Defunct Local Band Profile: Time Of Ruin

It's now time for this month's Defunct Local Band Profile, where we again look at a randomly selected band from our inactive local band links, in order to spotlight them and their run for current readers! I had originally projected doing two bands this month due to minimal surviving information, but I underestimated band #1, so our originally planned second group (defunct punk duo Programmed To Fail) will lead off next month's installment of this series. As for this month's band, they didn't last long but delivered the metal goods for fans while they lasted, so here's what you should know on them!

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Time of Ruin

Genre: Thrash Metal
 
Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Members: (Members not in their last known lineup in italics. The exact lineup progression may have inaccuracies. Let me know if you can make any corrections!)

Jason Bourcier (Fitswitch, Winkstinger, No Arrow), vocals
Mike DiPasquale (Faithless Sin), guitar
Sara Biedermann (The Apocalypse Afterparty), guitar
Ryan Disano (Winkstinger, Caveman Morrison, The HTs), bass
Mark Parent (Faithless Sin), drums

Lee Slater (Fitswitch), guitar
Rich Moreland, guitar 
Curtis Beauchamp (Sense Of Truth, Fitswich), bass   

Audio/Video: Only one Time of Ruin video is known to survive publically today, namely this drum solo by Mark Parent at their live concert debut at the former Foggy Notions on October 23rd, filmed by attendee/future guitarist Rich Moreland and posted on their Facebook group. It's dark, but the solo sounds good! However, I cannot embed it here due to the group's privacy settings. Sonically, Time of Ruin share the most in common with their predecessors Faithless Sin, who were active from 2005-2007, and also featured Jason, Mike, and Mark in their lineups. Click here to see Faithless Sin in a 54 minute jam session from 2006, featuring a very similar range of songs that Time of Ruin would have covered.

Info/Analysis: Self-described as "Sault Ste. Marie's heaviest metal band", Time of Ruin would make their debut at Foggy Notions in October 2007, and they would play a handful of further gigs at Foggy's, including opening for The Labour Of... in November, until the venue's original closure in March. A battle of the bands appearance was teased in April 2008, as well as scattered songwriting sessions and lineup changes. Time of Ruin were last advertised at an all-local metal concert at The Grand Theater on August 14th, 2008, but they dropped out and were surprisingly replaced by the returning Gates of Winter, with Time of Ruin quietly dissolving by year's end. It's hard to comment on Time of Ruin from both lack of videos and my age (I wasn't quite 19 yet during their Foggy's run), but they had a strong lineup, and despite their relatively short life, they did accomplish more as a live act than Faithless Sin! Hopefully everyone's still musically active in some form!

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I hope you guys liked this month's Defunct Local Band Profile! As promised, we'll lead off a double profile on or around June 10th with the aforementioned Sault Ontario punk band Programmed To Fail, but to round things out, we're heading back to Sault Michigan for a second band with minimal information, as the second randomly selected band will be 2019-2021 classic/hard rock trio Mackinaw Trail. Look for these next month, and for more news and notes on the site this week! Thanks everyone!