Fifth Angel dropped out from this event(might be 1th case when band member gets corona)

They states:
It is with great sadness Fifth Angel regrets that we will not be able to perform this weekend at the Up The Hammers Festival in Athens due to an illness of a band member and the situation surrounding the Corona-virus outbreak. We
look forward to appearing soon in Greece and hope the festival is a great success.

Crypt Sermon also wont play there because of corona

Crypt Sermon regret to inform our friends in Greece that we will not be able to attend UP THE HAMMERS FESTIVAL this weekend for reasons beyond our control.

We were scheduled to fly over this evening at 11:55 PM EST and just learned we will not be able to depart. We have NEVER - EVER cancelled a show before, so we can't stress enough that this situation is beyond our control and we are absolutely devastated!

To be perfectly clear, this is NOT the promoter's fault, and we hope everyone attending has a great time. Keep Heavy Metal alive!

We will do our best to schedule a date in Athens and bring The Ruins of Fading Light your way in the near future.

We cannot overstate that we are truly sorry for this.

The whole Up The Hammers 3-day Festival has been cancelled. It would have been a heavy metal celebration for the 15th time with awesome bands like Fifth Angel, The Lord Weird Slough Feg, Toxik, Atlantean Kodex, Traveler, Riot City, Trespass, Smoulder, Crypt Sermon and many others but it wasn't meant to be. Support the bands and buy merch, many took the trip to Greece from very far away or paid for flights and hotels even if they had to cancel at the last minute. Support the festival and don't ask for a fucking refund. You can live with 20 euros less in your pocket, the festival organizers are going to deal with a massive financial blow. However, all tickets will be valid for the festival next year, read the official statement here.

Atlantean Kodex will be offering 50% of profits from their merch to Up The Hammers Festival.

Smoulder are already in Athens and they are doing the same (giving 50% to the festival). If you want you can visit them at their hotel and buy their Greek exclusive tour shirt, it will be great help for a band that now has to find a way to fly back to Canada. Or you can buy directly from bandcamp.

Support the underground. United we stand.

Written by nikarg on 12.03.2020 at 16:05

The You can live with 20 euros less in your pocket



Support the underground. United we stand.

Man then there kwill be a quate good life man.

Maybe i should move there.

Its good fest, great line up, poweeful mine up. You have there good scene btw