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ARCH RIVAL Signs With ROCK-A-HOLICS RECORDS

March 18, 2009

Rock-a-holics Records has announced the signing of Dayton, Ohio / Texas greats ARCH RIVAL.

2009 promises to be a really interesting year with luxurious re-releases of ARCH RIVAL's back catalog coming out, which should lead to a new album sometime in 2010 and possible touring/festival activity around the same time.

Commented the label: "We're immensely proud to have in our ranks such an excellent band, led by the charismatic guitar virtuoso, Michael Harris, who doesn't need much of an introduction. This guy is one of the best players in the business and he keeps on releasing quality material time after time, no matter which band he plays with. Apart from his three releases with ARCH RIVAL and half a dozen solo albums, Michael was trusted by the great Vitalij Kuprij (ARTENSION) to be the lead guitarist on his solo albums and he also masterminded the incredible THOUGHT CHAMBER, which featured the vocal talents of one Ted Leonard (of ENCHANT fame) whose debut, 'Angular Perception', was one of the top sellers, if not THE top seller for InsideOut Music, when it was released back in 2007. His phenomenal but always tasteful playing was influenced by such guitar luminaries as Ritchie Blackmore, Robin Trower and Jimmy Page at first and eventually Frank Marino, Steve Morse, Uli Jon Roth, and Michael Schenker."

Rock-a-holics Records will re-release ARCH RIVAL's debut, "In The Face Of Danger", in late May, with Japanese and Taiwanese licenses to be confirmed soon. The album has been carefully remastered and expanded with the inclusion of some live tracks. There is also an hour-long DVD with four promotional video clips (two blue screen, two performance/live) and pretty much the entire album performed live, as well as an informative booklet, encased in a three-panel, double digipack with all the lyrics and rare pictures of the band from the era. To top it all, there's some brand new cover artwork, depicting the band's mascot, Archie: The Rock Warrior, in full rock regalia, which has been specially printed using a method which makes the metallic parts of his armor, shine.

For more information, visit www.archrivalband.com.

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