Hammer of Doom

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Headbanging at HOD 2015

The Hammer of Doom is a music festival that has been taking place in Würzburg since 2009 and focuses on Doom Metal and occasionally related genres such as Epic Metal , Stoner Rock and Psychedelic Rock . Many renowned bands such as Candlemass , My Dying Bride , Pentagram , Saint Vitus , Skepticism , Manilla Road , Sorcerer , While Heaven Wept or Trouble have already performed at the Hammer of Doom.

history

Market place of the HOD 2015

The Hammer of Doom is organized by Oliver Weinsheimer (organizer of the Keep It True Festival), Heiko Krumpholz and Anja Kohlhepp, who, like the Metal Assault, also organize other metal festivals with a special focus in the region. It took place for the first time on January 31, 2009 in the Würzburg youth center "B-Hof", but with the second edition, the company moved to the Posthalle, the traditional venue ever since. While the first six editions took place roughly every six months as a one-day event, from the sixth onwards it takes place once a year in October or November as a two-day event, as it turned out to be difficult to present enough high-quality bands twice a year. In addition to the actual festival, there is a market with numerous stalls in the hall.

The festival offers both newcomers and well-known bands a platform, each band gets at least 45 minutes of playing time. The organizers have always managed to make unusual commitments, for example in 2010 the band Sorcerer , which had been dissolved for 18 years, managed to reunite for a concert in Würzburg, and in 2015 the Finnish band Skepticism played one of their rare live gigs. The band While Heaven Wept recorded their concert in Würzburg and released it in 2010 under the title Triumph: Tragedy: Transcendence - Live at the Hammer of Doom Festival on DVD, CD and LP. Manilla Road played an exclusive 2.5-hour gig, the death-doom band Asphyx performed with a "Doom only" set specially put together for the HOD.

reception

HOD 2015 audience

In the Posthalle, the festival annually attracts an audience of between 500 and 1000 from Germany and abroad.

As early as the fourth edition in 2010, Bloodchamber stated that the festival "had already made a name for itself in the scene", in the following year Irish Metal Ireland wrote of "one of the leading heavy / doom metal meetings in Europe" (" one of the premier heavy / doom metal gatherings in Europe "). In 2013, the Münchner tz wrote of a “Festival where ALL the bands convince without exception. [..] an all-round happy event in the eighth edition. Perfectly organized by organizer Oliver Weinsheimer [...] ”. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary event, the Mainpost summed up "The Doom Metal Festival has blossomed, the insider tip has become a Mecca for lovers of this darkest of all heavy metal genres."

Line ups

festival date Bands
Hammer of Doom I. January 31, 2009 The Devils Blood , Dark Quarterer , Isole , In Aevum Agere , Ereb Altor , Seamount
Hammer of Doom II October 17, 2009 Trouble , Death Row , Pagan Altar , Count Raven , The Gates of Slumber , The Lamp of Thoth , Atlantean Kodex , Spiritus Mortis , Dark Forest , Fall of the Idols (failed)
Hammer of Doom III February 6, 2010 The Wizard , Atlantean Codex , Old Season , Centurions Ghost , Ahab , Lord Vicar , While Heaven Wept , Asphyx , Saint Vitus
Hammer of Doom IV October 23, 2010 Ghost , Eternal Elysium , Procession , Mirror of Deception , Griftegard , Jex Thoth , Sorcerer , Place of Skulls , Iron Man , Solitude Aeturnus
Hammer of doom v April 16, 2011 Pentagram , While Heaven Wept , Primordial , Atlantean Kodex , Blood Farmers , Argus , Black Pyramid , Age of Taurus , Arkham Witch , In Solitude
Hammer of Doom VI October 28-29, 2011 Manilla Road , Doomsword , Battleroar , Mountain Throne , Doomsday , The Devil's Blood , Yet So Far , Lord Vicar , Blood Ceremony , Forsaken , Orchid , 11th Hour , Nomad Son , Devil , Seamount
Hammer of Doom VII November 9-10, 2012 Demon , Desolation Angels , Wrathblade , Pentagram , The Skull , Solstice , Necros Christos , Coven 13
Hammer of Doom VIII November 15-16, 2013 Scorpion Child , Blues Pills , Ashbury , Orchid , Wheel , Below , Age of Taurus , Altar of Oblivion , Beelzefuzz , Year of the Goat , Procession , Jex Thoth , While Heaven Wept
Hammer of Doom IX November 14-15, 2014 Trouble , Kadavar , Jess and the Ancient Ones , Reino Ermitano , Wolvespirit , Saint Vitus , Orange Goblin , Avatarium , The Ruins of Beverast , Hamferd , Mount Salem , Epitaph , Doomocracy , Mist
Hammer of Doom X November 20-21, 2015 Pentagram , Sorcerer , Skepticism , My Dying Bride , Candlemass , 40 Watt Sun , The Order of Israfel , Caronte , Black Oath , Doomshine , Path of Samsara , Cross Vault , Lord Vigo
Hammer of Doom XI November 18-19, 2016 Primordial , The Skull , Cauchemar , Monasterium, Samael , Antimatter , Lord Vicar , Universe 217 , Apostle of Solitude , Iron Void , Night Gaunt
Hammer of Doom XII November 17-18, 2017 Warning , Lucifer's Friend , Procession , Witchwood , The Temple , Cirith Ungol , Time Lord , Count Raven , The Doomsday Kingdom , The Vision Bleak , Crippled Black Phoenix , Naevus , Below , Cranial
Hammer of Doom XIII November 16-17, 2018 Goat Explosion , The Wizards , Apostle of Solitude , Eric Clayton and the Nine , While Heaven Wept , Smoulder , Old Mother Hell , Dawn of Winter , Hällas , Pale Divine , Stillborn , Sorcerer , Batuska , Coven

proof

  1. ↑ a b rocktimes.de: ROCKTIMES - Event / Hammer Of Doom III - 02/06/2010, Würzburg, Posthalle , accessed on December 4th, 2015
  2. ↑ a b festivalhopper.de: Hammer of Doom - LineUp and Bands in the archive , accessed on December 4th, 2015
  3. ↑ a b festivalhopper.de: Hammer of Doom II - LineUp and Bands in the archive , accessed on December 4th, 2015
  4. ↑ a b c d festivalticker.de: The Archive of the Hammer Of Doom , accessed on December 4, 2015
  5. ↑ a b metalireland.com: Metal Ireland >> Hammer Of Doom Festival | Live Review , accessed December 4, 2015
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  7. ↑ a b pfiffikus.mainpost.de: Hammer of Doom: Metal in the Posthalle | MAIN-POST news for Franconia, Bavaria and the world , accessed on December 4, 2015
  8. ↑ tz.de: "Hammer of Doom" Festival: tz criticism | Culture , accessed December 4, 2015
  9. ↑ festivalhopper.de: Hammer of Doom III - LineUp and Bands in the archive , accessed on December 4th, 2015
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  11. ↑ a b festivalticker.de: Hammer Of Doom , accessed on December 4, 2015
  12. ↑ ag: Hammer Of Doom XII - Festival date 2017. Rocktimes, October 19, 2017, accessed on July 25, 2019 .
  13. ↑ ag: Hammer Of Doom Festival XIII - November 16/17, 2018. Rocktimes, November 12, 2018, accessed July 25, 2019 .