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ramzine.co.uk | Paul H Birch
Swedish grandeurs of melancholic heaviness, Katatonia return with Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State, set for release on 6th June via Napalm Records. Once again, the Stockholm-based unit navigate a tightrope act between nocturnal darkness and Scandinavian despair while subtly weaving a sense of hope into the listener’s heart.
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ramzine.co.uk | Paul H Birch
Resilient blues rock con Walter Trout continues his prolific tour schedule as he returns for the second part of his Broken UK Tour in May 2025, where he will be playing songs from his latest album along with classic’s from across his career.
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ramzine.co.uk | Paul H Birch
Australian post-rock band We Lost The Sea’s fifth studio album, A Single Flower, is due for release on Friday 4th July. “The world lay wrecked before us, a quiet ruin of things lost and things that never were. The mornings came like the grinding of old gears, a slow turning toward some unknowable purpose. And yet, in the stillness of despair, the nameless rose.
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1 week ago | 
ramzine.co.uk | Paul H Birch
Due out 28th July via Cherry Red Records is Going Down To The River…To Blow My Mind third in the psychiatric trilogy of albums by Luke Haines (Auteurs, Baader/Meinhof, Black Box Recorder) and Peter Buck of R.E.M fame.
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ramzine.co.uk | Paul H Birch
Rune Serpent Europa, a label making a name for blending industrial rock, neofolk and medieval-inspired music, will release a reissue of the seminal tribute album, Schlecht Und Ironisch – Laibach Tribut on 21st May 2025. Laibach is a pioneering Slovenian industrial and experimental music group known for their provocative and often controversial approach to art and music. Their innovative sound and theatrical performances have earned them a cult following worldwide.
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1 week ago | 
ramzine.co.uk | Paul H Birch
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1 week ago | 
ramzine.co.uk | Paul H Birch
Puppe Magnetik is a new dark enigmatic project Finnish artist Aina Virtanen, with a debut album Laudans Deum due 21st June via Rune Serpent Europa with worldwide distribution through The Circle Music. Laudans Deum is a haunting and eclectic collection drawing from a rich tapestry of influences ranging from neofolk and dark ambient to death-industrial and the avant-garde. Aina Virtanen is a classically trained musician with a compelling and unconventional journey.
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ramzine.co.uk | Paul H Birch
Evil Scarecrow’s long awaited fifth studio album, Silicon Tea, will be launched this Autumn, with assorted singles from it to be released in the coming months, and Premature Obsolescencetour dates taking up a good part of the year. The band ais said to be busy in their Crow’s Nest Garden Shed “working on new ridiculous props and absurd video ideas2 while it’s also been revealed they are “delighted to have the hilarious and wonderful Andrew O’Neill joining them for this tour”.
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ramzine.co.uk | Paul H Birch
Dinosaur Pile-Up kick back into action with a literal new lease of life on their new album, new single and UK tour. The single, is ‘My Way’ and out now, the studio album, I’ve Felt Better, due for release 22nd August on Mascot Records, with the tour taking place in September. Struggle. Vulnerability. Pain. Resilience. Love. It’s been a hell of a journey that Dinosaur Pile-Up has been on, and they’ve bravely laid it out bare on I’ve Felt Better, their first album in six years.
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ramzine.co.uk | Paul H Birch
Seattle hardcore band Dragged Under has dropped their full-throttle new single ‘AlgoRHYTHM’. ‘AlgoRHYTHM’ is said to smash together all of the elements that make Dragged Under a formidable force as they return to their roots of their breakout debut album The World Is In Your Way – Crushing riffs, whiplash hooks, raging hardcore vocals and pinpoint social observations. ‘AlgoRHYTHM’ is a commentary on the current meta of music promotion,” said vocalist Tony Cappocchi.
