In Ruins craft the kind of atmospheric black metal that is brutal, yet beautiful. Each song on
Four Seasons of Grey is a sweeping epic of dark grandeur, marrying the aggression and tortured howls of classic early-'80s death metal with the more textured gothic romanticism of mid-'90s Scandinavian black metal. Misty nylon string guitar arpeggios and lacy pseudo-classical harpsichord segments balance out the distorted power riffage to evoke a sensual, albeit slightly satanic, experience. ~ Andy Hinds