Desweiteren wurden als Support-Acts für die Tour nun HEADCHARGER (FR) und SANCTORUM (UK) bestätigt. Mit Klick auf die Bandnamen kommt ihr auf die Seiten der Bands.

Die Dates der Ghosts and Good Stories UK Tour 2011 findet ihr auf diesem Flyer (den ihr auch gerne weiterposten könnt ) und in unseren Terminen. Tickets für die Shows sind ab sofort erhältlich.

YEAH!!!!

MY RUIN auf dem Hammerfest 2011

“SURPRISE!!!!!! We’re excited to announce that MY RUIN have just been confirmed for HAMMERFEST UK in MARCH 2011! Yes, friends, the rumors are true and to coincide with our rescheduled London show for MY RUIN @ THE UNDERWORLD on March 11th, we will be rockin the stage at Hammerfest the following weekend with more tour dates TBA soon so make sure you get your tickets because you do not want to miss this big night of METAL~! xo Mrs M”

Hier die korrespondierende News auf der HAMMERFEST Homepage!!!!

Hammerfest 2011

This year’s Hammerfest was an alcoholocaust of headbanging , fist-pumping awesomeness with some of the biggest and best names in metal tearing Prestatyn, North Wales a new asshole. In March 2011, we do it all over again at Hammerfest 3!”

HIER kann man den Track für kurze Zeit herunterladen!

GHOSTS AND GOOD STORIES wird – aus produktionstechnischen Gründen um eine Woche verschoben – am 27. August in Deutschland, am 30. August im UK und am 31. August in den USA veröffentlicht und wird 13 Tracks der ungeschönten Wahrheit enthalten, mit denen sich Metal-Fans identifizieren können – inklusive intimen Lyrics, lebendiger Musik und einer ganz eigenen Note, die – genau wie bei einer Flasche Whisky oder feinem Wein – beweisen, MY RUIN wird mit der Zeit immer besser.

Produziert von Mick Murphy und Josh Lynch, ist GHOSTS AND GOOD STORIES ein Konzeptalbum, das sich um blut-, schweiß- und tränenbefleckte Bibelseiten dreht – ein Testament der Liebe, die MY RUIN als Band und als Ehepaar auch weiterhin am Leben hält, gegen all die Ungerechtigkeiten und Mächte dieser Welt.

LONG DARK NIGHT beschreibt mit seinen atmosphärischen Klängen das Gefühl der Schlaflosigkeit und der Unfähigkeit, etwas zu kreieren, was Bestand hat. Sollte es jemals ein richtig gutes Heavy-Metal-Liebeslied gegeben haben, ist es dieses…

Holt euch den Song JETZT und sagt es jedem weiter: MY RUIN sind zurück und das besser als je zuvor!

MY RUIN - Ghosts and Good Stories

Die ersten Reviews kommen gerade herein und sind einfach nur klasse!

Hier die heiligen Worte der Presse:

“Ghosts and Good Stories is gracefully bone-chilling, filled with teeth-chattering terror, and leaves your unworthy soul melted in a puddle on the floor. A masterpiece! 10/10″
Sara Heitman – Blistering.Com
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“Pantera attitude, Sabbathesque seventies poison, dirt southern touch, hardcore pride and a courageous tribute to Rollins Band: this is ‘Ghosts and Good Stories’! My Ruin are back with the right dose of high-handedness and brought to us one of the most sincere, shouted loud, sexual and intense records of this year! 8/10”
Simone Sacco – Metal Hammer Italy
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“This collection of beautifully told stories that unwind and unravel before our ears has plenty of bark and a bite to match. Ghosts and Good Stories is an onslaught from start to finish that doesn’t let up; there’s no room for fluff, no room for floundering and certainly no room for questions. My Ruin are pioneers of their own brand of metal that amalgamates so many different styles it can’t be pigeonholed or categorised.”
Lynsey Wright – Thrash Hits UK
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“My Ruin have mutated into something truly monstrous in recent years, as the chemistry between Tairrie B and Mick Murphy has evolved and sprouted wicked wings. Ghosts And Good Stories picks up where 2008’s Throat Full Of Heart left off, with an exhilarating barrage of warped stoner metal riffs and blister-razing gutter-punk.8/10”
Dom Lawson – Metal Hammer UK
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“My Ruin’s sixth official full length album – is their strongest outing since A Prayer Under Pressure Of Violent Anguish from 2000. On the musical front ‘Ghosts And Good Stories’ surpasses everything the band has done thus far.”
Carl Begai – Brave Words Bloody Knuckles
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“This is a powerhouse of an album. It packs a lot of power both vocally and musically
which is what My Ruin has always done well. 4/5″
Mike Grey – Soundsphere Magazine
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“Ghosts and Good Stories vocals and riffs are full of power, an intense delivery from an experienced alternative metal band. 8/10″
Hugo Countinho – Creepy Insight.Com
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“Ghosts and Good Stories their sixth volume literally has to be their most unified, binding, creative, epic whirlwind of pure velocity to date, fact.”
Nickie Hobbs – Devolution Magazine
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” ‘Ghosts And Good Stories’ is a perfect ode to the kind of grimy, smoke rock the band trade in.”
Darren Taylor – RockSound Magazine
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“My Ruin have no interest in delivering antiquated chills and thrills. Instead Mick Murphy delivers a Southern-tinged, Sabbath-y guitar assault, over which Tairrie rails against religion, more religion and, most succinctly, the current crop of vapid female pop singers! 7/10”

Kirk Miller –Decibel Magazine

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Die Songs werden unter den folgenden Namen erscheinen:

01. Diggin’ For Ghosts
02. Long Dark Night
03. Excommunicated
04. Eyes Black
05. Money Shot
06. Abusing The Muse
07. La Cuidad
08. Suicide Tuesday
09. Saviourself
10. Malediction
11. Repose
12. Turned Out
13. Deathknell

Produziert von Mick Murphy und Josh Lynch, ist ‘Ghosts and Good Stories’ ein Konzeptalbum,
das sich um blut-, schweiß- und tränenbefleckten Bibelseiten dreht – ein Testament der Liebe, die MY RUIN als Band und als Ehepaar auch weiterhin am Leben hält, gegen all die Ungerechtigkeiten und Mächte der Welt.  13 Tracks der ungeschönten Wahrheit, mit denen sich Metal-Fans identifizieren können – inklusive intimen Lyrics, lebendiger Musik und einer ganz eigenen Note, die – genau wie bei einer Flasche Whisky oder feinem Wein – beweisen, MY RUIN wird mit der Zeit immer besser.

MY RUIN haben außerdem die ersten Tourdaten, die vornehmlich in Deutschland stattfinden werden, preis gegeben. Mehr europäische Dates sollen in Kürze folgen.

04.09.2010 – USA – The Whisky a Go Go – Los Angeles (Tickets)
24.09.2010 – UK – 02 Islington Academy – London (Tickets)
27.09.2010 – GER – NCO Club – Schwäbisch Hall
28.09.2010 – GER – Underground – Cologne (Tickets)
29.09.2010 – GER – White Trash – Berlin
30.09.2010 – GER – Knust – Hamburg

Wer Fans alter Tairrie B. Hip-Hop-Sachen ist, sollte sich übrigens mit dem Nebenprojekt DEATH WORK PROFESSIONALS beschäftigen. Die Kombo (Tairrie B. & Mick Murphy, Rhiis Lopez, Josh Lynch) hat den Rap-Klassiker „Natural Born Killaz“ aufgenommen und dafür – wie könnte es anders sein – auch ein Video produziert.

Hier gibt es das gute Stück:

for Metal Hammer Magazine - AC/DC Tribute CD!

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According to a recent blog posting via Los Angeles based hard rock band My Ruin’s - My Space page, lead screamer and frontwoman Tairrie B has made the following announcement:

“To celebrate the 30th anniversary of AC/DC’s classic “Back In Black” album, Metal Hammer Magazine has put together a kick ass cover mounted tribute CD to accompany their new June 2010 issue which hits stands this week and My Ruin are excited to announce that we were invited to be a part of the high voltage party by covering one of our favorite AC/DC songs of all time…”Have A Drink On Me” which is track #4 on the CD! Mick and I have always been big fans of AC/DC since we were very young, they were a part of the soundtrack to our lives growing up so we’re both honored to be a part of the tribute CD because for us AC/DC represent rock & roll in its purest form. My Ruin has done covers over the years ranging from Black Flag to Nick Cave to Rick Derringer but this was definitely the most fun we have had recording someone else’s song and we even managed to capture our day on film in a video which Mick edited for you to check out so we hope you dig our spin on the song. We recorded and mixed it at Entourage Studios in North Hollywood, Ca. where we spent a few months recording our new album and we had a great time. Mick played all the instruments and he also sang a bit of back up with me and produced the track with our good friend Josh Lynch who also co-produced our new album.”

The AC/DC tribute CD will only be available with this month’s issue of Metal Hammer Magazine so make sure you pick up a copy and don’t miss out on this limited-edition collectable! My Ruin’s new 6th studio album “Ghosts and Good Stories” is set for worldwide release in August 2010 on Tiefdruck – Musik.

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MY RUIN rocks ‘Have A Drink On Me”

“We went about making this album in a different way. We decided not to rush things but rather take our time and enjoy ourselves. Not only did Mick write the music and play all the instruments on the new album but he also co-produced and mixed it with longtime friend Josh Lynch at Entourage Studios in North Hollywood and Weapons of Mass Productions in Santa Monica, California. Our recording sessions were very organic and was nice to have the freedom to create and produce the album we wanted to make with no heavy handed pressure or deadlines from the label but instead, lots of support. Tiefdruck Musik owner Daniel Heerdmann really loves and understands our music and band as does everyone at the label which is something we have not felt from a label in a long time and it’s a welcome surprise. While I was creating the album artwork, I wanted the feeling to be otherworldly and dark, unlike anything we have done in the past and to set the mood for the music which I think it does. The new cover art is actually a vintage portrait from my family album. It is a photo of my great grandparents in front of their home taken sometime in the early 1900’s which has been slightly altered. I came across the image last year as we were recording our new album and it just sort of spoke to me in a very haunting way. I was drawn to it over and over again while coming up with the albums title which is taken from the lead track “Diggin for Ghosts”. The album starts off very doomy and ends with a slow spoken word dirge over a musical soundscape that ties it all in from beginning to end  but the record as a whole is definitely very brutal and up tempo with lots of rock riffs and my trademark scream vocals.” said Tairrie B.

When asked about the theme of the new album in a recent interview for Devolution Magazine in the UK, Tairrie said “I would say that “Ghosts and Good Stories” is definitely a concept album and one which is quite reflective and apocalyptic on many levels. It didn’t necessarily start off that way but it eventually began to write itself into a bit of an intimate portrait of our life as a band in and around the city of Los Angeles. Over the years religious imagery has played a huge part in my lyrical content and I have often left things open to interpretation but with this record it has gone from being more of a cryptically metaphorical aesthetic to highly confrontational in some instances.

Studio Update Tracking Vocals 2010 – Part III
Kommentiert von  Tairrie B – My Ruin

“Dear Friends, Here is the final video from my vocal recording sessions. It features the last 4 songs we tracked from our new album “GHOSTS and GOOD STORIES” coming in June on Tiefdruck-Musik. Hope you enjoy this latest sneak preview and thank you for all the rock love you have show…n us while we’ve been working hard in the studio these past few months!”

xo MRS M

:NEUER VIDEO LINK:

MY RUIN - Im Studio: Tracking Vocals 2010 – Part III

www.youtube.com/myruin

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Für mehr Information besuch uns auf:

My Ruin – Official My Space

www.myspace.com/myruin

My Ruin – Media Blog

www.myruin.tumblr.com

Tracking Vocals 2010 – Part I
Kommentiert von  Tairrie B – My Ruin

“Liebe Freunde,

bisher konntet ihr schon verfolgen, wie Mick die Drums, Gitarren und den Bass im Studio gerockt hat. Endlich könnt ihr auch einen Blick darauf werfen, was ich am besten kann! Dies ist das erste Video von meinen Gesangsaufnahmen und ein paar Szenen hinter den Kulissen, die euch sicherlich eine Menge Freude bereiten werden!

Mick hat die folgenden Bilder und Eindrücke für euch zusammengestellt, damit auch ihr erfahrt, wie es bei mir im Studio abläuft. Außerdem könnt ihr erstmals in 4 Songs unseres neuen Albums „GHOSTS and GOOD STORIES“ reinhören, das bald über Tiefdruck-Musik erscheint! Wir hoffen, ihr genießt diese kleine Vorschau! xo MRS M”

:NEUER VIDEO LINK:

MY RUIN - Im Studio: Tracking Vocals 2010 – Part I

www.youtube.com/myruin

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Für mehr Information besuch uns auf:

My Ruin – Official My Space

www.myspace.com/myruin

My Ruin – Media Blog

www.myruin.tumblr.com

Studio Update #3

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Mick Murphy recording bass

MY RUIN — the Los Angeles based rock duo featuring lead screamer Tairrie B and husband/guitarist Mick Murphy — have been hard at work in the studio  recording its sixth full-length album, “Ghosts and Good Stories”, for an early 2010 release via Tiefdruck-Musik.

Commented Mick: “Hello Friends and Happy Holidays! It’s about time for another update from My Ruin HQ so I wanted to let you know that the music recordings are now complete. I have finished the bass tracks for all 13 songs. It took 2 sessions and we rocked it. I used my Epiphone EB 3 SG bass and a very old Ampeg “Fliptop” combo amp that lives at Entourage Studios. It was a lot of fun to rock the bass lines and get some cool sounds along the way. I like to do the bass tracks last because you can get your doubled guitars tight and in tune without confusion, then you can customize your bass sound for each song to compliment the drums and guitar to really fill out the mix. It’s worked very well on this record and I’m excited about these bass parts. I think they shine and make the recordings more dynamic and big sounding”.

Josh and I are now recording Tairrie who is in the early stages of her vocal trackings. The Mrs & I have decided to spend the holidays in LA this year instead of down south in Knoxville like we usually do as we plan to be in the studio throughout the rest of December.Tairrie & I will also be celebrating our 1 year wedding anniversary on Christmas Eve as we get ready to ring in the New Year with our new album in 2010!

Mick Murphy, Dec 2009

:NEW VIDEO LINK:

MY RUIN - In the Studio: Bass Tracking 2009

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For more information please visit:

My Ruin – Official My Space

www.myspace.com/myruin

My Ruin – Media Blog

www.myruin.tumblr.com