Southern CA based blackened melodic death outfit, Voices Of Ruin, will release their second full-length album entitled Born From The Dark on October 17th. The album was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by up and coming producer Scott Fuller. Artwork was once again handled by the world renowned Par Olofsson, whom the band worked with on their debut release Into Oblivion. Check out the first single from the record, "The Awakening", below.

Comments guitarist Tom Barrett: "Born From The Dark is the perfect blend of melodic metal and death metal that sounds modern and classic at the same time. It's polished but still raw. We're really happy with the way this album came out. Working with Scotty was great. He totally became the "6th member" of the band and really embraced what we were trying to accomplish. He was able to pull the best performances from us and create something special."

Born From The Dark tracklisting:

“The Awakening”
“Scars (Of My Sanity)”
“The Black Horizon”
“A Ghost Inside”
“Death's Design”
“Fallen”
“Exiled Into Darkness”
“Blacked Out”

“The Awakening”:

Soon to be a household name, Voices Of Ruin have come to give melodic death metal the shot in the arm it so desperately needs. Harkening back to the genre's glory days while pushing the envelope one step further, Voices Of Ruin eviserate their audience with brutally catchy guitar riffs, soaring melodies, devastating percussion, and the ferocious blackened death growl of their charismatic frontman. Their music can be described as an epically crafted blend of classic heavy metal and modern death metal, that also pays homage to the traditional Scandinavian melodic death metal sound. Now with the release of Born of the Dark, the band is primed to extend their reach out of the underground!

Voices Of Ruin has been cutting their teeth in the highly competitive Southern California metal scene since 2007. From early on, the band received accolades for their devastating live performances all across the local metal circuit and soon went into the studio to record their first full length album. Into Oblivion was recorded in 2010 by engineer/producer Chris Eck. At the time Eck had been quoted as saying, "Into Oblivion is an insanely good album. It captures the raging intensity of 80s thrash metal and presents it in a melo-death format. Voices Of Ruin are able to accomplish this fusion better than any band that I know of."

In the wake of this explosive release was a string of high profile live shows opening for international acts all over Southern California. Soon afterward, Voices Of Ruin embarked on tours all over the west coast. Members shifted and Voices Of Ruin found their ultimate lineup with the brothers Dave and Tom Barrett on vocals and lead guitar, Solid Sleeve on rhythm, Wally Myers on bass, and Lonnie Van Horn handling the percussive duties.

After much deliberation, the band settled upon up-and-coming producer Scott Fuller to record the album Born From The Dark in 2015. With his discerning ear and passion for music, Scott quickly became the "6th member" of the band and proceeded to record the ultimate Voices Of Ruin album - Born From The Dark. The beautiful cover art by esteemed artist Par Olofsson is just the icing on the cake. In short, Born From The Dark is a sonically crushing journey through the abyss that will keep listeners headbanging and lost in the melody.