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For Ruin - Shade
Release: 2005Label: Demo/self-released
By: Anders
Posted: Jan 6, 2006
This is my first encounter with this Irish one man army, which now has turned in to a "real" band, though when this demo was recorded and released, all the work was done and recorded by mainman John G. Murphy. The style is atmospheric epic metal, quite hard to put a finger on, but damn it is some good compositions John have made, they are captivating and spellbinding, from the first stroke on the guitar and keeps the listeners attention in awe all the way thorough the 6 tracks.
The guitar work is well played, cold and melodic at times, with a disharmonic twist, often are 2 melodies played at the same time, and that makes a great twisted effect and a truly wicked atmosphere to the music. The drumming is good as well, the pace is often mid-paced, but varied well within the pace, mostly calm and working as percussion more or less, though more hard hitting and dominant at times. The vocals a really good, a part of keeping the album atmospheric and catchy, it's a low snarling vocal, dark and eerie, a great feel it adds to the overall atmosphere.
The 5 self-composed tracks on this demo are impressive, dark and atmospheric heavy metal with a dark medieval feel and folk elements weaved into it and a bit of the cold and mystical black metal atmosphere once in a while as well, as the start riff of the great 'Another Breed' track. I can’t pick out a single track on here, which I find better than the rest, I think they all fit perfectly together and the wholesome of the disc is amazing and gripping, the listener is really being spellbound by the musical adventures. The last track, which is a cover version of Rotting Christ's '4th Knight Of Revelation' fits into the universe of For Ruin very well, the band has traces of Rotting Christ, composition-wise, without it being overdone, but a great ender to the demo and a well played cover version which John makes his own, without the big changes though. This is yet a band that needs to be checked out, and it can't be long before they pick up a record-deal!
The guitar work is well played, cold and melodic at times, with a disharmonic twist, often are 2 melodies played at the same time, and that makes a great twisted effect and a truly wicked atmosphere to the music. The drumming is good as well, the pace is often mid-paced, but varied well within the pace, mostly calm and working as percussion more or less, though more hard hitting and dominant at times. The vocals a really good, a part of keeping the album atmospheric and catchy, it's a low snarling vocal, dark and eerie, a great feel it adds to the overall atmosphere.
The 5 self-composed tracks on this demo are impressive, dark and atmospheric heavy metal with a dark medieval feel and folk elements weaved into it and a bit of the cold and mystical black metal atmosphere once in a while as well, as the start riff of the great 'Another Breed' track. I can’t pick out a single track on here, which I find better than the rest, I think they all fit perfectly together and the wholesome of the disc is amazing and gripping, the listener is really being spellbound by the musical adventures. The last track, which is a cover version of Rotting Christ's '4th Knight Of Revelation' fits into the universe of For Ruin very well, the band has traces of Rotting Christ, composition-wise, without it being overdone, but a great ender to the demo and a well played cover version which John makes his own, without the big changes though. This is yet a band that needs to be checked out, and it can't be long before they pick up a record-deal!
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