The 2007 edition of Germany's Up From The Ground Festival (www.uftg.de) will be held in Gemünden (between Würzburg and Aschaffenburg) on August 24th/25th.

The latest acts confirmed for the festival are EAR-SHOT and KROMLEK.

Organizers state, "As further new signings we would like to present the winners of two different competitions to you.

In the last year we initiated a forum voting. First of all various local acts were suggested. From this it follows a poll. With which the vote of our forum users (depending upon quantity of the total postings) was more or less weighted. Because of the short term possibility of taking the exotic TOURETTES SYNDROME from Australia in the 2006 billing, we had to move the winners on a slot in 2007. Now to keep our promise we are proud to announce the frankonian Viking metal horde Kromlek .

A further - but international - band competition was initiated by Nuclear Blast Records. One of the three main prizes there was an appearance at UFTG 2007. Out of more then 1,500 entries world-wide got Ear-Shot from Austria this addition. According to the band's info more modern and nevertheless timeless metal is presented, for which categories are such as Neo-Thrash or Metalcore simply too small and insufficient."

Acts on the bill for the festival now include: BENEDICTION, EAR-SHOT, EQUILIBRIUM, FLESHLESS, JUSTICE, KROMLEK, SUIDAKRA and TESTAMENT (headliner).

26 bands in all will be confirmed for the festival. More updates to follow.