Are you sitting down? Because you should probably sit down so you don’t fall over when you see the initial list of bands whose appearance at Maryland Deathfest XIII (May 21-24, 2015) has just been confirmed by the event’s organizers. Here it is (the starred names will be making their exclusive U.S. appearances at MDF XIII; the list continues after the jump):
Aeternus (Norway) *
Arcturus (Norway) *
Aura Noir (Norway) *
Bulldozer (Italy) *
Darkened Nocturne Slaughtercult (Germany)
Demoncy
Dragged into Sunlight (UK)
D.R.I.
Einherjer (Norway) *
Funebrarum
Goatsnake
Impetuous Ritual (Australia) *
Lock Up *
Lycanthrophy (Czech Republic)
Master
Melt-Banana (Japan)
Metal Church
Noisear
Neurosis
Portal (Australia) *
Serpentine Path
Skepticism (Finland) *
Splatterhouse
Suffering Mind (Poland)
Triptykon (Switzerland) *
Tsjuder (Norway) *
Twilight of the Gods *
Ufomammut (Italy)
Vallenfyre (UK) *
Vulcano (Brazil) *
Winter
Wolfbrigade (Sweden) *
For yours truly, this is one hell of an exciting list. I’m reluctant to single out any specific names because the whole list is so strong, but among the bands I’ve never seen before, the names that put an extra charge into me were Triptykon, Arcturus, Aura Noir, Dragged Into Sunlight, Portal, Skepticism, Vallenfyre, Winter, and Wolfbrigade.
In more news, MDF has also announced that they will again be using the same Baltimore venues they used for the 2014 edition of the festival — The Edison Lot for the two main stages, Ram’s Head Live for nighttime performances by death/black metal bands, and Soundstage for grind/hardcore/punk bands.
Early-bird ticket sales for the event were originally planned to begin at 3:00 EST today, but those sales have now been postponed until Saturday, July 19th at 3 PM (EST).
7 Responses to “BREAKING NEWS: MARYLAND DEATHFEST ANNOUNCES INITIAL WAVE OF CONFIRMED BANDS FOR 2015”
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Sadly, the only day I get off school is the 25th. Otherwise I would totally try to go to this.
I’m a dumbass, and initially didn’t realize I had to click through to see the full list. I thus went from being impressed to being really impressed.
Seems unlikely that I’ll be able to make MDF two years in a row, but maybe I’ll be the area for work again like I was this year.
Bulldozer!
Great start…out of 25 bands, theres about 20 I want to see and about 10 Id consider cant miss..Bulldozer, Demoncy and fucking Vulcano!
err..make that 32 bands…thought they were originally announcing only the first 25
Funerbrarum. Nice! Hoping theyre gonna make some new stuff soon.
Ufomammut… Would hope their live shows as good as I imagined.
Based off your coverage of this years fest, I feel pretty certain that I cant miss out on next years.
there’s a lot of really great bands on that list
This announcement makes me all the more grateful that 2015 is the year I might finally make it to MDF, now I really hope I will!