On Friday, 12 May 2023, everyone who can make it in terms of time and organisation should drop by the Helvete in Oberhausen. Find out why in the following interview with Ansgar, guitarist of Midnight Force and head of From Beyond Events. André: Hi Ansgar, next Friday there will be a fantastic concert evening at […]
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? […]
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? […]
On 24 and 25 March 2023, the 5th edition of the Hell’s Heroes festival took place in Houston. The billing included numerous bands that are among the main Epic Metal Blog favourites: Morgul Blade, Gatekeeper, Spell, Visigoth and many more. Since a lot of our readers are based in North America, it made perfect sense […]
2023 is already an outstandingly great epic metal year: Gatekeeper, Megaton Sword, Triumpher and many others have already delivered awesome albums. On 21 April Smoulder follow up with their second full-length Violent Creed Of Vengeance, which will be released by Cruz del Sur. On this occasion we talked to all band members about this release, […]
Today we start the 38th round of our Manilla Road Special with Brandon Corsair, guitarist for Serpent Rider, among others. We hope you enjoy reading his very interesting answers. André: When did you first come across Manilla Road in your life? Brandon: As a young teenager, I was not particularly into anything other than extreme […]
In our epic metal bubble, Sordid Blade‘s debut demo has popped up time and again over the months. Since we are unquestionably dealing with epic steel here, it makes sense to include the mastermind behind this project, Niklas Holm, who is also active in Wanton Attack, in our Manilla Road Special. André: Would you classify […]
As you have already noticed: The second part of our Manilla Road Special is in full swing. Our 35th interview was conducted with an old comrade who has already answered a lot of different questions in another interview with Aidan and me (however, one question is repeated here, the answer – the first one only […]
Today we are very glad to present you an interview with Collin Wolf, guitarist of Olórin and Smoulder. He is one of the countless young musicians who have already paid musical tribute to Manilla Road with their bands – just have a look at the YouTube videos below. As usual, we hope you enjoy reading! […]
(Firsty, I dearly apologise for the title, but the alliteration simply had to be fulfilled.) It’s Christmas time again and also time to spread a little kindness. Therefore, I out of hand decided to write a little appreciation article about one of the most important people in our scene: Sarah Vincent. It was at the […]
