Ritual of Battle

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Ritual of Battle
Studio album by Army of the Pharaohs
Released	September 25, 2007
Recorded	2007
Genre	Hip hop, horrorcore
Length	66:36
Label	Babygrande
Producer	Esoteric, Celph Titled, Aktone, Vanderslice, Ill Bill, Sicknature, DJ Kwestion, Skammadix, Beyonder, JbL
Army of the Pharaohs chronology
The Torture Papers (2006) Ritual of Battle (2007) The Unholy Terror (2010)
Singles from Ritual of Battle
"Bloody Tears"

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
HipHopDX	link
Okayplayer	89/100 link
PopMatters	7/10 link
RapReviews.com	8.5/10 link

Ritual of Battle is the second studio album by underground hip hop collective Army of the Pharaohs. Released on September 25, 2007 under Babygrande Records, the album features group members Vinnie Paz, Jus Allah, OuterSpace, Chief Kamachi, Reef the Lost Cauze, Esoteric, Celph Titled, King Syze, Des Devious, Doap Nixon, Demoz, and King Magnetic. Although he was prominently featured on the group's debut album The Torture Papers, Apathy does not appear on Ritual of Battle. While still a member of the group, he explains on a MySpace blog that he was recording with Styles of Beyond in Los Angeles during the Army's album recording sessions. The rapper recorded for one song, titled "A.O.T.P.", produced by Snowgoons, but it was not included on the album.^{[citation needed]} This song was included on the Apathy compilation Hell's Lost & Found: It's The Bootleg, Muthafu@kas! Volume 2.

The album's first single is "Bloody Tears", featuring Planetary, Doap Nixon, Demoz and Vinnie Paz and based on the Castlevania tune of the same name.