Keep It True

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Keep It True
Deadly Blessing live on the Keep It True IV.
Deadly Blessing live on the Keep It True IV.
General information
place Lauda-Koenigshofen
genre Heavy metal , power metal
Website www.keep-it-true.de

The Keep It True is a music festival that takes place twice a year from 2003 to 2008 and once a year from 2009 with bands from the more traditional metal sector . It was started by Tarek Maghary (singer of the heavy metal band Majesty ) and Oliver Weinsheimer (editor of the magazine “ Rock Hard ”) primarily as a festival “by fans for fans” and takes place in Lauda-Königshofen in the Tauberfrankenhalle .

Originally planned as a one-day Saturday event, Keep It True was expanded to include an official warm-up show on Friday in its second year . While the first warm-up show was still taking place in a tent near the event location on the grounds of the Alibi, it was moved to KIT III in the parish cellar in Lauda. But since this room had already become too small at the next festival, they moved to the small sports hall in Dittigheim , where the warm-up show up to KIT VIII took place. A separate ticket had to be purchased for the warm-up show. From KIT VII to KIT IX there was only one small festival in Dittigheim in November without a warm-up show.

KIT X took place in April 2008 in the Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen for the first time as a full two-day event. With the eleventh edition of the festival in November 2008, which took place once in Würzburg , the editions that take place twice a year came to an end. Since April 2009 the festival has taken place once a year in April as a two-day event without a warm-up show.

With the Hammer of Doom and the Metal Assault , further genre-specific festivals have emerged from the KIT.

particularities

Torch live at KIT IV.

The band selection does not follow the usual guidelines of a typical mainstream festival: Mostly international bands appear that can be assigned to the heavy and power metal spectrum. Since there are hardly any such specialized festivals, Keep It True has enjoyed a steady following in the scene since the beginning and has now become a fixture beyond the national borders.

The headliners have already been big names like Virgin Steele , Riot , Jag Panzer and Omen . The festival received special attention when bands like Deadly Blessing or Torch made their first stage appearance in several years on the Keep It True . It is not uncommon for fans from abroad to come to see their favorite group's reunion.

The festival realizes the comparatively low admission prices with the help of some well-known sponsors such as Massacre Records or Rock Hard as well as numerous volunteers. Furthermore, Keep It True is not organized full-time and is therefore not aiming to maximize profits.

criticism

Occasionally there were bad grades from the trade press for bands that were obviously badly performed due to a long creative break (e.g. Hallows Eve ) or whose sound did not meet expectations. However, the organization and course of the festival were unanimously positive.

Publications

DVDs or LPs are released for the individual concerts. The Keep It True History Book was also published for KIT X on April 4 and 5, 2008 . The book contains reviews and photos of all Keep-It-True festivals so far, as well as short statements from many bands who have played on the Keep It True.

Line ups

Metal exchange in the morning of KIT VI.
Drifters in the Dittigheim sports hall during the warm-up show for KIT VI.
  • Keep It True I (July 19, 2003)
Festival: Eternal Reign , Bloodstained , Gunfire , Malediction , Killer j, Killers , Solitaire , Doomsword , Majesty , Brocas Helm , Omen , Solemnity
  • Keep It True II (April 9/10, 2004)
Warm-up show: Wotan , Battleroar , Battle Ram, Ritual Steel
Festival: Holy Martyr , Ironsword , Dark Quarterer , Elixir , Wizard , Attacker , Cloven Hoof , Majesty , Blitzkrieg , Halloween , Manilla Road
  • Keep It True III (November 5-6, 2004)
Warm-up show: Rain , Ligeia , Ram , Destiny
Festival: Repent , Metal Inquisitor , Rottweiler , Witchfynde , Sacred Steel , Jaguar , Tyrant's Reign , Stormwitch , Hallows Eve , Helstar , Destination's Calling
  • Keep It True IV (April 1-2, 2005)
Warm-up show: Lanfear , Martyr , Adramelch , ShadowKeep
Festival: Insane , Paragon , Thunder Rider , Torch , Overlorde , Majesty , Deadly Blessing (first appearance after 17 years of absence from the stage), Count Raven , Agent Steel , Vortex
  • Keep It True V (November 4-5, 2005)
Warm-up show: Strikelight , Emerald , Powergod , Anvil
Festival: Ignitor , Forsaken , Stormwarrior , Skullview , Slough Feg , Intruder (band) , Ruffians , Jag Panzer , Raven , Virgin Steele
  • Keep It True VI (April 7/8, 2006)
Warm-up show: Dantesco , Seven Witches , Drifter , Assassin , Demon
Festival: Wotan , Powervice, Darkness , Axehammer , Silver Fist , Grim Reaper , Paradox , Solitude Aeturnus , Ross the Boss , Riot , Exciter
  • Keep It True VII (November 4, 2006, Dittigheim sports hall)
Heir Apparent , Ross the Boss (to replace Flotsam and Jetsam ), Onslaught , Wolf , Warhammer , Arctic Flame , Messenger
  • Keep It True VIII (April 13-14, 2007)
Warm-up show: Destructor , Tankard , Warrant , Ivory Night
Festival: Lääz Rockit , Diamond Head , Sabbat , Lethal , Destructor , Piledriver , Defender , Twisted Tower Dire , Bullet , Cauldron
  • Keep It True IX (November 3, 2007, Dittigheim Sports Hall)
Leatherwolf , Hirax , Sacred Oath , Pagan Altar , Steel Assassin , Portrait , Enforcer
  • Keep It True X (April 4th and 5th, 2008, Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen)
April 4th: Battleroar, Strike Master , Merciless Death , Sentinel Beast , Metal Inquisitor , Attacker , Omen , Helstar , Titan Force
April 5: Battle Ram, Fueled by Fire , Demon Eyes , Crescent Shield , Pharaoh , Cage , Doomsword, Heathen , Manilla Road , Jag Panzer
  • Keep It True XI (November 15, 2008, Posthalle Würzburg )
Hellhound , Cast Iron, Timelord , Faith Factor , Evil , Artillery , Tokyo Blade , Girlschool , Nasty Savage , Flotsam and Jetsam
  • Keep It True XII (April 24/25, 2009, Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen)
April 24: Lizzy Borden , Abattoir , Tyrant , Exxplorer , Exumer , Ruthless , Cloven Hoof , Aska , Atlantean Codex , In Solitude
April 25: Armored Saint , Nwobhm Anniversary , Picture , Zouille , Living Death , Rigor Mortis , Militia , The Gates of Slumber , Procession , Deja Vu
  • Keep It True XIII (April 23/24, 2010, Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen)
April 23: Steelwing, Roxxcalibur, Crystal Viper, Emerald, Obsession, Anacrusis , Watchtower , Savage Grace , Omen
April 24: Mortician, Heart of Cygnus, RAM, ADX, Kalapacs, Warrant, Satan's Host, Tygers of Pan Tang , Demon , Fifth Angel
  • Keep It True XIV (April 29/30, 2011, Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen)
April 29th: Masters of Metal (Agent Steel), Vicious Rumors , Griffin , Breaker , Brocas Helm, Slauter Xstroyes , Bitch , Damien Thorne , Hellhound, Alpha Tiger
April 30th: Crimson Glory , Malice , Satan , Sacrifice , Sledge Leather, Death Dealer , Metalucifer , Saracen , Enforcer, Sign of the Jackal
  • Keep It True XV (April 27/28, 2012, Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen)
April 27th: Psychotic Waltz , Sword, Slough Feg , Mystic Force , Oz , Adramelch, Witch Cross , Portrait, Cauchemar
April 28th: Arch / Matheos , NWoBHM-Allstar-Band, Anvil, Tytan , Tension , Whiplash , Ostrogoth , Sentinel Beast, Fueled by Fire, Volture
  • Keep It True XVI (April 19-20, 2013, Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen)
April 19: Borrowed Time , Eliminator, Air Raid , High Spirits , Morbid Saint , Quartz , Holocaust (to replace Razorwyre ), Medieval Steel, Liege Lord , Possessed
April 20: Evil Invaders (replacing Anvil Bitch ), Attic , Toranaga , Midnight , October 31 , Legend , Jack Starr , Steel Prophet , Angel Witch , Warlord
  • Keep It True XVII (April 25/26, 2014, Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen)
April 25th: Stallion (as a replacement for Masque), Ranger , Deep Machine , Karion, Battleaxe , Hexx , Sinner , Atlantean Kodex , Warrior (as a replacement for Dark Angel ), Flotsam and Jetsam , Jag Panzer
April 26th: Iron Kingdom, Night Demon , Iron Curtain, Persian Risk , Vardis , Lethal , Toxik , Metal Church
  • Keep It True XVIII (April 24/25, 2015, Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen)
Exciter , Riot V , Uli Jon Roth , Titan Force , M-Pire of Evil , Leatherwolf , Shok Paris , Fist , At War , Heathen's Rage , Jutta Weinhold Band , Blaspheme, Mindless Sinner, Artizan , Cobra , Iron Thor, Mausoleum Gate , The Unholy, Sacral Rage
  • Keep It True XIX (April 29/30, 2016, Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen)
Fates Warning , Razor , Ross the Boss (announced as "Secret Band"), Heir Apparent , Praying Mantis , The Rods , Rock Goddess , Tokyo Blade , Kenn Nardi , Artch , Thrust , SDI, Mythra , Ski , Iron Cross, Savage Master , Dexter Ward , Terminus, Metalian
  • Keep It True XX (April 28/29, 2017, Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen)
Cirith Ungol , Manilla Road , Omen , Ashbury , Medieval Steel , Q5 , Atrophy , Leather Leone , Atlantean Kodex , Majesty , Night Demon , Traitors Gate , Visigoth , Wytch Hazel , Eternal Champion
  • Keep It True XXI (April 27/28, 2018, Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen)
Alien Force , Demon , Heavy Load , Flotsam and Jetsam , Raven , Hittman , Winterhawk , Steve Grimmett's Grim Reaper , Siren , Saracen , Cerebus , Blaspheme , Taist of Iron , Stalker , Ironflame , Exhorder
  • Keep It True XXII (April 26/27, 2019, Tauberfrankenhalle Lauda-Königshofen)
Mark Shelton ( Manilla Road ) Tribute, Arija , Sortilège , Agent Steel , Satan , Vicious Rumors , Anthem , Culprit , Cities , Texas Metal Legion , Midnight, Solstice , Sacred Rite , Juggernaut , Witherfall , Idle Hands , Traveler, Sabïre

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Martin Schaich: Keep It True III - Lauda-Königshofen. Powermetal.de , accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  2. ^ Olli O .: Keep It True III. (No longer available online.) Ancientspirit.de, formerly in the original ; accessed on February 28, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ancientspirit.de  
  3. ↑ Thomas Patsch: KEEP IT TRUE FESTIVAL 2013 (Day 1). ancientspirit.de, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  4. ^ Diana: Tarek Maghary (MAJESTY). (No longer available online.) Morbid-sounds.de, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on February 28, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.morbid-sounds.de
  5. ^ Rüdiger Stehle: Keep It True XVI - Königshofen. Powermetal.de, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  6. ^ Martin Schaich: Keep It True - Lauda-Königshofen. Powermetal.de, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  7. ^ Toine van Poorten: KEEP IT TRUE II. * April 09-10, 2004 * Germany. truemetalfan.org, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  8. ^ Toine van Poorten: KEEP IT TRUE III. * November 5-6, 2004 *. truemetalfan.org, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  9. ^ Toine van Poorten: KEEP IT TRUE IV - 2005. * April 1–2, 2005 *. truemetalfan.org, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  10. ^ Toine van Poorten: KEEP IT TRUE V - 2005. * November 4-5, 2005 *. truemetalfan.org, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  11. ^ Toine van Poorten: KEEP IT TRUE VI - 2006. * April 7–8, 2006 *. truemetalfan.org, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  12. ↑ Psycho: KEEP IT TRUE VII: Replacement for FLOTSAM & JETSAM. Vampster , accessed February 28, 2015 .
  13. ^ Martin Schaich: Keep It True VII - Dittigheim. Powermetal.de, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  14. ^ Toine van Poorten: KEEP IT TRUE VIII - 2007. * April 13-14, 2007 *. truemetalfan.org, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  15. ^ Toine van Poorten: KEEP IT TRUE IX - 2007. * November 3, 2007 *. truemetalfan.org, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  16. ^ Toine van Poorten: KEEP IT TRUE X - 2008. * April 4–5, 2008 *. truemetalfan.org, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  17. ^ Toine van Poorten: KEEP IT TRUE XI - 2008. * November 15, 2008 *. truemetalfan.org, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  18. ^ Toine van Poorten: KEEP IT TRUE XII - 2009. * April 24-25, 2009 *. truemetalfan.org, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  19. ^ Toine van Poorten: KEEP IT TRUE XIII - 2010. * April 23-24, 2010 *. truemetalfan.org, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  20. ^ Toine van Poorten: KEEP IT TRUE XIV - 2011. * April 29-30, 2011 *. truemetalfan.org, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  21. ^ Toine van Poorten: KEEP IT TRUE XV - 2012. * April 27–28, 2012 *. truemetalfan.org, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  22. ^ Toine van Poorten: KEEP IT TRUE XVI - 2013. * April 19–20, 2013 *. truemetalfan.org, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  23. ^ Toine van Poorten: KEEP IT TRUE XVII - 2014. * April 25–26, 2014 *. truemetalfan.org, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  24. ↑ Keep It True XVIII. (No longer available online.) Powermetal.de, archived from the original on February 18, 2015 ; accessed on February 28, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / powermetal.de
  25. ↑ http://www.wp.rocktimes.de/keep-it-true-festival-2017/
  26. ↑ http://www.wp.rocktimes.de/keep-it-true-2018-xxi/
  27. ↑ https://www.rocktimes.info/keep-it-true-festival-xxii-26-27-04-2019/