Benjamin Ryan (brother of Paul Ryan) is a keyboard player and multi instrumentalist from Sudbury, in Suffolk, England. His earliest collaborations were with his guitar playing older brother Paul Ryan, with whom he went on to form Cradle of Filth, along with their school friend Daniel Davey (a.k.a. Dani Filth). After the recording of The Principle of Evil Made Flesh, both the Ryan brothers and bandmate Paul Allender left Cradle of Filth and formed cult metal band The Blood Divine.