The Cellar
Close Encounter
Slave One
The Bellfounder
Stigmatized
Man On The Roof
Timetraveller
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Reviewed by: Anders Sandvall
Album Rating 6/10
Ruins of Time
In 1997 Christos
Chatzihonstaninos and Juan Araya formed Legacy, but later
they changed the name to Ruins of Time.
The current line up is:
Juan Araya-drums
Christos Chatzihonstaninos-guitar
Mathias �jermark-guitar
Oskar G�ransson-bass
Martin Missy-lead vocals
Ruins of Time has had some problems finding the right
members for the group. Many have come and gone but in
2001 Martin Missy (ex-Protector) joined on lead vocals.
After they recorded "Timetraveller" Oskar came along on
bass. They did their first gig in May 2002.
Their debut album was recorded in 1999 and it�s called
"For A New Dawn" and the follow up "Timetraveller" was
recorded in May 2002. Mathias plays both guitar and bass
on the follow-up.
On "Timetraveller" there are 8 tracks and it�s produced
and mixed by the band and Anders Eriksson at Offbeat
Studio in Stockholm, Sweden. Ruins Of Time plays real
heavy metal but sometimes it borders death metal. Even
though the production is pretty bad it�s quite appealing
to listen to. Juan and Chris impress a lot. Martin�s voice
leaves more to the imagination, his voice-capacity is
quite limited. But the band are competent musicians.
The band has no big record company that backs them up,
instead they went in the studio and recorded the album
themselves. They should have lots of credit for that. This
could be real good if Martin uses his voice to capacity
next time, and if they record in a real studio.
If you want to buy "Timetraveller" go to the band�s
website.