After their not without merit debut album 'The Hunt' in 2012, the band toured in
Denmark, Spain, Germany, Belgium and Finland. Then misery happened, their
bassist Lauri Aitonurmi passed away after a car accident. After a few month of
mourning and thinking things over, the band decided that they had to go on and
started looking for a new bass player. With Pirkka Birkstedt they found a new
member suitable for the band. On the debut album the band used soundscapes,
strings and keys, but they decided not to use these instruments again on this
album.
The music sounds a bit different from the debut, but the melody in the songs is
still a recognizable trademark. The music now sounds like a mix of power metal
and thrash with the high vocals of Toni Salminen on top. During the seance, the
drumpatterns, the sound of the guitars, the melodic metal and the singing style
of Toni made me think several times of Anthrax. Some riffs have the same style
and I suspect the members of Ruinside that they have listened to Anthrax a lot
lately. Now I don't have a problem with music in that style, so I enjoyed the
album, but don't look for a lot of originality. If you like Anthrax with a twist
of Helstar and Nevermore influences you should give this band a chance.
At this moment I give the band the benefit of the doubt, but if they will arrest
attention, they should implement more originality and write more songs that
really
stick out.
