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Members: Patrick, Chris, Erin, and Ivan

Music review: Cello quartet rocks New Directions fest
Review by Edward Ortiz - Bee Arts Critic, Sacramento Bee, Tuesday, June 12, 2007
"The cello rock band Break of Reality has serious street cred in two musical arenas -- speed metal and classical music. In a blistering one-hour set, this four-member ensemble proved that there's more to the cello than meets the eye."

New York Press: Breaking the Cello Mold
Article by David Callicott- Vol. 20, Issue 21, May 23, 2007
"The Sound Between is the strongest and most original recent addition to my music library, where it has been in heavy rotation since I got itSongs go from 0 to 60 in a split second, turning on a dime to take you from a quiet chamber recital to a thundering arena rock concert: Fans of both Nine Inch Nails and Kronos Quartet will be pleased."

I SCENE IT: Reality moves on
Rochester City News - Frank DeBlase
"Break Of Reality is gonna win a Grammy somedaythis band has something everyone needs: excitement, originality, and an undeniable intensity that louder, heavier bands only dream of. And it has bridged the classical/rock gap while other bands have fallen short, or horsed it into the boat with way too much bombastic pomp."

Break of Reality - "The Sound Between"
Review by Corbin Keep, Newsletter of the New Directions Cello Festival Assoc., Vol. 14, No.1 Spring/Summer 2007
"Their tunes are well written, consistently interesting, and achieve a near perfect balance between classical string sounds and distortion-box-colored thrashy metal."