Ride 7″ + Hit and Run [great N.W.O.B.H.M on Heavy Metal Records. !

Description

Satanic Rites – Live To Ride / Hit And Run
Label: Heavy Metal Records
Catalog#: HEAVY 8
Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1981
Genre: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Producer – Tim Patterson

similar to Wichfynde in that they possessed a rather sinister name that didn’t have a lot to do with their actual music.

45 RPM 7″ vinyl.
1. Live to Ride 04:28
2. Hit and Run 03:23
Total playing time 07:51

SATANIC RITES were a NWOBHM band formed in Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1979.
Signing with the Wolverhampton based Heavy Metal Records, the band released their first single, “Live To Ride”, in 1981.
The record brought them rave reviews from respected music publications such as Sounds and Kerrang! but they weren’t to release any further product until 1985.
By this time singer Daz Bingham was out, replaced by Deborah Webster, the wife of bassist David Ingham.
The female vocals brought a whole different feel to the bands debut album, “Which Way the Wind Blows”, which was released privately in 1985.
After the albums release, long time keyboard player Kevin Doyle left the band to be replaced by Graham Dyson.
This new line up recorded a second album, “No Use Crying”, which was released in 1987.
This was to prove to be the bands swansong however, as Satanic Rites split up in 1988.
The bands reputation and the strength of their recorded output has kept the bands name alive with new generations discovering the NWOBHM.