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Hayley says on the podcast we'll be hearing from the "forefathers of the genre", with bands like Fugazi and Rites of Spring.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2022

Morbid Angel has written songs such as "God of Emptiness, Rapture, Immortal Rites, Chapel of Ghouls, Angel of Disease and Blessed are the Sick."

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2021

Emerson was supposed to be a quick way through high school for Brendan Canty, a young musician who would become the drummer for D.C. punk bands Rites of Spring and Fugazi.

From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2021

Picciotto’s band Rites of Spring were pivotal, as were Beefeater and Embrace.

From The Guardian • Nov. 20, 2020

The wafer is Rites and ceremonies. a small loaf about 3 inches in diameter and 1 inch thick, stamped with the trisagion and with crosses.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various