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Artwork by
Zack Dunn

Promise Me

from Nothingman

October 17th, 2025
10 tracks
36:36
Nothingman
Nothingman
Promise Me
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5:52
Promise Me
Age of Ruin
Black skies, another night A search for the hopeless heart Fed a promise of eternity Up in this atmosphere we all feel weightless here Chasing the shadows into the night You will find us down below Searching for something unknown Feel the darkness closing in This "love" can feel so cruel So promise me And maybe we can make believe That we are free Don't look just jump with me Stare into the sun Forever has undone Unaware of what it’s done to you and me Is the end close? I'm trapped here with all my ghosts Their song; a melody that I can't unhear Has it been this way (It’s always been this way) For all this time I seek to get back what is mine You will find us down below Searching for something unknown So promise me And maybe we can make believe That we are free Don't look just jump with me Stare into the sun Forever has undone Unaware of what it’s done to you and me It all came crashing in The lies, the promises It all came crashing in The lies, the promises Seems I've been known for eating out of your hand And all this time it seems that was your plan Help me, I'm spiraling out of control Bring me back down I’m free from your hold I have one face I have one name We all don’t fit we are not the same
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Nothingman, Age of Ruin’s forthcoming album, is a collection of 10 songs that cuts a path to the heart with harmony and angst that others would be naïve not to mimic. The band sacrificed blood and sweat for two years to expel Nothingman. Age of Ruin began recording in October of 2023, and after nine months of tracking on location in Richmond, VA, at the Bakery Studio, in Washington, DC, at Ivakota Studio, and at the Riff Dojo in Takoma Park, MD, (produced by Mike Schleibaum of Darkest Hour), Nothingman was complete. This is the biggest, most richly woven tapestry from the band yet.

Ripping guitars, unforgivably brutal drums, bass sounds that have shaken the underworld, and screeching vocals are just the beginning of this incarnation of a true headbanger's incantation. What we saw unearthed back in 1998 has now grown. The road worn warriors of the AoRmy have forced enough breakdowns to overwhelm any AAA mechanic, with miles on the highway ahead.

Their punk and metal roots hold firm, and their thrash tendencies are on full display as this towering presence of a band branches out over new tonal terrain and soundscape; reminding all who fall under its shadow, that the light shining through is a new dawn in the Age of Ruin. Nothingman was released on planet earth on October 17, 2025.

Credits

Benjamin Swan - vocals
Daniel Fleming - guitar
Christopher Fleming - bass
Casey Flanagan - guitar
Hendrik Osinga - drums