Interview: Alex Bacey (Guitars) of Ominous Ruin - Talking Requiem

US extreme metallers Ominous Ruin are back, transformed by significant line-up changes, with their brand-new album, ‘Requiem’, released on May 9th, 2025, via Willowtip Records. Now helmed by the fierce and enigmatic vocalist, Crystal Rose, this new album feels like a significant turning point for Ominous Ruin. Having spent many years (they formed in 2010) grinding away, this album feels like the record that pushes them upwards and into more ears around the world. It certainly helps that it’s an extreme metal banger with twists on the brutal, technical, melodic death metal, and even black metal genres. Which might make it sound confused, but Ominous Ruin do a good job of combining all the intensity, allowing it to flow naturally between highs to lows, and offering up enough experimental ideas to make even the most hardened of extreme fans nod in approval. Check out our full album review here: https://www.gbhbl.com/album-review-ominous-ruin-requiem-willowtip-records/ We spoke to guitarist Alex Bacey about the new record, the work that went into it, the challenges that Ominous Ruin have faced, their plans for the future, and so much more. Find out more here: https://linktr.ee/ominousruin Website: https://gbhbl.com/ LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/gbhbl Ko-Fi (Buy us a coffee): https://ko-fi.com/gbhbl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GBHBL Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbhbl/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gbhbl.com Threads: https://www.threads.net/@gbhbl Twitter: https://twitter.com/GBHBL_Official Contact: [email protected] Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/gbhbl Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5A4toGR0qap5zfoR4cIIBo Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/hr/podcast/the-gbhbl-podcasts/id1350465865 Intro/Outro music created by HexedRiffsStudios YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKSpZ6roX36WaFWwQ73Cbbg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hexedriffsstudio