FOR RUIN BAND PAGE
 FOR RUIN
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CURRENT NAME
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For Ruin |
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FORMER NAMES
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- |
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ORIGIN
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Cork, Munster, Ireland |
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STATUS
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Active |
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FORMED IN
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2003 |
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LABEL
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Sentinel Ireland |
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GENRE
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Black metal |
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STYLE
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Melodic |
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LYRICAL THEME
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- |
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BAND ADDED
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2008-05-19, 06:57 |
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LAST UPDATE
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2008-09-06, 15:34 |
For Ruin was formed in 2003 in Cork, Ireland. Founder John began playing a mixture of melodic black/death metal with strong harmonies, melodies and dynamics throughout. During 1998-2006, John 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 O..Sullivan forming the second lineup of the band. The 3rd demo/promo 'Obsidian' was released in limited quanities around this time, and was been showered with critics' praise bringing the band to the attention of many, including a number of labels. 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". The album 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. In November '07 new bass player Peter Lawlor joined the band. FR played with Massacre and Extreme Noise Terror around this time and played main support to Primordial in December 07 & Jan 08. In Feb '08 the band welcomed original drummer Steve O'Connell back to the fold. Having spent a few months rehearsing with Steve the band played London for the first time, at the Camden Underworld in May 08. The band are currently rehearsing and completing writing for the second album which is scheduled to be recorded during Oct/Nov '08 with Alwyn Walker (Komodo Studios). Look for a late 2008/2009 Sentinel release and UK/EU dates to follow.
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