Ritual Sacrifice has its moments, moments were the fast guitar solos, the angry hardcore vocals and a couple of melodies give you a small sugar rush that sadly doesn’t outlast the lack of singularity brought forth by Head on Collision; instead they dwell for too long provoking a synapse of influences that go from your very “typical” thrash inspirational bands, to your more than common and totally abused riffs that can be best described as “old school”.

A question comes to mind while listening and writing about this album; can Ritual Sacrifice stand out from the hundreds of “thrash revival” bands that are flooding the scene? The answer is simple and requires a bit of analysis over some of the bands that I consider “great”… NO and the difference is not that Head on Collision went for a bit more “early Kreator” thrash sound, or that their production is quite raw, the difference between this guys and let’s say Evile, is how memorable are their recycle riffs. There are a couple of songs that make you want to give the band and the album a second, third and perhaps a fatal fourth chance, songs like Violence and Aggresion and Permanent Damage despite been their two best tracks, they just can’t hold the weight of the entire record and might just end up in one of those “my favorite” playlists.

To be completely fair Ritual Sacrifice is one of those records that you might have fun listening to, but that remains in your collection out of the share hope that one day their songs will completely catch you by surprise, something that perhaps only time can determine, but as many other records you probably owned, they are destine to remain unplayed, and miscomprehended if you never really got what makes Head on Collision a band for you.