Tag: Rabidfest

NEWS: Collapser move heaven and earth!

When you hear the word “Earthmover” does your brain take you to someone digging a hole to bury a corpse or to those giant machines they use to move the dirt in search of precious mineral deposits in places like Australia? That word is the one that Doom Groove Metal act Collapser have chosen as

Review: “Self Titled” by Break Them

After a first single inspired by the classic first person shooter BioShock and a collection of no less than five stand alone singles in 2023 with a couple of guest appearances from members of Bitewound and Dispute thrown in for good measure, a debut EP from Peterborough Hardcore quartet Break Them was always inevitable. Turning stages to sawdust

Rabidfest 2025: Breaking Down The Bands #15: Break Them!

Is the pint glass three quarters empty or one quarter full? Either way, it means pretty soon we’re going to need to make a trip to the bar to get another round in, right?! This little introduction piece about a certain East of England Hardcore quartet means we’ve only got five weeks left before this

NEWS: Thrashatouille attack Mars?

Ahead of their appearance at Oxford’s finest Metal Weekender Rabidfest in November, the world’s only Chef Metal band Thrashatouille have dropped a brand new single in “Attack Of The Bludgeonaise“. Whether or not its a straight to streaming services sequel to “Spaghetti Bludgeonaise” from the bands 2021 EP “Rise of the Bludgeonaise” because they couldn’t get

Rabidfest 2025: Breaking Down The Bands #14: Talassum!

Roll up, Roll up, Read all ’bout it! Twenty bands will play The Bullingdon in the heart of Oxford over the weekend of 1st and 2nd November as Rabidfest takes over the venue once more! There will be blood, sweat and beers as Oxford’s biggest Metal Weekender threatens to reduce the venue to rubble once

Rabidfest 2025: Breaking Down The Bands #13: Collapser!

We’ve reached the thirteenth reason of twenty as to why you need to get your mother, your brother and your lover each a ticket for Oxford’s biggest Metal Weekender otherwise known as Rabidfest. Before we get into that, let us take a moment to remind you what the festival is all about. Taking place over

Live Review: A Bloodstock 2025 Experience (Thursday)

On Friday 9th August 2024 the first twenty five bands were announced for this years incarnation of Bloodstock Open Air Festival and it instantly became the hottest ticket it town. Three names stood out like a hammer smashed thumb in Trivium, Machine Head and Gojiria making it the most talked about event of the year

Rabidfest 2025: Breaking Down The Bands #11: Liquid Dogs!

Last week we mentioned how simply amazing it was that Rabidfest had a giant poster on the billboard at Bloodstock Open Air Festival this summer for the second year running but what we didn’t mention what that our editor got a fair few compliments on his Raging Speedhorn t-shirt. It seems there are plenty of

NEWS: Tribe Of Ghosts announce four fresh shows!

Don’t call it a come back but Tribe Of Ghosts have announced what they’re calling a new era of chaos with no less than four shows on the horizon. We could even say that the gates of the city are once again open for market traders but that might be pushing it a little too