Maryland Deathfest

[Ars Magna]

I don't recall seeing this mentioned much (if at all) around these parts. In years past there were generally only a few bands I'd be interested in seeing, but this years lineup should be a lot of fun.

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

i'm goin

 

[Chromatose]

absuuuuuuuuuuuuu

 

[Dark One]

Sigh, Bolt Thrower, Asphyx, Atheist, Absu, Pestilence, Marduk, Aura Noir and possibly Immolation = worthy.

The remaining, oh I dunno.... 55 BANDS or so = uke:

 

[J.]

id love to go to a lot of these fests if they all werent so damn far away

 

[EricT]

Sigh, Bolt Thrower, Asphyx, Atheist, Absu, Pestilence, Marduk, Aura Noir and possibly Immolation = worthy.

The remaining, oh I dunno.... 55 BANDS or so = uke:

What he said.

While there is a strong upper lineup, the rest is a big "who?".

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

Pestilence, Asphyx, Mayhem, Atheist, Napalm Death, Absu, Immolation, Hail of Bullets, Misery Index, Rotten Sound
Worth it enough for me.

 

[EricT]

I'd actually go if it wasn't in fucking May. My history with shit stopping me from doing shit in May has always been bad.

 

[Reign in Acai]

If I were to fly out to that cotton field, I'd rather it be for something special like Doom or be Doomed. Standing next to a bunch of gyrating human windmills is not my idea of a good time.

 

[Dr. Pete]

I'm thinking about this one, but nothing's for sure.

 

[Ars Magna]

These are the bands I want to see:

Pestilence
Asphyx
Napalm Death
Atheist
Marduk
Aura Noir
Absu
Brutal Truth
Immolation
General Surgery
Sigh
Birdflesh
Misery Index
Today is the Day
Victims
Rotten Sound
Phobia
Sayyadina
Kill the Client
Unearthly Trance

I'm thinking of being a vendor but not quite sure. Seeing that my stuff is 99% Black Metal-related, I'm not sure how well I'd do.

 

[Anom@nder Rake]

I bought a 3 day ticket last week. The headliners and other bigger bands are pretty strong. The only smaller bands that I know of and like are Grief and Unearthly Trance.

 

[Evil?]

I shall probably attend if only for the headliners mentioned by the others.

 

[lurch70]

well ... I'll be damned ... NYC Crew

The organizers of the annual Maryland Deathfest, which will take place from May 22nd to 24th at Sonar in Baltimore, MD, have announced that they’ll be having a second smaller festival, dubbed the Auditory Assault Festival, the weekend before (May 16th/17th) in New York City with some of the band’s playing MDF. Band and venue information is expected to be announced shortly, and you can stay up to date at the festival’s official MySpace page. The organizers also commented on the creation of the festival with the following:

“The first Auditory Assault took place at the end of 2006 in Baltimore, but since then we’ve decided to resurrect the name and have a 2 day event in New York City on the weekend before Maryland Deathfest. The primary focus of Auditory Assault is to provide numerous bands playing MDF a chance to play a kick ass event in New York City as well. We’re not attempting to put this on the same level as Maryland Deathfest and expect to confirm roughly 15-20 bands, half of which will likely be MDF bands looking for more shows.

Currently we aren’t accepting any booking inquiries. Roughly half of the bands we’re going to confirm are already confirmed. These bands will be announced in the next few days.”

 

[EricT]

Destroyer 666 was added to MDF, and Destroyer 666 and Absu are expected to tour after the MDF show, so there's a pretty good chance they'll be there.

 

[swizzlenuts]

Holy FUck.

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

 

[spikes77]

I've already ordered the three day pass. Ars if you do bring your stuff, i'll definitely buy a cd or two Very pleased to hear destroyer 666 just added