Road to Turock: A Metal Diary (Part I)

As already announced on our social media channels, we will be accompanying the young heavy metal band Biwo on their way to the Turock Fest in Bochum (27/28.10.2023) over the next three months. The Epic Metal Blog will be going down to the grassroots to show you how four guys are preparing for their first […]

Eternal Maiden or: Dying happily in Babylon

After posting some pics of the two Maiden gigs in Dortmund on our social media channels, now a few more words about the two evenings in the venerable Westfalenhalle. Monday already showed that great things were approaching: During the British Lion concert at the FZW, it was obvious after just a few moments that Mr […]

Interview: Tomb of Giants

Today we would like to introduce you to the German heavy metal band Tomb of Giants, who released their second album Legacy of the Sword in May. We talked to guitarist Oliver – enjoy reading and support the real underground! André: Thank you very much for taking the time for us. How are you? Oliver: […]

Live report: Stormbringer II (Part IV)

For the fourth part of our coverage of the Stormbringer Metal Festival we talked to the amazing Melissa Moore from Sonja. Enjoy the read! André: Where are you from? And how long did you travel to get to the festival location? Was it your first time there? Melissa: We are from Philadelphia. We have ourselves […]

Live report: Stormbringer II (Part III)

Five years ago today, Mark Shelton died. We honour him today with an interview in which Vidarr from Legendry looks back on the past Stormbringer Metal Festival. André: Where are you from? And how long did you travel to get to the festival location? Was it your first time there? Vidarr: Legendry is all within […]

Live report: Stormbringer II (Part II)

Today we continue our coverage of the Stormbringer Metal Festival. For this occasion we spoke to Sanhedrin guitarist Jeremy Sosville, who we had the chance to see with his band at Keep it True back in April. André: Where are you from? And how long did you travel to get to the festival location? Was […]

Live report: Stormbringer II (Part I)

As already announced on our social media channels, we want to look at the second edition of the wonderful Stormbringer Metal Festival. On July 14 and 15, 2023, numerous bands played in Worcester, Massachusetts, which have been a topic on the Epic Metal Blog in the past. We start today with the great epic doom […]

Interview: Sacro Ordine dei Cavalieri di Parsifal

The Italian Manilla Road maniac Claudio Livera was the first musician to give an interview to our blog in 2020. Back then, it was about his epic metal project Crystal Skull – today, the next interview follows, but we deal with Claudio’s second band Sacro Ordine dei Cavalieri di Parsifal, who recently released their second […]

Live report: Wytch Hazel, Spell, Parish

written by Daniel Leons-Marder  I was lucky enough to see two of the brightest lights of the UK classic metal scene, alongside one of my favourite international acts in Canada’s Spell, hosted at the Boston Music Room in London on June 2nd. Parish, who are local favourites, open the proceedings. Their sound really sets them […]