SO MANY EXCLAMATION MARKS!!!!!!

 

Single number TWO from Zombina and the Skeletones In Sinistereo is dropping tomorrow (Wednesday the 8th October 2025) it's called "Kill!!!" (with three exclamation marks) and it's the spooky electropop dance-banger of the album. The b-side is called "The Flesh", and much like "Last Party On Earth" it's an ancient (pre-Death Valley High) song that we'd never gotten around to recording that we've finally polished off for your enjoyment in 2025 AD. It's also potentially the weirdest track we've ever recorded...

Please join us for the fabulous "Kill!!!" fan-made video which premieres Oct 8th, 7:30 GMT

The video was created by, and stars Mantipedes and their amazing Zombina puppet. I mean, just look at this thing...

It's pretty damn magnificent, no?

Then there's the incredible news that we had the opportunity to collaborate with Drag Race legend Suzie Toot in remaking her 2023 Halloween single "Bonecoming", which we've given a big ole punk rock makeover as per her request!

We were, frankly, startled to hear that Suzie had name-dropped us on Drag Race season 17 earlier this year, and we of course felt the need to get in touch - which eventually led to a remote collab on the all-new, rockin' rollin' version of "BONECOMING!" (now in all-caps, with a single, solitary exclamation mark) which you can already hear on all streaming services - and which has a video in the works. In the meantime, here's Suzie discussing her "Tootober" plans:  

Then there's "The Kids Are All FRIGHT!!" (with two exclamation marks) an 18 track compilation of RARE horror-punk madness from all over the place on We Are Horror Records, to which we have contributed an exclusive track called "It Begins..." You won't find this on yer streaming services. This is a limited edition CD/LP and when it's gone, it really is gone!
You can hear an excerpt of "It Begins..." on the official ad:

Things always start to heat up at this time of year!

...and don't forget: Zombina and the Skeletones in Sinistereo is COMING October 31st from 9x9 Records! Pre-orders are OPEN!

We have three shows coming up, too:
October 31st at Slaughterhouse, Berlin (there might be another RARE product associated with this one...)
November 1st at CRK, Wroclaw with Horror Vacui and Psychoformalina
November 8th at Quarry, Liverpool with Thirst, Q.u.a.l.m.s and the astounding magic of Alexander Thorn!

...after which we will take a little break from playing live while we search for that elusive drummer. If you are a drummer - please get in touch!!!

Witch Mountain / Last Party On Earth

 

Witch Mountain / Last Party On Earth is the first of two "singles" from our forthcoming ZOMBINA AND THE SKELETONES IN SINISTEREO album! You can find it on all streaming sites, or download it from our bandcamp!

We asked in our ZATS Bats Facebook group for help, and one Staci Stasis of the Venetian Video Cats art collective was kind enough to put together this sweet lyrics video for us! We also were lucky enough to be offered free and amazing artwork for both singles from the excellent comic book artist John Sowder! A million thanks to them both!!!
You may already be familiar with Witch Mountain in it's original form from the In Sinistereo Pt. II EP in 2015 - but the b-side Last Party On Earth is something ain't nobody heard 'til today!! Check it out!!

LIVERPOOL HALLOWEEN PARTY TICKETS!

That's right! It's ticket time!

We're throwing a Halloween / Album Launch Party at the NEW Quarry (the old Magnet on Hardman St.) in Liverpool.

More details to come!

Here's the link... https://fatso.ma/2mla

PS you can see our 2023 Halloween party in the OLD Quarry in this video...

HALLOWEEN EURO SHOWS / IN SINISTEREO LAUNCH EVENTS

 

Zombina and the Skeletones in Sinistereo

It's only taken TEN YEARS since we put out the frst part of the four EP series that made up "Zombina and the Skeletones in Sinistereo" - but now... the actual, genuine, final version of our aeons AWOL album... (this is pretty much album number five? That seems about right, depending on which ZATS releases you class as "albums") ... is here AT LAST!

Don't get it twisted, this is not a "compilation". Zombina and the Skeletones in Sinistereo was intended to be a 16 track album since day one! The versions of the tracks that you will hear here are totally spruced up, too! All of the missing keyboards, saxophones and backing vocals etc have been reinstalled. Everything is remixed and remastered. Some songs have magically become longer, or shorter. The track sequencing is different too... it's a completely new experience, I tell ya!

 October 31st 2025 will see the release of our wild-est, long-lost-est most bizarre record to date on a choice of compact disc or limited edition RED 12" vinyl thanks to 9x9 Records!

01 (All I Wanna Do Is) Decompose With You

02 Phantom With The X-Ray Mind

03 Witch Mountain

04 I Hate Humans

05 Whatever You Do, Don't Fall In Love

06 Haunted House Of Love

07 Kill!!!

08 Ramon

09 The Wild

10 The Crawling Love

11 The Stakeout

12 Stalkin'

13 Beware: Cosmic Plague!

14 The Changeling

15 You Swallow Spiders In Your Sleep

16 Satan Is Alive In You

(CD version also features x2 bonus tracks!)

Pre-order yours today!

In other news: we have a couple of small, intimate shows lined up ANY MOMENT NOW
August 7th at the Castle Hotel, Manchester with Heathen Apostles - get yer tickets here!
and we'll be topping off a FREE Rebellion Fringe all-dayer at Scream & Shake cafe in Blackpool on August 10th!

Let's gooooooo!

 

"I Was A Teenage Frankenstein (B-Sides & Rarites 2008-2024)" OUT NOW!

 

From "Zombie Crush" (When The Kids Go Go-Go Crazy - a tribute to The Groovie Ghoulies, 2008) to "Snowflake" (No Wonder I'm Always Anxious, 2024) this CD compiles 13 of the best ZATS rare bits and oddities from the late '00's through to the early '20's! 

Special bonus feature: 8-way reversible cover booklet! Choose your own artwork adventure!

1. I Was A Teenage Frankenstein ❤

2. Touch Me and Die ❤

3. Depression ❤

4. Love Like Blood ☠

5. The Scare ❤

6. Running On All Fours ❤

7. Major Tom ☠

8. Snowflake ❤

9. Futurelife ☠

10. Teenage Caveman Beat Gargantua ☠

11. Zombie Crush

12. Sea Of Heartbreak

13. Last Chance Dance ❤

☠ = first time on CD

❤ = first time on *any* physical format

Leipzig, Manchester and more are a-comin'!

 

Zombina and the Skeletones have been added to the line up of Wave Gotik Treffen, the most massive dark-music festival in Europe. We'll be appearing at 7.10pm at Taubchenthal on Monday 9th June, along with our old touring buddies Nim Vind. Full line up TBA, but you can check out the hundreds of acts on offer over at the WGT website.

We last played this fest in 2011 and are super excited to be going back!

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In other news, we'll be popping up in Manchester's Castle Hotel as "special guests" of Heathen Apostles, a nice western gothic act featuring Chopper Franklin from The Cramps and Thomas Lorioux of Legendary Shack Shakers!

It'll be our first time in Manchester in an absolute age too, and in a pretty small and intimate venue - so ticket up ASAP!

In between those two dates we have even more excitement coming in the form of The Deadinburgh Festival on the 4th July and The Blackpool Boneyard Weekender on 5th July.

More shows TBC. 

Thursday 10th April PRESTON with THE METEORS

 

TICKETS!

Horror Punk Chartbusters: Resurrection!

 

Out now on Wolverine Records! An absolutely jam packed extravaganza of HIT SONGS covered by a who's who of HORROR PUNK, including Zombina and the Skeletones covering Peter Schilling's 1982 smash "Major Tom (Coming Home)", in the original German and everything!

Horror Punk Chartbusters: Resurrection is available right now as a double LP or double CD from Wolverine-Records.de and can be found streaming nowhere, it's strictly physical!

Disc 1

The Other – Dancing with Tears in My Eyes

Derry – Vampire

Zombina & The Skeletones – Major Tom

Dickie Devil & The Deviants – Do You Wanna Dance?

BZFOS – Science Fiction Double Feature

Dead United – It's Not Unusual

The Deathtones – Feel Good Inc.

The Crimson Ghosts – You Spin Me Round

Bloody Holly & The Ricketz – Bad Guy

Dan Scary – Army of Me

Nim Vind – Folsom Prison Blues

Sonic Creeps – Children of the Grave

Disc 2

Hellgreaser – Because the Night

Astra Zombies – Never Gonna Give You Up

Femur – The Witch

Siblings of Samhain – Ghost Town

Midnight Haunt – Somebody's Watching Me

The Maü Maü – Ma Baker

Garbage Day Massacre – New Year's Day

Los Morts – Self Control

Left Hand Black – Working for the Weekend

Rezurex – Runaway Boys

Rock’n’Roll Cannibals – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

The Spook – Hey Little Girl

Surfistas No Muertos – Fight for Your Right

Horror Vision – Horror Hymn

We've seen a few negative comments regarding the use of AI for the artwork on this compilation, so we are offering these print-and-stick alternatives (very kindly provided by some of our human artist friends) to those of you who know you need this record/CD for the awesome music but you don't want to look at a midjourney zombie everytime you want to hear it :D

(We may have more of these on the way... so watch this space!)

Variant #1 from @shanehorror

Print-and-stick CD version // Print-and-stick LP version

Variant #2 from @Boomerangmouth

Print-and-stick CD version // Print-and-stick LP version

Variant #3 from Doc Horrror

Print-and-stick CD version // Print-and-stick LP version

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❤️HAPPY VALENTINES DAY❤️

It's a Valentine's miracle! Two new surprise tracks from Zombina's Ghosts On Tape project! From the touching romance Friday 13th Part V: A New Beginning, the beautiful love song "His Eyes" (originally by Pseudo Echo) and from the all timer rom-com An American Werewolf In London, "Blue Moon" (originally by The Marcels)
 IN OTHER NEWS:
Friday 21st February (this coming Friday) Zombina and the Skeletones will be playing a FILMED live set at Habitat Studios in Manchester as part of Little Punk Records "Habitat After Dark" series of events. Tickets are limited!Get em here: https://www.seetickets.com/event/zombina-and-the-skeletones-banquet-box-wine/habitat-studios/3340473 hurry, hurry!

Record Store Day 2025 - "Taste The Blood..." Returns!

Exciting news time! Our long out-of-print 2002 debut album "Taste the Blood of Zombina and the Skeletones" featuring hits such as "Braindead", "Can't Break A Dead Girl's Heart" and of course, the immortal "Nobody Likes You When You're Dead" is coming to vinyl for the first time as a Record Store Day exclusive on April 12th 2025, thanks to 9x9 Records! 

To reserve your copy - tell your local Record Store Day participating record shop to order it in from Forte Music Distribution and head on down to the celebrations on the 12th of April to collect this super limited PICTURE DISC edition of "Taste the Blood of Zombina and the Skeletones" and let us take you to the grave... and beyond with this spooky pop classic produced by Zombina's older brother back when we was just weird little kids! 

For more info about Record Store Day 2025 visit https://www.recordstoreday.co.uk/

 

FIRST GIG OF THE YEAR - with DSM IV at Rough Trade Liverpool, February 7th 2025

 

Zombina and the Skeletones had a little break after last years Halloween madness, but we're ready to rock once again! To prove it, we will be supporting our esteemed labelmates The DSM IV as they launch their new EP at Rough Trade Liverpool on Friday 7th February! Tickets can be found here!