They may not have announced this year’s incarnation of “The Fright Before Rabidfest” as yet but Rabidfest have lined up another warm up show for this year’s event. Held at The Jericho Tavern in Oxford on 3rd October, in a spin on Danny Boyle’s post-apocalyptic horror film 28 Days Later, they’ve called it “Rabidfest Presents:
Another Halloween fright night means another incarnation of Oxford’s finest Metal Weekender Rabidfest and this year the line up is as strong as ever with a resurgent Hacktivist being kept honest by the new blood of up and coming bands like Devilhusk. So while we prepare to begin introducing those bands in a fortnightly feature,
What was that lyric? “Just when you thought you had it figured out. That’s when the wave of terror comes crashing down“. You can bet your bottom dollar that when Danny Leal wrote that the Upon A Burning Body vocalist wasn’t thinking about Rabidfest, Oxford or The Bullingdon. But it seems kind of appropriate as
Bringing the first May bank holiday weekend to a glorious end Rabidfest have announced six more bands for this year’s incarnation of Oxford’s finest Metal Weekender – including the Sunday night headliner! That honour goes to Trap Metal act n0trixx with Spared An Endless Orbit, Necronomicunt, The Blade Itself, Twin Skeletons and Sabertooth also added. The event
Over the past month or so the Rabidfest team have announced 11 of the 20 bands set to grace the stage at this years incarnation of Oxford’s finest Metal Weekender. As the Sunday night headliner slot remains hidden in plain slight, it’s time for a little idol speculation on who they might have filling the
After the 10th March announcement of the first five bands and the Saturday night headliner, Rabidfest have admitted to booking another six bands for Oxford’s finest Metal Weekender. While they’ve kept their Sunday headliner a closely guarded secret for now, they have warned of eleven of the twenty bands set to cause a tear in
Roll up, roll up, read all about it! As we know Oxfords finest Metal Weekender Rabidfest will take place over the 31st October and 1st November 2026 with no less than twenty bands set to descend upon The Bullingdon for another round of blood, sweat and beers in the mosh pit. The question at this
Having played Summer Breeze Festival in Germany earlier this summer Trap Metal aficionados Swarm6ix have offered up a new single dubbed “Moon$hine Mixtape“. Once gain produced by former Loathe guitarist Connor Sweeney (Creak, Pulse, Fromjoy) it joins a discography that finds them joined by Alex Francis and Barney Forrester as they prepare for another assault on
After surpassing a million Spotify streams alone for their run of waterfall released singles earlier this year Swarm 6ix are keen to keep riding the lava river to obsidian hell. For the purpose the Trap Metal crew, who claim their sound to be somewhere between Ghostemane and Emmure, have brought on board another guest in
You can achieve a lot with a little help from your friends so embracing that Trap-Metal collective Swarm6ix have got former Loathe guitarist Connor Sweeney in the chair alongside vocalist Kubrick for a new cut titled “$ocial Violence“. Not to be confused with last years “$ocial $ucide” this cut finds them continuing to cut a
