At this dangerous moment for dissentβand following a decade-long hiatus from metalβMY RUIN returns with a monumental 9th studio album for a new era.
Declaration Of Resistance is not a polite reintroduction. It is a confrontational battle cry delivered with a clenched fist.
Aptly titled, the album marks a magnum opus continuation of MY RUINβs authentically fiery, anti-pious signature: brutally honest, emotionally therapeutic hard truths delivered over dynamically searing, riff-heavy intensity. This time, the band sharpens its focus with a politically charged statement that directly calls out the most divisive and undignified president in modern historyβone who has debased the office through hate, intimidation, censorship, retribution agendas, and authoritarian aspirations that have set the country ablaze.
America has reached a break-glass-in-case-of-emergency crisis pointβon the brink of fascism, religious extremism, and institutional collapse. What we are witnessing is government coercion, the silencing of dissent, and a two-tier system of justice for loyalists versus resisters. This is abuse of power in plain sight, and Declaration Of Resistance sounds the alarm without compromise.
Twenty-five years after releasing their debut album A Prayer Under Pressure Of Violent Anguish, multi-instrumentalist/composer Mick Murphy and vocalist/lyricist Tairrie B. Murphy come full circleβwithout chasing nostalgia, trends, or ghosts. Their bond remains ferocious, focused, and creatively unfiltered. Co-produced by the duo and recorded at their home studio, The Magick Room in Knoxville, Tennessee (following their relocation from Los Angeles), the album was born from a no-pressure, instinct-driven environment. The result is an unrelenting, coherent assault of eleven original tracks, including a blistering duet with longtime friend Jack Osborne of British alternative hard rock band Call To The Void, as well as a closing quintessential feminist anthem cover delivered with unapologetic force.
Musically, Declaration Of Resistance channels urgency and rage through MY RUINβs unmistakable fusion of classic metal, hardcore, punk, doom, rap-rock, and spoken wordβgrounded in Tairrieβs old-school hip-hop roots and sharpened by β70s rock influences. The album plays like an anti-authoritarian manifesto: cathartic, defiant, and unflinchingly clear.
Longstanding anomalies within the music industry, MY RUIN remain a loud, fiercely defiant force to be reckoned with. Alongside their extensive body of work and boundary-pushing side projectsβSWTEVL, Neanderthal, Teenage Time Killers, The Birds Of Satan, The LVRS, and Tairrieβs solo hip-hop releases – Mr. & Mrs. M continue to carve their own uncompromising path.
MY RUIN stands in solidarity with marginalized communities and opposes all forms of discrimination and oppression. They reject fear-based governance, political violence, militarization, and the myth that freedom belongs only to some. Though the 2024 election may be over, the fight for democracy, bodily autonomy, justice, and equality is not.
In the face of tyranny, we must be brave, speak truth to power, demand democracyβand resist. Thank you for standing with MY RUIN inΒ solidarity.
Track Listing:
1.Β Compromised
2.Β The Audacity
3.Β True Allies feat Jack Osborne
4.Β Contempt
5.Β Infinite Connection
6.Β HHRL
7.Β Fragile Like a Bomb
8.Β Dark Eyes of London
9.Β Lady Liberty
10.Β Muzzle Velocity
11.Β Truth or Consequences
12. Shitlist (L7 Cover)
Declaration Of ResistanceΒ is out via Magick Room Recordings and available now on all streaming platforms.
As a bonus middle finger, we also tore into the β90s classic Shitlist by L7 with our own scorched earth take on it, available with the album on Bandcamp only!