[1] Eternal Champion formed in 2012 and released their debut album The Armor of Ire in 2016.
[2] Columnist Stefan Glass of the German magazine Rock Hard gave it a score of 8.5 out of 10.
[4] Manilla Road and Cirith Ungol,[5] two musical influences of Eternal Champion were also present at this festival.
[6] On May 29, 2024, Brad Raub, who was the band's bassist in their 2020 album Ravening Iron, died at the age of 36.
[8] He mentions among others Klaus Meine, Mark Shelton of Manilla Road and Robert Lowe of Solitude Aeturnus among his influences as a singer.