| Blood Ritual | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Samael |
| Cover: | Samael_Blood_Ritual.jpg |
| Released: | December 1, 1992 |
| Recorded: | T & T Studios in Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| Genre: | Black metal |
| Length: | 41:46 |
| Label: | Century Media |
| Producer: | Waldemar Sorychta |
| Prev Title: | Worship Him |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | Ceremony of Opposites |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
Blood Ritual is the second album by the Swiss heavy metal band Samael, released in 1992 on the Century Media Records label.
When Samael's one-album-only contract with Osmose Productions expired the group signed with Century Media which, in the words of vocalist/guitarist Vorphalack, offered them a "rather interesting" deal. The long time between Worship Him and Blood Ritual, explains Vorphalack, was due to negotiations between them and the label. The band chose to record their new record in Germany rather than Switzerland due to the expensive studio time of their native country.[1]
Vorphalack argued that the main change between Worship Him and Blood Ritual was the record production and not the music. According to him there are songs in their sophomore album that pre-date their debut.[2]