Up the Hammers Festival IV @ Athens, 6-7 March 2009

[Orfanos]

For those who may be interested...

I hope that the european folks of UMOS will find our small festival interesting and will make a trip to Greece.

 

[poundingmetal74]

Line up looks pretty good. Only Portrait and Shadowkeep really enthrall me out of that list, but I'm vaguely familiar with most of those bands.

 

[tsorl]

No chance of me making the trip right now but if I were in the neighborhood, sure. Most of the roster doesn't ring any bells; Crystal Viper, Paradox, Shadowkeep and Titan Force are pretty much it.

I have the first two albums by Shadowkeep, decent Fates Warning/Crimson Glory -oriented stuff. The vocalist was a bit too "far out" even for me though.

Wonder if Titan Force will come up with a new album or are they just doing some festivals?

 

[Orfanos]

No, there is no new album and as far as I know there are not any other shows in Europe announced.

 

[carnut]

I'm longing for some warmer southern weather, but it's just too far away to fly over. Some good bands though ... Witchfynde, had no idea they still were active ??? Emerald is a Dutch band I think, and Stormbringer , well there must be a Stormbringer in every country

 

[Marco Spain]

It´s a very good package with some of the best new bands from the european underground: Portrait, Ereb Altor, Isole, Crystal Viper... Besides, classics like Titan Force (a hell of a show last Keep It True) or Wytchfynde.

I was looking from flights from Madrid but the cheapest was 350€. Too much for me. Maybe next time.

 

[Wyvern]

For me will be Crystal Viper and maybe Witchfynde (not a big fan of them only have one album) the rest are unknown to me.

 

[Orfanos]

well there must be a Stormbringer in every country

Yeah, these are the Greek ones. Storrmbringer (with double "R"), a very young band from the city of Volos, at central Greece.

The legendary band Crush is also an interesting add to the billing. Check out their one and only album "Kingdom of Kings" if you like real epic heavy metal.

 

[Orfanos]

I lived the dream. And I am happy for that.