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06.03.08

Hi Friends,

here are some news for KIT X:

PHANTOM X had to cancel their show, cause singer Kevin Goocher hat to undergo hip surgery. They will be replaced by greek epic metalheads BATTLEROAR.
Due to the fact that Kevin cannot sing for OMEN also they will come over with this new line up:

KENNY POWELL (Original Omen Guitarist)
STEVE WITTIG (Original Omen Drummer)
SCOTT CLUTE (Bass)
MATT STOREY (Vocals)

Here is now the final running order:

Friday April 4th

TITAN FORCE 23:40 – 01:10
HELSTAR 22:05 – 23:20
OMEN 20:45 – 21:45
ATTACKER 19:25 – 20:25
METAL INQUISITOR 18:10-19:05
SENTINEL BEAST 17:10-17:55
MERCILESS DEATH 16:05-16:50
STRIKEMASTER 15:00-15:45
BATTLEROA R 14:00- 14:40
doors open 13:00

Saturday April 5th

JAG PANZER 22:45 – 00:45
MANILLA ROAD 21:10- 22:25
HEATHEN 19:50 –20:50
DOOMSWORD 18:30 – 19:30
CAGE 17:25 – 18:10
PHARAOH 16:20 – 17:05
CRESCENT SHIELD 15:15 – 16:00
DEMON EYES 14:10 – 14:55
FUELED BY FIRE 13:05 – 13:50
BATTLE RAM 12:00 – 12:45
doors open 11:00

Please do not arrive without a festival ticket. KIT X is totally sold out.

Metal On,

Oli + Tarek




25.01.08

Please note the following lines:

Hello, friends
I´m very sorry, that I have to cancel all of your reservations for KIT in April 2008, because we have problems in internal structure.
You can ask our neighbour hostels in Wertheim, Igersheim or Walldürn.

Best greatings

Ulrike Stehfest Youth hostel Tauberbischofsheim

The email adresses of the neighbour hostels:
info@jugendherberge-wertheim.de, info@jugendherberge-igersheim.de, info@jugendherberge-wallduern.de




21.01.08

Hi friends,

it is really unbelievable, but Keep It True 11 on November 15th 2008 is also already sold out at our webshop. There are still a few tickets available at www.hellionrecords.de, so hurry up, if you need one. We also want to thank all the fans for the incredible support of the festival and the trust you give to us. We are truely honored. You Are Metal! We hope to announce the last band for KIT 11 during this week.

Thanks,

Oli + Tarek




26.12.07

Hi friends,

first of all a merry christmas and a happy new year to all our friends in the metal scene. I hope we can fullfil your expectations with KIT also in 2008.
Here is also a little reminder, that the presale for KIT 11 will start on 01.01.2008 on our website www.keep-it-true.de and www.hellionrecords.de. Please do not waste no time, cause the tickets are limited and always sell fast. Here again is the billing for KIT 11:

KEEP IT TRUE 11
“Metal Shock”

FLOTSAM & JETSAM (USA)
(Special Old School Show)
GIRLSCHOOL (UK)
TOKYO BLADE (UK)
ARTILLERY (DNK)
FORTE (USA)
(Original Line Up)
EVIL (DNK)
BLASPHEME (FRA)
FAITH FACTOR (USA)
(feat. SKI, ex-DEADLY BLESSING)
HELLHOUND (JAP)

+ 1 Co-Headliner

November 15th 2008 Wuerzburg, Soundpark-Ost (ex-Rockpalast)

So, now open your presents and have a nice holiday.

Metal On,

Oli + Tarek




06.11.07

Hi friends,

first of all we want to thank all fans for a fantastic KIT 9 last saturday. Also a huge thank you to all the bands that gave the fans a real metal blast.
At KIT 9 we already announced 9 out of 10 bands for KIT 11 and here it is now officially:

KEEP IT TRUE 11
"Metal Shock"

FLOTSAM & JETSAM (USA)
(Special Old School Show)
GIRLSCHOOL (UK)
TOKYO BLADE (UK)
ARTILLERY (DNK)
FORTE (USA)
(Original Line Up)
EVIL (DNK)
BLASPHEME (FRA)
FAITH FACTOR (USA)
(feat. SKI, ex-DEADLY BLESSING)
HELLHOUND (JAP)

+ 1 Co-Headliner
November 15th. 2008
Wuerzburg, Soundpark-Ost (ex-Rockpalast)

Ticket sales will start on 01.01.2008 to give everybody the same chance of getting a ticket. We will announce the ticket price in the next weeks...

Metal On,

Oli + Tarek
www.keep-it-true.de




17.10.07

Hi friends,

unfortunately we had bad luck, cause EVIL, our replacement for TOXIK, has to cancel KIT 9, too, cause drummer Freddie Wolf has hurt his wrist and cannot play for at least 4 weeks. But we already can present you the band that will step in. It will be no other than Thrash heroes HIRAX. A huge thank you to Katon for this spontaneous decision: YOU ARE METAL!!
Here is the final running order:

ENFORCER
15:30 - 16:15
PORTRAIT
16:35 - 17:20
STEEL ASSASSIN
17:40 - 18:25
PAGAN ALTAR
18:45 - 20:00
SACRED OATH
20:20 - 21:35
HIRAX
21:55 - 23:10
LEATHERWOLF
23:30 -- 01:00

The metal market will take place from 11:00 till 15:00

Metal On,

Oli + Tarek
www.keep-it-true.de




23.09.07
Both KIT 9 and 10 are totally sold out! Please don't send any more ticket orders to us. Thank you!



23.09.07

Hi friends,

the tickets for KEEP IT TRUE X are sold out in our webshop.  All open orders will be sent, but please do not order here anymore, we do not have any ticket left now. Huge thanks for your unbelivable support. We somehow cannot believe it ourselves.

Metal On,

Oli + Tarek




23.09.07

Hi friends,

unfortunately we have good and bad news for you. The bad news is, that TOXIK had to cancel their show at KEEP IT TRUE 9.  Bassist Brian Bonnini quit the band some weeks ago and they could’t find a replacement for him till now. We are all extremely dissapointed by the cancellation, but did everything we could. The flights were already booked…We hope you are not to dissapointed by that news.
But now to the good news:
As replacement we could book one of the biggest cult bands from europe:
Danish metalheads EVIL will take the place of TOXIK in the billing and also will have a big surprise for you.
The final billing is now:

LEATHERWOLF (USA)
EVIL (DNK)
SACRED OATH (USA)
PAGAN ALTAR (UK)
STEEL ASSASSIN (USA)
PORTRAIT (SWE)
ENFORCER (SWE)

November 3rd 2007 Dittigheim Sporthalle
The festival is already sold out since months.

Metal On,

Oli + Tarek
www.keep-it-true.de




11.06.07
Actually our billing for KIT X was finally done, but we got an offer we could not resist. So now SENTINEL BEAST with legendary singer Debbie Gunn (ex-ZNÖWHITE, ICE AGE) will be added to our Friday. For more infos and short video clips of their reunion show please visit www.myspace.com/sentinelbeastofficialsite. Tickets for KIT X will be available in a few weeks, so be ready… The final billing is now the following:

KEEP IT TRUE X
“Reign Of The Tyrant”

TITAN FORCE (USA)
HELSTAR (USA)
(exclusive European Gig in "Remnants Of War Line Up" playing the album "Remnants Of War" in its entirety)
OMEN (USA)
ATTACKER (USA)
(exclusive "Battle At Helms Deep" Show)
SENTINEL BEAST (USA)
(First European Show ever!!)
METAL INQUISITOR (GER)
STRIKEMASTER (MEX)
PHANTOM X (USA)

Friday 4. April 2008 Lauda-Königshofen Tauberfrankenhalle

JAG PANZER (USA)
(Exclusive and ULTIMATE Jag Panzer show (min. 2h) plus very special guest Bob Parduba!!)
MANILLA ROAD (USA)
(Exclusive German Show/Mark Shelton back on Vocals!!)
RAZOR (CAN)
(exclusive European Show)
DOOMSWORD (ITA)
(Special Guest: Nightcomer, singer from 1st Album)
CAGE (USA)
PHARAOH (USA)
(Exclusive european show)
CRESCENT SHIELD (USA)
(Exclusive european show)
DEMON EYES (FRA)
FUELED BY FIRE (USA)
BATTLE RAM (ITA)

Saturday 5. April 2008 Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen



07.06.07
Sooner than expected we can announce the final band for KIT X. It will be the american thrash hopefuls FUELED BY FIRE (www.myspace.com/fueledbyfire), who recently signed a deal with Metal Blade. The final billing is now the following:

KEEP IT TRUE X
“Reign Of The Tyrant”

TITAN FORCE (USA)
HELSTAR (USA)
(exclusive European Gig in "Remnants Of War Line Up" playing the album "Remnants Of War" in its entirety)
OMEN (USA)
ATTACKER (USA)
(exclusive "Battle At Helms Deep" Show)
METAL INQUISITOR (GER)
STRIKEMASTER (MEX)
PHANTOM X (USA)

Friday 4. April 2008 Lauda-Königshofen Tauberfrankenhalle

JAG PANZER (USA)
(Exclusive and ULTIMATE Jag Panzer show (min. 2h) plus very special guest Bob Parduba!!)
MANILLA ROAD (USA)
(Exclusive German Show/Mark Shelton back on Vocals!!)
RAZOR (CAN)
(exclusive European Show)
DOOMSWORD (ITA)
(Special Guest: Nightcomer, singer from 1st Album)
CAGE (USA)
PHARAOH (USA)
(Exclusive european show)
CRESCENT SHIELD (USA)
(Exclusive european show)
DEMON EYES (FRA)
FUELED BY FIRE (USA)
BATTLE RAM (ITA)

Saturday 5. April 2008 Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen



06.06.07
We are happy and proud to announce, that the very first band we ever booked for KIT will perform on KIT X with a special show: DOOMSWORD will play for the very first time ever a few songs with the singer (Nightcomer) from the first album. I think this will be a very special thing for all DOOMSWORD freaks. Also we can announce that mexican thrashers STRIKEMASTER (www.myspace.com/strikemaster666) will play on the KIT X Friday which is now complete. Also, since we heard some rumors already, we like to confirm the special guest of the JAG PANZER show. It will be Bob Parduba, who sang on the “Chain Of Command” album. The two day tickets will cost 30 Euro plus postage and will hopefully available in a few weeks. We will keep you posted on that.

KEEP IT TRUE X
“Reign Of The Tyrant”

TITAN FORCE (USA)
HELSTAR (USA)
(exclusive European Gig in "Remnants Of War Line Up" playing the album "Remnants Of War" in its entirety)
OMEN (USA)
ATTACKER (USA)
(exclusive "Battle At Helms Deep" Show)
METAL INQUISITOR (GER)
STRIKEMASTER (MEX)
PHANTOM X (USA)

Friday 4. April 2008 Lauda-Königshofen Tauberfrankenhalle

JAG PANZER (USA)
(Exclusive and ULTIMATE Jag Panzer show (min. 2h) plus very special guest Bob Parduba!!)
MANILLA ROAD (USA)
(Exclusive German Show/Mark Shelton back on Vocals!!)
RAZOR (CAN)
(exclusive European Show)
DOOMSWORD (ITA)
(Special Guest: Nightcomer, singer from 1st Album)
CAGE (USA)
PHARAOH (USA)
(Exclusive european show)
CRESCENT SHIELD (USA)
(Exclusive european show)
DEMON EYES (FRA)
BATTLE RAM (ITA)

+ 1 more

Saturday 5. April 2008 Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen



25.05.07
We are proud to present you the last co-headliner for KEEP IT TRUE X. After 8 years canadian speed metal legend RAZOR will play their second ever european show. Additionally we can also confirm our friends METAL INQUISITOR. It is not sure yet if METAL INQUISITOR will play Friday or Saturday, but we add them for now for the Friday. The next high class band will be announced in around two weeks. Here is the billing for now:

KEEP IT TRUE X
“Reign OF The Tyrant”

TITAN FORCE (USA)
HELSTAR (USA)
(exclusive European Gig in "Remnants Of War Line Up" playing the album "Remnants Of War" in its entirety)
OMEN (USA)
ATTACKER (USA)
(exclusive "Battle At Helms Deep" Show)
METAL INQUISITOR (GER)
PHANTOM X (USA)
+ more

Friday 4. April 2008 Lauda-Königshofen Tauberfrankenhalle

JAG PANZER (USA)
(Exclusive and ULTIMATE Jag Panzer show (min. 2h) plus very special surprise guest!!)
MANILLA ROAD (USA)
(Exclusive German Show/Mark Shelton back on Vocals!!)
RAZOR (CAN)
(exclusive European Show)
CAGE (USA)
PHARAOH (USA)
(Exclusive european show)
CRESCENT SHIELD (USA)
(Exclusive european show)
DEMON EYES (FRA)
BATTLE RAM (ITA)


+ 2 more

Saturday 5. April 2008 Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen



09.05.07
Our friends from STREETCLIP.TV have filmed a lot on KIT 8 and now you can watch it on the internet at www.streetclip.tv
Here are the dates:

The forthcoming three STRIKE-shows feature the Keep It True Festival VIII with tons of livematerial and interviews!! Here are the dates:

Each Saturday and Sunday from 21:30 (9.30pm) at www.streetclip.tv (stream) or IP-TV
12/13.05. (half of the show features the KIT and livesongs from Cauldron)
19/20.05. (full KIT-feature with Defender, Lethal, Destructor and more interviews)
26/27.05. (full KIT-feature with Sabbat, Laaz Rockit and many more)



03.05.07
We got other confirmations coming up for KIT X. On Friday we could add OMEN and PHANTOM X

KEEP IT TRUE X
“Reign OF The Tyrant”

TITAN FORCE (USA)
HELSTAR (USA)
(exclusive European Gig in "Remnants Of War Line Up" playing the album "Remnants Of War" in its entirety)
OMEN (USA)
ATTACKER (USA)
(exclusive "Battle At Helms Deep" Show)
PHANTOM X (USA)
+ more

Friday April 4th 2008 Lauda-Königshofen Tauberfrankenhalle

JAG PANZER (USA)
(Exclusive and ULTIMATE Jag Panzer show (min. 2h) plus very special surprise guest!!)
MANILLA ROAD (USA)
(Exclusive German Show/Mark Shelton back on Vocals!!)
CAGE (USA)
PHARAOH (USA)
(Exclusive european show)
CRESCENT SHIELD (USA)
(Exclusive european show)
DEMON EYES (FRA)
BATTLE RAM (ITA)


+ 3 more (1 Co-Headliner!)

Saturday April 5th 2008 Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen



02.05.07
Since we got tons of emails concerning the limited amount of tickets for the friday show in april 2008, we decided to do both days now at the big hall in Lauda-Koenigshofen, so we will have enough tickets for all the fans wanting to come to KIT. So we will strengthen up the Friday a lot more and it won’t be a warm up show anymore. We will do this only for our jubileum KIT X as a special gift for all the true underground fans from all over the world. We will now have 6 or 7 bands playing on friday with starting time 4 or 5 pm. We will only sell tickets for both days for 30 Euro and there will be daily tickets only at the doors. Presale will beginn on November 3rd 2007 at KIT 9. We will have four (!) bands worth being the headliner on the Friday, so it will be a crushing show. Here is already the first addition to the Friday: HELSTAR will play in their classic “Remnants Of War” Line Up an european exclusive show and play the album “Remnants Of War” in its entirety. So we have the following billing for Friday now:

TITAN FORCE (USA)
HELSTAR (USA)
(exclusive European Gig in "Remnants Of War Line Up" playing the album "Remnants Of War" in its entirety)
ATTACKER (USA)
(exclusive "Battle At Helms Deep" Show)
+ more
Friday April 4th 2008 Lauda-Königshofen Tauberfrankenhalle

Here is also the billing for saturday:

KEEP IT TRUE X
”Reign Of The Tyrant“

JAG PANZER (USA)
(Exclusive and ULTIMATE Jag Panzer show (min. 2h) plus very special surprise guest!!)
MANILLA ROAD (USA)
(Exclusive German Show/Mark Shelton back on Vocals!!)
CAGE (USA)
PHARAOH (USA)
(Exclusive european show)
CRESCENT SHIELD (USA)
(Exclusive european show)
DEMON EYES (FRA)
BATTLE RAM (ITA)

+ 3 more (1 Co-Headliner!)

Saturday April 5th 2008 Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen



29.04.07
Here we are again with a new confirmation for KIT X. US Power Metal Heroes CAGE will be part of our jubileum festival in April 2008. They will release their new crushing album “Hell Destroyer” in May 2007. The billing till now is as the following:

KEEP IT TRUE X
“Reign Of The Tyrant”

JAG PANZER (USA)
(Exclusive and ULTIMATE Jag Panzer show (min. 2h) plus very special surprise guest!!)
MANILLA ROAD (USA)
(Exclusive German Show/Mark Shelton back on Vocals!!)
CAGE (USA)
PHARAOH (USA)
(Exclusive european show)
CRESCENT SHIELD (USA)
(Exclusive european show)
DEMON EYES (FRA)
BATTLE RAM (ITA)

+ 3 more (1 Co-Headliner!)

5. April 2008 Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen

Warm Up Show

TITAN FORCE (USA)
ATTACKER (USA)
(Very Special “Battle At Helms Deep” Show)

+ 2 more

4. April 2008 Sporthalle Dittigheim

The remaining bands will hopefully follow soon...



28.04.07
We have good news cause we can announce the headliner for the friday for KIT X. It will be the mighty TITAN FORCE fronted by JAG PANZER singer Harry Conklin. Also we have a new band for the Saturday with the french metal legends DEMON EYES, which will play their first German show ever. The line up is now the following:

KEEP IT TRUE X
“Reign Of The Tyrant”

JAG PANZER (USA)
(Exclusive and ULTIMATE Jag Panzer show (min. 2h) plus very special surprise guest!!)
MANILLA ROAD (USA)
(Exclusive German Show/Mark Shelton back on Vocals!!)
PHARAOH (USA)
(Exclusive european show)
CRESCENT SHIELD (USA)
(Exclusive european show)
DEMON EYES (FRA)
BATTLE RAM (ITA)

+ 4 more (1 Co-Headliner!)

5. April 2008 Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen

Warm Up Show

TITAN FORCE (USA)
ATTACKER (USA)
(Very Special “Battle At Helms Deep” Show)


+ 2 more

4. April 2008 Sporthalle Dittigheim

Hope you all enjoy the new bands...



26.04.07
Since KIT 9 is already sold out completely and we want to promote our 10th jubileum KIT as soon as possible, we already want to announce the bands that are already confirmed. The billing so far is:

KEEP IT TRUE X
“Reign Of The Tyrant”

JAG PANZER (USA)
(Exclusive and ULTIMATE Jag Panzer show (min. 2h) plus very special surprise guest!!)
MANILLA ROAD (USA)
(Exclusive German Show/Mark Shelton back on Vocals!!)
PHARAOH (USA)
(Exclusive european show)
CRESCENT SHIELD (USA)
(Exclusive european show)
BATTLE RAM (ITA)

+ 5 more (1 Co-Headliner!)

April 5th 2008 Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen

Warm Up Show

HEADLINER (USA)
ATTACKER (USA)
(Very Special “Battle At Helms Deep” Show)

+ 2 more

April 4th 2008 Sporthalle Dittigheim

Tickets will be available first at KIT 9 in November. There will be one band that has already played KIT in the past, but all the remaining bands have never been on the KIT stage before. We hope this billing is already worth our 10th jubileum and you will all enjoy it. We will announce all the remaining bands as soon as we got them confirmed.



15.04.07
First of all a huge thank you for this great weekend. This was the most peaceful KIT ever and also all the bands were really great. We are actually shocked, that we could sell ALL of the 500 tickets for KIT 9 already yesterday. That of course means that KIT 9 is already SOLD OUT!! We again want to thank you for the amazing support of the festival. Here are the details for KIT 9:

KEEP IT TRUE 9
"Triple Axe Attack"

LEATHERWOLF (Original Line Up) (USA)
TOXIK (USA) (CO-HEADLINER!!)
SACRED OATH (USA)
(First Time In Europe)
PAGAN ALTAR (UK)
(First German Show)
STEEL ASSASSIN (USA)
(First Time In Europe)
PORTRAIT (SWE)
ENFORCER (SWE)


November 3rd 2007
DITTIGHEIM Sporthalle

Also the new KIT Double DVD from KIT 6+7 will be available during the week on our website and also at HELLION or NUCLEAR BLAST.



04.04.07
Today we close the ticket presale for KIT 8. There will be around 100 tickets left at the doors. Please be there early enough to get one.

At our merchandise you will find the following:

1. Tickets for KIT 9 on November 3rd 2007 in Dittigheim (Limited to 500!!)
2. The new KIT Double DVD including KIT 6+7
3. The KEEP IT TRUE Live Split vinyl single in gatefoldcover with MANILLA ROAD and BROCAS HELM
4. And of course the KIT festival shirt.

If you want to come to KIT 9 please try to get your ticket directly at KIT 8, cause last time the tickets were sold out within 2 days. We will announce all bands for november with flyers and posters at the festival.



02.04.07
The Runner Order is finally available!



14.03.07
There have been no news on KIT due to the fact that Oliver's wife gave birth to their first child earlier than planned and they were totally busy with that. But now we have a not so positive news for you, cause unfortunately ARTILLERY had to cancel their show at KIT due to problems with the singer and bassist. The Stützer brothers want to express, that they are also dissappointed that they couldn’t work it out finally. Since there is not much time to book a good new band, we decided to put DESTRUCTOR on the position of ARTILLERY. This will make lots of fans happy that couldn’t get a ticket for the Friday show. The band will play a full headlining show on Friday and replace ARTILLERY on the Saturday and play some different songs than on friday. I hope you all will be satisfied with our decision. Next week we will also announce the complete running order including playing times on our homepage.



15.01.07
The photos from Keep It True VII have finally gone online.
Special thanks to Jowita Kaminska for providing them!



23.12.06
First of all best wishes for christmas and the new year from the complete KEEP IT TRUE team. We also want to thank you for the immense support through all the years. We will always stay true to the direction and hope we can present many good billings for the future. But we also have some further news:

1. In cooperation with the young label NEW IRON AGE RRCORDS we will release a special vinyl 7" series with songs of two bands with historical KIT performances. The first one will already be available at KIT 8 in April with a high quality gatefold sleeve. More details on the bands involved will follow soon.

2. DEFENDER will play a very special show with all 8 musicians ever involved in DEFENDER and play the songs in the line ups as they were recorded.

3. DESTRUCTOR are right now recording their new album and KIT fans will be the very first people who can purchase it, cause the street day will be April 13th at KIT itself.

4. The date for KIT 9 is already confirmed. It will be November 3rd 2007. Again it will be at the Sportshall Dittigheim as last time at KIT 7. We already booked three bands for that. As it is a good tradition we hope to announce all bands on KIT 8.

5. HEIR APPARENT told us that they still have some merchandise left from their Euro trip and you can get in touch with drummer Jeff at jeffreymcdrums@hotmail.com.

6. The presale for KIT 8 is doing extremely well and we already sold 2/3 of the tickets. So please do not wait till the last minute to get one.



23.12.06
KIT wants to draw your attention to this little festival:

THRASH ASSAULT

LEGION OF THE DAMNED (NL)
WITCHBURNER (Ger)
DELIRIUM TREMENS (Ger)
FRAGMENTORY (Ger)



10. Februar 2007
Würzburg B-Hof (www.b-hof.de)
Tickets 12 Euro, 14 Euro doors
www.myspace.com/thrashassaultfestival



18.11.06
We have to inform you, that the KIT 8 Warm Up show on April 13th 2007 is already sold out. All orders that arrived till now will get their tickets when the money arrived. If we get back tickets we will inform you, but for now the Warm Up Show ticket sales are closed. For the bigger KIT saturday we have also already sold 1/3 of the tickets. Thanks again for the huge support...



05.11.06
We are proud to present you our complete billing for KEEP IT TRUE VIII:

KEEP IT TRUE VIII
“City’s Gonna Burn”

LÄÄZ ROCKIT (USA)
(exclusive German Show)
DIAMOND HEAD (UK)
SABBAT (UK)
(Original "Dreamweaver" Line Up!!)
LETHAL (USA)
(First Time In Europe)
ARTILLERY (DEN)
PILEDRIVER (CAN)
(First Time In Europe)
DEFENDER (HOL)
TWISTED TOWER DIRE (USA)
BULLET (SWE)
CAULDRON (CAN)
(ex-GOAT HORN)

Saturday, April 14th 2007
Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen


KEEP IT TRUE VIII
“Storm Of Steel”

DESTRUCTOR (USA)
(exclusive European Show)
TANKARD (GER)
WARRANT (GER)
IVORY NIGHT (GER)

Friday, April 13th 2007
Sporthalle Dittigheim

The tickets will be available from November 6th 2006 on on our website for 19 Euro (Saturday) and 10 Euro (Friday) plus postage and also through www.hellionrecords.de. The tickets for Friday are limited to 500 so please get them as soon as possible, cause the last three times the Friday was sold out after a short time. We hope we could create an interesting and crushing billing for 2007 and hope you will all enjoy it.



15.10.06
It is only three weeks to go for KIT VII and we want to give you a short summary of the schedule: The metal market will be from 11:00 am till 3:00 pm. After that the traders will put their stuff out and at 4:00 pm the hall will open for the concert. You find the running order here. As usual you will get tickets for KIT VIII on our merchandise stand. The date for KIT VIII is April 13th and April 14th 2007. As usual the Friday will be held in Dittigheim and the Saturday in Koenigshofen. Also please remember not to come to KIT VII without a ticket, cause it is totally sold out.



28.09.06
Finally we can present the replacement for FLOTSAM & JETSAM. ROSS THE BOSS will play another "Night OF Early Manowar" with a complete different Setlist at KIT 7. It was not easy to get a good replacement in the short time we havem, but I think with the amazing RTB band we got the best we could have. KIT 7 is already sold out and we cannot sell any more tickets here.



25.09.06
We have sad news. FLOTSAM & JETSAM have cancelled their complete european tour including their gig at KEEP IT TRUE festival. Here is the statement from drummer Craig Nielsen:

"Just checking in to explain the European tour cancellation, as the agents who I expected to give a reason in their press release apparently failed to do so. A.K. applied some time ago, long before the tour was being put together, for acceptance into a helicoptor flight training academy in Arizona. He wants to be a helicoptor fire fighter which is an amazing career goal at this point in his life. Ambition does not begin to describe the scope of this undertaking. There is an extreme amount of study, determination, commitment, concentration and BALLS that are required to make it through the education. The thing was,nobody really thought he would be approved for the very large loan for the enrollment. Fortunately for him he was, although somewhat after the dates in Europe were being finalized. The band very much regrets having to postpone this tour. The Bang Your Head festival 3 months ago was a GREAT time for this band and we really were ready to take Europe by storm on this November tour. The band will definitely attempt to reschedual as soon as school for A.K.winds down. The band sincerely apologises to EVERY single person who was involved with attempting tomake this happen,and of course most of all to all of our fans that were disappointed with the latest news. The band has nothing but love for ALL OF YOU!! Flots Til Death!!"

We are extremely disappointed by this decision and think, that the band acted very unprofessional and it is a real slap in the face especially for their old fans. If there is a chance, that a band cannot do a tour, they should not sign contracts. We as KEEP IT TRUE will not ask the band again to come over and play at the festival.

At this moment we try to get a worthy replacement for the band and hope to announce them as soon as possible.



14.08.06
First of all a little reminder on the little OMEN festival:

RETURN OF THE AXEMEN

OMEN
PHANTOM X
SACRED STEEL
POWERVICE
HYADES

Sept. 9th 2006
Wuerzburg B-Hof (www.b-hof.de)

Tickets can be ordered now directly at conanbarbar@t-online.de for 10 Euro plus postage. Please get your tickets in advance, cause the club is made for only 250 people. Ticket price at the doors will be 12 Euro. Doors open at 6pm, show starts at 6:30 pm.

As a special present we will give away free KIT Shirts from former festivals for the 50 first people coming. We have still shirts from #2 to #6 in store.

OMEN will play a special setlist of songs they haven’t played in almost 20 years, which means much stuff from “Warning Of Danger” and “The Curse”. Do not miss this very special show of one of the best US Metal bands ever.

Also SACRED STEEL will premiere new songs from their upcoming album “Hammer Of Destruction” due to release in November.

Also something to KIT 7 in November. There will be a free metal market from 11 am till 3 pm in the complete hall. At 3 pm we will clear the hall and then reopen for the festival. Please notice, that the festival is already sold out and there will be no tickets at the doors.

We already have some little news for KEEP IT TRUE VIII. It will take play on April 13th (Warm Up in Dittigheim) and April 14th (big hall in Lauda-Koenigshofen) 2007. We already booked five bands and we hope to present you the complete billing on KIT VII. That’s all for now. Hope we meet all at the OMEN show or KIT VII.



11.05.06
Finally KIT VII is now completely sold out. The last ticket left HELLION last week. We again want to thank you for the fantastic support. There is a change in the billing of the OMEN show that is presented by KIT: Unfortunately IMAGIKA had to drop out, but with POWERVICE from Holland we can present THE hottest newcomer in the scene. So the final billing is:


OMEN
PHANTOM X
SACRED STEEL
POWERVICE
HYADES



Sept. 9th 2006 Wuerzburg B-Hof Tickets can be ordered now directly at conanbarbar@t-online.de for 10 Euro plus postage. Please get your tickets in advance, cause the club is made for only 300 people. Ticket price at the doors will be 12 Euro. Doors open at 6pm, show starts at 6:30 pm.



12.04.06
We are shocked and overwhelmed. We just sold the last ticket for KIT 7 through our online shop. There are some tickets left at Hellion Records so please try to get them there. We again want to thank you for your endless support!!!!

FOREVER KEEP IT TRUE!!!



09.04.06
Thanks to all our fans and helpers for a fantastic and peaceful KIT VI. We are still very emotional about great musical moments and are really proud to have such great bands at our festival. Everybody who was there yesterday should have seen the billing for KIT VII on November 4th 2006. As we told you earlier, this will be the litte “smaller” edition of the festival and we can sell only 500 tickets. We already sold 300 tickets yesterday and so there are only 200 ticket left for sale. You can order the tickets from the beginning of next week on. For everybody who was not at KIT VI, here is the confrimed billing of KIT VII:


KEEP IT TRUE VII
"Keepers Of The Reign"

HEIR APPARENT (USA)
(20th Anniversary Graceful Inheritance)
FLOTSAM & JETSAM (USA)
(Special Old School show)
ONSLAUGHT (UK)
WOLF (SWE)
WARHAMMER (GER)
ARCTIC FLAME (USA)
MESSENGER (GER)

November 4th 2006
Dittigheim Sporthalle

From 11 am till 3 pm there will be a free metal market and the bands will start playing at 4 pm. You can also buy our brandnew DVD of KIT V with bands like JAG PANZER, RAVEN, ANVIL, etc. from next week on.



28.03.06
We want to inform you, that the ticket presale through our webite will end on Wednesday March 29th 2006. There will be around 450 tickets at the doors for 20 euro. Also we will sell tickets for the "smaller" KIT on November 4th 2006 at our merchandise stand. Please buy your tickets early, cause they will be limited to 500 and it is pretty certain, that it will be sold out. We will announce ALL the KIT VII bands on April 8th at the festival.

The Running Order for KIT VI is now online.



14.03.06
The warm up show is now completely sold out. There no tickets left and there will be no tickets at the doors. Also the offer of the youth hostel in Tauberbischofsheim is sold out.



14.03.06
Due to the fact that original member Nick Bowcott cannot be part of this announced Grim Reaper show, singer Steve Grimmet asked us, if we can change the name of the band into "Steve Grimmett". Of course he will only play the Grim Reaper classics, but does not want that people may be dissapointed, that it is not the original Grim Reaper band or a real reunion.The touring line up is the following:

Steve Grimmett (LIONSHEART, SEVEN DEADLY SINS, ONSLAUGHT) - Vocals
Ian Nash (LIONSHEART, SEVEN DEADLY SINS) - Guitar
Pete Newdeck (PAUL DI'ANNO'S KILLERS) - Drums
Ritchie Walker - Bass



09.02.06
From now on, the Warm Up Show is sold out at us/our website, cause all our tickets are sold. There are still tickets at www.hellionrecords.de and www.elses-metal-mail-order.com. So please try your luck there. Tickets for the saturday can still be ordered through us.



01.02.06
We got some news for you. First of all you can watch a little video message from the ROSS THE BOSS backing band MEN OF WAR here. Remember this will be an exclusive show consisting only of old MANOWAR songs you haven’t heard in a long time. In addition to this we have a special for the people already arriving to Germany within the week:

"Keep It True Warm Up Party - pure old school metal night"
with Dj Matze (Sacred Steel)
Power Metal/US Metal/NWoBHM/Thrash/Underground/Cult Metal
With mainly bands of the KIT-Festival

Thursday, April 6th 2006
8 pm till 3 am
Rockfabrik Ludwigsburg
www.rockfabrik-ludwigsburg.de
Ticket: 3,-
cheap drinks: Beer and Coke starting from 1,50 Euro !!!

Also the presales for the festival are doing really good ands especially the Warm Up show tickets really sell fast, so get you tickets while we have them.



13.01.06
first of all a happy new metallic year to all the KIT supporters. The KEEP IT TRUE VI billing is now complete and I think it holds some suprises. First of all we decided to get another band on the Saturday and that will be GRIM REAPER with their amazing vocalist Steve Grimmet. This will be a real GRIM REAPER show and not like the gig they played in Wacken some years ago. Further on we finally have the headliner for the Friday show and that will be British legends DEMON, which is a huge honour for us to have them. In addition to that SEVEN WITCHES with former SAVATAGE guitarrist Jack Frost and former HADES/WATCHTOWER singer Alan Tecchio, will also perform on the Friday. So finally KEEP IT TRUE VI is complete and we hope we can again present you a great package of traditional Heavy Metal.


KEEP IT TRUE VI
"Metal Soldiers"

RIOT (USA)
EXCITER (CAN)
ROSS THE BOSS (USA)
(A Night Of Early Manowar)
SOLITUDE AETURNUS (USA)
PARADOX (GER)
GRIM REAPER (UK)
AXEHAMMER (USA)
SILVER FIST (ESP)
(Playing a special MURO Set)
DARKNESS (GER)
WOTAN (ITA)
POWERVICE (HOL)

08. April 2006
Lauda-Königshofen, Tauberfrankenhalle


KEEP IT TRUE VI
"Metal Knights"

DEMON (UK)
ASSASSIN (GER)
DRIFTER (CH)
SEVEN WITCHES (USA)
DANTESCO (PUERTO RICO)

07. April 2006
Dittigheim, Sporthalle


Tickets are available for 17 Euro (KIT) and 8 Euro (Warm Up) Please do not forget that the Warm Up was sold out two weeks before, so try to get your tickets in advance.



28.12.05
We hope you got all your presents you wished for christmas. We also have a present for you, cause the co-headliner for the Warm Up Show is finally confirmed: German Thrash legends ASSASSIN will shake the ground in Dittigheim. We also hope to announce the final headliner very soon. Also there will be an indepth interview with Oliver concerning KIT and more on www.dark-tales.de. Unfortunately only in German language.



21.12.05
First of all we wish all the KIT fans a merry christmas and a happy new year. Unfortunately we have to cancel HIRAX from our Warm Up show, cause the complete instrumental part left HIRAX and cancelled their japanese tour. Also singer Katon is not answering to our mails since over one month ans so we are forced to cancel HIRAX. We are working on a high quality replacement at the moment and hope to present them and the last remaining band for friday to you already this year. Also our DVD from KEEP IT TRUE 1 is sold out at our webshop. If you have luck you can find the last copies at several mailorders. As we won’t reprint them they and the other dvds will get collectors items in the future. As you may have realized, there is a big wave of low budget cd bootlegs going around in the scene at the moment. We do not want to support this and we will tell all the traders at the KIT metal market not to sell these cheap and low quality cd bootlegs. I think you will all be happy about our decision, cause with these rip off cds some people earn a lot of money and fans get screwed by paying a lot of money for lowest quality lp rips.


In addition:
Finally the photos of KIT V are online (Festival->Pictures)!



06.12.05
We have some news on KEEP IT TRUE VI. DANTESCO from Puerto Rico will be the opener of the Warm Up show. Who likes an exotic mix of CANDLEMASS and MERCYFUL FATE with spanish vocals will have a lot of fun with this band. Also we have uploaded a song of the ROSS THE BOSS backing band MEN OF WAR. You can download “Blood Of My Enemies” here. Please also do not forget the following club show, which is presented by KIT:


BATTLEROAR
ADRAMELCH
AIRGED LAMH
Würzburg B-Hof (www.b-hof.de)
13.01.2006
Ticket 10 Euro



14.11.05
Finally we are proud to announce the last missing band for the KIT VI Saturday. Canadian Metal legends EXCITER will co-headline KIT VI. Also we will upload a mp3 file of the backing band of ROSS THE BOSS (www.menofwar.org) on our website www.keep-it-true.de so that you can check out on your own how great especially the vocal performance will be. Ross will only play old Manowar songs, especially stuff that you never heard for a long time. So stay tuned for that.


KEEP IT TRUE VI
“Metal Soldiers”

RIOT (USA)
EXCITER (CAN)
ROSS THE BOSS (USA)
(A Night Of Early Manowar)
SOLITUDE AETURNUS (USA)
PARADOX (GER)
AXEHAMMER (USA)
SILVER FIST (ESP)
(Playing a special MURO Set)
DARKNESS (GER)
WOTAN (ITA)
POWERVICE (HOL)


08. April 2006
Lauda-Königshofen, Tauberfrankenhalle


KEEP IT TRUE VI
“Metal Knights” Warm Up Show

HIRAX (USA)
DRIFTER (CH)

07. April 2006
Dittigheim, Sporthalle


Tickets are available for 17 Euro (KIT) and 8 Euro (Warm Up) Please do not forget that the Warm Up was sold out two weeks before, so try to get your tickets in advance. Also our new DVD is out since yesterday with performances from KEEP IT TRUE IV including the complete “Sceptics” Set of AGENT STEEL and COUNT RAVEN, DEADLY BLESSING, etc. It will be available for 15 Euro.



06.11.05
KIT V is over now and we want to thank you for an again peaceful festival and lots of great memories. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENDLESS SUPPORT!!!! As many of the attending fans recognized, we already have a lot of confirmed bands for KEEP IT TRUE VI. Here we go:


KEEP IT TRUE VI
“Metal Soldiers”

RIOT (USA)
ROSS THE BOSS (USA)
(A Night Of Early Manowar)
SOLITUDE AETURNUS (USA)
PARADOX (GER)
AXEHAMMER (USA)
SILVER FIST (ESP)
(Playing a special MURO Set)
DARKNESS (GER)
WOTAN (ITA)
POWERVICE (HOL)

+ 1 Co-Headliner

08. April 2006
Lauda-Königshofen, Tauberfrankenhalle


KEEP IT TRUE VI
“Metal Knights” Warm Up Show

HIRAX (USA)
DRIFTER (CH)

07. April 2006
Dittigheim, Sporthalle

Tickets will be available from next week on for 17 Euro (KIT) and 8 Euro (Warm Up) Please do not forget that the Warm Up was sold out two weeks before, so try to get your tickets in advance. Also our new DVD is out since yesterday with performances from KEEP IT TRUE IV including the complete “Sceptics” Set of AGENT STEEL and COUNT RAVEN, DEADLY BLESSING, etc. It will be available for 15 Euro.



24.10.05
The running order is now online. The warm up show is completely sold out. Please do not try to order any tickets, we just do not have any left. Also there will be no tickets at the doors. The presales for the KIT Saturday will close on Friday Oct. 28th. There will be enough tickets at the doors.



07.10.05
The tickets for the warm up show are sold out through our website. The only possibility left is at www.hellionrecords.de, who have some Warm Up tickets left. So please do not order any warm up tickets through our website anymore.



05.10.05
First of all, the tickets for the warm up show are getting rare. We only have under 50 tickets left and it seems there won’t be tickets available at the evening. So if you want to go there, order them in advance on our website or at our helping mailorders.

Also we want to tell you, that we decided to change something in the KIT schedule. It will be like this: There will be only one big KIT in April with Warm Up show. On the november date we will do a little smaller festival in the sportshall Dittigheim, where now the Warm Up shows are. There will be 5-6 high quality bands playing there. We will try to do this rhythm from 2006 on. We took this step, cause we simply do not have the time to do two big festivals in one year anymore. We both have our regular jobs and see this festival as our hobby and do it for our passion for this music. We want to avoid, that KIT will get into a machinery, where we do not have fun anymore and just consider it as normal work. Every April there will be a KIT in all its shining glory and I think all of you will also accept the even more underground november date. I hope you all understand our decision, because we want to keep our flame burning and try to bring you the best festival possible. The dates for 2006 are: April 07th/08th, November 4th 2006



13.09.05
Tarek has just finished his DAWNRIDER project. It features the following artists:
Mark Shelton and Hellroadie (Manilla Road)
Ross The Boss (ex-Manowar)
Gianluca and Davide from BATTLE RAM
Rob Rock
James Rivera (HELSTAR)
Charlie Steinhauer (PARADOX)
Sven from WIZARD
Andreas from PARAGON
and lots more.

The song with the Manilla guys is available online on www.dawnrider.de

Release is Mid October on Massacre records.

Oliver will organise a special show in January:

ADRAMELCH
BATTLEROAR
AIRGED LAMH
13. January 2006
Würzburg B-Hof (www.b-hof.de)



18.07.05
We are really excited to present the new band after the cancellation of SOLITUDE AETURNUS: JAG PANZER will roll through the Tauberfanken Hall with a special “Ample Destruction” set and of course all the hits after the reunion. We hope to fulfill a long wish of all the KIT fans by that. Also JAG PANZER may use the audio/video recordings for their first Live cd/dvd. Therefore JAG PANZER will have a full playing time of 75 minutes. The hopefully final billing for KIT V is:

KEEP IT TRUE V
Guardians Of the Flame
05.November 2005 Lauda-Königshofen
Tauberfrankenhalle

VIRGIN STEELE (USA)
(Only German Show 2005)
RAVEN (UK)
(Only European Show 2005)
JAG PANZER (USA)
(Special „Ample Destruction“ Show)
RUFFIANS (USA)
INTRUDER (USA)
SLOUGH FEG (USA)
SKULLVIEW (USA)
STORMWARRIOR (GER)
FORSAKEN (MALTA)
IGNITOR (USA)

KEEP IT TRUE V
Night Of the Blade
04. November 2005 Dittigheim
Sporthalle

ANVIL (CAN)
POWERGOD (GER)
(exclusive Covershow)
EMERALD (HOL)
(Final Farewell Show)
STRIKELIGHT (GRE)

Tickets are already available on our website for 17 Euro (KIT) and 8 Euro (Warm Up) plus postage and also at our presale partners.



01.07.05
We got really bad news. Unfortunately SOLITUDE AETURNUS cannot play at KIT and all the other planned dates in Europe. The cause for that is, that the wife of bassist Steve is expecting her first child on that date and the band does not want to come over without him. For us it is really a hard strike, cause the band was a highly important part of the billing. At the end of this mail, there is also a statement of guitarist John Perez. We now are hard at work booking another great heavy metal band, that can replace SOLITUDE AETURNUS and it looks really good at the moment, that we can. We hope to announce that next week. Again we are really sorry and disappointed about the situation, but we hope to get the band for the April 2006 date. That is all we can do at the moment.


John Perez Statement:

Hail Solitude Aeturnus fellowship!

A much needed state of the union address to all of our HEAVY music friends all over the world. This is a bit wordy and as such it’s not really intended for massive posting on blabbermouth or the sort. This is more or less intended for the die hard SA fans that have been patient enough to stick with us during several dark years of inactivity and wish to know our plans and doings. So…

I have always maintained a sense of pride and comfort in our bands lineup over the years. I don’t like change. In 2001 when Edgar Rivera told me that he was no longer interested in doing SA or any music at all anymore my heart sank as I believed it to be the end of SA simply because I didn’t want to do it without him. We had been slowly writing new material over the course of a year after taking some time off. So for the next year we sat idle doing lots of nothing and uncertain to a point as to what to do. After much encouragement and METAL attitude bassist Steve Moseley convinced me that there was no reason to stop writing SA styled metal. After all, I had started the band and the original focus and vision was still intact. With Steve Moseley taking over the guitar spot left vacant by Edgar we spent much of 2002 finishing up these new songs and creating even more. Robert went through a dark period during this time which made rehearsals with him difficult if not impossible. Finally to 2003 and by fall our friend and drummer John “Wolf” Covington decided to exit the band. His time had just come to take a break from drums and focus on other things in his life. Of course both are brothers in SA metal and we always wish them the best in anything they pursue.

So – pretty f’d up eh? After Covington’s departure we searched for a replacement drummer and now bass player (to fill Steve’s shoes). For most of 2004 we rehearsed and played with Kurt Joye (ex Arcane) on bass and David Header on drums. This is the line up that recorded the Waiting for the Light, Scent of Death and Sightless demo (Waiting on Olympic sampler, other track samples on SA website). A quick demo done in David’s bedroom studio gave us hope that things were still happening. One thing leads to another and we find ourselves working with a new drummer and bassist since April of 2005. As we now rehearse a set list for an upcoming gig, we’ll return after July 16th and plan a few more weeks of rehearsal before we enter the studio to finally record our new album, “Alone”. Our talks with Massacre are beginning this week to finalize the new album and the deal. We are proud to announce our new drummer in the form of Steve Nichols, who had ironically jammed with Perez and company a few times in the very early days of the band! A powerful and ultra solid METAL player Nichols’ intense delivery will no doubt compliment the SA sound in much the same way as Covington has in the past. Also on bass is the esteemed James Martin who is another monster player and has made the rounds with Concept of God and Michael Harris to name a few! And let’s not forget the weapon we have known as Steve Moseley! His guitar playing is equal to Mr. Rivera’s with his own brand and style that fits in with SA perfectly. And there’s still Robert on vox and myself on guitar. We can only assure you that our new material is of the highest quality. We wouldn’t continue if we felt otherwise. We have twelve songs and approximately 8 will make it on the album making this the first time we’ve ever had a surplus of material recorded during a session.

So, in a nutshell – we’ve been trying but as you can see it’s been difficult. I understand the feelings that fans get when members leave bands but if you’ve heard the demo track samples and “Waiting for the Light” you’ll see that there is not much difference in our signature style and sound. This is something that concerns me as it’s easy to get worried that things might not be the same without the old members. At this point however, I am no longer personally worried. The sound is heavier than ever and the songs are pleasing to our ears.

The above is a general scenario of our situation and I won’t bore you with any personal details of how each of our personal lives has affected the situation as well but again, it hasn’t been easy.

Lastly we know this will be bad news for everyone including ourselves but we have to cancel our Keep it True appearance this year and all shows surrounding those dates. Our guitarist and wife Petra are having a child and the due date is on that the same day as Keep it True! We can’t blame Steve for wanting to be there to witness the birth of his first born so we have no choice but to reschedule our shows for early in the year 2006. We are truly sorry for this and we don’t mean to be a “flaky” band but these things will come up.

Expect another update shortly after our show in San Antonio for Robb’s Metalworks Showcase. We’ll give a few studio reports as the album is in progress. Thanks for all of your support over such a dark time. Our new offering of quality HEAVY sounds will not disappoint anyone who has enjoyed our past works.

In Nomine Heavynay
John Perez/Solitude Aeturnus



27.06.05
Unfortunately WOLF had to cancel their headliner show at KIT friday „Night Of The Blade“. Singer Niklas accepted to be part of the swedish version of “Jesus Christ Superstar” musical and is not available on that date. We are very sorry about it and will try to get WOLF again on a future KIT. But we wasted no time and can present you now our new headliner for the “Night Of The Blade”. Canadian heavy metal pioneers ANVIL will headline the KIT Friday with a lesson in Old School Heavy Metal. Because POWERGOD covered an ANVIL track on their upcoming cd, there is a really good chance for a great Jam of both bands. And also remember, POWERGOD also covered a RAVEN track……

So the billing is now:

KEEP IT TRUE – Night Of the Blade

ANVIL (CAN)
POWERGOD (GER)
(Covershow)
EMERALD (HOL)
(Final Farewell Show)
STRIKELIGHT (GRE)

Dittigheim, Sports Hall
November 4th 2005



24.05.05
Finally we can present you our headliner for KEEP IT TRUE V Festival. Epic Metal Gods VIRGIN STEELE will headline KIT V with a very special show. This will be the only show in Germany in 2005. We will do anything to make this a unique experience for you AND for VIRGIN STEELE. So finally the KIT V billing is complete:

KEEP IT TRUE V
Guardians Of the Flame
05.November 2005 Lauda-Königshofen
Tauberfrankenhalle


VIRGIN STEELE (USA)
(Only German Show 2005)
RAVEN (UK)
(Only Europaean Show 2005)
SOLITUDE AETURNUS (USA)
(Only German Show 2005)
RUFFIANS (USA)
INTRUDER (USA)
SLOUGH FEG (USA)
SKULLVIEW (USA)
STORMWARRIOR (GER)
FORSAKEN (MALTA)
IGNITOR (USA)


KEEP IT TRUE V Warm Up Show
Night Of the Blade
04. November 2005 Dittigheim
Sporthalle


WOLF (SWE)
POWERGOD (GER)
(exclusive Covershow)
EMERALD (HOL)
(Final Farewell Show)
STRIKELIGHT (GRE)


Tickets are already available on our website for 17 Euro (KIT) and 8 Euro (Warm Up) plus postage and also at our presale partners.



22.04.05
We are proud to announce the last but one band for KIT V in November. It will be the legendary underground metal kings from california: SLOUGH FEG. So the almost finished billing is:

Headliner (TBA)
RAVEN (UK)
SOLITUDE AETURNUS (USA)
RUFFIANS (USA)
INTRUDER (USA)
SLOUGH FEG (USA)
SKULLVIEW (USA)
STORMWARRIOR (GER)
FORSAKEN (MALTA)
IGNITOR (USA)
05.November 2005 Lauda-Königshofen, Tauberfrankenhalle

Warm Up Show
NIGHT OF THE BLADE

WOLF (SWE)
POWERGOD (GER)
(Exclusive Covershow)
EMERALD (HOL)
(Final Farewell Show)
STRIKELIGHT (GR)
04. November Dittigheim Sporthalle

Tickets can already be ordered through our homepage.



12.04.05
Again we are here with news. We have a big surprise for all underground metalheads. Dutch EMERALD will play their final Farewell Show at the KIT Warm Up Show and want to thank with that all their fans, that supported them through the years. This will be the very last chance to see them. A very special thanks goes out to Stefan Van Zijl, cause without him it would not have been possible. Now the billing for the Warm Up show is complete:

Night Of The Blade

WOLF (SWE)
POWERGOD (GER)
(exclusive Covershow)
EMERALD (HOL)
(final Farewell Show)
STRIKELIGHT (GR)

04.11.2005 Dittigheim Sporthalle.

Tickets cost 8 Euro and are strictly limited. Last time we very extremely near to be sold out. You can get them and the KIT tickets at our website and all known mailorders.



11.04.05
We are proud to announce the opening band for KEEP IT TRUE V on November 5th 2005: American hopefuls IGNITOR will open up the festival with double female power!! IGNITORs first album "Take To The Sky" struck the underground scene like a bomb and the band will prove that there are great new bands in the scene right now. You can check them out at www.ignitor.org. We also hope to announce the headliner in the next days. So the billing for now is:

Headliner (TBA)
RAVEN (UK)
SOLITUDE AETURNUS (USA)
RUFFIANS (USA)
INTRUDER (USA)
SKULLVIEW (USA)
STORMWARRIOR (GER)
FORSAKEN (MALTA)
IGNITOR (USA)
+ 1 more
05.November 2005 Lauda-Königshofen, Tauberfrankenhalle

Warm Up Show
NIGHT OF THE BLADE


WOLF (SWE)
POWERGOD (GER)
(Exclusive Covershow)
STRIKELIGHT (GR)
+ 1 more
04. November Dittigheim Sporthalle
Tickets are available in our web shop and all usual mailorders.



04.04.05
KEEP IT TRUE IV is over now and we and all the bands want to thank all the people who attended for coming. You made it again a great happening for Heavy Metal. Unfortunately SATAN had to cancel, because bassist Graeme English fell off stage at a SKYCLAD show in Annaberg the day before and had to be taken to hospital. The band wants to say sorry to their fans who came for them, but it was impossible to do the show. Here are also the infos for KEEP IT TRUE V in November:


KEEP IT TRUE V

Headliner (TBA)
RAVEN (UK)
SOLITUDE AETURNUS (USA)
RUFFIANS (USA)
INTRUDER (USA)
SKULLVIEW (USA)
STORMWARRIOR (GER)
FORSAKEN (MALTA)
+ 2 more
05.November 2005 Lauda-Königshofen, Tauberfrankenhalle


Warm Up Show
NIGHT OF THE BLADE

WOLF (SWE)
POWERGOD (GER)
(Exclusive Covershow)
STRIKELIGHT (GR)
+ 1 more
04. November Dittigheim Sporthalle


Tickets will be available already this week in our shop and of course all the other mailorders. We hope to see you all again in November.



23.03.05
For all foreign buyers we will end the advance sales through www.keep-it-true.de on the upcoming Friday, March 25th due to the eastern holidays. There will be enough tickets for KIT and Warm Up show on the doors of the hall. In addition there will be an autograph session of DEADLY BLESSING at the Hellion stand on 3 pm on the KIT Saturday, so stay tuned...



10.03.05
It took a while but the new KIT website has finally been put online. Apart from a new design, structure and some other alterations you'll find a new picture gallery in the "Festival" section. Experiencing a problem or finding any mistakes, please write a short email to the Webmaster. Thank you!



28.02.05
We got two good news for you:

1. Due to the 20th anniversary of "Skeptics Apocalypse" AGENT STEEL will perfom the entire album at KEEP IT TRUE festival. This will be an amazing event for every AGENT STEEL fan.

2. The first 300 fans with KIT ticket will get a free sampler cd from www.mdd-shop.de with 19 bands like WOLFS MOON, ORDEN OGAN or COMPLEX 7. Tickets for the festival are still available at www.keep-it-true.de and many mailorders