---
title: "Ringworm"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/ringworm"
genre: "Thrash Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 1991
---

# Ringworm

**Ringworm** is a thrash metal band, from United States, active 1991 to present.

Ringworm is an American metalcore band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1989. Their name was derived from a Vincent Price movie. The band has toured extensively in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe and has released four albums via Victory Records. In 2013, the band announced they had signed with Relapse Records, releasing three further albums with the label before moving to Nuclear Blast in 2023. Vocalist Human Furnace plays in the Cleveland metal band Gluttons and solo project Holyghost.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworm_(band)

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Ringworm |
| Genre | Thrash Metal |
| Parent genre | Thrash Metal |
| Origin | Cleveland, United States |
| Formed | 1991 |
| Releases in catalog | 20 |

## Genres

[Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Matt Sorg](https://themetalnet.com/musician/matt-sorg) | Guitar | 2001 to present | Current |
| [Human Furnace](https://themetalnet.com/musician/human-furnace) | Lead vocals | 1991 to present | Current |
| [Matt DeVries](https://themetalnet.com/musician/matt-devries) | Guitar | until 2001 | Former |
| [Frank Novinec](https://themetalnet.com/musician/frank-novinec) | Guitar | 1991 to 2005 | Former |
| [John Comprix](https://themetalnet.com/musician/john-comprix) | Guitar | until 2014 | Former |
| [Kenny Carpenter](https://themetalnet.com/musician/kenny-carpenter) | Drums (drum set) | 1991 to 1992 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1993 | [The Promise](https://themetalnet.com/album/212ee983-6e73-30ba-86ba-305787d33e87) | Album |
| 1994 | [Ringworm / Boiling Point](https://themetalnet.com/album/b0ac5b60-556e-49c7-8c4f-78dfeec545d1) | EP |
| 1995 | [The Worms Will Get In](https://themetalnet.com/album/56d32911-e779-443e-875c-d70553e1910c) | EP |
| 2000 | [Hollowed Soul](https://themetalnet.com/album/c0440712-730c-3867-a15f-9f5436d45aad) | EP |
| 2001 | [Birth Is Pain](https://themetalnet.com/album/64cdc51e-fb18-3db3-a6a9-5bd81a983270) | Album |
| 2001 | [Cold As Life / Ringworm](https://themetalnet.com/album/416e69b9-cd01-4b6e-963e-8c6464800a08) | EP |
| 2003 | [Splitseveninch](https://themetalnet.com/album/64351110-5f8d-4cec-8c26-a3931a06119e) | EP |
| 2005 | [Justice Replaced by Revenge](https://themetalnet.com/album/5cbf0302-1050-3ed8-a900-28f78f1658c7) | Album |
| 2007 | [The Venomous Grand Design](https://themetalnet.com/album/27089335-f1c5-339b-8c85-c8f5e793e1c9) | Album |
| 2011 | [Scars](https://themetalnet.com/album/44411df2-2657-4aa4-a2ca-4a9e0d4775c4) | Album |
| 2011 | [Your Soul Belongs To Us...](https://themetalnet.com/album/efdba046-d5e1-4d33-9fcc-96b7e4ca7287) | EP |
| 2012 | [Stigmatas In The Flesh](https://themetalnet.com/album/f70e9f52-980f-4897-be0a-fa78043d6732) | Album |
| 2013 | [Bleed](https://themetalnet.com/album/86114c97-2524-47ac-9b49-a54f6fb28339) | EP |
| 2014 | [Hammer of the Witch](https://themetalnet.com/album/a8dc5e14-a98e-4a1f-b1c7-bd5248e77472) | Album |
| 2016 | [Early Graves / Ringworm](https://themetalnet.com/album/4bf7a00a-ae87-41eb-9423-a22a871c2c68) | EP |
| 2016 | [Ringworm / Brain Tentacles](https://themetalnet.com/album/8eb890bf-e39b-4ff3-a38c-e927a14654af) | EP |
| 2016 | [Snake Church](https://themetalnet.com/album/22e97af1-eee6-4ed6-a9c9-9cddb05ae63b) | Album |
| 2019 | [Death Becomes My Voice](https://themetalnet.com/album/cd83e97e-08f1-4cfa-a157-d30814790d81) | Album |
| 2019 | [Ringworm / Child Bite](https://themetalnet.com/album/7354b890-f385-4c73-80db-37036f120584) | EP |
| 2023 | [Seeing Through Fire](https://themetalnet.com/album/a69b010f-0ca9-4496-8589-aa273033116b) | Album |

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- [Black Breath](https://themetalnet.com/band/black-breath) (listened together)
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- [Young and in the Way](https://themetalnet.com/band/young-and-in-the-way) (listened together)
- [Madball](https://themetalnet.com/band/madball) (listened together)
- [Earth Crisis](https://themetalnet.com/band/earth-crisis) (listened together)
- [All Pigs Must Die](https://themetalnet.com/band/all-pigs-must-die) (listened together)
- [Full of Hell](https://themetalnet.com/band/full-of-hell) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ringworm/81102
- x: https://twitter.com/RNGWRM13
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ringworm13
- bandcamp: https://ringworm.bandcamp.com/
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1mVvXNKbCaUapInbgHCDRV
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/67228

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/ringworm](https://themetalnet.com/band/ringworm). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt