BW&BK; has received the following press release:

The German Epic Metal band CROM, set to appear alongside STEEL PROPHET, EXILED, METALHEAD, CONQUEST OF STEEL, HOLY MARTYR, SNAKE EYES and BULLETT at the SwordBrothers Festival, which takes place at the Juz in Andernach, Germany, on September 13th, has confirmed the live line-up the band will use. Essentially a solo project formed in 2000 by vocalist and guitarist Walter "Crom" Grosse, who wanted to follow a different musical path to that of his former band DARK FORTRESS, the live line up at SwordBrothers will include regular Crom guitarist Asvargr (DARK FORTRESS), together with Martin (MIDNIGHT RIDER) on bass and DESASTER’s Tormentor on drums.

Regarding the line up Grosse commented: “The live line up was undergoing a change just as SwordBrothers came up, and before I could form a permanent one, so I’m very grateful to Tormentor and Martin for stepping in at such short notice. They are both very accomplished and experienced musicians and had no problem at all picking the material up very quickly. This will also be the first time that we play the whole of the Vengeance Saga live so it’s going to be something of a special event for us, and, we hope, the audience”.

Crom’s first full-length album, Vengeance, was released on Germany’s Pure Steel Records this week, and includes a guest appearance by the veteran UK vocalist Dagon (HEATHEN DEITY, FROSTWORK) on the spoken intro to one of the tracks. The full Vengeance Saga (Vengeance I and II) forms part of the 10-track album. As with previous Crom releases noted fantasy artist Kris Verwimp produced the artwork. “Kris has always done the artwork for my releases,” said Grosse. “Aside from being a good friend, he is an astonishing artist who can instinctively put into pictures what CROM’S music is all about”.

Three tracks from Vengeance, together with artwork by Kris Verwimp can be found on Crom’s official MySpace page at this location.

The video below is live footage of Crom performing 'Wings of Fire' at the Alte Kaserne, in Landshut Germany in September of 2007.