Tag: Draconian Reign

NEWS: Osiah announce September UK tour!

Sponsored by the thirst murdering Liquid Death, Unique Leader Records Deathcore skull crushers Osiah have announced a September headlining tour with a rotating bill of support bands. Beyond Extinction, Draconian Reign, Existentialist and To Obey A Tyrant are those bands in question with the run shaping up as follows:

Rabidfest 2024: 20th July warm up show!

Ahead of the sixth annual incarnation of Oxford’s biggest Metal Weekender in November, the powers behind Rabidfest have announced a warm up show that will ensure spilled beers in a crazy mosh pit. Taking place at The Jericho Tavern in Oxford on 20th July, the show will find a quartet of bands taking to the

Rabidfest 2024: SIX possibilities for SIX remaining slots!

It’s raining cats and frogs outside but the biscuit tea is piping hot so thank heaven for small mercies; it’s time for some idle speculation about the remaining six as yet to be announced bands to take to the Devolution Magazine sponsored main stage at this years sixth incarnation of Oxfords biggest metal weekender Rabidfest.

Rabidfest 2024: 3rd Wave of Bands announced!

As the evenings begin to get lighter and the daffodils are in full bloom, Oxford’s biggest Metal Weekender Rabidfest have announced another four bands including their Sunday Headliner for the sixth incarnation of the annual pilgrimage. Mecca for the event is The Bullingdon over the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd November, where no less

Rabidfest 2024: 2nd Wave of Bands announced!

Having fired their starting pistol early and unveiled the first six bands for the sixth annual incarnation of Oxford’s finest Metal Weekender Rabidfest in December, you could have forgiven the organisers for sitting on their laurels for a few months. But it’s often said that January is a miserable month, so to brighten things up

Review: “Dark Secrets of the Soul” by Drown In Sulphur

Having arisen from the black depths of the Italian Deathcore scene in 2014 and risen to prominence with a pair of heavy hitting EPs in 2015’s “It Rises” and 2018’s “Blackwind“, the waterfall release of six singles from Drown In Sulphur led to a mass exodus of members, seemingly to help facilitate a style shift.

Listmania: Metal Noise Top #5 EPs of 2023!

How do you go about solving a problem like picking your top #5 EPs of 2023? Like any puzzle you break it down into smaller, easier to digest pieces and we do so by creating a few rules. It has to have been released in the year 2023, reviewed in the year 2023 and stick

Live Review: Tech-Fest Techabilitation 2023: Saturday (2 of 3)!

After a night where the first five bands brought their A game to The Hairy Dog in Derby, the standard has been set for others to maintain and make the final Techabilitation a momentus occasion to send Tech-Fest off in style. Ten bands are primed and ready to do battle with an audience suffering from

Live Review: Rabidfest 2023 Day #2 (Sunday)!

One of the great things about Rabidfest is that while they put on a varied line up each year, there is method to their madness. This isn’t just a collection of random bands thrown into a melting pot in the hope that everyone will have a good time. Far from it. Instead, each day is

Live Review: Rabidfest 2023 Day #1 (Saturday)!

Its a wet weekend in November and golden leaves are all over the ground which can only mean one thing. After huge fanfare and extensive build up, the fifth anniversary of Oxfords biggest Metal Weekender Rabidfest is finally here! The hordes have descended upon The Bullingdon like witches and wizards gathered in the masses to