From The Gutter To Your Stereo: Manolis Karazeris (UP THE HAMMERS)

Manolis, the guy behind the all mighty Up the Hammers Festival in the flesh.
UTH along with KIT in Germany are the longest standing and most important underground festivals dedicated in Heavy Metal Music.
Manos talked about how he first decided to make a trip in America for seeing Manilla Road and Skullview (or not) and the foundations behind the creation of UTH festival as well as the importance of the festival on a greater scale.
That's a small promo segment for our new series. Allthough all Greeks we choosed to do the interview in English, as Manolis and UTH festival reputation goes along our borders. This was filmed back in March of 2024, couple days before the first ever sold out of the festival.
Enjoy:
All Photos are courtesy of Manolis Karazeris.
Video footage of Desperation respectively belongs to their owners.
CREW:
Film Direction // Video Editing // Research: Sergios Vafiadis
Videography: Dimitris Dalaklis - Konstantinos Katsiampoulas - Sergios Vafiadis - Dimitris Bouras .
Additonal camera work by: Vasilis Misirlis and Nikos Papakostas.
Additional journalistic research by : Joseph P.