# In Ruins | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/in-ruins
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/in-ruins/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 15:09 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/in-ruins
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/in-ruins/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/in-ruins/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: In Ruins
- Visible lyric pages: 6

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `in-ruins`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 15:09 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-c92f3745c668e26b
- Visible lyric pages: 6
- Pages with stored lyric text: 6
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 1099
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 14
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Beyond The Black Lake, Black Thorns, Forest Of The Impaled, Four Seasons Of Grey, The Haunted Moon, and Vampire, Garden Of Thorns
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

In Ruins formed in the late 1990s after another band broke up. The original members were Anders Ekman on guitar and vocals, Tomas Nilsson on bass and vocals, and Anders Hedlund on drums. Their music mixed doom, death, and atmospheric metal, which made it hard to categorize at first. Their second album, 'Beyond the Black Lake,' became a touchstone for the band. The title track, along with songs like 'Forest...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Beyond The Black Lake — https://lyroverse.com/in-ruins/beyond-the-black-lake
2. Black Thorns — https://lyroverse.com/in-ruins/black-thorns
3. Forest Of The Impaled — https://lyroverse.com/in-ruins/forest-of-the-impaled
4. Four Seasons Of Grey — https://lyroverse.com/in-ruins/four-seasons-of-grey
5. The Haunted Moon — https://lyroverse.com/in-ruins/the-haunted-moon
6. Vampire, Garden Of Thorns — https://lyroverse.com/in-ruins/vampire-garden-of-thorns