"When I say that riffhard was completely life-changing for me I’m not hyperbolizing. When I found out that INK was going to be opening up for not only Metallica, but a separate tour with Slipknot amongst other huge festivals, I would have loved to have been ecstatic but there was too much doubt over myself as a player; I simply didn’t belong up there. By following the Riffhard Shredule I was able to take guitar concepts that felt difficult and I was able to turn them into something not only easy, but completely habitual. In less than a year I went from feeling as if I was using a tool I could barely control to something that felt like an extension of my imagination. I really never thought I could be playing the way I am playing today.”
Ricky Armellino, Ice Nine Kills