Bloomington, Indiana since the age of 3. He started
playing guitar on his 13th birthday and has been
playing ever since. In high school, he played guitar
in the jazz band for 4 years, even though he doesn't
like playing jazz guitar. This experience has helped
his soloing abilities greatly. Ryan's first band was
in middle school and it didn't even have a name and
it sucked. After this band fell apart, Ryan began
working more on achieving a higher level of play
\ rather than playing in bands for the time. Ryan has
been in several other bands before starting Xaenith,
including Attic of Abattoir, and other bands that met
with less success. In his earlier days of guitar, Ryan
would often play more rhytm guitar, but as his style
progressed and his skill increased, he realized he had
the potential to be a great lead guitarist.
"Heaven just isn't hot enough"
-Ryan