Habit>>RINGWORM - USA

Birth Is Pain - 2001 - Victory
Justice Replaced By Revenge - 2005 - Victory
The Ninth Circle: The Venomous Grand Design - 2007 - Victory
Scars - 2011 - Victory
Stigmatas In The Flesh - 2012 - A389
Hammer Of The Witch - 2014 - Relapse
Snake Church - 2016 - Relapse
Death Becomes My Voice - 2019 - Relapse
Seeing Through Fire - 2023 - Nuclear Blast

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Members
Vocals
Gluttons, Holy Ghost>>H.F./HUMAN FURNACE [JAMES BULLOCH]>> Gluttons, Holy Ghos

Guitar
Alterrik, Blood Of Christ, From The Depths, Decrepit, Dead Of Night, Holy Ghost, Beyond Fear, Charred Walls Of The Damned, Shed The Skin, Soulless, Perdition Sect, Midnight, Vadiat>>MATT SORG>>Dead Of Night, Holy Ghost, Beyond Fear, Charred Walls Of The Damned, Shed The Skin, Soulless, Perdition Sect, Midnight, Vadiat - Integrity, Pitboss 2000, Terror>>Frank "3-Gun" Novinec>>Integrity, Pitboss 2000, Terror, Hatebreed - Spawn, Integrity, Beyond Fear, Tim Ripper Owens, Charred Walls Of The Damned, Winters Bane>>John Comprix>>Beyond Fear, Tim Ripper Owens, Charred Walls Of The Damned - Solipsist, From the Hellmouth>>Mark Witherspoon>>Solipsist, From the Hellmouth - Crush Efekt, The C.O.A.S.T., Pitboss 2000>>MIKE LARE>>Pitboss 2000, Cadavarice, Eternal Bloodshed


Bass
Dahmer, Holy Ghost, All That Is Evil>>Aaron Ramirez>>Holy Ghost, All That Is Evil, Pissmongrel, Schnauzer - Integrity, Pitch Black Forecast>>Steve Rauckhorst>>Integrity, Pitch Black Forecast, Garmonbozia, Mushroomhead - Mike Lare>>Perdition Sect - Civil Disobedience, Pete, Gluttons, Sinister, Beyond Fear, Abdullah, Byron Nemeth Group, Sixx, Charred Walls Of The Damned, Shok Paris, Destructor, Shed The Skin, Vindicator, Vaniak, Vadiat>>ED STEPHENS>>Beyond Fear, Abdullah, Byron Nemeth Group, Sixx, Charred Walls Of The Damned, Shok Paris, Destructor, Shed The Skin, Vindicator, Vaniak, Vadiat, Destructor, Violent Night

Drum
Mutilation, Pile Of Eggs, Decrepit, Sacreligious Impalement, Bloodsick, Soulless, Terror, All That Is Evil, Integrity, Dead Of Night, Caveman, The Spawn Of Satan>>Chris Dora>>The Spawn Of Satan, Dead Of Night, Caveman, Soulless, Terror, All That Is Evil, Kurnugia, Destructor - Suffer System, Erebus, Pitboss 2000, The C.O.A.S.T., The Reverse, Acheron>>Danny Zink>>Pitboss 2000, The C.O.A.S.T., Cadavarice - Rip Ryde, Crowtalker, Midnight>>RYAN STEIGERWALD>>Rip Ryde, Crowtalker, MIdnight





History & Biography
This act was active from 1990 to 1994 and again from 1999. Despite the members’ metal background, Ringworm professed to nu, thrashcore and crossover in addition to thrash metal. The members report that there is not a story behind the monicker. Demo 1991 was followed by another demo called The Promise in 1993. The former was advertised and sold by the band before its recording or release in order to raise funds. The band was H.F. on vocals, F.R.N. on guitar, Chris Ringworm on bass and Spot on drums. Anyone who wonders why the local Chinese parlour can afford to serve food so cheaply can check out the ingredients on the cover of that disc.

Ringworm and Boiling Point released a split single in 1994. The band split up because Frank Novinec left to join Integrity. Upon return, more demos lead to an album with Victory Records in 2001. H.F. remained on vocals, Matt Sorg was on guitar, Frank "3-Gun" Novinec was also on guitar, Aaron Ramirez on bass guitar and Chris Dora on drums. The last man was replaced by Danny Zink. Steve Rauckhorst came in on bass.

The act toured with Himsa and Demiricous. Stigmatas In The Flesh was a live record taped in Maryland, USA. Bleed was an EP and issued through Relapse Records in 2013. Subsequently, Relapse released the band’s next full-length in 2014. Ed Stephens had arrived on bass. James Bulloch was on vocals for Snake Church. Ryan Steigerwald was on drums. The group toured in Europe and was playing concerts in the USA with Macabre and Panzerfaust. The act was also at the Housecore Horror Festival. The band played the Denver Black Sky festival to commemorate Relapse’s 25th anniversary alongside Pig Destroyer, Skinless and others in 2015. The band also appeared at the Gwar-BQ in 2015. The song Life After The End Of The World, from Justice Replaced By Revenge, was included in the 2016 animation film The Secret Life Of Pets. The group toured the USA with Canada-based Exalt and announced it is heading to Europe to play with Hierophant and Poison Headache..

The act moved on to Nuclear Blast for Seeing Through Fire. The album was supported through a video for the song No Solace, No Quarter, No Mercy. Mike Lare was back in the band after an absence of seven years and on guitar now. The band was opening for Satan and Venom Inc. in the USA when its van broke down.

The band is like Donald Trump. Commitment, devotion and exclusivity are alien concepts and each member is in a dozen acts simultaneously.


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