Blending the atmosphere of classic gothic rock with modern dark rock elements, the band describes their style as “Endtimes rock”: music for a present day where the boundaries between reality and staging, truth and manipulation, are increasingly blurred.

Introduced as a gothic supergroup at the 2024 Mystic Festival in Poland, they feature vocalist Tim Vic (Nosferatu), guitarist and vocalist Michelle Darkness (End Of Green), guitarists Patrick Juhasz (Seekers Are Lovers) and Vincent Marxer (Schwarzer Engel), bass guitarist Rich Vernon (The Mission) and drummer Al Saur (Love Like Blood).

The album’s ten songs tell stories of people losing themselves, of systems that monitor and control, of war and dependency, of faith and manipulation, but also of change, memory, and the possibility of a fresh start.

Catchy, melancholic melodies meet driving beats, sharp guitars, and dark basslines. All set against an atmosphere hovering between gothic melancholy, rock ‘n’ roll, and an apocalyptic mood.

‘Children Of Vigilance‘ opens the album with a world where vigilance has become a survival strategy. ‘Shadowman‘ leads into the darkness of personal dependency, while ‘War‘ places the reality of armed conflict squarely at the centre. ‘Big Black Car‘ speaks of distraction and “bread and circuses,” while ‘Snow‘ deals with emotional distance and a relationship growing ever colder.

With ‘Return Of The Angels‘, ‘Burning Down And Fade‘, and ‘Dragons‘, the album opens up to further personal and societal themes. ‘Destination Unknown‘ poses the ultimate question regarding the path that society, and each individual, might still take.

And then there is ‘Glasshouse‘, the album’s final track, which returns to the central image of Rebirth Of Suffering: we live in a world made of glass. We watch, and we are watched. Screens show us war, religion, protest, power, fear, and truth, and, at the same time, ourselves.

This concept extends into the artwork. The deluxe vinyl edition of Rebirth Of Suffering is not merely packaging but an integral part of the album: a die-cut cover featuring seven panels that allows different visual layers to be revealed. Depending on which artwork card is inserted, the central cross, and the story perceived by the viewer, changes. The artwork only becomes complete when someone stands before it, making the listener part of the concept itself.

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‘A Million Days’ continues the band’s exploration of melodic gloom, featuring lyrics that touch on themes of endurance, internal conflict and the weight of “dead desires”. The song describes a journey through “a thousand fires” and “a thousand battles”, centred around a heavy refrain of emotional isolation and the “drowning of a lonely soul”. Pierre Törnkvist of Scheitan commented on the rapid return to the studio: “I immediately started working on new songs after we released the last album. There are already ideas for about four or five songs, and I guess we will have another album ready in about 12 months if everything works out as with the previous two albums.”

‘A Million Days’ is available to listen to now on all streaming platforms, including Bandcamp.

The band recently also shared a video for the track ‘Every Little Thing’ from their most recent album, Wine For a Tormented Soul. Songs For The Gothic People is the other album Törnkvist referred to, and it saw the band’s return after a 24 year hiatus. “It’s a very dark track,” Törnkvist said of ‘Every Little Thing’. “Lyrically it speaks of life being totally pointless in the end, as absolutely every little thing around us withers and dies. Visually, I tried to find something that could match this. The children playing with a total unawareness of the truth of the world is truly matching the lyrical concept of the song, together with the devil lurking in the shadows.”

Wine For a Tormented Soul is available via The Circle Music and digitally on major streaming platforms.

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The two-inch plastic relic from 2015 was discovered in a box hidden deep in her basement. Since unearthing the collectable, the self-proclaimed ghost whisperer claims she has been plagued by freezing cold spells, vivid nightmares, and objects moving around her home. Most chillingly, she says the snarling mascot moves across rooms by itself when heavy metal music is playing.

Brocarde believes she unknowingly brought a spirit attachment home from Donington Park in 2024. This was where she conducted an official pre-festival ghost hunt.

“Objects like dolls, clowns, and toys make great vessels for spirit communication,” Brocarde explains. “I’m fascinated to find out more about what’s haunting this dog. It seems a bit of a wild heart. Perhaps it’s demonic, perhaps it just wants to headbang. Maybe I have the next Annabelle on my hands, or maybe its bark is worse than its bite.”

The Duchess of Darkness is currently conducting a full paranormal investigation into the toy. She plans to lock it inside a protective box before taking it on a UK tour, eventually returning it to its spiritual home at Download Festival XXIII this weekend.

The heavy metal horror icon first made headlines after marrying and later exorcising the ghost of a Victorian soldier named Edwardo. Her twisted fairytale aesthetic and theatrical rock style have earned her praise from rock royalty like Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale. KoRn drummer Ray Luzier also joins the fray, lending his thunderous percussion to her latest single, ‘Seven Sins‘.

The bizarre news lands right alongside the launch of her long-awaited debut album, Good Attendance At Sunday School, which dropped on June 5, 2026. Ten years in the making, the record blends gothic storytelling with explosive, theatrical rock energy. It serves as a raw emotional storyboard mapping her journey from an anxious child into an artist fully capturing her own narrative.

Stay tuned for Brocarde‘s freaky findings live from the festival grounds this week.

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Formed in Liverpool and now based in Tokyo, the band stitch together gothic rock, riot grrrl aggression, psychobilly swagger and horror-soaked theatrics into a confrontational first release. The EP is billed as the opening glimpse of their forthcoming full-length, Wicked Hymns.

The Operating Table gathers two originals from the upcoming album, ‘Frankenstein Girl’ and ‘The Morgue’, alongside a warped reinterpretation of Bauhaus‘ classic ‘Stigmata Martyr’. Opener ‘Frankenstein Girl’ is a fuzz-drenched riot grrrl anthem that digs into self-hatred through horror imagery, while ‘The Morgue’ channels the sleazy spirit of The Cramps across three grotesque scenes of hospital horror. The closing take on ‘Stigmata Martyr’ is louder, dirtier and more deranged than the original, equal parts seductive and unsettling.

The lineup is Toria Terror on vocals, Dan Terror on bass, Aaron Stafford on guitars and Tristan Smith on drums. Their early run of singles, ‘I Want Blood’ (2023), ‘Worms-For-Brains’ (2024) and ‘Funeral’ (2025), set the table for this first EP, and the band head to the Edo Wave International Music Festival in Tokyo on 16 May. With a sound and look this committed, we reckon they’re surely destined for festivals across the UK, bringing something different and fully owning the horror punk aesthetic and sound.

For fans of The Cramps, Bauhaus, 45 Grave and Siouxsie and the Banshees, there’s plenty here to sink your teeth into.

The Operating Table is available now across streaming platforms, with physical editions to be confirmed.

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Scheitan has released a brand new single and accompanying video, ‘Döden Ar Helt Underbar‘, taken from the eight track, album and it’s the band’s first to feature Swedish lyrics.

Scheitan‘s Pierre Törnkvist explained the release timing: “We did not plan to release any more singles before the album release in December, but as we were offered a live slot on Swedish radio close to the release date, we had to think it over. We will both have a song playing on the radio for a week and also be obliged to play the selected song live in the radio studio. As ‘Döden Ar Helt Underbar‘ is the only Scheitan song so far with Swedish lyrics, we decided to release it a few weeks before the album hits the audience. This way, there will be no confusion for the Swedish radio listeners who want to find the song after they hear it on radio. The song itself is a twisted journey into the darkest place of the human mind, where only death remains. A haunting ballad of death, worship and fear.”

Törnkvist’s continued: I am very much looking forward to presenting the new Scheitan album to the audience. The title Wine For A Tormented Soul comes from what music can mean to people that run into hardship in life. Music is my therapy, it is my best friend in dark times. The last 10 years have been a bumpy road with one of my best friends passing away too early as well as my father leaving us from one day to another. Some of the songs have been presented to people as singles, with the upcoming album you can hear them in the context of an album, and also listen to them in a non-digital format such as vinyl which I think is the best way to do it. We will try to come out and play these new songs for you as much as we can.”

Wine For A Tormented Soul features the tracks ‘A Kiss Of Death’ – that you can check out a teaser video for here at RAMzine, ‘Heaven Tonight’, ‘Döden Ar Helt Underbar’, ‘Love N Death’, ‘Every Little Thing’, ‘Out Of Here’, ‘Carry Me Home‘ and ‘Dream Away’ – It can be ordered here.

The music video for previous single ‘Heaven Tonight’ was a collaborative art project produced by noted photo artist Annie Bertram (known for her work with Blutengel, She Hates Emotions, and The Giger Museum), that brought the track’s dark but energetic feel to life. The video also features Katrin Lanfire and Maik Beiersdorf, well-known figures in the goth scene. 

Annie Bertram commented on it thus: “The video unites several artists from Europe, including Sweden, France, Switzerland, Ukraine and Germany. It was shot in the house of the Portenier artists in France. In the rooms of the house you find works of the artists as surreal airbrush paintings, objects and furniture. The story of the video was filmed in the temple, in the atelier, opium room and the dining room. 

“The artists Pat and Kat are also playing a role – as the older couple. The younger couple are Katryn and Maik – well known in the German gothic scene. Mark is an artist as well – but this time a digital artist. I tried to tell their love stories and connect the people and the place together.”

Musically, the track is a gloomy but upbeat offering, and showcases the band’s signature blend of strong melodies, a danceable rhythm, and an unforgettable chorus.

The track is a gloomy but upbeat offering, and said to showcase the band’s blend of strong melodies, danceable rhythm, and unforgettable chorus. 

According to Scheitan‘s Törnkvist, the song carries a poignant duality: “‘Heaven Tonight’ could be the feeling of spending the evening with that special person you love, but it could also describe that last night before leaving this earthly prison we all spend our lives in.” This depth of meaning, coupled with the track’s infectious energy, makes ‘Heaven Tonight’ a compelling addition to Scheitan‘s discography.

For those who frequent the gothic club scene, Scheitan had another treat in store. A remix of ‘Heaven Tonight’ crafted by Asbury Heights‘ CJ as a club-ready version of the already danceable track.

Törnkvist commented on the collaboration: “No, we are not going disco, the upcoming album will be as much goth as it can be. But, we have a remix of ‘Heaven Tonight’, done by none other than CJ of Swedish synthpop starlets Ashbury Heights, and this one you can dance to. It is both exciting, scary and uplifting to give free hands to another artist to do something completely different with the music you have created.”

‘Heaven Tonight’ was mixed by the renowned Daniel Bergstrand (known for his work with In Flames and Soilwork), while mastering was completed with LANDR.

These releases follows Scheitan‘s 2024 album Songs For The Gothic People (available here) their return after a 24-year hiatus. Having formed in 1996 by Pierre Törnkvist, Scheitan began with black metal roots but evolved to define their current gothic rock sound and continue to build on their sound. Their previous albums, including 1999’s Nemesis have garnered a reputation as hidden gems within the genre.

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‘Love N’ Death’ is available on Spotify and Bandcamp. Watch the lyric video below.

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The brand new tune entitled ‘Deeper‘ starts out with a somewhat morose and unsettling passage that eventually transforms into a gloriously dark anthem with some of the most memorable riffs and vocals ever conjured up by the band, which is saying something. Rhythmically and in terms its arrangements, ‘Deeper‘ slivers and slides seamlessly between introspective parts and bombastic outbursts that sound as if these talented dudes are close to a mental breakdown, which is to be taken as a compliment in this context. The goth rock influences are incorporated rather beautifully into the band’s at times bleak and dystopian metal music sphere where intricate melodies and subtle nuances wrestle and clash with each other to magnificent effect. In the spirit of what the progressive Vulture Industries are all about, the lyrics are both insightful and thought-provoking, but just keep in mind that Bjoernar E. Nilsen is quite fond of metaphors and allegories, which is to say that the words usually conceal a multitude of possible meanings that open them up to endless interpretation. The slightly raw production also fits like a glove, so all is well and good in that department. Although it is playful and toys with various different genres to great effect, the composition possesses depth and staying power, but hopefully, you will experience that for yourself once you check it out.

Finally, there is side two, which consists of a live rendition of the classic ‘The Benevolent Pawn‘, which was recorded at USF Verftet in Bergen, Norway. Boasting a surprisingly good sound with Bjoernar’s charismatic vocals way up front in the mix, the track showcases what Vulture Industries are capable of in a live setting and one can easily hear that these guys are a tight unit. One simply cannot deny the quality of the melodies or the thick and blackened atmosphere of this stellar cut.

Deeper is out now on various digital platforms and on a limited edition green vinyl.

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