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Ruled By Raptors
Ruled By Raptors @ The Railway Inn, Winchester
The Railway Inn
3 St Paul's Hill
Mar 25, 2025
7:30 PM GMT
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Ruled By Raptors head back down South as part of their spring tour, and are excited to be playing at The Railway Inn again.
Bursting onto the scene with a genre churning post-hardcore style, that proudly embraces its metal influences as much as its punk heritage; Ruled By Raptors emerged fully-formed in the last quarter of 2018 from the economically recovering mining towns of South East Northumberland. Carving out a reputation for high- octane live performances in their home city of Newcastle, whilst balancing progressive elements, high octane riffs and a mix of powerful melodic and fry vocals.
Since 2019 they have toured along the way with acts such as MC Lars (as both backing band and support), Koo Koo Kanga Roo, Lasertheboy, Schaffer The Darklord, Mega Ran and more, whilst also featuring on regional and national radio stations including a 6 week rotation on Kerrang! Radio and multiple plays on BBC Introducing.
At the end of 2019, the band entered the studio to record follow up EP ‘Silent Sound‘, produced by legendary producer Romesh Dodangoda (Nova Twins, Funeral For A Friend, Bring Me The Horizon) at his Wales based Longwave Studios. Due to the pandemic the release was shelved during the enforced hiatus as the UK was in the grips of Covid-19, rearing their heads only to self-record and self-release the two track Christmas EP ‘Now That’s What I Call A Sh*t Year‘ at the end of 2020. Silent Sound was eventually released to much fanfare in the Summer of 2022 with the likes of Alex Baker of Kerrang! Radio amongst supporters of the EP. The year also saw them appear at Slam Dunk Festival 2022 alongside
MC Lars performing the festival as his backing band, following in the footsteps of bands such as Failsafe, Wheatus, Bowling For Soup, Simple Plan, The Matches and members of Zebrahead in performing alongside the legendary Nerdcore Rapper.
Supporting on the night will be
King Botfly
Formed in the dimly lit basements of a forgotten naval city, King Botfly (All) Hail from Portsmouth England. They bring the power of stoner rock and the crushing weight of doom coated in psych, to create a sonic journey through cosmic realms of distortion and despair.
Dead Man’s Pistol
Dead Man’s Pistol are an energetic and quirky heavy metal band who are not afraid of the dark. Stig Price fronts the band with his penetrative vocals that you not only hear, but feel with every fibre of your being. Oli Spring plays ferocious bass lines with a cavalier attitude. Whilst Matty Wylie and Johnny ‘The Joker’ Stilwell entertain the crowd with their catchy riffs and melodic guitar solos. Finally, Holly Seabrook keeps the band sounding incredible as she plays the drums with an intensity you will never forget!
End On End
End On End – Chichester based 4 piece featuring members of Blood Buzzards and former members of From A Twisted Mind, formed in 2022.
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Ruled By Raptors Biography
Newcastle, UK quartet Ruled By Raptors emerged fully-formed in 2018, playing a bracing and achingly sincere brand of post-hardcore that ably balances grit and heft with powerful melodic chops and a uniquely proggy sensibility.
Ruled By Raptors first came together out of the ashes of the formidable Northumberland based band Digits, in which vocalist/guitarist Chris Bradley, bassist Nick Oliver, and drummer Will Robson had all previously played together. Matthew Dewar, a fellow guitarist whose melodic and technical sensibilities gelled perfectly with the rest of the band, joined the fold, and as they set about building fresh songs from the rough bones of a few leftover Digits tracks, they realized they were creating something entirely new and special.
The result was 2019’s Ouroboros EP, a self-produced endeavor which was then mastered by Romesh Dodangoda (who has worked with other heavy UK luminaries such as Bring Me the Horizon, Motorhead and Funeral for a Friend). Ouroboros was a perfect introduction to the band’s sound: pulled from major generational influences like Biffy Clyro and Deftones, but completely invigorating, dynamically heavy, and melodically sound all at once. Ruled By Raptors followed the EP up with a slurry of touring, including a run with MC Lars, Mega Ran, and Koo Koo Kanga Roo for the 10th anniversary tour of This Gigantic Robot Kills (Ruled By Raptors acted as both a featured opening act and as backing band for nerdcore legend Lars).
Though briefly slowed by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ruled By Raptors regrouped and rebounded. Working once again with Romesh Dodangoda, the foursome stepped into the producer’s Cardiff, Wales-based Longwave Studio to cut their four-track sophomore EP, Silent Sound. Silent Sound erupts from a deeply personal, as well as archly political, space within the band-- at times even more heavy and volatile than their previous material, yet also more mature, emotional, and catchy as well. A musical coming-of-age moment for Ruled By Raptors, it serves as a collection of their most polished, most cathartic, and most immediate material yet.
Silent Sound is out July 15th 2022.
Words by Ellie Kovach https://youdontneedmaps.substack.com/
Read MoreRuled By Raptors first came together out of the ashes of the formidable Northumberland based band Digits, in which vocalist/guitarist Chris Bradley, bassist Nick Oliver, and drummer Will Robson had all previously played together. Matthew Dewar, a fellow guitarist whose melodic and technical sensibilities gelled perfectly with the rest of the band, joined the fold, and as they set about building fresh songs from the rough bones of a few leftover Digits tracks, they realized they were creating something entirely new and special.
The result was 2019’s Ouroboros EP, a self-produced endeavor which was then mastered by Romesh Dodangoda (who has worked with other heavy UK luminaries such as Bring Me the Horizon, Motorhead and Funeral for a Friend). Ouroboros was a perfect introduction to the band’s sound: pulled from major generational influences like Biffy Clyro and Deftones, but completely invigorating, dynamically heavy, and melodically sound all at once. Ruled By Raptors followed the EP up with a slurry of touring, including a run with MC Lars, Mega Ran, and Koo Koo Kanga Roo for the 10th anniversary tour of This Gigantic Robot Kills (Ruled By Raptors acted as both a featured opening act and as backing band for nerdcore legend Lars).
Though briefly slowed by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ruled By Raptors regrouped and rebounded. Working once again with Romesh Dodangoda, the foursome stepped into the producer’s Cardiff, Wales-based Longwave Studio to cut their four-track sophomore EP, Silent Sound. Silent Sound erupts from a deeply personal, as well as archly political, space within the band-- at times even more heavy and volatile than their previous material, yet also more mature, emotional, and catchy as well. A musical coming-of-age moment for Ruled By Raptors, it serves as a collection of their most polished, most cathartic, and most immediate material yet.
Silent Sound is out July 15th 2022.
Words by Ellie Kovach https://youdontneedmaps.substack.com/
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