MDF just became mandatory for me:
Here is the third and final round of confirmed bands for MDF XIII!
ADVERSARIAL (Canada)
AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED - First ever live performance!
AMORPHIS (Finland) - Playing the 'Tales from the Thousand Lakes' album in its entirety. Exclusive US appearance!
ANTIGAMA (Poland)
ARTIFICIAL BRAIN
BACKSLIDER
BEVAR SEA (India)
BLOODBATH (Sweden) - First time in the US and first live performance in 5 years! Exclusive US appearance!
CEPHALIC CARNAGE - Playing songs from the first 3 albums!
CHAINSAW TO THE FACE
CIANIDE
CIBORIUM
COKE BUST
CONAN (UK) - Exclusive US appearance!
DEVOURMENT
ENGORGED
ENTRAILS MASSACRE (Germany)
EXCEL
FLAGITIOUS IDIOSYNCRASY IN THE DILAPIDATION (Japan)
FULL OF HELL
GHOUL
GRIN AND BEAR IT
HOMEWRECKER
INTER ARMA
INTERNAL BLEEDING
INVERLOCH (Australia) - Playing a diSEMBOWELMENT set! Exclusive US appearance!
IRON MAN
JEX THOTH
KNELT ROTE
MANTAR (Germany)
MORPHEUS DESCENDS
MORTAL DECAY
OBITUARY
PRIMITIVE MAN
PROSANCTUS INFERI
RAZOR (Canada) - First time in the US since 1992! Exclusive US appearance!
SPAZZTIC BLURR
THANTIFAXATH (Canada)
TRIAC
VATTNET VISKAR
YOB
Take note that we will also have a Thursday show at Ottobar (located at 2549 N Howard St), which will feature some of the death metal bands from the list of confirmed bands above. Another band or two will be added to this show at a later date.
We've noted below where each band is playing. The day-by-day list of bands for Edison Lot, Soundstage, and Rams Head between Friday-Sunday will be posted by the end of August. All ticket options will go on sale on Friday, September 5th at 3 PM (EST)
Also, we have collaborated with Relapse Records and have arranged for some special appearances & performances to celebrate as part of their year long 25th anniversary. Special sets will take place, including the first ever live performance of Agoraphobic Nosebleed, the first ever North American appearance of Inverloch (members of diSEMBOWELMENT playing songs from their classic records), and Amorphis performing a special set of the entire classic Tales
From the Thousand Lakes album.
Thursday, May 21st @ Rams Head Live:
Bevar Sea
Conan
Iron Man
Jex Thoth
Mantar
Primitive Man
Ufomammut
YOB
Thursday, May 21st @ Ottobar:
Devourment
Internal Bleeding
Mortal Decay
Ciborium
Friday - Sunday @ Edison Lot:
Amorphis
Anaal Nathrakh
Arcturus
Aura Noir
Artificial Brain
Bloodbath
Bulldozer
Cianide
Demilich
Einherjer
Fulgora
Funebrarum
Goatsnake
Inverloch (playing a diSEMBOWELMENT set)
Lock Up
Master
Metal Church
Morpheus Descends
Neurosis
Obituary
Primordial
Prosanctus Inferi
Razor
Serpentine Path
Skepticism
Sodom
Triptykon
Twilight of the Gods
Vallenfyre
Vulcano
Winter
Friday - Sunday @ Rams Head Live:
Adversarial
Aeternus
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult
Demoncy
Dragged into Sunlight
Impetuous Ritual
Knelt Rote
Portal
Thantifaxath
Tsjuder
Vattnet Viskar
Friday - Sunday @ Soundstage:
Agoraphobic Nosebleed
Antigama
Backslider
Cephalic Carnage
Chainsaw to the Face
Coke Bust
D.R.I.
Early Graves
Engorged
Entrails Massacre
Excel
F.I.D.
Full of Hell
Ghoul
Grin and Bear it
Homewrecker
Inter Arma
Lycanthrophy
Martyrdöd
Melt-Banana
Mother Brain
Pizzahifive
P.L.F.
Napalm Death
Noisear
Noxa
Spazztic Blurr
Splatterhouse
Suffering Mind
Triac
Water Torture
Wolfbrigade