German version below; Français ci-dessous Text: Anna Loppacher, Pics: Igor Jakobsen Due to a stubborn flu (or maybe it was Covid?), this live report is coming later than planned, but when a little time has passed, it can be all the nicer to reminisce. Igor and I were able to attend this year’s Courts of Chaos in Plozévet (Brittany) […]
written by Daniel Leons-Marder Canadian speed metallers Riot City were a band I was not hugely familiar with prior to this show. They and Seven Sisters are currently touring together and had played another show in Newcastle, also promoted by Byker Grave, the night before. Despite the two bands having played in the city so recently, there was still huge […]
written by Daniel Leons-Marder A few weeks ago, the UK metal community was in a gloomy mood following the announcement that the debutant Dominion Festival had been cancelled following an initial postponement from last year due to low ticket sales. Following that cancellation, another newer UK metalfest, ManorFest, was also cancelled having been similarly postponed in 2022. There […]
In my life, it has only happened very rarely that I have followed a band on tour for a longer period of time. In the past, this was mostly the case with Iron Maiden (despite always having the same setlist…) – otherwise I also try to catch as many dates of Atlantean Kodex as possible. […]
We close this week’s coverage of Hell’s Heroes with an article and great photos from Marcus Hettlage, who travelled all the way from Germany to Texas to experience this terrific festival – a second time. (Feature image: Greyhawk) André: Where are you from? And how long did you travel to get to the festival location? […]
We are nearing the end of our live reports on Hell’s Heroes V – but we still have a few highlights. Today it’s the turn of Evgeny Gromovoy, drummer and songwriter for the great power metal band Adamantis. We also thank him for the great photo – you can’t get more Epic Metal Blog than […]
In the fifth part of our coverage of Hell’s Heroes, for the first time a musician who was on stage himself has his say: Rüsty, whom many of you know from his other band Fer de Lance, was able to rock the fans in Houston with Midnight Dice. Rüsty kindly provided us with the pictures […]
We continue with our coverage of the Hell’s Heroes festival. Today our reader Michael Thomas Robinson reports on his experiences in Houston. We thank him for the great pictures we are allowed to use for this article. After reading this interview you will realise: Michael has excellent taste in music – and the Epic Metal […]
2 months ago I talked to R.F. Traynor on the Epic Metal Blog about his band Tower Hill, which I highly recommend to every fan of classic metal sounds. Today, the singer and multi-instrumentalist talks about his experiences at the fifth edition of Hell’s Heroes – and kicks off the second part of our review […]
Today we continue with the second part of our live report from Hell’s Heroes V. Our reader Timothy Harris, who also provided us with the featured image, shares his thoughts with you. André: Where are you from? And how long did you travel to get to the festival location? Was it your first time there? […]
