“Just when you thought you had it figured out that’s when, The wave of terror comes crashing down” that’s what Danny Leal from Upon A Burning Body wrote on “Sin City” from the bands seminal album “Red. White. Green.” back in 2012 and it kind of seems fitting with the wave of new band announcements
Well, well, well. Three holes in the ground. The fifth anniversary of Rabidfest just got a whole lot bigger with the announcement of four additional bands to join the original nine! Midlands Tech-Death Monsters Monasteries will be joined by the complex and catchy Lest We Forget, Emo warriors Reveller and high velocity Hardcore from Johanna
After seven days of highs and lows on Planet Metal it’s time to return to our Breaking Down The Bands series ahead of this year’s 5th Anniversary of Rabidfest. So far nine bands have been announced for the event, which will take place at The Bullingdon in Oxford over the weekend of the 4th and
They say that time flies when you’re having fun, but the reality is it also flies when you’re working your fingers to the bone in a nine to five grind waiting for that next pay check so you can go to a few gigs and festivals… which tenuous link brings us to this weeks incarnation
It’s all high fives and stage dives with March approaching and the fifth week of celebration of the forthcoming fifth anniversary of Rabidfest in full swing. Forget diet Tuesday. This is full fat, high caffeine, adrenaline pumping, mosh pit inciting stuff. You should already know that Rabidfest will take place at The Bullingdon in Oxford
Symphonic Deathcore brutes To Obey A Tyrant have let drummer Bruno Clay out of his basement torture chamber hell for a drum playthrough for their cut “Goetia“. One that takes pride of place on their August released album “Omnimalevolent“, a sixty three minute slab of sonic brutality the likes of which haven’t been heard before
Just before Gingerbread John McClane gets put back in his box for another year, it’s time said thank you to a few people for another fantastic year of Metal Noise. Breaking out of the lockdown of what we’ve affectionately called the plague years live shows were in full effect and we were able to bring
A new day, a new dawn, another live show. Today’s final destination is Camden Electric Ballroom for the London stop of this years incarnation of the Impericon Never Say Die Tour. A full half day event with seven bands taking to the stage, each one taking it in turns to test the foundations of the
If you thought that our Rabidfest 2022 coverage was over a week after the event, well have we got something for you! An exclusive interview with Brandon Singleton, the flame spitting mouthpiece of Symphonic Deathcore titans To Obey A Tyrant about their Rabidfest experience! The band took their new album “Omnimalevolent” to the event as
It maybe pouring with rain outside but we have the warmth of The Bullingdon as refuge in the heart of Oxford for day two of this year’s incarnation of Rabidfest. We just hope that any homeless folks have managed to find shelter from the inclement weather as we prepare for another tsunami of riffs, powerhouse
