The hype train may have already left the station as the bands were announced very early for this years incarnation of Oxfords finest Metal Weekender Rabidfest… but that still leaves a few questions what we’re going to answer over the next few weeks while building up to the event. If you haven’t already noted it
Hailing from Kolkata India, EQS (Eris Quod Sum) was founded in 2018 by composer, vocalist and lyricist Piqu as an avant-garde Metal band with 90’s influences. Taking their name from a Latin phrase often used on gravestones “Eram quod es, eris quod sum” which translates to “I was what you are, you will be what
If you missed it the first half of this live review saw us talking about the thrills and spills of performances by Kia from The Amazing Tiger Band, In Maluum, Halloran, Bobby’s Midnight Elite and Maxwelltheband so if you want to relive the moment, you might want to check that out. But for now, we’re going
A second advanced listen from “Armageddon Scars” by Fane has surfaced in “Dead Shepherd” with the album set to drop on 28th August via Argonauta Records imprint label Octopus Rising. Exploring themes of endurance, damage and aftermath, the record is an infusion of Doom, Sludge, Hardcore, Folk and Black Metal traditions which embraces deliberate pacing,
The perpetual forward motion of time inevitably brings change and for Black Country Deathcore collective Suffer, that has meant a not insignificant rebuilt. When original vocalist Michael “Chobba” Crutchley exited stage left after 2024 single “Rotten” his boots were briefly filed by former Postmortem Promises frontman Aaron Ketley. That seemed like a match made in
The sun is shining and the weather is sweet it makes you want to move those dancing feet and where better to do that than at The Facebar in Reading as Mercury’s Well are hosting their eighth annual Hawaiian themed beach party that is Summer Bash? It might not be heatwave hot outside but it’s
A long awaited sophomore album from Doom Metal purveyors Silbertomb, a band who feature both current and former members of Type O Negative, Danzig, Agnostic Front and Sheer Terror in their ranks is going to be unveiled to an unsuspecting world in November. First single “No Way To Live” brings to an end a near
Rooted in the classic language of Finnish Death Metal, a debut album in “Obsidian Majesty” by Hekatoxen is slated for a 2nd October release via Nuclear Winter Records. The follow up to their 2022 EP “Utter Darkness” is said to be not only more refined but dramatically sharpened, the band crafting immediate and uncompromising material
Joined by cellist Liisa Paakkunainen, Finland Heavy Metal force Grey Sky Bleed have shared a single in “We Share The End” inspired by Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. It tells a haunting story of love and togetherness at the end of a dystopian world, reminding us that even when all hope seems lost, the strongest bond is
Seven long years after their critically acclaimed 2018 album “Innhøstinga” the Norwegian Melodic Black Metal beast that is Iskald has awoken from hibernation. Recorded during the summer of 2025 at Strand Studio in Beiarn before being mixed and mastered by Hallstein Sandvin, their sixth album “Curse of the Mind” will arrive on 25th September via Dusktone.
