Chepstow Castle. Friday 28th August. Three absolute giants of heavy metal celebrated in one historic Welsh fortress.
Yeahโฆ this could get LOUD. ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ
Castell Roc is cranking the amps all the way up with MONSTERS OF ROC, a night dedicated to the music of Metallica, Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath, performed by three of the UKโs tribute acts.
And theyโre doing it inside Chepstow Castle.
Metal.
In a castle.
In Wales.
CโMON BUTT! ๐ค๐ด๐ฅ
๐ฐ MONSTERS ARE INVADING CHEPSTOW
Forget polite summer evenings with a picnic blanket and a flask of tea.
On Friday 28th August, Chepstow Castle is preparing for riffs, solos, galloping basslines and enough classic heavy metal anthems to have half of Monmouthshire throwing the horns.
Presented by Castell Roc, Monsters of Roc brings together:
๐ค Metallica Reloaded โ UK Metallica tribute
โ๏ธ Ed Force One โ The UKโs tribute to Iron Maiden
๐ Children of the Gravy โ Masters of Sabbath โ celebrating the mighty Black Sabbath
Thatโs a pretty ridiculous amount of legendary metal packed into one evening.
โก METALLICA RELOADED
Metallica Reloaded will be bringing the crushing sound of Metallica to the castle walls.
Weโre talking the sort of catalogue that contains some of the biggest metal songs ever recorded.
Enter Sandman. Master of Puppets. One. For Whom the Bell Tolls. Seek & Destroy. Creeping Death. Nothing Else Matters.
If those riffs donโt sound absolutely MASSIVE bouncing around a medieval Welsh castle, weโll eat our battle jackets.
This isnโt going to be background music, mun.
This is neck-aching, fist-pumping territory. ๐ค
โ๏ธ ED FORCE ONE โ UP THE IRONS!
Then thereโs Ed Force One, bringing the music of Iron Maiden to Chepstow.
And letโs face it, Maiden songs practically belong somewhere surrounded by stone walls, history and the possibility of an undead mascot appearing over the battlements.
Expect soaring vocals, harmonised guitars and those unmistakable galloping rhythms that have powered generations of metalheads.
Whether youโre hoping for The Trooper, Run to the Hills, Fear of the Dark, Aces High or another slice of Maiden history, thereโs one response:
SCREAM FOR ME, CHEPSTOW! ๐ค
Someone had to say it.
๐ CHILDREN OF THE GRAVY โ MASTERS OF SABBATH
You canโt celebrate legendary heavy metal without paying tribute to the band who helped start the whole bloody thing.
Children of the Gravy โ Masters of Sabbath will be flying the flag for Black Sabbath.
Dark riffs.
Huge grooves.
Songs that basically wrote the rulebook for heavy metal.
Sabbathโs influence can be heard everywhere from doom and stoner rock to thrash, grunge and modern metal, and hearing those riffs in a castle after dark sounds gloriously appropriate.
War Pigs inside Chepstow Castle?
Iron Man echoing around medieval walls?
Paranoid with hundreds of metalheads singing along?
Ohhhh, tidy. ๐
๐ฐ HEAVY METAL IN A BLOODY CASTLE
Thatโs the bit we keep coming back to.
The venue.
Chepstow Castle.
Castell Roc already has one hell of a setting, but throw Metallica, Maiden and Sabbath classics into the equation and youโve got something that feels less like a normal tribute show and more like somebodyโs heavy metal fever dream.
Thereโs something beautifully ridiculous about hearing songs written for arenas and stadiums blasting out beneath the walls of one of Walesโ most spectacular historic locations.
No soulless box of a venue.
No boring conference centre.
A CASTLE.
Only in Wales, mun. ๐ด๐ค
๐๏ธ MONSTERS OF ROC โ EVENT DETAILS
๐ Chepstow Castle
๐
Friday 28th August
๐ช Gates open: 6:30pm
๐ Curfew: 11pm
Performing:
๐ฅ Metallica Reloaded โ UK Metallica Tribute
๐ฅ Ed Force One โ Iron Maiden Tribute
๐ฅ Children of the Gravy โ Masters of Sabbath โ Black Sabbath Tribute
Presented by Castell Roc.
๐ค THREE METAL LEGENDS. ONE WELSH CASTLE.
Metallica.
Iron Maiden.
Black Sabbath.
Youโd struggle to pick three bands that have had a bigger impact on heavy metal.
Between them youโve got the foundations of the genre, the rise of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and one of the bands that took thrash from the underground into stadiums around the planet.
Now their music is coming together for one massive tribute night in Chepstow.
So dig out the battle jacket.
Find the Maiden shirt thatโs somehow survived approximately 700 washes.
Stretch the neck muscles.
And prepare to yell lyrics alongside a castle full of fellow rock and metal nutters.
Because on Friday 28th August, Chepstow Castle isnโt just going medieval.
Itโs going METAL. ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ค
MONSTERS OF ROC IS COMING.
And The Riff Report absolutely approves of this level of Welsh riff-based nonsense.
Proudly Welsh. Proudly Loud. ๐ด๐ค
