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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ryan Leitru
| image = Ryan Leitru.jpg
| caption = 
| background = group_or_band
| birth_name = <!-- if different from "name" -->
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1988|07|29}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/fortodayband/status/19868030712|title=For Today on Twitter|publisher=[[Twitter]]|date=July 29, 2010|accessdate=December 30, 2016}}</ref>
| death_date =
| origin = [[Iowa]], United States
| alias = 
| genre = [[Christian metal]], [[metalcore]], [[deathcore]], [[hardcore punk]]
| occupation = 
| years_active = 2005-present
| instrument = [[Electric guitar|Guitar]], [[Singing|Vocals]]
| label = [[Facedown Records|Facedown]], [[Razor & Tie]], [[Nuclear Blast Records|Nuclear Blast]]
| associated_acts = [[For Today]], [[Nothing Left (band)|Nothing Left]]
| website = 
}}

'''Ryan Leitru''' is an American musician who primarily performs [[metalcore]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://themetalist.net/an-interview-with-ryan-leitru-for-today/|title=An Interview With: Ryan Leitru (For Today)|publisher=The Metalist|author=Chris|date=May 3, 2016|accessdate=December 30, 2016}}</ref> He is best known for his work with [[For Today]].<ref name="MetalSucks"/> Leitru currently lives in Oklahoma.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://livehighfive.com/2013/04/13/interview-with-mattie-montgomery-from-for-today-coming-soon-to-a-city-near-you-fortodayband/|title=Interview with Mattie Montgomery from FOR TODAY; Coming soon to a city near you|publisher=Live High Five|first=GG|last=Allis|date=April 13, 2013|accessdate=December 30, 2016}}</ref>

==History==
Ryan started the band [[For Today]] in 2005 with Mike Reynolds (Guitars), David Morrison (Drums), Jon Lauters (Bass), and Matt Tyler (Vocals).<ref name="Farewell">{{cite web|url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/12/06/after-11-years-and-1000-shows-iowa-band-saying-farewell/95015358/|title=This Iowa Christian Band is 'grown up' and saying farewell|publisher=Des Moines Register|first=Matthew|last=Leimkuehler|date=December 6, 2016|accessdate=December 30, 2016}}</ref> Lauters was replaced by Brennan Schaeuble, who was replaced by Ryan's brother Brandon. Tyler left and was replaced by [[Mattie Montgomery]]. The band recorded several albums with this lineup up until the EP, ''[[Prevailer]]'' when Morrison went on to become a missionary and Reynolds was fired from the band. On the ''Prevailer'' EP, the band had former [[The Crimson Armada]] drummer David Puckett and former [[In the Midst of Lions]] guitarist Sam Penner fill in. After the band released the album ''[[Fight the Silence]]'' in 2014, the band soon let Penner go. The band released another album in 2015, before announcing their disbanding in 2016. Around the final shows of the band, Ryan stated: 
{{quote|"(I hope) people can look at (For Today) and see something authentic,” Ryan Leitru said. “And see something that was real. At the end of all of it … looking back … I’m proud that the heart of (For Today) never changed.”<ref name="Farewell"/>}} The brothers, Ryan and Brandon formed a new band in 2016 called [[Nothing Left (band)|Nothing Left]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shockwavemagazine.com/for-todays-leitru-brothers-form-new-band-nothing-left-listen/|title=For Today's Leitru Brothers Form New Band Nothing Left|publisher=Shockwave Magazine|first=Robin|last=Ervolina|date=October 26, 2016|accessdate=December 30, 2016}}</ref> The band is signed to [[Nuclear Blast Records]],<ref name="MetalSucks">{{cite web|url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2016/10/26/for-today-members-hoping-a-re-brand-will-make-you-forget-what-dicks-theyve-been/|title=For Today Members Hoping a Re-Brand Will Make You Forget What D*cks They've Been|publisher=[[MetalSucks]]|first=Axl|last=Rosenberg|date=October 26, 2016|accessdate=December 30, 2016}}</ref> as For Today had been before they disbanded, which the band felt honored to be apart of.<ref name="AXS">{{cite web|url=https://www.axs.com/5-questions-with-for-today-72100|title=5 Questions with... For Today|publisher=AXS|first=Mick|last=Stingley|date=December 11, 2015|accessdate=December 31, 2016}}</ref> Ryan stated about Nothing Left "It's been awesome to start fresh on a new project without guidelines or expectations,... We had the freedom to make music that we want to hear without concern for how people will receive it. We are thankful that Nuclear Blast supports the type of creativity that tends to yield more exciting and interesting music."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/for_today_members_form_new_band_release_new_songlisten|title=For Today members form heavy new band, debut new song|publisher=[[Alternative Press]]|first=Maggie|last=Dickman|date=October 26, 2016|accessdate=December 30, 2016}}</ref>

==Influences and Christianity==
Ryan stated that [[Metallica]], [[Pantera]], [[Korn]], and [[Slipknot]], along with the [[Punk rock]] scene were his biggest influences.<ref name="Shockwave">{{cite web|url=http://shockwavemagazine.com/for-today-interview-with-ryan-leitru/|title=For Today:Interview with For Today|publisher=Shockwave Magazine|first=Tiffany|last=Mitchell|date=December 12, 2016|accessdate=December 31, 2016}}</ref> Like [[Mattie Montgomery]], his brother and all the former members of For Today, Ryan was a Christian.<ref name="Enoch">{{cite web|url=http://www.enochmagazine.com/articles/videos/video-interview-w-hardcore-band-for-today|title=For Today Interview – "Music & the Spirit Realm"|publisher=Enoch Magazine|author=Carter|accessdate=December 31, 2016}}</ref><ref name="AXS"/> He believed that For Today was a way to show freedom from spiritual heaviness.<ref name="Enoch"/>

==Bands==
;Current
* [[Nothing Left (band)|Nothing Left]] (2016–present)

;Former
* [[For Today]] (2005-2016)

==Discography==
;For Today
'''Studio albums'''
* ''[[Ekklesia (album)|Ekklesia]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Portraits (For Today album)|Portraits]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Breaker (For Today album)|Breaker]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Immortal (For Today album)|Immortal]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Fight the Silence]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Wake (For Today album)|Wake]]'' (2015)

'''EPs'''
* ''Your Moment, Your Life, Your Time'' (2006)
* ''Prevailer'' (2013)

;Nothing Left
'''Singles'''
* "Hands of Death" (2016; [[Nuclear Blast]])

;Guest Vocals
* "Returning" - ''Creator'' by [[Hands (metal band)|Hands]] (2009)
* "Never Hold Back" - ''[[Indicator (Onward to Olympas album)|Indicator]]'' by [[Onward to Olympas]] (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://radiou.com/insider/radiou-hardcores-onward-to-olympus-release-video-from-new-album/|title=Onward to Olympas release "Indicator", new video|publisher=RadioU|date=October 16, 2012|accessdate=December 30, 2016}}</ref>
* "Resurrection" - ''Antidote''  by The Dwelling (2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mauce.nl/site/the-dwelling-antidote/|title=The Dwelling — "Antidote"|publisher=The Metal Resource|first=John|last=Jackson|date=September 14, 2013|accessdate=December 30, 2016}}</ref>
* "The Bird and the Snake" - ''Reprise EP'' by [[Wolves at the Gate]] (2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.breathecast.com/articles/wolves-gate-debut-dead-man-single-new-acoustic-ep-reprise-27604/|title=Wolves at the Gate Debut 'Dead Man' Single off New Acoustic EP 'Reprise'; Song Features Being as an Ocean Vocalist|publisher=BREATHEcast|first=Justin|last=Sarachik|date=May 8, 2015|accessdate=December 30, 2016}}</ref>

;Production<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ryan-leitru-mn0000992654|title=Ryan Leitru|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=December 31, 2016}}</ref>
* ''[[Let Go (Hundredth album)|Let Go]]'' — [[Hundredth (band)|Hundredth]] (2011)
* ''[[Resistance (Winds of Plague album)|Resistance]]'' — [[Winds of Plague]] (2013)
* ''[[The World Is My Enemy Now]]'' — [[Upon a Burning Body]] (2014)

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://myspace.com/ryanfortoday Ryan Leitru] on [[Myspace]]
*[https://www.instagram.com/ryanfortoday/ Ryan Leitru] on [[Instagram]]
* {{cite web|url=http://www.domaincleveland.net/2016/02/15/domain-cleveland-interviews-ryan-leitru-for-today/|title=Domain Cleveland interviews Ryan Leitru (FOR TODAY)|publisher=Domain Cleveland|author=Domonic|date=February 15, 2016|accessdate=December 30, 2016}}

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