"Mere Mortals" is a track featured on both the digital-only Mortal EP (available Aug 5th 2013) and also on the band's 3rd full-length CD/Download "Ater Angelus" available September 13th 2013.

Mere Mortals (2013)

ong - WAKE - Track 2 from the forthcoming December 2021 Remix



December 2021 - A fully remixed & remastered edition of the 2007 FOR RUIN debut album "December" will be available on limited Digipak CD (via Bandcamp & Sentinel Records) and through all streaming services from Dec 2, 2021.  The album features the 10 songs that featured on the original 2007 album along with 5 previously unreleased bonus tracks recorded by the band during the 2007 recording sessions. Some of these bonus tracks were re-recorded by the Last Light lineup for that album (in 2009). 


Remix notes:

December is the band's debut 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 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,  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 in Sweden.

For Ruin - Wake (2021 Remix)

For Ruin - Solace

For Ruin - In Suffering

Just for fun - a cover of Katatonia's "Nowehere" from the MCD "Sounds of Decay"...

For Ruin - "Nowhere" - Katatonia Cover (March, 2018)

"songwriting" demo of one of the lead songs off the Last Light album

Care of the Dead (2008 Demo)

"Songwriting" demo of the song Elysium from 2008 - official version available on the album LAST LIGHT

Elysium - Demo 2008

A 2007 demo/cover of Death's "Spiritual Healing" which we used to play back in the day... 

For Ruin - Spiritual Healing (2007 demo)

For Ruin was formed in 2003 in Cork, Ireland. Founder John began playing a mixture of melodic black/death metal with strong harmonies, melodies and dynamics throughout. During 1998-2006, John recorded 3 demos (Split, Shade and Obsidian) and established an initial lineup of the band at the end of 2005, playing with Decapitated and many others at the time.

In November 2006 Murphy was joined by drummer Barry English, guitarist Drew Myers and bassist Barry OSullivan forming the second lineup of the band. The band filmed their performance at Winterfest 2006 in their home town of Cork on December 23rd '06. The result is the "Live at Winterfest" DVD, which was given a limited release in January 2007.

For Ruin announced the start of their relationship with Sentinel Records in January 07. The band finished their debut recording for Sentinel in May '07 titled "December" which was released on September 15th 2007 and supported by a headlining Irish tour during October 07. During August 07 the band returned to gigging, playing a warm-up show with Napalm Death before their tour in support of the album. In November '07 new bass player Peter Lawlor joined the band. FR played with Massacre and Extreme Noise Terror around this time and played main support to Primordial in December 07 & Jan 08. In Feb '08 the band welcomed back original drummer Steve O'Connell and having spent a few months rehearsing with Steve, the band played London for the first time; at the Camden Underworld in May 08 with Skyforger.

In Jan 09 the band recorded their second album - it was recorded in Mallow, Cork, Ireland with Alwyn Walker of Komodo Studios as the on-location producer. The album is currently being mixed. The band plays with Paradise Lost and Rotting Christ in Belfast on April 25th 2009. The new album should hopefully be out around this time under licence to Sentinel Records. 

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