BIOG

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 a new bass player, Peter Lawlor, joined the band. FR playeded with Massacre and Extreme Noise Terror around this time and play main support to Primordial in December 07 & Jan 08 at their "Nameless Dead" album launch in Dublin. This was Barry English´s final show drumming with the band - he was replaced by original drummer Steve O´Connell in Feb '08 thus solididying the lineup. FR are scheduled to play their first mainland UK show in the Underworld in Camden in May 08 with other UK and EU gigs to follow.

See you at the shows!

FR, Feb 08