Vita Ruina are crafting heavy, emotional post-hardcore that serves as a dynamic and cathartic release. Emerging from the northeast with their debut single “A Cruel Separation” earlier this year, today the band unveil their second track, “Madrid.” The song bursts through harsh, driving verses, melodic choruses, and a captivating use of vocal reverberation. Intense guitar crescendos meet punchy drums that build atmosphere throughout the track, culminating into a big, triumphant ending.
Accompanying the single release comes a lyric video created by vocalist/guitarist Bobby Bates, who creates all of Vita Ruina’s visuals and has also done work with END, Nathan Gray, Fit For An Autopsy and more. The video finds a striking mix of media running through old television screens as the track’s lyrics appear across the screen.
Diving into the lyrics of “Madrid” the band shares:
“The song is about a slow unraveling within a one-sided love. Loving someone unable to receive it and how it erodes both identity and self-worth. The mind drifts between clarity and doubt as distance quietly grows – leaving grief, but also holding out hope for something that only now lingers.”
You can watch the video for “Madrid” HERE and stream the track HERE.
“Madrid” was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Brian Robbins.
Vita Ruina is Bobby Bates – Vocals and Guitar, Brian Sumner – Drums, Rob Goff – Bass, Rob Carducci – Guitar, and Zach Leybick – Guitar.
