This World Is Going to Ruin You

This World Is Going to Ruin You is the second studio album by American metalcore band Vein.fm (formerly Vein), which was released on March 4, 2022, through Closed Casket Activities and Nuclear Blast. It was recorded in April 2020, shortly after the start of the COVID-19 lockdowns. The album was produced in the Graphic Nature Audio studio by Will Putney of Fit for an Autopsy.

This World Is Going to Ruin You
Studio album by Vein.fm
Released	March 4, 2022
Recorded	April 2020
Studio	Graphic Nature Audio, Belleville, New Jersey
Genre	Metalcore[1] hardcore punk[2][3] nu metal[2] industrial hardcore[4]
Length	32:06
Label	Closed Casket Activities Nuclear Blast
Producer	Will Putney
Vein.fm chronology
Errorzone (2018) This World Is Going to Ruin You (2022)
Singles from This World Is Going to Ruin You
"The Killing Womb" Released: January 5, 2022 "Fear In Non Fiction" Released: January 25, 2022 "Wavery" Released: February 15, 2022

Release

The band released the lead single from the album, "The Killing Womb", on January 5, 2022, and announced that the album would be released later on March 4, 2022.^[5] On January 25, 2022, the band released the second single "Fear in Non Fiction".^[6] The album's final single, "Wavery" was released on February 15, 2022.^[7]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Alternative	[8]
Blabbermouth	8.5/10[9]
Distorted Sound	9/10[2]
Kerrang!	[3]
Pitchfork	7.4/10[10]
Wall of Sound	8.5/10[11]

The album has received generally positive reviews, with Kerrang! calling it "a startlingly ambitious piece of work from a truly iconoclastic band."^[3] Vocalist Anthony DiDio said of the album, "This record is Vein.fm coming home."^[1]

Musical style

Gabe La Torre of No Echo said that the album was thrilling in its unpredictability,^[12] while Jack Terry of Distorted Sound Magazine called the album "the aural equivalent of a psychological slasher horror", and also compares some aspects of the album to Slipknot, thanks to the turntables done by Benno Levine.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Welcome Home"	1:18
2.	"The Killing Womb"	2:32
3.	"Versus Wyoming"	0:55
4.	"Fear in Non Fiction" (featuring Geoff Rickly)	3:24
5.	"Lights Out"	1:31
6.	"Wherever You Are"	2:11
7.	"Magazine Beach"	1:27
8.	"Inside Design"	1:06
9.	"Hellnight" (featuring Jeromes Dream)	2:30
10.	"Orgy in the Morgue" (featuring Bones)	3:20
11.	"Wavery"	4:41
12.	"Funeral Sound"	7:17
Total length:		32:06

Personnel

Vein.fm^[13][11]

• Anthony DiDio – vocals
• Matt Wood – drums
• Jeremy Martin – guitar, vocals
• Jon Lhaubouet – bass
• Benno Levine – turntables

Production

• Will Putney – production, engineering, mixing, mastering

Additional personnel^[14]

• Elmo O'Connor (BONES) – guest vocals on "Orgy in the Morgue"
• Autumn Morgan – artwork
• Geoff Rickly (Thursday) – guest vocals on "Fear in Non Fiction"
• Steve Said – engineer
• Jeff Smith (Jeromes Dream) – guest vocals on "Hellnight"
• Randy LeBoeuf – piano^[13]