Review on Wishdoom - Up The Hammers (2008)

My personal sin is that i "discovered" this group through a compilation made by a friend with new releases.And the truth is,that they fastly got my attention.Therefore i ran onto them in MYSPACE (classic….)… Wishdoom….since some of us,lucky enough,enjoyed them in their first live,in Thessaloniki,accompanied by Storrmbringer [from Volos city],supporting Marauder,I finally acquired the entire e.p..The parcel includes 6 tracks,of which: 1 intro, 1 instrumental and 1 cover medley in THE gods BATHORY (always with capital letters!!!).I dare to say that we have to deal with a very good blow from Thessaloniki,which had a long time with no offering us pure heavy metal, since most demos, e.p.'s and promos came from the province,while from Thessaloniki we mainly had groups with glammer sound,or more extreme.Traditional epic/doom obliged to groups such as BATHORY, Omen, Virgin steele, Warlord, Doomsword (check the production) and other megatheriums of epic sound that used to combine some darker situations-sounds-lyrics… Its production is decent enough for the species of metal that they play, with a small exception in the vocals, which in certain parts need some work still to be done.
What should all be careful with, is the intro track… (Macedonia, land of Alexandros).If you still didn't get it,it's talking about the anthem of Macedonians "MACEDONIA XAKOUSTI" (macedonia celebrated) !!! In a more lowtempo implementation, however it takes you immediately in a battle climate.And what began with the intro track,continues with the epic "Up the hammers",with a lot mood alternations,from more lowtempo situations,it takes you immediately in an incredible blow,with a feeling clearly epic.And now,to a song which i adored.A fasttempo song (in some of you,the guitar parts may remind something… the stupid thing is that i'm talking about it the whole morning and now i cannot recall it ;) ).Something that certainly the band likes,is the continuous mood alternations.Next track,the name of the band.Wishdoom,clearly orchestral,as a matter of personal opinion the most representative,as it includes a summary,concerning their influences.nice work…
The e.p. closes with their medley in BATHORY,a medley that includes: Blood and iron, Father to son, Valhalla, Baptised in fire and ice, Shores in flames…A surely dangerous adaptation,however very successful.My personnal congrats,as i got frightened at first,with the fact that someone made a cover thus simple to BATHORY.
Very good work therefore from Wishdoom,whose main concern at the moment is the realisation of some live concerts.Their first one,took place a week ago,with success,as it seemed from the reactions of the audience.Maybe in their next work they will also include the new piece of work that was presented in this concert, "I wish your doom"… a clever pun, as their name.A wish and a curse,in a way ;).we hope its wish.....