Now that the dust has settled after the announcement of the monumental final wave of bands for this years incarnation of Rabidfest, its time to take a moment and eulogise for the city of Oxford. Come 1st and 2nd November when Metal heads from across the nation descend upon The Bullingdon to get their fix,
“What’s this? What’s this? There’s colour everywhere! What’s this? There’s white things in the air! What’s this? I can’t believe my eyes, I must be dreaming! Wake up, World, this isn’t fair! What’s this? Oxford beware!”
While we impatiently wait for the powers that be at Rabidfest HQ to announce the final seven bands and the sins they’ve committed to get on the Devolution Magazine sponsored main stage at this years event, it’s time to breakdown another band. Before we get to that however it’s time for a cheeky reminder. This
The full line-up and the day splits might not be announced just yet but believe it or not it’s just twenty (20) weeks until Oxfords finest Metal weekender returns. That means it’s time for us to start our weekly introduction to the bands that are playing Rabidfest at The Bullingdon over the weekend of 1st
Get ready for a nightmare you won’t soon forget. For the second year running a Rabidfest have announced show on the night before Oxfords biggest Metal weekender. Dubbed “The Fright Before Rabidfest” it will take place at The Jericho Tavern on the evening Friday 31st October with tickets sold separately to the main event. So
No word of a lie but back on 22nd March when we shared our “5 Possibilities for Rabidfest 2025” article, we put Corby wrestling heroes Raging Speedhorn on the list with no advanced knowledge of the fact that a month on they would be announced as the Saturday headliner! What’s even more interesting about it
They may have only just completed a United Kingdom and Ireland tour for their new album “Nightwolf” but Corby natives Raging Speedhorn have given us the opportunity to party like it’s the year of the millennium bug. They’ve announced four intimate shows in November to celebrate 25 years od their debut self titled album and
If you asked Gordon Morison or Frank Regan back in 1998 if they’d still be playing shows in Raging Speedhorn twenty seven years on and they’d have asked you what you’d been smoking. Their 20th Anniversary show with the original line up taking to the stage at Camden Electric Ballroom in 2018 galvanized both the
6th March will see the seventh studio album “Nightwolf” from Corby’s Raging Speedhorn hit like the meteorite in Deep Impact. It comes five years after the almighty “Hard to Kill” with the purveyors of Sludge Metal infused with Hardcore offering “Every Night’s Alright For Fighting” as the second single. The album will appear via Spinefarm
