Ruin - Spread Plague Hell

Ruin
Spread Plague Hell
2015 Nero One Records
Somewhere, deep down within the sewer system of Los Angeles, past the strung-out druggies, past the alligators (yes, NYC... we have them too), past where your shit goes to die, lies the rehearsal room and home of Ruin.  This mysterious three piece has unleashed a demo tape (because only analog is real!) of four tracks of the most down-tuned, sludge-filled, heavy metal of doom-filled death that you're likely to hear this year.  For reasons known only to themselves, Ruin have decided to not only keep their true identities somewhat of a secret, but to also forego any kind of social media presence, save for any that their label may use.  In fact, it's surprising they're even on a label.  Whoever set them up with a contract is probably lucky to not have been cooked over an open pit and devoured.  Musically, Ruin lies somewhere at the intersection of Incantation and early Mortician, where the Happy Toyz truck has gone into maximum overdrive and mowed down innocent pedestrians.  Indeed, vocalist Mihail Jason Satan comes across as a less gutteral version of Craig Pillard.  Just to prove the band doesn't play slow all the time, the last of the four tracks is a cover of Discharge's "The Final Bloodbath."  Listening back to the previous three tracks, one then realizes that Discharge and d-Beat in general have as much of an influence on Ruin as the aforementioned bands.  Hoping to hear more from this sonic crime against humanity soon.