Hallo Freunde,
Leider müssen wir euch die Absage von AGENT STEEL mit John Cyriis für das KEEP IT TRUE 14 bekannt geben. Wir haben in dieses Projekt so viel Zeit und Energie investiert und sind nun am Boden zerstört. Wir wussten vorher, dass es riskant und schwierig werden wird, aber wir wollten es für alle AGENT STEEL und KEEP IT TRUE Fans probieren. Ich weiss, dass dies nun für viele Fans sehr enttäuschend ist, aber Gitarrist Juan Garcia (bitte lest sein Statement am Ende) und ich wollen euch erklären, warum es soweit gekommen ist. Nach der überraschenden Reunion im letzten Jahr mit dem Originalsänger John Cyriis lief alles ziemlich nach Plan. Sie spielten die Japan Shows und wir waren sehr optimistisch. Die ersten Zweifel kamen dann, nachdem AGENT STEEL für die 70000 Tons of Metal Cruise auf die Gastsänger Rick Mythiasin und James Rivera zurückgreifen mussten. Aber trotzdem schien immer noch alles nach Plan zu laufen. Dann bekamen wir anfangs dieser Woche völlig neue Forderungen von einem Bandmitglied, die wir als kleines und idealistisches Festival weder erfüllen konnten noch wollten. Diese Forderungen und die schwelenden internen Bandprobleme (siehe Juans Statement) führten schließlich zur Absage. Da Ihr alle treue KEEP IT TRUE Fans seid und unsere Vorgehensweisen kennt, könnt Ihr uns glauben, dass wir wirklich alles probiert haben um es möglich zu machen, aber am Ende war es sogar für uns zuviel. Da Juan, Bernie und der Rest der Band so hart an dieser Sache gearbeitet haben, haben wir uns entschlossen, die Band weiterhin am KIT 14 spielen zu lassen, allerdings aus legalen Gründen unter anderem Namen (MASTERS OF METAL). Der Sänger bei dieser wohl einzigartigen Show wird Rick Mythiasin von STEEL PROPHET sein. Rick sollte bereits letztes Jahr bei uns als Teil der Crimson Glory Tribute Show spielen, wurde aber kurz vorher krank. Wir sind nun glücklich, dass er es nun doch auf die KIT Bühne schafft. Bitte gebt der Band euren uneingeschränkten Support, sie haben alles versucht um es möglich zu machen. Sie sind nicht nur selbst wahre Underground Metal Fans, sondern auch langjährige Freunde von uns…
Hier nun das Statement von Gitarrist Juan Garcia im Originalton:
“We'd like to clarify false rumors in the press that state that Rick Mythiasin is the new singer of AGENT STEEL; that is not the case whatsoever; Rick filled in for John Cyriis for the inaugural 70,000 Tons of Metal Cruise and did a tremendous job. When we reunited with original vocalist John Cyriis for Thrash Domination 2010 in Japan, our intention was that as long as things were moving in a positive working direction that we would forge ahead and perform reunion shows in 2011. As of now, we have reached the inevitable fork in the road; having worked unimaginably hard into making this recent reunion a solid reality, a difficult situation has turned much more complicated which has forced the cancellation of AGENT STEEL at the Keep It True Festival in Germany this upcoming April. As a symbol of dedication to the fans, the music, and the A S legacy alike, we are excited to announce that the organizer of this festival has invited the band members to still perform, but under a different moniker, and singer Rick Mythiasin has been officially invited as the vocalist to join us onstage, once again, devastate all that witness.“

Metal On,
Oliver + Tarek
Hi Friends,
We are very sad to announce the cancellation of AGENT STEEL with John Cyriis at KEEP IT TRUE 14. We invested so much time and energy in this project and it is really devastating for us. We knew in advance that it will be a risky and complicated task, but we wanted to do it for all the AGENT STEEL and KEEP IT TRUE fans. I know this is dissapointing for many fans, so Juan Garcia (see his statement in this newsletter, too) and I want to explain what lead to this. After the surprising reunion with original singer John Cyriis everything went really smooth. They played the Japanese shows and we were really optimistic about everything. The first doubts came up after the singer replacement just for the 70000 tons of Metal Cruise, but even after that we were really looking forward to it. Then by the beginning of this week we were facing totally new demands from one part of the band, that we as a still small and dedicated festival could not meet and really also do not want to meet. This plus the troubles within the band itself (see Juans statement) lead to the final cancellation of AGENT STEEL with John Cyriis. As you are all dedicated KEEP IT TRUE Fans you know that we really tried everything to do it, but in the end it was too much for all of us. Since Juan, Bernie and the rest of the band worked so hard on it, we decided to still have the band under a new name (MASTERS OF METAL) due to legal reasons, with the amazing singer Rick Mythiasin (STEEL PROPHET). Rick was supposed to sing for us already last year on our Crimson Glory tribute show but got sick before the show. I am happy that he finally can enter the KIT stage. Please give them all the support they really deserve. They are not only dedicated metalhead but also great friends.
Here is the statement of guitarist Juan Garcia:
“We'd like to clarify false rumors in the press that state that Rick Mythiasin is the new singer of AGENT STEEL; that is not the case whatsoever; Rick filled in for John Cyriis for the inaugural 70,000 Tons of Metal Cruise and did a tremendous job. When we reunited with original vocalist John Cyriis for Thrash Domination 2010 in Japan, our intention was that as long as things were moving in a positive working direction that we would forge ahead and perform reunion shows in 2011. As of now, we have reached the inevitable fork in the road; having worked unimaginably hard into making this recent reunion a solid reality, a difficult situation has turned much more complicated which has forced the cancellation of AGENT STEEL at the Keep It True Festival in Germany this upcoming April. As a symbol of dedication to the fans, the music, and the A S legacy alike, we are excited to announce that the organizer of this festival has invited the band members to still perform, but under a different moniker, and singer Rick Mythiasin has been officially invited as the vocalist to join us onstage, once again, devastate all that witness.“

Metal On,
Oliver and Tarek