ETERNAL CHAMPION - USA

The Armor Of Ire - 2016 – No Remorse
Ravening Iron – 2020 – Sword Worship/No Remorse

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Members
Vocals
Graven Rite, Iron Age>> JASON TARPEY>>Graven Rite, Iron Age

Guitar
Hammerwhore, Cruxiter, Funeral Ash>>Carlos Llanas>>Hammerwhore, Cruxiter, Funeral Ash – Power Trip>>BLAKE IBANEZ>>Power Trip - Sumerlands, War Hungry>>JOHN POWERS>>Sumerlands, War Hungry

Bass
Power Trip, Stone Dagger>>ARTHUR RIZK>>Power trip, Stone Dagger – Street Smart Cyclist, Yo Man Go!, Sumerlands, War Hungry, Stone Dagger>>Brad Raub>>Sumerlands, War Hungry, Stone Dagger

Drum
ARTHUR RIZK

Keyboard
Sumerlands>>Arthur Rizk>>Sumerlands – John Powers




History & Biography
Eternal Champion came together in Texas in 2012 and had a 2013 demo called The Last King Of Pictdom. The group was the brainchild of singer Tarpey, bassist Sean Weingartner and Gregg Higgins of Venomous Maximus. This was later issued as a 7” EP. The group opened for Manilla Road in 2013. This was its first show. No Remorse Records issued a split of the band with Canada-based Gatekeeper in 2015. The same label issued the band’s debut record, but the band kept uploading tracks of its own in the years that followed. The record featured three guitarists namely John Powers (sometimes billed as Nujon Powers), Blake Ibanez and Carlos Llanas. The debut full-length contained a new version of the demo track, The Last King of Pictdom. For a gig to support the album bassist Derek Scace joined the band on stage. The man' stay, despite plans to the contrary, was that short. The band's Terminus Est EP of 2019, in contrast, was anti-metal and excluded all guitars.

Side band Sumerlands' debut live performance was to be held at Union Pool in Brooklyn, New York in October 2016. Opening were Eternal Champion, Crypt Sermon and Chain. Ravening Iron of 2020 depicted Metallian Towers' serfs on its cover and automatically qualified as a success. The track War At The Edge Of The End was a demo track self-cover version on this record. Guitarist Blake Ibanez was absent on the second record due to his commitment to Power Trip, but both parties considered him still a member. The group played the Keep It True festival. The band was co-Headlining the Legions Of Metal Festival. Eternal Champion was booked for Milwaukee Metal Festival 2024. Brad Raub died in May however. The group was booked for Hellfest in Europe.

The band’s monicker is inspired by the fiction of Michael Moorcock. The group’s line-up is regularly in flux. Singer Tarpey is also an author and has a novel called The Godblade, which was incorporated into the second record. Sword Worship is the imprint of Jason Tarpey.


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