{"id":1047,"date":"2025-07-26T22:08:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T22:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/?p=1047"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:25:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:25:33","slug":"offal-fest-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/07\/26\/offal-fest-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Offal Fest 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Offal Fest 2025 ended up being a very solid reminder of why smaller, scene-driven festivals still really matter. My trip back home to Manchester was honestly based on the fact that I wanted to see Skinless (a big bucket list band for me); but\u00a0 <\/span>I ended up coming away most excited about Chainsaw Castration, which felt like a solid win. Being based in York now, I\u2019ve definitely fallen a bit out of the loop with what\u2019s going on in the Manchester death metal scene, so it was pretty cool to discover a newer band that actually made me feel reconnected to it. That kind of accidental discovery is one of the things I think we sometimes forget festivals should be all about\u2026 And Offalfest delivered just that straight off the bat.<\/span><\/p>

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It has to be said that the the heat on the day ,and in the venue in particular, was absolutely brutal; not just uncomfortable, but properly draining\u2026 The kind of the kind where I started questioning my life choices half way through the afternoon (it also made my phone overheat, so no photos or videos were taken that day <\/3). Rebellion isn\u2019t exactly known for being the most breathable venue anyway… Packing it out with sweaty metalheads during a heatwave definitely pushed things into endurance territory. Still, there was something about the suffocating, sweat-drenched atmosphere that I thought weirdly worked in the festival\u2019s favour, it felt intense in a way that matched the music: claustrophobic, relentless, and a bit feral. Not enjoyable in a physical sense, but definitely fitting for a full day of death metal.<\/p>

One thing that really stood out was the sound quality. Smaller venues can sometimes be hit or miss, especially across a full-day lineup\u2026 but everything came through clearly from start to finish. No muddy overlap, no struggling to pick out instruments; just a solid, consistent wall of noise done properly. It was also a bit of a full-circle moment getting to see one of the bands that originally pulled me into death metal in the first place; especially in a setting like this where everything feels more a bit more up close and personal.<\/span><\/p>

To top it all off, merch was another highlight – a very nice array of shirts, patches, stickers, vinyls, cassettes and of course CDs all available to buy directly from bands (ie. The money gets to go straight in their pocket). I picked up a really nice Offal Fest four-sided print long sleeve, plus finally grabbed some Skinless patches I\u2019d been eyeing up online; without having to deal with crazy high shipping costs, which which was another win in itself. Rebellion might not be my favourite venue, and I\u2019m glad they\u2019re moving somewhere new next year\u2026 but the festival itself is clearly built by people who care. You could feel it in both the lineup and the crowd; and it\u2019s the kind of event that feels like it\u2019s only going to grow from here.<\/span><\/p>

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Rebellion, Manchester, 26\/7\/2025 \u00a0 Offal Fest 2025 ended up being a very solid reminder of why smaller, scene-driven festivals still really matter. My trip back home to Manchester was honestly based on the fact that I wanted to see Skinless (a big bucket list band for me); but\u00a0 I ended up coming away most excited […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1048,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22,16],"class_list":["post-1047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gigs","tag-festivals","tag-manchester"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Offalfest-Poster.jpg",1440,1440,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Offalfest-Poster.jpg",1440,1440,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Offalfest-Poster.jpg",1440,1440,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Offalfest-Poster-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Offalfest-Poster-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"large":["https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Offalfest-Poster-1024x1024.jpg",800,800,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Offalfest-Poster.jpg",1440,1440,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Offalfest-Poster.jpg",1440,1440,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Izzy Grady","author_link":"https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/izzytheadmin_6534540\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"Gigs<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Rebellion, Manchester, 26\/7\/2025 \u00a0 Offal Fest 2025 ended up being a very solid reminder of why smaller, scene-driven festivals still really matter. My trip back home to Manchester was honestly based on the fact that I wanted to see Skinless (a big bucket list band for me); but\u00a0 I ended up coming away most excited…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1047"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1210,"href":"https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047\/revisions\/1210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satansells.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}