On this day, 22 January 2015, American metalcore band Within The Ruins played Cardiff’s Clwb IforBach on their European Winter tour.
The previous Summer the band had released their fourth studio album Phenomena. This is the first album where guitarist Joe Cocchi uses a 7-string guitar, using bass guitar strings to adopt an unconventionally low tuning and vastly increase the low range of the instrument.
Within the Ruins founding members Joe Cocchi and Kevin McGuill started the band during 2003.
The band went through some line-up changes and finally began working on their first self-released EP entitled Driven by Fear which was completed in 2005.
Followed by the release, the band began touring in late 2006 in an effort to gain exposure and label recognition. With the release of their second EP Empires through Innerstrength Records the band received an offer from Victory Records.
The band's debut studio album Creature was released in February 2009, followed by their second studio album entitled Invade in September 2010. Invade sold over 3,000 copies in its first week.
