Ringworm is an American

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band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1989. Their name was derived from a

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movie. The band has toured extensively in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe and has released four albums via

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. In 2013, the band announced they had signed with

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and that their next album would be released through them. Vocalist Human Furnace currently plays in the Cleveland

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band Gluttons and solo project Holyghost.

Musical style

According to frontman Human Furnace, while being interviewed by Davin Deblat in 2019 he mentions the band's sound and style as well as their association in both the metal and hardcore scene: "If you look at the songs that we play, and what we're about, 70–80 percent of our songs are mostly just

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. Very fast, very thrashy, and then you got some breakdowns. When you play a hardcore gig, everyone just stares at you for your whole set and they just wait for that one

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so they can spin around in circles and crowd-kill. And I'm not really about that. So when you play a metal show and you play thrash riffs and headbanging riffs, then metalheads respond to that and it's a fun thing. I definitely relate more to that scene because that's what I am. I grew up a punk rock kid, a metal kid, so I have a lot more in common with that scene… these days, anyway."

Members

Current

* James "Human Furnace" Bulloch – vocals * Matt Sorg – guitar * Mike Lare – guitar * Ed Stephens – bass

Former

* John Comprix – guitar * Mike Lare – bass, vocals * Matt Devries – guitar * Frank Novinec – guitar * Chris Pellow – bass * Blaze Tishko – guitar, bass * John "Lockjaw" Tole – bass * Chris Smith – guitar * Kenny Carpenter – drums * Bob Zeiger – drums * Aaron Ramirez – bass * Aaron Dallison – guitar * Steve Rauckhorst – bass * Ben Hollowell – bass * Chris Dora – drums * Danny Zink – drums * Ryan Steigerwald – drums

Discography

* 1991: ''Ringworm'' (self-released demo), later released by Overkill Records * 1993: ''The Promise'' (Incision Records), later reissued on CD by

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and vinyl by A389 Recordings * 1994: Split 7" with Boiling Point (Lost and Found Records) * 1995: ''Flatline'' (demo from 1991 which became bonus tracks on subsequent re-release of ''The Promise'') (Lost and Found Records) * 1999: ''Madness of War'' (self-released demo) * 2000: ''Hollow Soul'' (split with Godbelow) (Surface Records) * 2001: Split 7" with Cold as Life (

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) * 2001: ''Birth is Pain'' (

) * 2003: ''Splitseveninch'' (split with

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) ( Deathwish Inc.) * 2005: ''Justice Replaced by Revenge'' (

) * 2007: ''The Venomous Grand Design'' (

) * 2011: ''Scars'' (

) * 2011: ''Your Soul Belongs to Us...'' (split with Mindsnare) (A389 Recordings) * 2012: ''Stigmatas in the Flesh'' (live album) (A389 Recordings) * 2013: ''Bleed'' (EP) (

) * 2014: '' Hammer of the Witch'' (Relapse Records) * 2016: ''Snake Church'' (Relapse Records) * 2019: ''Death Becomes My Voice'' (Relapse Records)

Videography

* "Justice Replaced by Revenge" (2005) * "The Ninth Circle" (2007) * "Used Up, Spit Out" (2011) * "Snake Church" (2016) * "Shades of Blue" (2016)

References

External links

Official website

MySpace page
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