MDF ROLL-CALL 2012

Are you going to MDF 2012?

  • Not sure if I'll go - do NOT want to share if I do.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    26
Some updates for people!

  • First of all, there are some Thursday passes being sold at like noon tomorrow; only thirty, so people who don't have them should hop on that. Schmidt et al... that means you.

  • If Vince does indeed go that means we are at 6 people in my room, and thus the price will be staying at $144.76 per person. The total price of the room is $868.56..

  • The set-times apparently get posted tomorrow. I expect lists from everyone with who they plan on seeing, what time people think they'll be available to grab merch and/or food, what acts they're prioritizing, when they'll be back at the hotel to rage, etc... Just because those kinda things are exciting to check out (to me anyway).

Yeah bitches. This shit is like 24 days away!
 
That is possible. My uncle has an apartment in Manhattan, but parking would be the most difficult issue. Plus I have no idea if he's there and if we'd be able to crash there if he's not home (he's an acoustic engineer who travels all the time).

Does your uncle's place not have garage levels? If nothing else, $25 or less per day on a pay lot isn't really bad if split.
 
Only things I know are Agalloch, Demigod, and Saint Vitus.

I can be passed out drunk in an alley the rest of the weekend, but I must make those.
 
zabu of nΩd;10270508 said:
Does your uncle's place not have garage levels? If nothing else, $25 or less per day on a pay lot isn't really bad if split.

No idea. I'd have to get in contact with him, but that's not always easy.
 
Well, I had class when the Thursday tickets were going on sale so I missed them. Probably for the best. Gives me a night dedicated to nothing but drunkenness. I'll be seeing Autopsy this Saturday anyways. Fuck it. I've seen Absu twice and I'm not huge on their new material and Agalloch tours enough so I'm sure I'll see them in Chicago in the next couple of years.

I'm so pumped for Saint Vitus and Demigod. Seeing Demigod at Rites of Darkness was a highlight and they are definitely a treat to listen to.
 
Thursday: Will be getting fucking trashed at the hotel

Friday: 12-5:00 - Fucking around
5:40-6:20 - Demigod
6:20 might go check out Macabre, but I've seen them twice before. Good but nothing amazing
7:15 Artillery. Hopefully they don't suck
Probably just going to stick around after Artillery's set so I can watch Godflesh front row or something. Might grab a beer or two and watch Napalm Death from the back for a few tracks.
10:40-on: Fucking around and doing what everybody else wants to do. Don't really give a fuck about the other bands playing inside except maybe Setherial.

Saturday (Fucking Devil's Blood and Morbid Saint conflicting)
12-4: fucking around
4:30-5: October 31st (Leaving early so I can get a good spot for Morbid Saint
5-5:45: Morbid Saint (Might leave early depending if Morbid Saint sucks or not)
5:45-6:30: Chilling in the back for The Devil's Blood. Might work my way forward
6:45-7:30 Archgoat. Skipping Anvil
7:45-8:30 Leaving to check out a bit of Confessor and then catching the last half or so of Horna. Depending on how I enjoy more at the time.
8:30-9:30: Break Time. Likely finding someone to get food with me and drink at the room.
9:30-??: Throwing beer bottles and heckling Morbid Angel
???-11:25: Checking out Tsjuder. Might just stay in the room and drink til Winter though
12:40-???: Winter/Beer

Sunday (I'll likely be spending most of this day chilling with people and casually listened to bands from the back)
12-3: Fucking around
3:15-3:55 Disma
4:00-4:40 Demonical
4:45-5:30: Morgoth
5:30-6:20: Shifting back and forth between Ulcerate and Church of Misery.
6:25-7:15: Pentagram/Food
8:15-9:20: Skipping Suffocation for a great spot for Saint Vitus. Hopefully hammered for their set.
9:30-10:00: Drinking/Chilling. Not interested in Electric Wizard.
10:30-11:25: FUCKING SARGEIST. Likely up close for this set.
11:25-12:30: Chilling/Checking out Bethlehem. Might go back to the room for drinks/food or something
12:40-???: Mortuary Drape.

Fuck that shit was hard.
 
Bands I will definitely be seeing:

Thursday: Absu, Agalloch, Autopsy

Friday: Negura Bunget, Setherial, Demigod, Artillery

Saturday: Archgoat, Morbid Angel

Sunday: Sargeist, Electric Wizard, Saint Vitus

For the rest I'll either stick with those more enthused about other bands, chill in the room or grab dinner at strategic times.
 
Also, I'm not happy that Sargeist starts just before Electric Wizard ends. EW will definitely end with "Funeralopolis" so I'll have to miss the start of Sargeist's set, which may very well begin with my favorite song by them "Empire of Suffering."

That and Agalloch should have been the final band on Thursday. Sucks they'll only play an hour.
 
Thursday: Absu, Eyehategod, Agalloch, Autopsy

Friday: Ghoul, Negura Bunget, Demigod, Godflesh, Nasum

Saturday: Noothgrush, Tsjuder, Confessor, Morbid Angel, Morbid Saint, Brujeria. Obviously can't do this all at the same time wtf.

Sunday: Sargeist, Bethlehem, Electric Wizard, Saint Vitus.
 
This is probably the MDF I've spent the most time and money researching, listening to and purchasing/downloading the albums of bands playing... prepare for a long ass post.

THURSDAY:

~5:00 - Arrival/Check-In/Fuck Yeah
5:25 - Head down to venue, catch Die Pigeon Die maybe
6:05 - Wonder why a grind band has a 35 minute set. Look at merch. Watch some of Needful Things
6:55 - Apparently Rorschach are legendary so I'll give 'em a shot.
7:55 to end - Varying degrees of checking all these bands' performances. I wouldn't mind watching them all but I'll be ducking out to drink and find food at some point. Feel free to join me at that point, cuz we'll probably go to some bars or something.

FRIDAY:
Wake up at 11-noon some time. Buy food and hotel supplies for the weekend, possibly beer. Since I'm doing nothing until like 5:30, this would be killer time to walk the Inner Harbor, chill, etc.
5:40 - Demigod should be good. I'll be up-front probably with most other UMMDF nerds.
After Demigod - Get dinner and stuff, don't care about Macabre...
7:25 - Want to give Negura a peep. Could be interesting.
8:25 - Maybe check out some merch, buy a beer, watch Napalm Death from afar or something
9:30 - Godflesh front fuckin' row. This is going to be a monumental performance.
10:40 - Definitely want to catch Unsane live, should be interesting and probably good (gotten into them majorly recently)
11:40 - Either watch a bit of Setherial or go back to the hotel, bar hop, etc. Don't care about the cash-grabby-Nasum-without-Mieszko thing.
whenever - party like fuck with cool people

SATURDAY:
Wake up at same time as Friday probably, depending on my hangover and other various factors. Probably walk Baltimore for fun and profit, buy merch, discuss plans with other people for a while.
2:00 - Looking for an Answer is really good grind, I will definitely watch some of them. Still don't understand the long set time though.
2:55 - Dragged into Sunlight could be interesting, but I might pass 'em up for merch shopping and hanging around w/ people.
3:50 - Black fucken' Witchery should be crazy, though I doubt I'll watch their whole set.
5:00 - This depends on how Morbid Saint sounds, I agree with Schmidt. If good, stay; if not, leave and get food before TDB.
5:45 - The Devil's Blood is a brilliantly oddball band playing this fest. Won't miss 'em.
6:45 - Fuck Anvil. Archgoat wins this battle straight up.
7:30 - Slightly interested in Confessor, but will likely rather watch Horna while thinking of where to get dinner.
8:25 - Not a big Brujeria fan but depending on who is watching them I'll stick around for a bit. Let's hang out at about this time.
9:30 - Morbid Angel heckling. Maybe they'll actually be alright... maybe I'm an optimist. Maybe that's an understatement...
10:35 - Tsjuder are pretty great, if generic, Norwegian BM and everyone should check 'em out. Could be fun live.
11:40 - Haemorrhage always brings a party when they play Sonar, and I doubt this'll be an exception. I might rather just go have a few beers, wander Baltimore (while obeying the buddy system, at this time of night tbh), eat food, be decadent, etc.
12:40 - Winter should be crushing but I'm not sold on them being indoors. Seems like a douche-y move... why is October 31 playing outside but fucking Winter isn't? Who decided this?!
whenever - party like fuck with cool people.

SUNDAY:
Wake up same basic time as previous days. Glad there's nothing great until...
3:15 - Disma! Good band, even though Craig Pillard's a Nazi dick. I hope this causes tension with crusties (should be a lot there since Hellbastard and Deviated Instinct are headlining) and there's a big shitshow or something.
3:45 - I'm probably one of the only Cough fans on the board, but they're pretty good (like a sludgier Electric Wizard with some cleaner vocals)
4:40 - Fuck, I'm not a fan of choosing between one of America's best currently running and super-underrated sludge bands (Rwake) and fuckin' Morgoth, but I'll work this out somehow. Might do half and half.
5:30 - This is the second in a row of annoying choices... Church of Misery or Ulcerate? Both of these bands don't come around here much and they're both great, but I predict CoM will be a little more awesome.
6:25 - Thrash time with the demotape masters... Pentagram will rock face.
7:00 - Probably move inside to watch some YOB since I missed them touring with Tool in February or whenever.
7:20 - Suffocation is an awesome live band, but I probably won't watch even half of their set... as Schmidt said, I'll want to be slammed for St. Vitus, and Suffo tours a lot so it's not a huge loss.
8:15 - motherfuckin' Vitus, dudez. Pretty pumped for this one. I'll be singing along to a lot of Wino's wise words.
9:30 - Yeah, Electric Wizard might be pretty good. I'll try to check them out but I predict I'll be tired at this point and will need food. Might head back to the hotel early with some merch or w/e and prepare for the crazy 3 hour black metal assault MDF ending finale. :lol:
After show - Party a lot probably. Don't really have much to do Monday except clean up and check out.
 
Thursday:

???-8:15- Arrival: drink/eat/fuck. Might watch Rorschach.
8:55-9:40- Absu
11:00-12:00- Agalloch
12:15- end- Autopsy
12:30-???- Drink/eat/fuck

Friday:

???-4:40- Exercise/drink/eat/fuck
5:40-6:20- Demigod (time differential= me waiting up front)
6:20-7:10- Macabre
7:15-8:10- Artillery
9:30-10:40- Godflesh (thinking about catching some of Napalm Death, but I'm definitely going to be front-row, center for Godflesh)
10:40-11:25- Unsane
11:25-???- Might watch the others, but otherwise drink/eat/fuck.

Saturday:

???-2:00- Exercise/drink/eat/fuck
2:00-3:25- Wander around Sonar, probably fall asleep in the venue.
3:25-4:10- Hellbastard/Black Witchery (Black Witchery sucks but I'll mainly just be watching the crowd due to likely insanity)
4:30-5:00- October 31 (probably duck out early to get close for Morbid Saint)
5:00-5:40- Morbid Saint
5:45-6:30- The Devil's Blood
6:45-7:30- Archgoat
7:30-8:20- Confessor
8:20-9:30- run back to the hotel and chug beer/rum
9:30-10:40- Morbid Angel. I'll be doing drunken jumpdafuckup dances during their newer songs and probably get my ass kicked once or twice. Satan.
10:35-1:40- all the other bands
1:40-???- Drink/eat/fuck

Sunday:

???-3:00- Exercise/drink/eat/fuck
3:00-3:55- After waiting up front for a good spot, Disma
3:55-4:45- Dunno. I'll probably dick around with some chaps and watch whatever they're watching. Maybe fall asleep inside the venue again.
4:45-5:30- Morgoth
5:30-???- Probably go back to the hotel and quickly binge drink.
6:25-7:15- Pentagram
7:15-???- Mess around until I decide I need to secure a front-row, center spot for Saint Vitus
8:15-9:20- Saint Vitus. Stay away from Schmidt and I; it will pretty much be a karaoke event.
9:20-???- Mess around, passively watch Electric Wizard until it's a good time to get up front for Sargeist
10:35-1:40- Sargeist, Bethlehem (will be a chore to sit through), Mortuary Drape
1:40-???- Drink/eat/fuck
 
Yeah, it looks like Andy and I are going to be chilling a LOT at this fest because we both plan on taking breaks and shit at roughly the same time. Totally going to be front row, or near front with you for Demigod, Godflesh, and Vitus. Definitely singing along to Vitus with you. We have to get some arms around our shoulders all bro-like and stuff.