Rabidfest 2024: Breaking Down The Bands #8: Imperium!

Got any plans for the night before Rabidfest? Cancel them because at The Jericho Tavern on Friday 1st November Seething Akira, Crostpaths and Eliminate The Middle Class will be wrecking necks. Don’t call it a warm up show because the unholy trinity will be bringing the heat! As for the main event, Rabidfest will be taking place over the weekend of 2nd and 3rd November at The Bullingdon in the beating black heart of Oxford. Be there or be square. Here’s the line up in full…

Evile (Saturday Headliner)
Viscera (Sunday Headliner)
Cloven Hoof
Fury
Recall The Remains
Voidwalker
From Her Ashes
Imperium
Eschalon
Draconian Reign
Existentialist
Damaged Reich
As The World Dies
Rats Eat Rats
Forlorn
Ocean Planet
40000 Leagues
Theorist
Dead Man’s Pistol
Halfway Home

It’s time for the main event. Who are Imperium and why are they worth checking out at the sixth incarnation of Oxfords biggest Metal Weekender? London Groove Thrash merchants of the highest order, Imperium were actually set to play the fifth anniversary of Rabidfest only for life to get in the way. That of course means that this year’s set has become a highly anticipated one as fans have had to wait twelve months to witness a set based on September 2023’s collosal EP “When Kings Meet“. Hells teeth, we described their track “Iron Thunder” as being the perfect Metal cut for the theme music for the next James Bond movie. If that isn’t recommendation enough, what is? The band have clearly grown up on a diet of Machine Head, Exodus and Iron Maiden and want nothing more than to invite you to get involved in the mosh pit. A wall of death is never a place for a full pint, especially one who have held their own on stages alongside the likes of Helgrind, Blood Oath and Red Method as well as surviving the New Blood stage at Bloodstock.

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Rabidfest will take place at The Bullingdon in Oxford over the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd November 2024:

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