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Eternal Champion – The Last King of Pictdom
I’m going to do a little self-promotion here and let you faithful few readers know about my new band, Eternal Champion. Old school epic American metal featuring members of Venomous Maximous, Iron Age and me on bass.
You can check us out at our Facebook page or check out the vids below.
Graven Rite – The Summoner’s Pit (2012 demo) Review
From the ashes of Iron Age, Integrity and featuring current members of Ancient VVisdom comes Graven Rite from Austin, TX. I was handed cassette and CD demos a week or so ago by the singer at a St Vitus show . I know all the guys in the band and have been told several times that I’d like it. “Like” is a poor choice of words, really. I love this demo. This is good ol’ American traditional metal that sounds like it could have been on one of the old Metal Massacre compilations. I understand this is a demo, but it really is too short. I really like Jason’s vocals on this much more than what he did with Iron Age, which wasn’t bad either. I just prefer cleaner vocals in general and that’s what you get with this demo. It’s primarily mid-paced, but flows well.
I believe the 2-song cassette demo will be available in July 2012, not sure about the full 5-track CD. If you’re into that classic Metal Blade sound, you’ll want to pick this up when it’s released. A bit derivative? Probably, but what isn’t these days? It’s worth the listen for sure.
You can listen to 2 of the tracks here.
Tracks:
- Preface
- The New Faith (Wulfhere’s Prayer)
- The Summoner’s Pit
- A Slave To The Night
- Bloodstone Ring
cassette cover
