Roxxcalibur is a NWOBHM-Tribute Band (New Wave of British Heavy Metal, focusing on the "lost gems" and unknown bands/songs of that era. Most of these tunes never had a chance to be recognized by a wider audience because of several reasons, like poor distribution or being just "local heroes". In some cases the original version was poorly produced and the fans had no interest in looking behind that bad sound.

Many of the tracks covered by Roxxcalibur were called "rough diamonds". That's why the press called Roxxcalibur "gold diggers" and "guardians of the NWOBHM". Even though Roxxcalibur keep the original arrangements of the songs. When doing headlining shows or gigs in front of a regular metal audience, the band also adds some better-known songs (f.e. Iron Maiden, Saxon, Diamond Head).

To most metalfans Roxxcalibur (on CD or live) appear as an oldschool-sounding metalact and not like a coverband. Like Manfred Mann's Earth Band or Vanilla Fudge for the rock/pop-genre, Roxxcalibur simply is an act who plays songs written by other people. Just some NWOBHM-collectors are able to see Roxxcalibur as a coverband. Nevertheless, the band is not hiding the fact that their songs are covers from the NWOBHM era! It is their aim to offer great unknown songs to a wider audience - to give them a second chance!

Because of this unique concept Roxxcalibur got a worldwide record deal and have released three CDs. Unlike any other metal-tribute-band...