A place that offers a decent number of venues and of course a University full of residents to attend gigs, Oxford has always had a thriving Metal scene and thanks to the annual march to Bloodstock’s New Blood stage via the Metal To The Masses tournament, we’ve been introduced to a few of those bands
The Wheatsheaf in Oxford was the venue for the last gig which we attended in back in March, headlined by Gutlocker with Transients and Weaponry completing against Arimea in a Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses Quarterfinal. Arimea impressed us with cuts from their “Castle Bravo” EP and lockdown has seen them drop acoustic and playthrough
If you thought lockdown was over, think again. Oxford Alternative Progressive Metallers Arimea have switched from their own material to a cover of “Never Really Over” by Katie Perry in the latest in their “lockdown sessions“, a series which has seen them not only performing acoustic versions of cuts from their EP “Castle Bravo” but
The Lockdown Sessions from Oxford Alternative Metallers Arimea continue with a playthrough video for the lead guitar parts of “Dreadnought” played over 7 strings. The bands debut EP “Castle Bravo” is one that has been on our horizons for a while and we recommend it. If you like, you can also support the band by
The lockdown sessions for Oxford Alternative Metalcore act Arimea continue with a drum playthrough of “Disbelief”. The track appears on their debut EP “Castle Bravo” and for those not in the know, there is meaning behind that. Castle Bravo was the name given to the first in a series of high yield thermonuclear design tests carried
We should probably get someone to review “Castle Bravo” by Oxford Alternative Metallers Arimea as we’ve talked about it so much at this point that the only thing we haven’t done is given it a rating. The band have continued their regular Lockdown Session series with an acoustic version of “Cold” performed out in the
Continuing their lockdown sessions series of acoustic versions and playthroughs, Oxford Alternative Metalcore band Arimea have let their bassist out of the damp basement for a video of the title track of their EP “Castle Bravo“. They may not be heading to the 20th Anniversary of Bloodstock this summer as it’s been rebooted to 2021
How many female fronted DJent fueled Alternative Metal bands from Oxford do you know of? None? Then it must be time we put Arimea on The Black Map! Whitney Cooper, Richard Stedman, Tom Cooper, Dave Curtis and Luke Coppuck took to the stage for their live debut with Press To Meco in October 2019, a
For Oxford Alternative Metallers Arimea, the lockdown has given them a chance to take stock. They’ve started a sequence of lockdown sessions with songs from their debut EP “Castle Bravo“. The first song of that was an acoustic version of “The Forest” and now it’s time for the rhythm guitar part of “Cold“.
Oxford DJent fueled Alternative Metalcore act Arimea have taken their 15 minutes of daily sunshine to record a live acoustic version of “The Forest“. A track that sits pride of place on their debut EP “Castle Bravo“, we had the pleasure of witnessing their live set as they took on Weaponry and Transients in this
