History & Biography Memphis, Tennessee is not known for good music of course, but gave birth to Medieval Steel in 1983 nonetheless. Ricky Triola was on guitar. The US metal band issued an EP on its Sur Records (which stood for Sounds Unreel) in 1984. The track Medieval Steel foretold the arrival of Hammerfall and simultaneously sounded like Ruthless’ Metal Without Mercy. The band opened for Cobra and then the likes of Anthrax and Raven. Johnny Z of Megaforce was interested in the band and had asked the group to change its name to Fire Choir. The group recorded again in 1985/1986, but went nowhere and with no record company and many line-up changes folded several years later. Drummer Chris Cook had left in 1992, but returned in 2013. In the meantime, the old recordings became a bootleg tape circulated as Demo '89, which referred to the circulation date. The group reformed in 2004 and in 2005. Hellion Records distributed a self-released sampler of the band’s material including several new songs. Only Franklin survived the line-up changes. This band was recording again in 2009. No Remorse issued a compilation called The Anthology Of Steel in 2012. Dark Castle was a demo that was re-pressed by Empire Records. The group played at Rock You To Hell festival in Greece and Keep It True in 2013. The Dark Castle demo was sold here as well. Guitarist and bassist Jeff Chuck Jones died of a brain Aneurysm in 2014. Bassist Jeff Boydstun, his predecessor, died in 2017. Steve Crocker, who had been in the band in the late 1980s, returned in 2021. Jacob Feld became the drummer. Gods Of Steel was a 2022 demo. It was announced as Blood Moon initially. Portugal's Lost Realm Records also pressed this. The band appeared at Keepers Of The Flame Metal Fest in Mexico in 2022 and also played a hometown concert. 21st century drummer Jr. Grant died in 2022. Feld lasted a year and was replaced by Tyler Hobbs on the stool in 2023. Confusingly, the band announced that Lost Realm Records would issue an album called Blood Moon in late 2024. There was also the promise of touring in Europe for 2025. The band was Bobby Franklin, guitarist Jeff Miller, bassist Steve Crocker and drummer Tyler Hobbs.
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