# Distress Of Ruin | Hiper Musicas

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

Canonical artist page: https://hipermusicas.com/distress-of-ruin
Full AI reference: https://hipermusicas.com/distress-of-ruin/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-09-28 14:53 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://hipermusicas.com/distress-of-ruin
- Compact AI file: https://hipermusicas.com/distress-of-ruin/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://hipermusicas.com/distress-of-ruin/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Distress Of Ruin
- Visible lyric pages: 6

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: HiperMusicas live database for artist `distress-of-ruin`.
- Generated on request: 2026-09-28 14:53 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-45b585945a15c0ba
- Visible lyric pages: 6
- Pages with stored lyric text: 6
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with HiperMusicas editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 7962
- All-time HiperMusicas visits: 0
- Monthly HiperMusicas visits: 0
- Weekly HiperMusicas visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time HiperMusicas signals: Bystander Effect, Deadly Nightshade, Harbinger Of Ravage, In The Heart Of Chaos, Terminal Alteration, and The Ocean Of Perdition
- 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

Distress of Ruin formed in the early 2000s around guitarist and vocalist Elias Kaun and drummer Blake Shelton, with bassist Morgan Davis and guitarist Justin Hurley completing the quartet. They came from the Pacific Northwest and built their sound through relentless touring and a DIY approach, though Shelton left the band in 2006 due to illness. Kaun, Davis, and Hurley kept going as a trio, pulling from thrash, death metal,...

## 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. Bystander Effect — https://hipermusicas.com/distress-of-ruin/bystander-effect
2. Deadly Nightshade — https://hipermusicas.com/distress-of-ruin/deadly-nightshade
3. Harbinger Of Ravage — https://hipermusicas.com/distress-of-ruin/harbinger-of-ravage
4. In The Heart Of Chaos — https://hipermusicas.com/distress-of-ruin/in-the-heart-of-chaos
5. Terminal Alteration — https://hipermusicas.com/distress-of-ruin/terminal-alteration
6. The Ocean Of Perdition — https://hipermusicas.com/distress-of-ruin/the-ocean-of-perdition