Metalcore stalwarts, AGE OF RUIN, have released “The Ghosts We Carry” the second single from forthcoming album, “Nothingman”, on all digital platforms and as an official music video, produced by Pablo Van Winkle. The track embodies classic AGE OF RUIN Metalcore riffing with a brutally heavy breakdown chorus sing-along. A b-side, non-album track, “Reflections,” accompanies the release of the new single.
“Nothingman”, AGE OF RUIN’s forthcoming album, is a collection of ten songs that cuts a path to the heart with harmony and angst that others would be naïve not to mimic. The band sacrificed blood and sweat for two years to expel Nothingman. AGE OF RUIN began the recording process in October of 2023, and after nine months of tracking on location in Richmond, VA, at the Bakery Studio, in Washington, DC, at Ivakota Studio, and at the Riff Dojo in Takoma Park, MD, (the record was produced by Mike Schleibaum of DARKEST HOUR), Nothingman was complete. This is the biggest, most richly woven tapestry from the band yet, and the time to unleash it is near.
In 2023 and 2024, AGE OF RUIN did some precursory promotion of Nothingman’s material, traveling up and down the east coast, dousing nonbelievers with their fire, with such acts as BLACK FLAG, MADBALL, JIMMY’S CHICKEN SHACK and ANVIL Yes, that ANVIL.
Click to the stream the single at the links below:
ageofruin.bandcamp.com/track/the-ghosts-we-carry
open.spotify.com/track/2ni0LDtawBdKGxUkL7fPf1
Stream the b-side track, “Reflections,” on Spotify and Bandcamp.
Ripping guitars, unforgivably brutal drums, bass sounds that have shaken the underworld, and screeching vocals are just the beginning of this incarnation of a true headbanger’s incantation. What we saw unearthed back in 1998 has now grown. The road worn warriors of the AoRmy have forced enough breakdowns to overwhelm any AAA mechanic, with miles on the highway ahead.
Their Punk and Metal roots hold firm, and their Thrash tendencies are on full display as this towering presence of a band branches out over new tonal terrain and soundscape; reminding all who fall under its shadow, that the light shining through is a new dawn in the AGE OF RUIN. “Nothingman” will be celebrated in all formats and on all streaming platforms on October 17th.
FFO: IN FLAMES, SOILWORL, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, and GOJIRA.
AGE OF RUIN line-up:
Benjamin Swan – vocals
Christopher Fleming – bass
Daniel Fleming – guitar
Hendrik Osinga – drums
Casey Flanagan – guitar
“Nothingman” tracklist:
1. The Fixation
2. Heavy is the Crown
3. Lost in Shadows
4. The Traveler
5. Nothingman
6. An Awakening
7. The Ghosts We Carry
8. Promise Me
9. Bleed for Better Days
10. Lovesong
AGE OF RUIN on line:
facebook.com/thisistheageofruin
