Rabidfest 2024: Breaking Down The Bands #17: Damaged Reich!

…with just 25 days to the blood red ribbon cutting and champagne cork popping for the opening of this year’s incarnation of Rabidfest in the heart Oxford, we reach the final four entries in our Breaking Down The Bands series. So before we dive into the history of Damaged Reich, let’s just take a minute to remind ourselves of the what’s, when’s, why’s and who’s of it all. Oxford’s finest Metal Weekender will take place at The Bullingdon over the weekend of 2nd and 3rd November with no less than 20 bands performing over the two days. Here’s the line up in full…

Saturday 2nd November:

Evile (Headliner)
Cloven Hoof
Fury
Damaged Reich
Eschalon
Existentialist
Imperium
40000 Leagues
Dead Man’s Pistol
Rats Eat Rats

Sunday 3rd November:

Viscera (Headliner)
Forlorn
Ocean Planet
Recall The Remains
Voidwalker
Draconian Reign
As The World Dies
From Her Ashes
Theorist
Halfway Home

…and if you fancy the pre-show, you can witness Seething Akira, Crostpaths, The Crushing and Eliminate The Middle Class at “The Night Before Rabidfest” warm up at The Jericho Tavern in Oxford on Friday 1st November!

Formed in 2017, Oxford natives Damaged Reich took the bull by the horns and dived into the Metal 2 The Masses competition for a chance to play the New Blood stage at Bloodstock Open Air Festival. You might think a fresh band might not have the live experience under their belts to be able to earn the right to play such an occasion but the four piece Thrash crew had ideas above their station. Full of vim and vigor they swept the opposition aside and in 2018 made their dream come true. Judas Priest, Devildriver and Wednesday 13 played that year, making it a special one and that gave the band the momentum they needed to hammer out debut album “Death Becomes Us All” a year later.

The great plague years took their toll but the tail end of 2022 saw the band shared photos of song structures stating that seven cuts has been written for album number two. Breaking out from the studio and rehearsal space the band returned to the stage for Buried In Smoke Festival alongside Inhuman Nature, Discharge and Conan before shows with American’s Witching and Death Thrash overlords Bloodshot have made 2024 a year to remember. Who’s ready for some blood, sweat and beers?

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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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