Roll up, roll up, read all about it! As we know Oxfords finest Metal Weekender Rabidfest will take place over the 31st October and 1st November 2026 with no less than twenty bands set to descend upon The Bullingdon for another round of blood, sweat and beers in the mosh pit. The question at this
They may have only delivered us to the evil of their sophomore EP “Ultra Violence” in August but six months on, Peterborough Hardcore crew Break Them are ready for the third chapter in their infamous existence. This time out it seems the Rabidfest and Metal 2 The Masses survivors, who have reduced venues to rubble with
Joined by Keller Maxwell of Theorist Rabidfest survivors Ocean Planet shave unleashed new single “Siege Machine“, a portrait in Progressive Technical Metalcore. The Reading natives won Metal 2 The Masses in Oxford in 2025 and performed at Bloodstock on the New Blood stage and are currently writing both a new album and EP while being in
Accompanied by artwork from Steven Herrington-Trueman, a new single from Rabidfest surviving Doom Folk Metal band Talassum titled “Broken Cog” is now streaming everywhere that’s good. The band who were born from the ashes of Bring To Bear are taking part in the Oxford incarnation of Metal To The Masses this year for the opportunity
We had the pleasure of a conversation with vocalist Stephanie Moffatt and guitarist Rob Melville from Post-Black Metal quartet Æl-Fierlen after what has to go down as a phenomenal year for them. Not only was their debut album “All Is Far Away” very well received but their performance at Oxfords finest Metal Weekender that is Rabidfest
“March of the Gods” creators King Kraken have announced a six date co-headlining run with Traditional Heavy Metal act and Rabidfest veterans Fury put together by Grumpy Clown Booking Agency. The run will will see them playing Friday and Saturday shows across three weekends across April and May and breaks down as follows:
Back in September Post-Black Metal act that are Æl-Fierlen unveiled their debut album “All Is Far Away“, a record that brings together elements of Black Metal, Shoegaze and Folk quite like no other. Hailing from the South of England the quartet then went on to mesmerize at Oxfords finest Metal Weekender Rabidfest and so with a
The almighty Froglord have added a wealth of dates to their already weighty schedule for 2026 as they built up to the 25th Anniversary of Bloodstock Open Air Festival. The new shows will see them joined by Space Pistol in April immediately after the Amphibian loving Sludge fueled Doom Metal outfit unveil a charity album
Having survived Rabidfest in November, the glorious Post-Black Metal act that are Æl-Fierlen have announced a run of shows and festivals that will keep them occupied until the end of May next year. Based in the south of England with elements of black metal, shoegaze and folk twisted together like the branches of the oldest
There are more than a few forlorn faces at The Bullingdon as doors open for day two of this years seventh incarnation of Oxford’s finest Metal Weekender as the combination of Raging Speedhorn and one too many beverages of an alcoholic persuasion felt like mindless self indulgence. There is of course no better cure for
