NEWS: Idle Ruin celebrate the Cult of Dominion!

Such is the warmth with which the debut album “The Fell Tyrant” from Australian Blackened Thrash trio Idle Ruin received that the band have decided to release an expanded edition for European audiences with an additional eight live cuts that will drop on 30th June. Coinciding with the news, the band have dropped a music video for “Cult of Dominion” filmed at their last Australian show which also includes a few amusing bits and pieces from their 2022 and 2023 tours.

“The Fell Tyrant” was produced by Brendan Pip Auld (Descent, Resin Tomb) and mastered by Dav Byrne (Shatter Brain, Isua) with artwork by Jon Weber (Feculent). The album’s title is a reference to the early days of Idle Ruin’s hometown of Brisbane when it was a prison settlement. The worst of the worst convicts were sent to the Brisbane colony, which was run by its infamously barbaric commandant Patrick Logan. His reign was eventually cut short when he was murdered by Indigenous Australians while wandering through the Australian forest. The album artwork depicts Logan entering hell with the souls of the prisoners coming for him.

Drummer-vocalist Liam Anthony comments: “Our European fans won’t have to worry about those expensive shipping costs from Australia, plus they get some extra music. A lot of our lyrics are about serious stuff, Cult of Dominion not so much. It’s about getting on the beers after quitting a shit job… that moment of reckless joy you have before you need to figure out what to do next!”