After the arrival of the third EP “As The Sky Begins To Break” from Ruina this past weekend we simply had to have a chat with the man, the myth and the legend that is multi instrumentalist and vocalist Harv Lake. The band have evolved from Metallica Hardcore into what is best described as a
Having originally started out as a solo project for multi instrumentalist Harvey Lake, the desire to play live soon took hold and with that the need to assemble a fully fledged band. Ruina was born a Hardcore outfit with their debut EP “Nemesis” but soon evolved with line up changes and a love of bands
Long held aloft as not only ones to watch but a shinning light of the UK Metal Underground scene, Ruina are preparing to unveil their third EP “As The Sky Begins To Break” on 30th September. Having already dropped a pair of well received singles, the third comes in the form of a music video
A new dawn, a new day and new music from a new line up Ruina is just what the Doctor ordered. The third chapter of the band masterminded by the last man standing Harvey Lake started with “The Truth” in June and now out of the gate storms “Wavebreaker“, complete with a classy black and
“As The Sky Begins To Break” will be the name on everyone’s lips come September as Bristol natives Ruina unveil their third EP. The record represents the next chapter with a mew lineup seeing vocalist and multi instrumentalist Harv Lake move to guitars and clean vocals only with a new unclean vocalist and bassist joining
Returning to their sophomore EP “A Hundred Voices” for a music video filmed by Loki Films for the title track are the mighty Ruina. The band surprised on the affair with vocalist and multi instrumentalist Harvey Lake showing off some much improved clean vocals and landed themselves on our top #5 EPs of the year
It’s snow joke that having reviewed 365 plus albums and EPs in 2021 this category is the toughest of the lot to make decisions upon. The Great Plague Years have served to reinvigorate the format with some bands even choosing to split an album into bite sized EP releases over 12 months to keep their
After unveiling their sophomore EP “A Hundred Voices” a couple of weeks back, we had the pleasure of a few minutes in the company of multi instrumentalist and vocalist Harvey Lake to chat about all things Ruina and the follow up to the much loved “Nemesis“. Thanks to the pre-release singles and very well put together
Captured by Victoria Boston with a special thank you to Tech-Fest regular Shaun Hodson of Loki Films, Ruina have shared a making of featurette for their recently released EP “A Hundred Voices” which we reviewed a couple of weeks back. It’s an absolute banger with every cut getting the full music video treatment and deserves
What is life without risk? If you don’t take a risk then it can’t pay off and you can’t get that adrenaline rush that accompanies it. So joining BrokenTooth onstage at Club 85 Hitchin on 7th August 2021 was the man, the myth, the legend that is Harvey Lake of Ruina for a cover of
