William Ramos (born ) is an American singer who is the lead vocalist of the

deathcore Deathcore is an extreme metal subgenre that combines death metal with metalcore. The genre consists of death metal guitar riffs, blast beats, and metalcore breakdowns. While there are some precursors to the concept of death metal fused with met ...

band

Lorna Shore Lorna Shore is an American deathcore band formed in New Jersey in 2009. The group currently consists of lead guitarist Adam De Micco, drummer Austin Archey, rhythm guitarist Andrew O'Connor, vocalist Will Ramos, and bassist Michael Yager. The ba ...

Early life

Will Ramos grew up in a small town in

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

near

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

, and has continued to live there into adulthood. He is of Puerto Rican descent. He has three half sisters, all of whom are separated in age from him by fifteen years or more. Ramos grew up playing music, and says he learned

screaming A scream is a loud speech production, vocalization in which air is passed through the vocal cords with greater force than is used in regular or close-distance vocalisation. This can be performed by any creature possessing lungs, including human ...

and

harsh vocals A death growl, or simply growl, is an extended vocal technique usually employed in extreme styles of music, particularly in death metal and other extreme subgenres of heavy metal music. Death growl vocals are sometimes criticized for their ...

starting at around fourteen years old by imitating the heavy metal music he enjoyed. He credits his early interest in heavier music to friends who introduced him to bands including Bullet for My Valentine,

Lamb of God Lamb of God ( el, Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, Amnòs toû Theoû; la, Agnus Dei, ) is a title for Jesus that appears in the Gospel of John. It appears at John 1:29, where John the Baptist sees Jesus and exclaims, "Behold the Lamb of God wh ...

, and

Whitechapel Whitechapel is a district in East London and the future administrative centre of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is a part of the East End of London, east of Charing Cross. Part of the historic county of Middlesex, the area formed ...

. Ramos has cited as influences the bands

Infant Annihilator Infant Annihilator are an English deathcore band formed in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire in 2012 by drummer Aaron Kitcher and guitarist Eddie Pickard. The band are known for their technical, eclectic and extreme musical style; parodistic and ...

and

All Shall Perish All Shall Perish was an American deathcore band from Oakland, California, formed in 2002. The band was signed to Nuclear Blast and have released four full-length albums through the label. Their final album, ''This Is Where It Ends,'' was release ...

, and credits his attempts to mimic the vocalists Dan Watson from

Enterprise Earth Enterprise Earth is an American deathcore band from Spokane, Washington. Former members, vocalist Dan Watson (formerly of Infant Annihilator) and guitarist BJ Sampson (formerly of Takeover), formed the band in mid-2014. At the beginning of the ...

and Eddie Hermida from

Suicide Silence Suicide Silence is an American deathcore band from Riverside, California. The band was established in 2002, and has released six studio albums, three EPs, and nineteen music videos. They were awarded the ''Revolver'' Golden God award for "Best ...

with helping him to learn to perform high vocals.

Career

In around 2014 or 2015, Will Ramos began performing with his first band, the

metalcore Metalcore (also known as metallic hardcore) is a fusion music genre that combines elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. As with other styles blending metal and hardcore, such as crust punk and grindcore, metalcore is noted for its use of ...

group Secrets Don't Sleep. He later joined the deathcore band A Wake In Providence, which went on tour with Lorna Shore prior to Ramos joining the band. He also worked in the film industry as a freelancer. When he joined Lorna Shore in 2020, Ramos was the vocalist for both the metalcore band A Monument of a Memory and the

death metal Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, feat ...

band Euclid.

Lorna Shore

Ramos first performed with Lorna Shore in March 2020 as a stand-in replacing CJ McCreery on the band's European tour with

Decapitated Decapitation or beheading is the total separation of the head from the body. Such an injury is invariably fatal to humans and most other animals, since it deprives the brain of oxygenated blood, while all other organs are deprived of the au ...

Beyond Creation Beyond Creation is a Canadian technical death metal band from Montreal, Quebec. They are currently signed to Season of Mist records. The group has released three studio albums to date: ''The Aura'' (2011), ''Earthborn Evolution'' (2014), and ''A ...

Ingested Ingestion is the consumption of a substance by an organism. In animals, it normally is accomplished by taking in a substance through the mouth into the gastrointestinal tract, such as through eating or drinking. In single-celled organisms inges ...

, and Viscera. The tour was ultimately cut short due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...

. Shortly after Ramos joined the group on a touring basis in March, the band decided to record an EP with him. Lorna Shore guitarist Adam De Micco later explained that the band decided to do a three-song EP with Ramos "to see how the fit would be", which led to '' ...And I Return to Nothingness''. In June 2021, the band announced that Ramos would be joining as the group's permanent vocalist, and released the first

single Single may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Single (music), a song release Songs * "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004 * "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008 * "Single" (William Wei song), 2016 * "Single", by ...

and music video from the EP, "To The Hellfire". "To the Hellfire" became a viral success for the band, peaking at number 4 on the Spotify Viral Chart's Top 10. It was later voted "2021 Song of the Year" by ''

Loudwire ''Loudwire'' is an American online media magazine that covers news of hard rock and heavy metal artists. It is owned by media and entertainment business Townsquare Media. Since its launch in August of 2011, ''Loudwire'' has secured exclusive ...

'', who described "Will Ramos' downright absurd vocal performance loaded with nightmarish high shrieks and one spotlight pig squeal that set the internet on fire". Lorna Shore released ''

Pain Remains ''Pain Remains'' is the fourth studio album by American deathcore band Lorna Shore. It was released on October 14, 2022, through Century Media Records and was produced by Josh Schroeder. In addition to being the first album (and second overall rel ...

'' on October 14, 2022. It is the band's fourth studio album, and the first to feature Ramos as vocalist. Ramos was the lyricist for both ''...And I Return to Nothingness'' and ''Pain Remains.''

Guest vocals

In November 2021, Ramos performed guest vocals for a revised version of

Brand of Sacrifice Brand of Sacrifice is a Canadian deathcore band from Toronto formed in 2018. The band was inspired by the work of manga artist Kentaro Miura, specifically his '' Berserk'' series and has based much of their music on his works. Founded in 2018, th ...

's track "Lifeblood". In February 2023, Ramos performed guest vocals on "Heritage" by Dutch deathcore band Distant. In March 2023, Ramos was a guest vocalist on the song "Trag3dy" from nothing,nowhere.'s album '' Void Eternal''. Ramos performed a song called "Leviathan", released in March 2023 as

downloadable content Downloadable content (DLC) is additional content created for an already released video game, distributed through the Internet by the game's publisher. It can either be added for no extra cost or it can be a form of video game monetization, enablin ...

for the 2022 '' Metal: Hellsinger''

rhythmic Rhythmic may refer to: * Related to rhythm * Rhythmic contemporary, a radio format * Rhythmic adult contemporary, a radio format * Rhythmic gymnastics, a form of gymnastics * Rhythmic (chart) The Rhythmic chart (also called Rhythmic Airplay, and ...

first-person shooter First-person shooter (FPS) is a sub-genre of shooter video games centered on gun and other weapon-based combat in a first-person perspective, with the player experiencing the action through the eyes of the protagonist and controlling the pl ...

video game.

Other projects

Ramos has joined

Elizabeth Zharoff Elizabeth McCune (née Ford), known professionally as Elizabeth Zharoff, is an American YouTuber, video game sound designer, and opera singer. After largely putting her operatic career on hold, she devoted herself to the topics of voice and singi ...

for several videos on her YouTube channel, "The Charismatic Voice". In one, Ramos performs harsh vocals while undergoing a

laryngoscopy Laryngoscopy () is endoscopy of the larynx, a part of the throat. It is a medical procedure that is used to obtain a view, for example, of the vocal folds and the glottis. Laryngoscopy may be performed to facilitate tracheal intubation during ge ...

to provide insight into the anatomical movements that produce the various growling, screaming, and squealing sounds he uses in his music. Ramos periodically posts one-take performances of Lorna Shore songs on YouTube, as well as vocal covers of songs by musicians including

Sleep Token Sleep Token are a British Rock music, rock band from London. Formed in 2016, the group are an anonymous, masked collective led by a frontman using the moniker Vessel. They have been categorised under many different genres, including alternative me ...

Chelsea Grin Chelsea Grin is an American deathcore band from Salt Lake City, Utah. Formed in 2007, the group have released two EPs and five full-length albums. Since 2018, no original members remain in the band. Chelsea Grin was originally founded under ...

, and

Spiritbox Spiritbox is a Canadian heavy metal band from Victoria, British Columbia. Husband and wife duo guitarist Mike Stringer and vocalist Courtney LaPlante established Spiritbox in 2017. The band's full lineup comprises LaPlante, Stringer and drummer ...

. Ramos joined a group of other deathcore vocalists on a

supergroup Supergroup or super group may refer to: * Supergroup (music), a music group formed by artists who are already notable or respected in their fields * Supergroup (physics), a generalization of groups, used in the study of supersymmetry * Supergroup ...

project originally entitled The Big Six, and later renamed to Project: Vengeance. The group, consisting of Ramos, Left to Suffer's Taylor Barber,

's Dickie Allen, Spite's Darius Tehrani, and Traitors' Tyler Shelton, released their debut single "Cut. Bleed. Repeat." in March 2023, and the follow-up "Vessel" in July 2023.

Discography

Lorna Shore * '' ...And I Return to Nothingness'' (EP, 2021) * ''

'' (2022) Project: Vengeance * "Cut. Bleed. Repeat." (single, March 2023) * "Vessel" (single, July 2023) Euclid * ''Euclid'' (EP, 2020) * ''Exsomnis'' (2021) A Wake in Providence * ''The Imperfect: Iconoclast'' (EP, 2016) * ''A Darkened Gospel'' (EP, 2017) * ''Insidious: Phase II'' (2017) Guest appearances * 2015: "Find Me Guilty" (with Secrets Don't Sleep) * 2015: "Anomaly" (with Secrets Don't Sleep) * 2015: "Still Standing" (with Secrets Don't Sleep) * 2016: "Thanatophobic" (with Monument of a Memory) * 2017: "The Void" (with Deathsinger) * 2017: "History of a Drowning Boy" (with Cranely Gardens) * 2018: "Comatose" (with Monument of a Memory) * 2018: "The Extermination Process" (with Gravewalker) * 2018: "Ocean of Illusions" (with Ocean of Illusions) * 2018: "Repeat" (with The Fallen Prodigy) * 2019: "Damned" (with Sold Soul) * 2021: "Lifeblood" (with

) * 2021: "400" (with Beyond Deviation) * 2022: "Victorious When the Devil Failed" (with Monument of a Memory) * 2022: "Anabolic Spudsman" (Thique edition; with Bilmuri) * 2022: "Torture Congregation" (with Semi-Rotted) * 2023: "Heritage" (with Distant) * 2023: "Leviathan" (with Metal: Hellsinger) * 2023: "Trag3dy" (with nothing,nowhere.) * 2024: "Riptide" (with The Gnarly Neighbor)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramos, William 1990s births 21st-century American male singers 21st-century American singers 21st-century Puerto Rican male singers 21st-century Puerto Rican singers American heavy metal singers American lyricists American musicians of Puerto Rican descent Death metal musicians Heavy metal singers Living people Singers from New Jersey Year of birth missing (living people) Metalcore singers