From Merchants of Air: "Hailing from Canada, symphonic metal horde Malacoda comes up with a dark, horror inspired ep. These sixs track are loaded with immersive tempos, excellent guitar play and plenty of keyboard sounds. The end result reminds me of something between Dimmu Borgir, Nightfall, Moonspell and Kamelot, which obviously means that this music is epic as hell. My favorite track is 'I Got A Letter' but there's a lot of gothic goodness to be found on this thing. Fans of dark melodic metal surely can't go wrong with this. There's plenty of variation, tonnes of atmosphere and enough energy to keep you rocking..." From Metal Gods Meltdown: "Hailing from Oakville, Ontario, Canada we have the intriguingly named Malacoda who have taken the name from a very minor character in the book of "Dante's Inferno" about a fallen angel who flies around with a small army of demons torturing helpless souls in Hell. "Ritualis-Aterna" is a follow up EP to the bands self titled release and is bursting full of Gothic tinged Power Metal with disturbingly deep and harrowing emotions. "Penny Dreadful" opens proceedings with its doleful dark vibes that will transfix the listener with creepy effects combined with vigorous keyboards that build into a crescendo of deathly horror filled trepidation. This track was inspired by the cancelled TV show "Penny Dreadful" the song explores some of the themes of the show , and the recently released video is well worth watching as the video brings Gothic horror literary classics back to life. "I Got a Letter" mixes some light growls with the ethereal effects of the scary lines written in the afore mentioned letter, included in this disconcerting tale are some stylish riffs that ebb and flow in your head. "Pandemonium" is a heavy key board laden exuberant track that reminded me a bit of Gothic bands from the 80s, its a tumultuous tune with a stirring Keyboard solo. "The Wild Hunt" takes some getting into , its gotta prog Metal effect yet is deeply doom laden , for me it brought into mind the film "Nosferatu" just the music not the vocals , as such it would make an epic backing track to such a monstrous film production.Next we get the transcendent and Melancholic "Linger Here" a song to contemplate it will awaken your soul. "There will Always Be one " brings the EP to a close with a heady mix of flowing keyboards and pummelled Drums its a hell of a way to finish this work and makes you want to play the six songs again and again while wanting more from these Canadians." Ritualis Aeterna features members and ex-members of Pyramaze, Annihilator and Grade. The music was mixed by Jon Howard of Threat Signal and mastered by Jeramie Kling of The Absence and Necromancing the Stone.