Maryland Deathfest XIII: May 21st - 24th, 2015

Are you going to MDF XIII?

  • Probably going - do NOT want to share.

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  • Definitely going - plan to just drink in the hotel, fuck the festival.

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  • Total voters
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Fuck it feels weird not going this year. Remember if you run out of toilet paper there is always napkins from food take out and bible pages.
 
Friday I drank too much and missed Drawn and Quartered. I already saw most of the bands that played that day.

Morpheus Descends – was up close and there was way too much bass. They played a varied set and the new songs from the anthology sound good. They’re working on a new album
Blood Red Throne – a pleasant surprise as I was taking a break to get food but they sounded great and I ended up watching their whole set
Vulcano and Bulldozer were both entertaining but I’m not really familiar with either band.
Triptykon – the ultra-slow versions of Celtic Frost songs don’t really work. I saw Celtic Frost on the Monotheist tour and the Triptykon set was weak in comparison. It was cool that they played Messiah
Arcturus – watched a few songs but that band is lame. I left to get a nice spot for Razor
Razor – killed. This was the only band that had good sound that I was up front for. Most of their set was from Evil Invaders

Prosanctus Inferi – I was up front and again too much bass
Masacre – FROM SOUTH AMERICA
Primordial – their set went by too fast. I’d love to see them play a headlining set. I’ve seen them twice but they didn’t play anything from A Journey’s End either time
Winter – not sure if the sun bearing down on me caused me to not get into it or if they were just boring
Skepticism – I think the guitarist was suffering from heat exhaustion or something as he fucked up a few times during their set. This band should have played inside
Demilich – sounded like shit the first two songs I was up close but when I moved back everything sounded a lot clearer. They nail the vocals live and I really wasn’t expecting that. I forgot to look behind me to see how big the crowd was as I’m always curious of the contrast of internet hype vs reality for this band.
Amorphis – I had to skip so I can kvlt at Rams Head for Thantifaxath / Impetuous Ritual / Knelt Rote / Portal

I got a spot at the railing on the balcony and for all 4 bands the overall sound was the best for the entire fest. I loved how none of the bands that night said a single word to the crowd. All music no bullshit. Portal was playing past the curfew and got the power cut while they were playing Werships but they continued playing for a few minutes with the lights on and only the bass and drums audible.

Merch was a disappointment as it seemed like a bunch of generic shit you can get online. I have way too many shirts as it is.
 
There's probably some pics of the Demilich crowd somewhere on facebook or MDF's website, fwiw.

And you made the right choice in Thantifaxath/Portal > Amorphis. Would've done the same, and I like Amorphis.
 
FYI Amorphis played Tales in its entirety during their set. Not an opportunity worth missing. Plus I saw Thantifaxath in Chicago last week, and Portal played over an hour after Amorphis' set ended, so I got to see 'em all.
 
Any group pictures so I can see your all's sexy mugs? I wish I could have made it Saturday for Triptykon. My brother had his graduation ceremony on Friday, so I had to work Saturday night to make up the hours.
 
Heres what I got:

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Party Pete for ANb

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UFOMAMMUT

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My buddy Mason & I

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Vince @ Max's Taphouse

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IMPETUOUS RITUAL

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Balacing Act

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California Love

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Hammered @ Max's

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MORE BEER. WE NEED MORE BEER!

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Stagedove their whole fucking set.

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No idea where this was.

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MORE STAGE DIVES!

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Bros

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The ones who stuck around for a photo.