Active: 90's, 2000's Formed: 1998 in Fairfax, VA
Death, At the Gates, Fear Factory, Iced Earth, Venom, Testament, Suicidal Tendencies, Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, In Flames
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Often compared to At the Gates and In Flames, Age of Ruin has frequently been described as a "melodic death metal band." In other words, they have embraced certain aspects of death metal -- dark, disturbing lyrics and choked, larynx-shredding, evil-sounding growls -- but they are far from the sort of pure, straight-up grindcore one associates with the early recordings of Cannibal Corpse, Obituary, Carcass, or Cancer. While true grindcore is amelodic and is played at an insanely fast tempo, Age of Ruin plays at different tempos and is relatively melodic; some of Age of Ruin's recordings have been as vocally extreme as Cannibal Corpse or Carcass, but musically, they aren't far removed from a thrash metal band such as Megadeth, Anthrax, or Exodus.
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Release: January 17, 2005
Label: Century Media Records, Eulogy
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Release: February 17, 2004
Label: Tribunal Records
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