Kuopio's BLACK DEATH RITUAL credit themselves as vocalist / guitarist SG.7 ("goatvomits & razorwires"), guitarist SDS ("demonic necrostrings"), bassist SGF ("subterranean pulse") and drummer LRH ("satanic warhammers"). LRH is in fact Lauri Rytkönen of TROLLHEIM'S GROTT, DARKWOODS MY BETROTHED and DEATHCHAIN. SG.7 (T. Rytkönen) is involved with TROLLHEIM'S GROTT, DARKWOODS MY BETROTHED and SLAVE'S MASK, SGF (a.k.a. 'Sargofagian') has affiliations with YMIR, VALONSURMA, TROTZREICH, SATANIC WARMASTER, CALVARIUM and BAPTISM.

The rehearsal demo 'Order Of The Black Holocaust' was recorded in 2003. The band's commercial debut came with the November 2004 split vinyl album 'Four Hammers Of Hate', shared with AZAGHAL. This release, through Hammer Of Hate Records, would be limited to 800 copies. BLACK DEATH RITUAL returned in June 2005 touting 'Profound Echoes Of The End'. Guitarist SDS joined DEMILICH in 2005.