Taking a momentary detour in our breaking down the bands of Rabidfest 2023 series, this week we’re bringing to the table something a little different. The question is… when it comes to the crunch, who would be the ultimate Rabidfest headliner? There are always rules to every game and so logically with the capacity of
Hailing from the South East of England, the Death Metal live force to be reckoned with that is Bloodshot established themselves back in 2016. Taking a quality over quantity approach, each single they have released to date has been a laser guided missile strike, hitting and obliterating the target razor sharp riffage, artillery shelling percussive
“Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot; for there is a reason why gunpowder and treason should ne’er be forgot”. It was 1605 when Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators attempted and failed to blow up the Houses Of Parliament, something we celebrate with fireworks. There will of course be plenty of those when
“It’s the return of the “Oh, wait, no way, you’re kidding. He didn’t just say what I think he did, did he?” And Dr. Dre said… nothing, you idiots! Dr. Dre’s dead, he’s locked in my basement (Ha ha!)”
At the end of April we asked if it was possible to combine a weekly Rabidfest feature and a track review for the new Tribe of Ghosts single “Sunburner (Deny The Rot)” in a single article and make it work? The result of that was a resounding yes so we did it again last week with
Riding the crest of the wave that their self titled EP created, South West Lononders Imperium hace offered up a new single in “Iron Thunder“. That is the first from a sophomore EP recorded with former Feed The Rhino guitarist Oz Craggs at Hidden Track Studios with the band set to take the stage at
When the summer festival season is over and next year’s seems like a distant dream there is light at the end of the tunnel. Scrape together your remaining pennies (or beg, steal and borrow some additional funds) and head down to The Bullingdon in Oxford over the weekend of the 4th and 5th November. That’s
Roll up! Roll up! Read all about it! Rabidfest is coming to The Bullingdon in Oxford over the weekend of the 4th and 5th November 2023! It will be the fifth anniversary and to celebrate there is a special twenty (you read that right, 20!) band line up over the two day weekend! One of
A lot can happen in twelve months. Since they were forced to abandon their plans to play Rabidfest in 2022 off the back of debut EP “Necromatic“, Nottingham Symphonic Deathcore purveyors Draconian Reign have returned stronger, signing to Seek & Strike Records and unleashing a sophomore EP “Tragedy Eternal“. Guitarist duo James Mackellar-Still and Cal
Oxford’s The Hope Burden first appeared on our radar when then took to the stage at Rabidfest in November 2021 with a set that found them blurring the lines between Post-Hardcore, Sludge and Black Metal in spellbinding fashion. Vocalist Josh Day, bassist Ryan Thornton, drummer Phil Platt and guitarists Neil Brewer and Jason Smalley had
