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Face of Ruin

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Milwaukee's Face of Ruin have had an uphill battle since day one. In a stagnant musical environment that thrives on repitition, experimentation is many times passed up for accessibility. Innovation and daring are traded for easy selling and popularity and it's refreshing to hear a band that has worked towards the goal of finding something fresh and new.Songs with a style uniquely Face of Ruin's, combined with devastating death metal of the highest caliber, are their specialty. Years of stage experience combined with countless hours of practice and studio recording also make Face of Ruin a powerful live performance. It's no wonder they've not only shared the stage with the leaders in modern experimental death metal, but that they're slowly becoming a name synonymous with the forefront of the Midwest's metal assault.

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Member Since: 5/15/2005
Band Members: [email protected]

Download our new Ep on Itunes!

Ed McCoy - Vocals

Shane Ebert - Guitar

Brian Hessler - Guitar

Cris Bissell - Drums

Noah Mezsick - Bass

Review Quotes:

"They have put together a package that any fan of Meshuggah and Necrophagist will throw the horns to." -Kevin Kastner (Papertiger)

"Boasting a few progressive touches, high speed death metal mayhem, and a touch of the melodic to keep everything from imploding, “Face of Ruin” shows enough promise to get any tech death fan salivating for a full length release." -Ty Arthur (Metal Underground)

"FoR shows off what might be THE best music I’ve ever heard in this category. The performances are flawless, the songwriting is awesome, and the production is joke inspiring." -Elias Österlund (Global Domination)
Influences: Death.
Record Label: Zero Budget Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Review from Global Domination

New review from Global Domination. Check it out.Global Domination
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 15:05:00 GMT

Review and Interview with Metal Underground

Check out our new interview and review with Metal Underground.reviewInterview
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:48:00 GMT

Interview and EP Review from Papertiger

Check out our review and Brian's interview with Papertiger. Papertiger Review and Interview
Posted by on Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:15:00 GMT

OWN A PIECE OF FACE OF RUIN HISTORY

That's right, our drummer Cris has decided to clean out the ol' storage locker. Now's your chance to grab your own piece of what's made Face of Ruin what it is today. He's putting up for sale his 7...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:06:00 GMT

Face of Ruin on Itunes!

You can now buy and download our new EP on Itunes! Also available is the song Tearing Carnage from our last Split release. They are also available on Amazon.  Soon you can purchase the songs on Napste...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:33:00 GMT

Are you ready West Bend!

It's been a long time but we will be hitting up the Music Academy in West Bend on Feb. 21st. We'll have our new line of merch and cd's with us so get you your asses down there and support! See you...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:15:00 GMT

Oct. 28th release date!

That's right, we finally have a release date for our upcoming Ep set for Oct. 28th through ZBR Records.  You'll be able to purchase it through the labels site, www.zerobudgetrecords.com, and it w...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:27:00 GMT

Info on our upcoming cd!

The cd is scheduled to get sent out for pressing on Oct. 1st so we should have cd's very soon.  Along with that we will be having a whole new line of merch. including some woman's apparel and alo...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:49:00 GMT

New review of our last split album!

..TR>   Face of Ruin / Divisive Skin review (Death Metal) Face Of Ruin / Divisive Skin "Split" www.myspace.com/faceofruin  www.myspace.com/divisiveskin Face the ruin is a pretty mixed ba...
Posted by on Fri, 02 May 2008 15:26:00 GMT

Studio update!

We finished tracking and will start mixing tommorrow.  Once thats done, we will be sending it to Alan Douches from west west side studios for mastering.  This guy does amazing work and in th...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:51:00 GMT