Daniel Tompkins - The Gift (from Ruins) feat. Matthew K Heafy

Daniel Tompkins announces new album 'Ruins', out now! A new interpretation of his debut solo album 'Castles'. Features guest appearances from Trivium's Matthew K Heafy, Paul Ortiz (Chimpspanner) and Plini Order/save: Ruins sees Tompkins rework Castles alongside producer Paul Ortiz (Chimp Spanner) showcasing re-written music with more aggression and a truer, darker tone. Castles was originally created by co-producer and friend Eddie Head (Haji’s Kitchen) and whilst the lyrical and conceptual side still represents the same ideas, the new version Ruins is significantly different to Castles with the addition of Tompkins’ signature aggressive versus clean vocal style. It was felt that renaming the album and each song was appropriate and aside from the lyrics, it is essentially a completely new album. Ruins features guest artists and additional co-creators. Paul Ortiz (Chimpspanner) rewrote the music and acted as co-producer alongs