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Superjoint Ritual was a New Orleans metal band formed by Phil Anselmo
Phil Anselmo

Philip Hansen "Phil" Anselmo is an United States musician who is best known as being the frontman for the metal band Pantera. He is currently the frontman for heavy metal music band Down ....
, Joe Fazzio, and Jimmy Bower
Jimmy Bower

Jimmy Bower is an American Sludge metal/heavy metal music guitarist and drummer who has played with six bands, most notably Eyehategod, Crowbar , Down , and Superjoint Ritual....
 in the early 1990s, later to be joined by Hank Williams III
Hank Williams III

Shelton Hank Williams III is an American country music musician. The grandson of country legend Hank Williams, Sr. and the son of Hank Williams, Jr., also a renowned musician, the younger Williams' neotraditional country-meets-alternative country philosophy on country was made clear early on: "the older you sound, the punk rocker you are." H...
, and Kevin Bond
Kevin Bond (musician)

Kevin Bond is a metal/punk guitarist. He made his name most famous with Superjoint Ritual, a band featuring Philip Anselmo and Jimmy Bower . The band played a style of hardcore infused with punk and metal, which utilized distorted guitar riffs in C# Tuning....
. Their style can be considered a mix of Pantera
Pantera

Pantera was an American heavy metal music band from Arlington, Texas, Texas, formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and Diamond Darrell , then known as Diamond Darrell, in 1981....
's style of groove metal
Groove metal

Groove metal is a term coined to describe a subgenre of metal that branched from thrash metal in the early 1990s. As a derivative of thrash metal, groove metal also drew influence from hardcore punk and Traditional heavy metal....
 and hardcore punk
Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in North America and the UK in the late 1970s. The new sound was generally thicker, heavier and faster than earlier punk rock....
. A small trace of black metal
Black metal

Black metal is an extreme metal subgenre of Heavy metal music. It often employs fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, double-kick drumming, and unconventional song structure....
 can be heard too. Bands like Venom
Venom (band)

Venom are an English extreme metal band, formed in 1978 in Newcastle upon Tyne.Considered a seminal influence for thrash metal and coming to prominence towards the end of the 'New Wave of British Heavy Metal', Venom have found little mainstream success or critical acclaim, but are widely regarded as highly influential, particularly for thei...
, Slayer
Slayer

Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981. The band was founded by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King....
, Celtic Frost
Celtic Frost

Celtic Frost was an influential avant-garde metal band from Z?rich, Switzerland. They are known for their heavy influence on the extreme metal and gothic metal genres....
, Voivod
Voivod (band)

Voivod are a Canada Heavy metal music band from Jonqui?re, Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Their musical style has changed several times since the band's origin in the early 1980s....
, and Darkthrone
Darkthrone

Darkthrone is an influential Norway black metal band. They formed in 1988 as a death metal group, but after embracing the black metal style in 1991, they became a driving force in the Early Norwegian black metal scene....
 have been noted as influences also. The name Superjoint Ritual comes from a lyric in the Darkthrone
Darkthrone

Darkthrone is an influential Norway black metal band. They formed in 1988 as a death metal group, but after embracing the black metal style in 1991, they became a driving force in the Early Norwegian black metal scene....
 song, "The Pagan Winter." According to Bower, Anselmo wrote 70-80% of the group's music.

Despite their early '90s establishment, it wasn't until a decade later, after the folding of Pantera
Pantera

Pantera was an American heavy metal music band from Arlington, Texas, Texas, formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and Diamond Darrell , then known as Diamond Darrell, in 1981....
, that the group recorded any albums. It was then that Superjoint Ritual garnered significant TV exposure on programs such as MTV2
MTV2

MTV2 is a cable television network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to basic cable lineups across the nation....
's Headbangers Ball
Headbangers Ball

Headbangers Ball is a television program about heavy metal music and hardcore punk music airing on MTV2, MTV Australia, MTV Two , MTV Adria , MTV Brand New , MTV Portugal, MTV Finland, MTV Arabia, MTV Norway, MTV Sweden, MTV Denmark, MTV T?rkiye, MTV Hungary and MTV Japan....
 and Fuse TV
Fuse TV

Fuse is a music video-oriented television channel. Fuse began as MuchUSA, an affiliate of Canadian music television network MuchMusic. Fuse has modeled itself as the premier cable channel for Rock music, Alternative rock, Punk rock, hardcore punk, and indie music....
's Uranium
Uranium (TV series)

Uranium was an American television program about heavy metal music which aired on Fuse TV in the early 2000s. After establishing herself as the host of MMUSA's Tastemakers program, Juliya Chernetsky, along with network producers, created Uranium as an outlet for the broad range of heavy metal subgenres....
.

However, the group's time in the spotlight would prove short lived.






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Superjoint Ritual was a New Orleans metal band formed by Phil Anselmo
Phil Anselmo

Philip Hansen "Phil" Anselmo is an United States musician who is best known as being the frontman for the metal band Pantera. He is currently the frontman for heavy metal music band Down ....
, Joe Fazzio, and Jimmy Bower
Jimmy Bower

Jimmy Bower is an American Sludge metal/heavy metal music guitarist and drummer who has played with six bands, most notably Eyehategod, Crowbar , Down , and Superjoint Ritual....
 in the early 1990s, later to be joined by Hank Williams III
Hank Williams III

Shelton Hank Williams III is an American country music musician. The grandson of country legend Hank Williams, Sr. and the son of Hank Williams, Jr., also a renowned musician, the younger Williams' neotraditional country-meets-alternative country philosophy on country was made clear early on: "the older you sound, the punk rocker you are." H...
, and Kevin Bond
Kevin Bond (musician)

Kevin Bond is a metal/punk guitarist. He made his name most famous with Superjoint Ritual, a band featuring Philip Anselmo and Jimmy Bower . The band played a style of hardcore infused with punk and metal, which utilized distorted guitar riffs in C# Tuning....
. Their style can be considered a mix of Pantera
Pantera

Pantera was an American heavy metal music band from Arlington, Texas, Texas, formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and Diamond Darrell , then known as Diamond Darrell, in 1981....
's style of groove metal
Groove metal

Groove metal is a term coined to describe a subgenre of metal that branched from thrash metal in the early 1990s. As a derivative of thrash metal, groove metal also drew influence from hardcore punk and Traditional heavy metal....
 and hardcore punk
Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in North America and the UK in the late 1970s. The new sound was generally thicker, heavier and faster than earlier punk rock....
. A small trace of black metal
Black metal

Black metal is an extreme metal subgenre of Heavy metal music. It often employs fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, double-kick drumming, and unconventional song structure....
 can be heard too. Bands like Venom
Venom (band)

Venom are an English extreme metal band, formed in 1978 in Newcastle upon Tyne.Considered a seminal influence for thrash metal and coming to prominence towards the end of the 'New Wave of British Heavy Metal', Venom have found little mainstream success or critical acclaim, but are widely regarded as highly influential, particularly for thei...
, Slayer
Slayer

Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981. The band was founded by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King....
, Celtic Frost
Celtic Frost

Celtic Frost was an influential avant-garde metal band from Z?rich, Switzerland. They are known for their heavy influence on the extreme metal and gothic metal genres....
, Voivod
Voivod (band)

Voivod are a Canada Heavy metal music band from Jonqui?re, Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Their musical style has changed several times since the band's origin in the early 1980s....
, and Darkthrone
Darkthrone

Darkthrone is an influential Norway black metal band. They formed in 1988 as a death metal group, but after embracing the black metal style in 1991, they became a driving force in the Early Norwegian black metal scene....
 have been noted as influences also. The name Superjoint Ritual comes from a lyric in the Darkthrone
Darkthrone

Darkthrone is an influential Norway black metal band. They formed in 1988 as a death metal group, but after embracing the black metal style in 1991, they became a driving force in the Early Norwegian black metal scene....
 song, "The Pagan Winter." According to Bower, Anselmo wrote 70-80% of the group's music.

Despite their early '90s establishment, it wasn't until a decade later, after the folding of Pantera
Pantera

Pantera was an American heavy metal music band from Arlington, Texas, Texas, formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and Diamond Darrell , then known as Diamond Darrell, in 1981....
, that the group recorded any albums. It was then that Superjoint Ritual garnered significant TV exposure on programs such as MTV2
MTV2

MTV2 is a cable television network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to basic cable lineups across the nation....
's Headbangers Ball
Headbangers Ball

Headbangers Ball is a television program about heavy metal music and hardcore punk music airing on MTV2, MTV Australia, MTV Two , MTV Adria , MTV Brand New , MTV Portugal, MTV Finland, MTV Arabia, MTV Norway, MTV Sweden, MTV Denmark, MTV T?rkiye, MTV Hungary and MTV Japan....
 and Fuse TV
Fuse TV

Fuse is a music video-oriented television channel. Fuse began as MuchUSA, an affiliate of Canadian music television network MuchMusic. Fuse has modeled itself as the premier cable channel for Rock music, Alternative rock, Punk rock, hardcore punk, and indie music....
's Uranium
Uranium (TV series)

Uranium was an American television program about heavy metal music which aired on Fuse TV in the early 2000s. After establishing herself as the host of MMUSA's Tastemakers program, Juliya Chernetsky, along with network producers, created Uranium as an outlet for the broad range of heavy metal subgenres....
.

However, the group's time in the spotlight would prove short lived. A dispute between Anselmo and Fazzio led to the band's eventual split in late 2004, which was confirmed by both Hank Williams III
Hank Williams III

Shelton Hank Williams III is an American country music musician. The grandson of country legend Hank Williams, Sr. and the son of Hank Williams, Jr., also a renowned musician, the younger Williams' neotraditional country-meets-alternative country philosophy on country was made clear early on: "the older you sound, the punk rocker you are." H...
 and Jimmy Bower
Jimmy Bower

Jimmy Bower is an American Sludge metal/heavy metal music guitarist and drummer who has played with six bands, most notably Eyehategod, Crowbar , Down , and Superjoint Ritual....
.

Members


Final line up

  • Phil Anselmo
    Phil Anselmo

    Philip Hansen "Phil" Anselmo is an United States musician who is best known as being the frontman for the metal band Pantera. He is currently the frontman for heavy metal music band Down ....
     - vocals
    Singing

    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
    , guitar
    Guitar

    The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
     (1993-2004)
  • Jimmy Bower
    Jimmy Bower

    Jimmy Bower is an American Sludge metal/heavy metal music guitarist and drummer who has played with six bands, most notably Eyehategod, Crowbar , Down , and Superjoint Ritual....
     - guitar (1993-2004)
  • Kevin Bond
    Kevin Bond (musician)

    Kevin Bond is a metal/punk guitarist. He made his name most famous with Superjoint Ritual, a band featuring Philip Anselmo and Jimmy Bower . The band played a style of hardcore infused with punk and metal, which utilized distorted guitar riffs in C# Tuning....
     - guitar (1993-2004)
  • Hank Williams III
    Hank Williams III

    Shelton Hank Williams III is an American country music musician. The grandson of country legend Hank Williams, Sr. and the son of Hank Williams, Jr., also a renowned musician, the younger Williams' neotraditional country-meets-alternative country philosophy on country was made clear early on: "the older you sound, the punk rocker you are." H...
     - bass
    Bass guitar

    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
     (2002-2004)
  • Joe Fazzio - drums
    Drum kit

    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
     (1993-2004)


Previous members

  • Michael Haaga
    Michael Haaga

    Michael Haaga is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter, best known for his work in the Houston, Texas thrash metal group Dead Horse. Following the breakup of Dead Horse, Haaga guested in Superjoint Ritual, released an album with his new band The Demonseeds, and began a solo career with The Plus and Minus Show....
     - bass (1993-2002)


Discography


Studio albums

Year Album US
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
2002 Use Once and Destroy
Use Once and Destroy

Use Once and Destroy is the first release from Southern Heavy metal music band Superjoint Ritual.It was recorded in lead singer Phil Anselmo's barn turned recording studio in Louisiana....
  • Released: May 21, 2002
  • Label: Sanctuary Records
    Sanctuary Records

    Sanctuary Records is a record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest independent music management company in the world....
 87
2003 A Lethal Dose of American Hatred
A Lethal Dose of American Hatred

A Lethal Dose of American Hatred is the second album by Southern metal band Superjoint Ritual. Former "touring only" bassist Hank Williams III played on this album....
  • Released: July 22, 2003
  • Label: Sanctuary Records
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    DVDs

    Year Album
    2002 Live in Dallas, TX
    • Released: 2002
    • Label: Sanctuary
      Sanctuary Records

      Sanctuary Records is a record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest independent music management company in the world....
    2004 Live at CBGBs
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Sanctuary Records


    • Singles

    All singles failed to chart.
    Year Single Album
    2002 "The Alcoholik" Use Once and Destroy
    "Fuck Your Enemy"
    2003 "Dress Like a Target" A Lethal Dose of
    American Hatred
    "Waiting for the Turning Point"


    Music videos

    Year Single
    2002 "The Alcoholik"
    "Fuck Your Enemy"
    2004 "Waiting for the Turning Point"
    "Dress Like a Target"


    External links