Metalcore Veterans, AGE OF RUIN, Release New Single/Video, “Falling”

Washington, D.C. – Metalcore veterans, Age of Ruin, have released new single, “Falling.” The song is the first fresh blood spilled by Age of Ruin since last year’s seminal, full-length album, Nothingman (a title that perfectly encapsulates both the crushing bleakness of the human spirit and the exact Kelley Blue Book value of their touring vessel, the Nothingvan). Manifesting without warning like a collective auditory hallucination, this new track sees the band violently regressing to their roots. It delivers the kind of punishing, primitive riffage that will make anyone raised on Roots-era Sepultura or Kingdom of Lost Souls-era Damnation A.D. want to immediately start throwing elbows in a pottery store.

But it’s not just an exercise in neck-snapping brutality. As the despair boils over, the mood shifts from pitch-black bleakness to something suspiciously resembling optimism. When frontman Ben’s haunting vocals bellow, “the lines begin to blur around me”—which in most other contexts would be a terrifying neurological symptom—it actually serves as a rare glimmer of hope. Just then, the mood shifts, like a thundering tempest leaving all of the elements of rebirth in it’s wake. It’s sonic proof that even after all this time, a little bit of light is finally cracking through the Age of Ruin.

The song is also available on all major platforms, including Bandcamp, Ampwall, Spotify, and Apple Music.

“Falling” was recorded at The Hell Room in northern Virginia and mixed and mastered by Will Beasley at The Bakery Studios in Richmond Virginia.

FFO: In Flames, Soilwork, Killswitch Engage, and Gojira.

“Age Of Ruin is still roaring, still thrashing, and still creating with the fire of musicians who understand what heavy music is meant to be, loud, human, and honest.” – Heavy Metal Darkness

Released October 17, 2025, Nothingman is available at:

Bandcamp: ageofruin.bandcamp.com/album/nothingman
Ltd. Edition CD: theupstagemusicfest.com/product-page/age-of-ruin-nothing-man
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/5gx07goL02rG6kpD4mP10f
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/nothingman/1838282980
Ampwall: ampwall.com/a/ageofruin

BIO:

The exact location of the dawn of man has been a constant subject of debate. Some say it was Prometheus delivering fire, some say it was Franklin discovering electricity, most people say it’s when Lars met James…but everyone agrees: those were simply precursors. Throughout the age of enlightenment, the renaissance, the reformation era and beyond, mortals have tried to make sense of mankind’s meaning on earth.

Most archaeologists believe that in the late 90’s, a surge of lightning fast riffs, guttural screams, devastatingly bass tones, and the relentless pulverizing rhythm of drums unearthed a crucial piece of this puzzle…this ushered in what would be known as The Age of Ruin. Those who heard it, really dug it. But those who dug it found there is much more than the surface layers. Music filled with textures, themes, and tunings that go deeper than a James Cameron film unbound by budgets.

For over 20 years, Age of Ruin has been firing off a relentless string of releases. Even the busiest trash compactors could not keep up with the amount of crushing that Age of Ruin crams into a single album, and this is so…with Nothingman. They have consistently delivered a brutal barrage of the heaviest hits metal has heard. Why stop At the Gates, when you can break down the whole house with your music? Why get Entombed when you can breathe new life into the scene? Why let the years waste away when the Age of Ruin can answer all of these questions?

Age of Ruin has definitely paid their dues, earning every ounce of the heaviest crown one band could carry. Naturally, the tonal tenure of the AoRmy servicemen is not something that can be held onto forever…the constant axe-wielding and riff hurling has required numerous changing of the guard over the years; however, the core horsemen of the Age of Ruin (Benjamin Swan, and Daniel and Christopher Fleming) remain, along with Casey Flanagan and Hendrik Osinga, forging an amalgamation of devastation which would conjure a collection of songs that few, if any, houses could harness. Fortunately, under the tutelage and production of Sound-Sensei Mike Schleibaum (Darkest Hour), Age of Ruin would hone their tone in Mike’s Riff Dojo, creating an undeniable masterpiece of metal.