2021 Remix is out NOW!
https://forruin.bandcamp.com/merch and 15% off sale for all items during December 2021!
"December" is the debut FR album and was originally released on September 15, 2007. The album contains many of the songs that featured on the band's 3 demo releases but the debut album was performed by the English / O' Sullivan / Myers / Murphy lineup of the band at that time. The album was recorded during March-May of 2007 but the production of the album was never what the band had wanted as it masked the quality of the songs. In the summer of 2021, John Murphy began the process of remixing the album - all of the original 2007 performances have been preserved for this remix and some additional guitar & new vocal/synth parts were recorded to strengthen the mix, before being mastered by Marko Tervonen at Studio MT.
Ten tracks featured on the original 2007 release, but 15 songs were recorded in 2007 by the December lineup; the 5 bonus tracks are now included with this release. Some of the bonus tracks were re-recorded by the Last Light lineup a few years later, but these are the originals and have never been released until now. The December 2021 remix will be available digitally and on limited Digipak CD (from our Bandcamp) from Dec 2nd this year... in the meantime, here's a sample from it - the song "Wake" is track 2 on the album, and is available from today on all streaming platforms & YouTube. Enjoy!
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d-ll9m8abM
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/01vRWtysaDOYeQqsInDeKO?si=6ba85e3c036a4a69
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Sounds great
Here's another teaser from the December 2021 remix - here's the remixed version of DREAD!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HpBRFbqLik
Sounds deadly. I'm looking forward to getting the CD.
Yeah, it sounds class. Really looking forward to getting my grubby hands on it myself.
Set In Stone is up there with my albums of the year, I'm knocking great mileage out of it, every time I listen to it I hear something new, fucking great stuff.
Finding myself much more open to this type of stuff than I was in 07 when all I wanted was filth in one shape or another*. I might have a copy of the original CD in my collection which is arriving tomorrow so I'll have a look. I definitely have the demo. I might have to revisit and reassess.
* clearly I'm selling out in my old age.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on November 22, 2021, 08:49:03 AM
Finding myself much more open to this type of stuff than I was in 07 when all I wanted was filth in one shape or another*. I might have a copy of the original CD in my collection which is arriving tomorrow so I'll have a look. I definitely have the demo. I might have to revisit and reassess.
* clearly I'm selling out in my old age.
:laugh:
The original CD can double up as a cup holder :) you'll notice a huge difference (as you'd expect) with the remix i think though. A bunch of the songs on the album were on the (three) demos at one point or another, but the demos were just me on my tod. The album has Barrytron's drum skills on show and you can actually hear them this time around... Anyway - thanks for the feedback....
Glad Set in Stone is getting some love too - there's CD copies of it still available... there's two songs on the CD that dont appear on the two digitalEPs to sweeten the deal a bit too. Cheers!
Where can you get the remixed cd?
Quote from: londonleatherboy on November 22, 2021, 02:22:51 PM
Where can you get the remixed cd?
It will be available from Dec 2 at https://forruin.bandcamp.com/
Sentinel will also have copies.
Thanks!
Yup, I found my copy so I'll fire it in the car for inspection 8)
1 week from today!
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Releases Thurs this week, Dec 2!
Here's another preview - the first track, "Into Red" from the 2021 remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEIJ8UEkvjQ
The streaming platforms should go live tonight - but the December 2021 Remix is available NOW on the For Ruin Bandcamp page!
FR also have a 15% off Sale for the month of December on EVERYTHING in their Merch store, use the code fr_december2021 to get this!
CD Bundles and CD/Shirt bundles are also available... enjoy the remix!
https://forruin.bandcamp.com/merch
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Also live now on all the usual streaming platforms.....Spotify, Apple, Amazon etc etc...
15% off all merch from the Bandcamp....
Streaming on bc now and just bought the cd bundle..this rips...ye done a great job on it
Quote from: londonleatherboy on December 02, 2021, 10:58:03 PM
Streaming on bc now and just bought the cd bundle..this rips...ye done a great job on it
Thanks a million - appreciate the support & the comments!
This was one of my favourite releases from an era of stellar Cork bands (ROAS, Altar of Plagues, etc), no arguing with the quality of the material but yes, the original production let it down. This sounds great.
Sounds great! Is For Ruin a one man project now?
That sounds massive! No comparison to the original. So rich sounding, got a dose of the goosebumps listening to 'wake' there.
Quote from: Necro Red on December 05, 2021, 12:29:40 AM
Sounds great! Is For Ruin a one man project now?
For the moment yes during this pandemic bullshit anyway... back to how it was at the beginning! Hopefully get some gigs going next year....
Quote from: Caomhaoin on December 05, 2021, 10:44:03 AM
That sounds massive! No comparison to the original. So rich sounding, got a dose of the goosebumps listening to 'wake' there.
Happy days, cheers Kev! Its a big improvement I think alright. Glad people can get to hear it how it should have been back then.
Tracklist -
1 Into Red
2 Wake
3 Towards An End
4 Dread
5 Eyesore
6 Demon
7 Starling
8 December
9 Another Breed
10 Frailty
11 Enlightened (Bonus, Previously Unreleased)
12 Cold Call (Bonus Previously Unreleased)
13 Jaded (Bonus, Previously Unreleased)
14 Time Being (Bonus, Previously Unreleased)
15 Spiritual Healing (Death - Bonus, Previously Unreleased)
Long Live De Echo!
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