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Manilla Road, Eternal Champion, Chaos In Tejas 2013
I’m in a new band called Eternal Champion and last night we got to open for the mighty and legendary and extremely underrated Manilla Road during this year’s Chaos in Tejas. Because of some recent band changes, we had a couple of replacement guys fill in on guitar and drums and the show was incredible…all 3 songs of it! We got a great response, sold all of our shirts and have been getting positive feedback all day. We also released a 2 song cassette that sold out in about a week. There’s a forthcoming 7″ as well. It was easily my favorite show that I have ever played and after 25+ years of being in bands as I’m finally playing the music I’ve always wanted to play: true epic metal. We were also the perfect opener for Manilla Road. Pics and videos from the show coming soon.
Then Manilla Road. After we finished playing, Mark Shelton from Manilla Road showed up and got showered with attention from hardcore fans. I’m a fan of Crystal Logic and especially Mystification. Our singer is a fanatic though. This is his favorite band…EVER. It was great watching them meet. Because of major lack of sleep over the weekend and having to get up early this morning, I could only stay for 3 songs. They sounded incredible. Mark’s guitar playing is great and I really feel like they should have been so much bigger. I got to meet him for a minute and he signed The Book. Another huge signature for my collection.
In between us and Manilla Road were Satan’s Satyrs and Speedwolf. I like Speedwolf. It’s good Motorhead worship.
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- Mark Shelton and Monkey Boy
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- Mark Signs The Book
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- I think Speedwolf is from Denver.
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
The Metal Files 
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