乐队以技术非凡的吉他手Michael Harris为首，86年成立于美国俄亥俄州，第一张专集实在是发的太完晚了，后来又发行了2张专集，97年因为各种原因，乐队不得不解散了。 吉他手一直都在不停的发着个人唱片，名气比乐队时期要火（这也是为什么说解散后乐队才火的，就是因为吉他手），呵呵 风格玩的前卫金属，而乐队鼓手Greg Martin 和BASS手Gary Rigmaiden 解散后也一直跟着他，主唱就不知道哪里去了，很多在日后听到他们先前的音乐后，都非常想让他们重组，但已经是不可能的事情了，当年的激情已经破灭了。 There's a reason why Keith Langerman, music critic, states, "ARCH RIVAL is simply one of the best metal bands ever produced in the U.S.A. past or present!" With three CDs and a global fanbase, ARCH RIVAL has certainly proven to be a prolific melodic hard rock act. Based out of Dayton, Ohio, the core band consisting of Michael Harris (guitar); Gary Rigmaiden (bass), and Greg Martin (drums), played the midwest club scene for several years before finding their niche in vocalist, Steve Snyder, and wasted no time recording their debut record at Midtown Studio in Nashville. Entitled "IN THE FACE OF DANGER", the CD proved AR's ability to write compelling rock music with melody, and immediately garnered airplay and major label attention to the group and they signed their first overseas deals. The band toured in support of "ITFOD", while working up new material for their follow up, "WAKE UP YOUR MIND". Travelling to the New York area for these recording sessions, the band discovered new sounds and styles on their critically acclaimed 2nd album. This highly impressive recording again landed them solid deals in Europe and Japan. A subsequent tour followed, and after Michael and Steve each recorded solo albums, 1997 found AR returning once again with more great music in "THIRD DEGREE BURNS". TDB landed the band even better deals in Japan and Europe. Live appearances and new music from ARCH RIVAL in November of 2008!!!