ETERNAL CHAMPION - Epic Heavy Metal from Texas

Secede! · Last edited by Secede! on Tue Dec 03, 2013 10:25 am; edited 3 times in total

Inspired by the epic fantasy of Michael Moorcock and savage, pre-Christian war sagas comes ETERNAL CHAMPION, an epic heavy metal band forged in the siege-fires of Austin, Texas, featuring members of Iron Age and Graven Rite, Power Trip, Cruxiter and Hammerwhore and others, and carrying on in the heroic tradition of Manilla Road, Warlord, Omen, Brocas Helm, Cirith Ungol, Metal Church, Griffin, Liege Lord, etc.

* The two songs from the now-sold-out "Last King of Pictdom" demo tape (Swords and Chains Records) are up on eternalchampion.bandcamp.com and will be re-pressed as a 7" this December. Stay tuned for that. In the meantime, you can hear those two songs below.

* Also, we've been asked to play the incredible Ragnarökkr Metal Apocalypse in Chicago in April alongside Steve Grimmett's Grim Reaper, Riot V, Crowhaven, Visigoth and more! Some Texas-area shows are being planned for the spring.

* Finally, we're prepping our side of a split 12" with Canada's Gatekeeper, also due out next spring. The new songs are hitting hard, fast and heavy and the sketches we've seen from Burney for the cover art are stunning.

Where we are online:

- Facebook
- Bandcamp
- YouTube
- Metal Archives

"Last King of Pictdom" demo CS songs:

> "Last King of Pictdom" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e19mNlth4Yg

> "War at the Edge of the End" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HN4uFLrDbc

THE LIGHT IS FALLING - NO DAWN FOR ROMAN DOGS!

Hobophobic · Joined: 03 May 2009 Posts: 2274 Location: R'lyeh, TX

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Holocaust · Joined: 15 Sep 2009 Posts: 1960 Location: America

sounds good, vocals, guitars are great, will be looking for that 7" or a tape.

zyklonbaptism · Joined: 28 Nov 2011 Posts: 254 Location: Tampa, FL

Picked up the demo tape at Chaos in Tejas, really good stuff. Their set was great as well, shame it was so short.
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Kill Monument · Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 9:26 am Post subject: re

I have the demo and the shirt they released. Great demo but I'd put the Graven Rite demo above it as it has an air of obscure darkness that really appeals to me. Still, really looking forward to seeing how these guys develop as the two songs on the demo are very strong.
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The_Elite · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Posts: 2646 Location: London

been hunting for the demo for ages, so glad to hear it's getting a rerelease.

Fork Tongue · Joined: 30 Jun 2012 Posts: 337 Location: Rhode Island

Nice. I've been looking for the cassette for awhile. I'll be grabbing the 7" for sure.
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la_ciudad_podrida · Joined: 08 Jan 2013 Posts: 648 Location: USA

perfect stuff. Makes me want to read some Elric of Melnibone Cool

CoryTrevor · Joined: 05 Aug 2011 Posts: 15 Location: United States

This is the third song they played at Chaos that wasn't on the tape ("Invoker"): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCwUa7-8jX0

Can't wait to hear that one recorded, I've just about worn out YouTube replaying it.

Nekrokunt_Usurper · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 2984 Location: London

Promising stuff. Just downloaded them, which will have to do for now.

Secede! · Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 7:01 pm Post subject:

The nights are cold and dark and the wolves of winter howl in ceaseless hunger. But our blades have been kept sharp and torches brightly burning. Much has happened in our winter sequestration, so bear witness:

* Pictured above is the cover for the 7-inch repressing of the long-sold-out "Last King of Pictdom" demo tape. Expect the aforementioned track b/w "War at the Edge of the End." Black vinyl; ltd. to 300. Aavailable April 1 from Hell Massacre Records, a division of Painkiller Records (no, not that Painkiller.) We'll have copies Ragnarökkr Metal Apocalypse on April 4-5 in Chicago. Once they are gone, that chapter of this tale will have been told and a new one will begin.

* To wit: We head to Dallas this weekend to finally begin tracking the two songs that will ultimately be our side of a split 12-inch with our Canadian brothers-in-arms Gatekeeper. Our side pays tribute to the incarnation of the Eternal Champion known as Corum. An issuance date has yet to be carved in stone, but expect a summer/fall release.

* Finally, more live dates are beginning to take shape around SXSW and midsummer, all in Austin. Watch this space, of course, for updates.

HOW CAN I WEAR THE HARNESS OF TOIL
AND SWEAT AT THE DAILY ROUND
WHILE IN MY SOUL FOREVER
THE DRUMS OF PICTDOM SOUND?
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Secede! · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 2:10 pm Post subject:

Drums for the split are tracked.

AND I BEHELD THE EIGHT-POINTED CHAOS STAR,
THEN I BEHELD THE SWORD RULERS
AND THEY WOULD SOON FALL,
FOR I AM THE CHAMPION REBORN AGAIN.
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