Tag: Rabidfest

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

Exclusive Interview: Siderian talk Rabidfest 2021!

Following our admission that a footlong Subway was consumed for the first time in two years since Upsurge Festival in 2019 during Rabidfest at The Bullingdon in Oxford in our interview with Weaponry frontman Al Bristow about the event, it’s time we diverted some attention. So here are the thoughts of Siderian vocalist David Pope

Exclusive Interview: Weaponry talk Rabidfest 2021!

The 6th & 7th November saw this years incarnation of Rabidfest take pace at The Bullingdon in deepest darkest Oxford which not only saw sixteen bands take to the Devolution Stage over the two days but also raised a few quid for the Mental Health charity Restore. It was our first adventure to a festival

Bootleg: Promethean Reign at Rabidfest 2021!

If you didn’t believe it when we reviewed the set and set it was “full of violent chug” then you now have the opportunity to witness Promethean Reign in full destructive force from the front row of The Bullingdon in Oxford from 6th November with this fan filmed footage. The Devolution stage what were the

Live Review: Rabidfest 2021 Day #2 (Sunday)!

After the resounding success of day #1 of Rabidfest at The Bullingdon in Oxford who are are raising money for the Mental Health charity Restore, we’re back for day #2, which the organisers have put together a heavier and equally varied line up for. Thankfully the pools of blood, sweat and tears from last night