Contents
Featured
WELCOME
R
AMzine has been a great journey so far. It’s been tough at
times, but it has also been very
exciting. We are still very much in
our early days as I see it - however
support from readers and the music
industry at times has been overwhelming. We have been very fortunate
to cover some great bands and we
strive to bring great content each
year.
Some years it seems that venues
have become emptier and that
people are less willing to part ways
with some dosh for music.
T year feels different, it feels like
This
we are about to embark on a really
exciting future in music. I write this
sat in my tent at Breaking Bands
Festival in Stoke. The festival is in
it’s very first year, and has sold out
weeks in advance. I have seen some
extremely good new talent this weekend, and even had the privilege of interviewing
some new bands for the first time. This festival is the start of hopefully many more
small festivals, to support the masses of local talent that is on offer. There is lots of
great new music out there waiting for you to discover, if you check out even one of
the bands mentioned in this issue, then that is a job well done for us here at RAMzine.
This month we will cover the very contrasting in comparison, Download Festival. Look
out for coverage in our July issue! We are heading down on the Wednesday to make
the most of the atmosphere, and in the hope that we meet lots of new fellow Rock
and Metal fans! See you there!
Victoria Purcell,
Editor In Chief
04 Breaking Bands
We travelled to sunny Stoke to
check out some new bands and
make new friends at Breaking Bands
Festival, headlined by Breed 77 and
Monument.
06 Reading & Leeds
We take a quick look at Reading
and Leeds Festival, headlined by
Metallica!
07 2000trees
Described by previous headliner
Frank Turner as his “Favourite UK
festival”, we look into it further!
08 Metalocalypse
Looking for a new series to watch
online, or already a fan of Deathlok!?
We discuss our favourite episodes!
Interview
10 Atreyu
We catch up with Brandon Saller &
Porter McKnight about the return of
Atreyu and their new album ‘Long
Live’.
Reviews
13 Release Reviews
-Immension - In Vain
-Faces Of Eve - The Story So Far
-Going Away Party - Self-titled
-Palace Of Kings - White Bird / Burn The Sky
-The Graveltones - Dead Transmission
-Deep Purple - Long Beach 1971
-Eskimo Callboy- Crystals
-Thunder - Wonder Days
-The Loved & Lost- Into A Dream
-Far Beyond The Sunrise - Self-titled
-Golers - South Mountain Style
-The Great Discord - Duende
-Coal Chamber- Rivals
-Torous- Dried Bones
Contributors
MARCUS WHEELER
PAGAN HEL
ANDREW DOWLING
STUART IVERSEN
NEALE MCGEEVER
LISA BILLINGHAM
Proofreaders: Neale
McGeever & Sam Rohde
Cover by Ryan Stanikk
www.ryanstanikk.co.uk
Dane Pavitt
Top 10 Metalocalypse
Episodes
Milly Youngman
2000trees - Festival
Preview
Sam Rohde
Reading & Leeds Festival Preview
Adam Hemmings
Photograher at
Breaking Bands
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