Mars Red Sky, Stoned Jesus and Belzebong to Play Up in Smoke Roadfestival Vol. 7
Posted in Whathaveyou on November 23rd, 2015 by JJ Koczan
It hasn’t been long at all since the dates were announced for the Up in Smoke Roadfestival Vol. 6, which will feature Greenleaf, My Sleeping Karma and Mammoth Mammoth. Less than a month, actually. And now word comes through that Up in Smoke Vol. 7 will follow almost immediately thereafter, one installment of the package tour ending on Feb. 27 and the other picking up on March 1 and running through the bulk of the month, with Belzebong, Mars Red Sky and Stoned Jesus on the bill. Maybe Sound of Liberation, the booking agency presenting the shows, is just going to set up a year-long series of tours, have the next one start when the tour is over. Wouldn’t really surprise me — there are certainly enough bands around Europe to make it happen — and maybe if they keep it going long enough, SoL will eventually bring their game to the US. Just a thought.
For now, this is a show I’d love to see:
MARCH 2016 will see the next round of the beloved UP IN SMOKE ROADFESTIVAL and be sure… this one will kick ass!!
VOL.7 will feature Ukrainian heavy rockers STONED JESUS (presenting the re-release of their 2011 “Stormy Monday EP”), French fuzzcrafters MARS RED SKY (celebrating their new album to be released on February 26th) and weedian Polish five-piece BELZEBONG (touring their current album “Greenferno”).
All of them are now considered as references in the underground stoner rock scene, respectively crafting a fuzzed-out straightforward heavy rock, thick infectious grooves and melodic aerial guitar riffs all wrapped up in ethereal vocals, or even a powerful, bluesy riffs which straddle sludge and doom.
It’s gonna be a fun damn time leaving nothing but an intoxicating white smoke behind!
UP in SMOKE ROADFESTIVAL VOL. 7:
01/03 LEIPZIG (DE) Werk 2
02/03 HAMBURG (DE) Hafenklang
03/03 BRUSSELS (BE) VK
04/03 PARIS (FR) Le Divan Du Monde
05/03 ROTTERDAM (NL) Baroeg
06/03 BERLIN (DE) Lido
07/03 COLOGNE (DE) Underground
08/03 STUTTGART (DE) Universum
09/03 LINZ (A) Stadtwerstatt
10/03 VIENNA (A) Arena
11/03 LJUBLJANA (SL) Kino Šiška
12/03 MUNICH (DE) Under The Black Moon Festival
13/03 INNSBRUCK (A) PMK
14/03 LAUSANNE (CH) Le Romandie
15/03 PRATTELN (CH) Z7
16/03 WIESBADEN (DE) Schlachthof
17/03 ARLON (BE) L’Entrepôt
18/03 EINDHOVEN (NL) Tuchthuis
19/03 HANNOVER (DE) Faust
More info here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1219599248054173/
https://www.facebook.com/Sound-of-Liberation-UG-183095098426785/
