WITF Music: For The Realm

Prepare thyself to be slain by sick riffs.

• Joe Ulrich/WITF
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  Joe has been interested in audio and music since he was a kid. What started as a fascination with his parents’ vinyl records and cassette tapes turned into a love of both performing and recording. He grew up in Elizabethtown, Pa. and moved to Pittsburgh in 1999 where he majored in Photography at the University of Pittsburgh.
  
  In 2004, he attended the Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences in Tempe, AZ. He returned to Pittsburgh to work at a recording studio.
  
  In 2008, Joe arrived at WITF, where his skills have found a good home as an on-air host, audio engineer and producer of WITF Music. In 2016, Joe earned a National Edward R. Murrow award for Best Use of Sound.

Sarah Halterman performs with For The Realm at WITF Music on May 28th, 2026. (Joe Ulrich - WITF)

If you need a soundtrack for slaying villains and battle victories, For The Realm is your jam. The band is a power metal band formed in August 2024 out of a shared love for fantasy, mythology, and triumph against the odds. The group — featuring Ed Brown, Vincent Casey, Andy Cornman, Albert and Sarah Halterman, and Andrew Shank combines medieval aesthetics and metal music to accompany you on all your voyages.

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