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Ruinas is a Buenos Aires crust and stenchcore band founded in April 2013 by David (drums), Pato (bass and vocals), and Seba (guitar), with vocalist Rocío joining in mid-2014. The band released a self-titled album in August 2016 and a split with Lust for Death in February 2019, following their 2013 demo and a 2014 split with Avitacion 101.
Memphis, Tennessee's Ruined God, formed in 2024, merges the grime and molasses tempo of sludge metal with death metal's harsher, more visceral tendencies — fitting the city's tradition of producing heavy music steeped in murk and menace. It's an early project that already sounds weathered and purposeful.
Ruined Mind is a black metal project from Tula, Russia, formed in 2021. The project explores dark and desolate sonic territory through bleak black metal compositions with raw, underground production values.
Ruinen is a black metal project from Marburg in Hesse, Germany, formed in 2020. Named 'Ruins' in German, the project channels desolate black metal from the medieval university city in central Germany.
Los Angeles grindcore outfit Ruiner, active since 2023, operates at the genre's most compact and violent extreme — short, brutal bursts of noise and speed with no patience for embellishment. They add to the long history of Southern California bands mining grindcore's most unrelenting and abrasive possibilities.
Ruines Humaines is a black metal band from the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté/Albi area of France, active since 2015. Named 'Human Ruins' in French, the band channels atmospheric black metal across multiple French regions.
Zvolen doom/death metal act formed in 2022, merging crushing heaviness with death metal extremity from central Slovakia's forested highlands. Their slow-burning approach channels the most ponderous traditions of both genres.
Black metal project from England, formed in 2025. Their Old English-styled name channels ancient hostility through black metal.
San Diego's Ruinist play a driving blend of melodic death and thrash metal, carving out riff-heavy arrangements that balance aggression with melodic purpose since their formation in 2014.
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