Rabidfest 2026: Breaking Down The Bands #5: The Crawling!

When it comes down to it, there is nothing quite like live music is there? The energy! The atmosphere! The mosh pits! If you thought that festival season came to an end in the summer then guess again because at The Bullingdon in the heart of Oxford over the weekend of 31st October and 1st November it will be time to party once more at Rabidfest! They’ve lined up twenty bands to impress you over two days on the Devolution Magazine sponsored stage and of course the bar will be serving up your favourite drinks so why not bring a friend and join the party? You might miss out on something really cool, not to mention the fact that it’s all in aid of raising money for the Sophie Lancaster Foundation.

A warm up show dubbed “28 Days Prior” will take place at The Jericho Tavern in Oxford on 3rd October and the line up for that looks like this:

Anti-Clone (headliner)
Chaplain
Blackmarket
Away With The Seas

Rabidfest itself will take place at The Bullingdon in Oxford over the weekend of the 31st October and 1st November 2026, here’s the line up in full:

Hacktivist (Saturday headliner)
n0trixx (Sunday headliner)
Thrashatouille
Maatkare
Swarm6ix
Black Candy
Devilhusk
The Dead XIII
The Crawling
Novacrow
Dacara
Rattlesnakes
Omegathrone
Spared An Endless Orbit
Necronomicunt
The Blade Itself
Twin Skeletons
Sabertooth
Lesbian Bed Death
Bldsugr

Since 2014 Death infused Doom Metal trio The Crawling have been plotting a course for World domination from Lisburn in County Down. Lead by guitarist and vocalist Andy Clarke (Honey for Christ, Sollein, Devilmakesthree) who has alongside him bassist Adrien Crozet (Lost Brethren, Zombified) and drummer Ant Deane (Lost Brethren, Isaiah, Basement Torture Killings) they have been all around Europe spreading death and disease with their misery. Bleak lyrical narratives have been a key part of their sound with 2017’s “Anatomy Of Loss” landing them a pair fan favourites in “An Immaculate Deception” and “The Right To Crawl“. Those songs have opened the doors for the trio to share stages with the likes of  Consecration, Shores Of Null and Ghosts Of Atlantis, their endeavours documented with somewhere around #135 vlogs on their YouTube channel. 2023 bleak burnt offering “All of this for Nothing” proved there was more fuel for the

Its safe to say that the Rabidfest crowd will be swaying like marionettes to their sounds of torment but they’ll also be keen to hear some new music, the band having a fresh EP titled “What We Leave Behind” slated for a 2nd October grand reveal.

We’re proud to be a Media Partner of Rabidfest again this year alongside Red Death Media, Moomin Merchandise, Chaos Under No Ties, Moshville Radio, GraphicsFix, TwoFace Promotions, Blackstar Amplification and main stage sponsor Devolution Magazine. The Festival is all for charity and this year the profits will be going to the The Sophie Lancaster Foundation!

Rabidfest will take place at The Bullingdon in Oxford over the weekend of the 31st October and 1st November 2026:

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