A lot of 90's metal like Death, Rotting Christ, Hypocrisy, early Katatonia, Amorphis, ATG, early Opeth, Rory Gallagher, Lizzy and piles of other stuff...
For Ruin was formed in 2003 when Murphy began playing a mixture of melodic black/death metal with strong harmonies, melodies and dynamics throughout. During 1998-2006, he recorded 3 demos (Split, Shade and Obsidian) and established an initial lineup of the band at the end of 2005, playing with Decapitated and many others at the time.
In November 2006 Murphy was joined by drummer Barry English, guitarist Drew Myers and bassist Barry OSullivan forming the second lineup of the band. The band filmed their performance at Winterfest 2006 in their home town of Cork on December 23rd '06. The result is the "Live at Winterfest" DVD, which was given a limited release in January 2007.
For Ruin announced the start of their relationship with Sentinel Records in January 07. The band finished their debut recording for Sentinel in May '07 titled "December" which was released on September 15th 2007 and supported by a headlining Irish tour during October 07. During August 07 the band returned to gigging, playing a warm-up show with Napalm Death before their tour in support of the album. FR played with Massacre and Extreme Noise Terror around this time and bass player Peter Lawlor joined the band just before the band played main support to Primordial in December 07 & Jan 08. In Feb '08 the band welcomed back original drummer Steve O'Connell and having spent a few months rehearsing with Steve, the band played London for the first time; at the Camden Underworld in May 08 with Skyforger.
In January 2009 the band recorded their second album "Last Light". It was recorded in Cork, Ireland with Alwyn Walker of Komodo Studios as the on-location co-producer. The album is currently being mixed. The band recently played with Paradise Lost and Rotting Christ in Belfast in April 2009. Last Light should be out later in 2009 and will be followed by UK, Irl and EU dates.
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Thanks for the add and support and for taking the time to check us out!
We are a female-fronted Death Metal band from HALIFAX NS.
Our first song titled “Raped to Pieces” is up now so check it out and tell us
what you think. If you like what you hear please demand us in your area!
Stay in touch and stay fuckin’ metal!
Cheers,
Northern Blaze is looking for the best of Irish Death Metal and Grindcore for the upcoming issue#3, due out this August. There will unfortunately be no more room for interviews so please don’t message me about this, but if you HAVEN’T been contacted about an interview you WILL be included in the round-up article. Furthermore, if you would like to be featured on our covermount CD then simply send an mp3 of your band’s favourite track you’ve recorded as an attachment to me at inquisitorodin@yahoo.co.uk. Be wary though, there will be limited space on this CD and a lot of bands hoping to take part so make sure you choose your best song before you send. Also, if you want to improve your chances send recent material, not something from a demo 3 years ago. Northern Blaze is distributed not only in Ireland but all across Europe and North America too so this is a chance for all Irish DM bands young and old to get noticed. Get cracking lads; long live Irish Metal.
Northern Blaze is looking for the best of Irish Death Metal and Grindcore for the upcoming issue#3, due out this August. There will unfortunately be no more room for interviews so please don’t message me about this, but if you HAVEN’T been contacted about an interview you WILL be included in the round-up article. Furthermore, if you would like to be featured on our covermount CD then simply send an mp3 of your band’s favourite track you’ve recorded as an attachment to me at inquisitorodin@yahoo.co.uk. Be wary though, there will be limited space on this CD and a lot of bands hoping to take part so make sure you choose your best song before you send. Also, if you want to improve your chances send recent material, not something from a demo 3 years ago. Northern Blaze is distributed not only in Ireland but all across Europe and North America too so this is a chance for all Irish DM bands young and old to get noticed. Get cracking lads; long live Irish Metal.
Hey, whats up John and Co. How'd the recording of album no. 2 go? We (Shardborne) are playing down in ye're neck of the woods on Saturday the 31st Jan, We're playing with Castero and War Dog in fredz, pop in for a look if ye're looking for something to do- Should be a good one!
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I've listened the preproduction cd John. VERY VERY impressed. the writing is very accomplished, this album is gonna blow people away. I can't wait...I'll phone you soon!
