# Atomic Ritual > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Atomic_Ritual > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Atomic_Ritual.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_Ritual > Source revision: 1218609192 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox album | name = Atomic Ritual | type = studio | artist = [Nebula](/source/Nebula_(band)) | cover = Nebula atomicritual.gif | alt = | released = {{start date|2003|9|23}} | recorded = 2002 | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|[Stoner rock](/source/Stoner_rock)|[desert rock](/source/Palm_Desert_Scene)}} | length = 51:04 | label = {{hlist|[Liquor and Poker](/source/Liquor_and_Poker_Music){{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eyoEAAAAMBAJ&q=Atomic+Ritual+nebula&pg=PA55 |title=Reviews|work=CMJ New Music Monthly - Google Books |date= |accessdate=2020-04-04}}|Sweet Nothing|Heavy Psych Sounds (2022 reissue)}} | producer = [Chris Goss](/source/Chris_Goss_(U.S.)) | prev_title = [Dos EPs](/source/Dos_EPs) | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = [Apollo](/source/Apollo_(Nebula_album)) | next_year = 2006 }} '''''Atomic Ritual''''' is the third studio album by the American [stoner rock](/source/stoner_rock) band [Nebula](/source/Nebula_(band)). It was released on September 23, 2003, by [Liquor and Poker](/source/Liquor_and_Poker) and Sweet Nothing Records.{{cite web|last=McMillan|first=Matt|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/nebula-atomic_ritual|title=Nebula – Atomic Ritual|website=[Exclaim!](/source/Exclaim!)|date=2006-01-01|access-date=2020-04-04}} The album was reissued in 2022 by the band's current label, Heavy Psych Sounds Records.{{cite web|url=https://www.heavypsychsounds.com/shop.htm#HPS192|title=Nebula – Atomic Ritual|website=Heavy Psych Sounds|access-date=August 16, 2022}} ==Reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/atomic-ritual-mw0000318551|title=Atomic Ritual – Nebula|website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|first=John|last=Serba|access-date=May 1, 2023}} |rev2 = ''[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)'' |rev2score = A−{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/10/03/atomic-ritual|title=Atomic Ritual|first=Tom|last=Sinclair|website=[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)|date=October 3, 2003|access-date=May 1, 2023}} | rev3 = ''[Exclaim!](/source/Exclaim!)'' | rev3score = (positive){{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/amparticle/nebula-atomic_ritual|title=Nebula – Atomic Ritual|website=[Exclaim!](/source/Exclaim!)|first=Matt|last=McMillan|date=January 1, 2006|access-date=May 8, 2023}} | rev4 = ''KNAC.com'' | rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=2704|title=Nebula – Atomic Ritual|website=KNAC.com|first=Frank|last=Meyer|date=January 1, 2004|access-date=May 8, 2023}} | rev5 = ''[Uncut](/source/Uncut_(magazine))'' | rev5Score = {{rating|1.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/nebula-atomic-ritual-19179|title=Nebula – Atomic Ritual|website=[Uncut](/source/Uncut_(magazine))|date=December 1, 2003|access-date=May 1, 2023}} }} ''Atomic Ritual'' was released to mostly positive reviews from critics. [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) called Nebula a "hard-working [power trio](/source/power_trio) [that] sounds like it has been hanging out in the garage since 1973, blissfully unaware of the changing world outside. Which is definitely to its benefit". ==Track listing== All songs written by [Eddie Glass](/source/Eddie_Glass) and Ruben Romano except where noted. # "Atomic Ritual" – 4:14 # "So It Goes" (Ruben Romano) – 3:54 # "Carpe Diem" – 4:21 # "More" (Glass, Judgement of Paris) – 3:15 # "The Beast" – 3:35 # "Out of Your Head" – 4:11 # "The Way to Venus" – 2:46 # "Paradise Engineer" – 4:10 # "Electric Synapse" – 3:00 # "Strange Human" – 5:05 # "Fin" (Ruben Romano) – 2:43 # "Atomic Ritual Revisited" – 9:13 (hidden track) ==Personnel== *[Eddie Glass](/source/Eddie_Glass) – guitar, vocals, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion *Ruben Romano – drums, vocals, keyboards, guitar, percussion, artwork *Simon Moon – bass ==Trivia== Some copies of the CD come with a Liquor and Poker sticker. On one of the flaps of the album case there are 5 lines of text reading: *"In the years of the Primal Course, in the dawn of terrestrial birth,
Man Mastered the mammoth and horse, and Man was the lord of the earth." *"He made him a hollow skin from the heart of a [holy tree](/source/holy_tree),
He compassed the earth therein, and Man was lord of the Sea." *"He controlled the vigour of steam, he harnessed the lightning for hire;
He drove the celestial team, and Man was the lord of Fire." *"Deep-mouthed from their thrones deep-seated, the choirs of the aeons declare
The last of the demons defeated, for Man is the lorde of the Air." *"Arise, O Man, in thy strength! the kingdom is thine to inherit
Till the high gods witness at length that Man is the lord of his spirit." Underneath this the initials A.C. are printed. These are the initials of occultist [Aleister Crowley](/source/Aleister_Crowley), the author. This is not Nebula's only Aleister Crowley reference; their MySpace tagline is a direct quote from Crowley: "Do what thou wilt, shall be the whole of the law." "So It Goes" is featured on the soundtrack to ''[Tony Hawk's Underground 2](/source/Tony_Hawk's_Underground_2)''. It also contains references to [Kurt Vonnegut](/source/Kurt_Vonnegut)'s book ''[Slaughterhouse-Five](/source/Slaughterhouse-Five)''. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Nebula (band)}} {{Authority control}} Category:2003 albums Category:Nebula (band) albums Category:Albums produced by Chris Goss --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Atomic Ritual](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_Ritual) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_Ritual?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.