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Rites of Passage is a reflection on the complexity of the transitional stages of life.   Ethnographer Arnold van Gennep first defined rites of passage in 1960 as birth, childhood, puberty, marriage, parenthood, religious initiation, and funerals.  In our current age when many eschew these specific rites, Sabbath Assembly sets forth to define transitional moments based on experiences in their own lives that have left them feeling truly changed. 

In a time when others in the occult rock genre remain preoccupied with fantasy and dark mysticism, Sabbath Assembly finds the most profound of transformative moments in everyday experience.  Rites of Passage presents its listeners with a set of songs that the band hopes will mirror their own experiences of transition, and in some way provide necessary passage.