Tag: Rabidfest

The Black Map #217: Shoot To Kill from London!

…with the first wave of bands being announced for Rabidfest 2022 in November, it’s a curiosity that this week we open Pandora’s box on a band we witnessed live for the first time at last year’s incarnation of the event which just so happened to be their live debut. The band in question are Shoot

Rabidfest 2022: Breaking Down The Bands #2: Pulverise!

If you missed the news last week, we are joining Devolution Magazine and Moomin Merch in partnering up with Rabidfest for this year’s incarnation of the event! In the build up each week we’re focussing in on one band that you may not have heard of, one of the lesser lights of heaven that we

Rabidfest 2022: Breaking Down The Bands #1: Disinherit!

Following the monumental announcement that we are joining Devolution Magazine and Moomin Merch in partnering up with Rabidfest for this year’s incarnation of the event, it’s time to begin just one of our accompanying features. This one is all about introducing you to the bands that you need to see who you might not have

NEWS: Rabidfest announce first wave of bands for November!

We’re excited to announce that we’re joining Devolution Magazine and Moomin Merch in  partnering up with Rabidfest for this year’s incarnation of the annual meeting of Metal Heads in Oxford! The Festival will take place at The Bullingdon over the weekend of 5th and 6th November! The first 10 bands have been announced with tickets

The Black Map #214: The Hope Burden from Oxford!

Treking over snow capped mountains, cutting our way through Jungle undergrowth, crossing treacherous rivers and walking through graveyards in the dead of night, we head from the sunny south coast city of Brighton and Glass Grave to leafy Oxford to talk about The Hope Burden for this week’s essential hangover reading. It’s Sunday morning, so

Playlist: MetalNoise.Net 5th Anniversary One Dayer!

There has been a momentary glitch in the matrix. Please do not adjust your smart phone settings. In a single week break from our usual Vs Tuesday offering, courtesy of the man, the myth and the legend that is Chis Underhill from My Latest Failure, we have for your listening pleasure a playlist of tracks

NEWS: MetalNoise.Net 5th Anniversary One Dayer!

Venue Reading Facebar // Date 27-08-2022 // Doors 15:00 // Music 15:15 // Curfew 23:00 // Tickets £15 // Skiddle.com Saturday 27th August 2022 will mark the 5th Anniversary of Webzine MetalNoise.Net, a source of news, reviews and features that specialises in supporting the lesser lights of heaven. So to celebrate we’re going to bring

Exclusive Interview: The Hope Burden talk writing and recording!

It may only be April but with a third of the year already gone we’ve heard a few stunning records that are in consideration for our Listmania season of awards between Christmas and New Year; one of those being the sophomore EP “Abandonment // I Want To Be Well” from Oxfordshire based Post Hardcore meets

Review: “Abandonment // I Want To Be Well” from The Hope Burden

Hailing from Oxford, vocalist Josh Day, bassist Ryan Thornton, drummer Phil Platt and guitarists Neil Brewer and Jason Smalley formed The Hope Burden in 2016 with a desire to paint in Post-Metal with elements of Ambient, Black and Sludge Metal in their hearts. The band released their well received debut EP “Decline. Despair. Decay” in

The Black Map #190: Tyrants from Swindon!

In your face confrontational Deathcore with Slamming Riffs, vocals that severs flesh from bones and some natural Hardcore elements forms the backbone of what Swindon’s Tyrants are all about, dropping a trio of singles in “Wretch“, “Apostle” and “Fear” since forming in early 2020 that have accumulated the better part of 196k of streams between