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Ready for the next adventure…

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It is with a heavy heart that I announce this…

As of Thursday, November 1st, 2018 I will be resigning as Vocalist/Lyricist for Kill Ritual.

As with all things in life… we must grow, and move into our next role. What that role will be has yet to be determined but I know that the Universe/God/Great Spirit will give me what I need for my next journey, just as it did when I joined Kill Ritual 3 years ago.

While in Kill Ritual I got to do some amazing tours in Europe, Canada, and the US. We put out two great records that I am proud of, Karma Machine and All Men Shall Fall. Lyrically, I spoke my truth, and for those that heard that truth I can only hope it enlightened and spoke to you and that you will carry those words close when you think of me.

As much as I loved sharing the stage with these guys, deep down inside I knew that Kill Ritual was not the vehicle for me to share my vision with forever. As much as I tried to put those feelings behind me, I knew that this was just another continuing chapter in my Rock n’ Roll anthology.

To all of the friends and fans…

Forgive me for leaving you in what seemed in haste, but this has been something I’ve been considering for a little while now but I hope that we can cross paths again someday soon.

To all of you that I’ve signed autographs for, taken pictures with, hugged, or just talked about life with… you will always have a special place in my heart.

Last but not least… I wish to thank the boys in Kill Ritual, Mark Kloeppel, Joann Gullo, and Extreme Management for all of their hard work and to their future success.

Peace and Namaste.

I’ll sure I’ll see you again soon!
David Reed Watson

Please welcome our new Bass Player

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Ladies and Gents, Kill Ritual fans near and far…

We would like to introduce you to Alexandre Santos who will be playing Bass for Kill Ritual,
both touring and helping write their next album, The Opaque and the Divine.

We will be throwing him right in the fire for his first show with us in Las Vegas for
Kiss Night at Count’s Vamp’d, October 20th.

Alex is best known for his work and composition with the Portuguese melodic rock/metal band
Scar For Life (2008–present) and for his collaboration with other established heavy rock musicians
in the bands D.N.A. (2013) and Stagma (2018–present). If you recall, David (KR Vox)
and Alex collaborated with Kane Roberts (Alice Cooper), Neil Fraser (Ten, Rage of Angels, Stagma),
Mikael Carlsson (Lover Under Cover), as well as João Colaço (Rage of Angels, Scar For Life) creating D.N.A..

Speaking with David he has mentioned how excited he is to work with Alex again.

“Alex and I are like brothers. We argue, we laugh, and we create magic together.
I’ve been long looking forward to working with him again.
He will be an incredible asset to this band.
He is also one of the best songwriters I know.” – David Reed Watson

Alex also established his own recording and production facility, PressPlay Music, in 2008
for which he has mixed and produced several albums.

Make sure you check out Alex’s website if you would like to delve further into who this incredible talent is.

Alex Santos Music

Thank you to everybody that submitted videos, audio, phone conversations, and emails back and forth.
With all of the many variables entailed It was a difficult situation pinning down the right guy for this job.
So, again… thank you for your efforts and support. – Steve, David, Seamus, and Alex

 

 

 

 

 

Wipe You Sins Away

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Welcome to Thursday, June 21st which is an 11 in Numerology.

Today’s card is the Emperor.

Everything is perfect and everything happens for a reason.

Do you believe this?

If you don’t, are you willing to try this hat on for a bit? You see… when we come from this space we are saying that every single thing in our lives is there to serve us. If it’s something bad it is because we created that situation and on the opposite side, when it is good you have the satisfaction of knowing that you have the power, not anybody else.

The downside of this is that you have to take responsibility for everything. You can start with anything that happens around you. Start noticing what you do, who you hang around with, what you say, where you go (both mentally and physically). Are you willing to take that on?

There are too many victims in this world and not enough Emperors. The victim says that the world is happening around them while the Emperor says the world is happening because of his choices.

Today’s energy is the 11. 11 is a Master Number. It is the Spiritual Light Messenger and Teacher. Can you see yourself in that light or do you shudder with that thought?

Yes, I am asking a lot of questions today because we live in a world, as I stated above, of too many victims. I see a lot of finger pointing at our world leaders and not enough action. Our ‘leaders’ are representatives of ourselves so if we don’t like what we see then we must be the change. I wrote a song with Kill Ritual called ‘Sin’. It’s about what was happening at Standing Rock where the big oil companies plowed through Native American land with no regard to anything but money. That is one tiny contribution that I could make to help enlighten others… in my opinion, still not enough.

My mantra for today… “If it’s to be, it’s up to me.”

Today’s song is ‘Sin’ by Kill Ritual

“Soak your sins away. Clean your hands of this. You just turn your back, pretend they don’t exist?”

Gvyalielitsehi!
(Pronounced ‘Guy – Ali – Eh – LEE – Shay – He’)
(Cherokee for ‘I appreciate you’)
David

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Rock The Talk with Kill Ritual

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Tonight on ‘Rock The Talk’ David will be having his bandmates from Kill Ritual on the phone so tune in!
 
We will be giving away some Kill Ritual T-Shirts and maybe some other weird stuff.
 
Every Wednesday Night from 6pm to 9pm PST.
 
Call in on the hotline
702-832-0364
 
Plug into your browser
 
 
or download our free app for both iPhone and Android.
 
 
 
Peace!
 
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KR Update (June 12, 2018)

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Hey gang,
We’ve got a lot coming up here for the fall. We can’t let the cat out of the bag as of yet but we want to include you all so, if we could get you guys and gals to do a few things for us…
 
1. Private Message David pictures of one or more of us from a previous tour. Let us know your name and where and when you saw us.
 
2. PM David pictures of you with your Kill Ritual TShirt and/or CD and if you got them via a tour let us know the same info… where and when you saw us and your name.
 
3. We will be looking for more admins to manage our social media preferably those that know WordPress. Gin is great with the Facebook and Instagram so I want to give her a big shout out but we’re spreading her pretty thin so we want to get a few people to help her out.
 
4. We will be setting up our Kill Ritual Merch account this week. If you don’t have your 2018 North American Tour TShirts get them soon.
 
Peace!
David Reed Watson, Steven D. Rice, Seamus Gleason, Chris Lotesto & Jim Pegram

Subjugate your Suffering

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Welcome to Thursday, May 10th which is an 8 in Numerology.

Today’s card is the 10 of Swords. Ruin.

What does today’s card teach us? Believe me, I gasped when it came up this morning. First, it was worry and then after further analysis, it was a much-needed warning for all of us. Combined with today’s number 8 of re-evaluation it is something to heed.

Endless fighting ends with destruction and endless analysis ends with a loss of hope and/or belief.

You’ve heard me talk about the Ego in the past, about how we stubbornly stick to our guns about our beliefs. But if we put the ego aside we allow ourselves to change our beliefs/philosophies and allow them to adapt to this new and ever-changing world. Ego has kept us in this space of not allowing change to happen. Like the Hatfield’s & McCoy’s… they didn’t even know what they were fighting for any more they just fought because they always have. It’s silly.

If we look internally (As above, so below) we see this fight as well. I know I’ve been a victim of my own philosophies at times. The over-analysis of my own beliefs where I’ve had the internal war with myself about what I should or shouldn’t do in this world and the more that we do things in the public eye we get locked into what other people see us as. It’s expected of us.

I’ll take my band Kill Ritual. We are labeled as a ‘Thrash Band’, but is that who we are? No… not at all. We are ever-changing and adapting to what we see ourselves as and that changes just as members and new philosophies come into our spectrum. We have to deal with reviews of ‘This singer sucks’ or ‘I hate these guys now’ because of that public eye not allowing change.

Where are you not allowing a change in your life?

 

Today’s song is ‘Dead Heart in a Dead World’ by Nevermore.

“Subjugate your suffering.”

Gvyalielitsehi!
(Pronounced ‘Guy – Ali – Eh – LEE – Shay – He’)
(Cherokee for ‘I appreciate you’)
David

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Even MORE Strength

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Welcome to Saturday, April 14th which is an 11 in Numerology AND it’s my Mom’s Birthday.

Today’s card is the Strength Card, again! Only this time it is the 9 of Wands. This card, if you look at it there is a star blowing up a thick concrete box to bits. To me this is saying that now you have the courage to see things through where in the past you were a bit shy about it all. You tiptoed around because of your own self-worth issues.

Combined with today’s energy of the 11, the Master Teacher, illumination, enlightenment and psychic abilities. If you are in the business of helping others today is a magical day because today you are highly intuitive.

You’ve put your power to the side so many times in this life that you forget about it from time to time. Remember yesterday I talked about finding the courage and that you DO in fact have control of your life? You’ve put it aside because you were so afraid of your Ego compromising your true mission. You know now that the Ego can easily be put in a corner and that it is there to protect you, not take you over.

For me, in the music world, we see a lot of Ego running rampant. Some of the greatest Frontmen in the world have explosive Egos. I believe they have become this way because they couldn’t figure out how to just leave it on the stage. Believe me, it’s hard to do when everyone is telling you that they love you, how great you are, how you’ve effected their lives, and such. Taking that hat off is hard, but you have to remind yourself that it’s just a hat. It’s one of many hats that you wear and all of those hats are equally important.

Today… go out there and be the explosive, powerful soul that you are. Don’t worry about your Ego, as long as you know that it’s there, you have the tools to hold it at bay. Today is your day to shine bright!

Today’s song is ‘A Re-Imagining’ by my band Kill Ritual off of our new album, All Men Shall Fall.

“You are a star, shine bright your light.”

https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/all-men-shall-fall/1322469071?l=en

Gvyalielitsehi!
(Pronounced ‘Guy – Ali – Eh – LEE – Shay – He’)
(Cherokee for ‘I appreciate you’)
David

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