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Maryland Deathfest

North America's Biggest Underground Metal Party

About Me

***This profile is maintained by both organizers of Maryland Deathfest, Ryan and Evan***
5 years, 130 different bands representing 17 countries and several venue changes later, Maryland Deathfest (also referred to as simply "MDF") has developed into one of the most talked about underground metal festivals internationally.
The concept of the festival originated in the winter months of 2002 when the organizers, Ryan and Evan, were standing around bored at work and wrote the blueprint for the 2003 festival on the back of a menu. Over the years the turnout for the festival has seen a steady increase from 500 in 2003 to 1,500 in 2007. The festival saw several venue changes before finally finding a happy home in 2006 at Sonar in downtown Baltimore, MD. Bands from the US and 16 other countries have played the stage at MDF and metal fanatics from at least 40 states, Canada, Mexico, South America, numerous countries in Europe and as far as Australia make the travel to witness the show each year. Traditionally at the festival you are able to shop at the "MDF Metal Market", where one can browse through the selection of CD's/T-shirts/Vinyl/Video from over 15 record labels. The agenda of the MDF staff remains the same each year, and that is to book a high quality, hand-picked line up of bands representing the diversity of the extreme metal underground. The approach is obviously underground and DIY, but a professional, refreshing touch has been added by the organizers who understand the scene and have supported this music for many years. We hope to see you at Sonar again in 2008 to celebrate 6 years of MDF!
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MDF is an ALL AGES event !
Here is a current list of confirmed bands for MDF VI !! 1 or maximum 2 more bands will be confirmed for MDF 2008 at a later date!
May 23, 24 and 25, 2008 @ SONAR
Grave (Sweden)
Anaal Nathrakh (England)
Repulsion (Michigan)
Blood Duster (Australia)
Monstrosity (Florida)
Macabre (Illinois)
Martyr (Canada)
Deranged (Sweden)
Fuck...I'm Dead (Australia)
Impaled (California)
Squash Bowels (Poland)
Disavowed (Netherlands)
Phobia (California)
Disfear (Sweden)
Hellnation (Kentucky)
Gadget (Sweden)
Flesh Parade (Louisiana)
Defeated Sanity (Germany)
Coffins (Japan)
Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition (France)
Ghoul (Creepsylvania)
Torsofuck (Finland)
Gruesome Stuff Relish (Spain)
The Day Everything Became Nothing (Australia)
Engorged (Oregon)
Waco Jesus (Illinois)
Japanische Kampfhorspiele (Germany)
The Arson Project (Sweden)
Afgrund (Sweden)
Behold...the Arctopus (New York)
Sleep Terror (California)
Infected Malignity (Japan)
Keitzer (Germany)
Kalibas (New York)
Defeatist (New York)
Copremesis (New York
Decrypt (Indiana)



For hundreds of pictures of all bands that played MDF V, visit the following links:
Day 1 pictures
Day 2 pictures

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Member Since: 7/30/2006
Band Website: marylanddeathfest.com
Band Members: Ryan

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HISTORY OF MDF:

2007
Brutal Truth, Malevolent Creation, Zyklon (Norway) , Extreme Noise Terror (England) , Vomitory (Sweden) , Dead Infection (Poland) , General Surgery (Sweden) , Regurgitate (Sweden) , Gut (Germany) , Cripple Bastards (Italy) , Ghoul, Retaliation (Sweden) , Gorerotted (England) , Rotten Sound (Finland) , Birdflesh (Sweden) , Skitsystem (Sweden) , Misery Index, Cock and Ball Torture (Germany) , Gorod (France) , Odious Mortem, Jigsore Terror (Sweden) , Nunwhore Commando 666 (Germany) , Fuck the Facts (Canada) , Foetopsy, Flagitious Idiosyncrasy in the Dilapidation (Japan) , Exhale (Sweden) , Putrescence (Canada) , Saprogenic

2006
Dismember (Sweden) , Vital Remains, Pungent Stench (Austria) , Haemorrhage (Spain) , Necrophagist (Germany) , Demilich (Finland) , Cattle Decapitation, Anata (Sweden) , Machetazo (Spain) , Severe Torture (Netherlands) , Unholy Grave (Japan) , Butcher ABC (Japan) , Disfear (Sweden) , Rompeprop (Netherlands) , Skinless, Gorgasm, Yacoepsae (Germany) , Municipal Waste, Embalmer, Sayyadina (Sweden) , Alarum (Australia) , Cliteater (Netherlands) , Sanitys Dawn (Germany) , Mucupurlulent (Germany) , Catheter, Total Fucking Destruction, Cenotaph (Turkey) , Electro Quarterstaff (Canada) , Magrudergrind, Quills, Embryonic Cryptopathia

2005
Immolation, Cryptopsy (Canada) , General Surgery (Sweden) , Regurgitate (Sweden) , Abscess, Impaled, Birdflesh (Sweden) , Rotten Sound (Finland) , Wormed (Spain) , Gronibard (France) , Aborted (Belgium) , Pig Destroyer, Misery Index, Leng Tch'e (Belgium) , Ghoul, Lord Gore, Bodies Lay Broken, Splatterhouse, XXX Maniak, Despised Icon (Canada) , Kill the Client, Ion Dissonance (Canada) , Guttural Secrete, Magrudergrind, Warscars (France) , Prophecy, Amoebic Dysentery, Screaming Afterbith

2004
Repulsion, Exhumed, Rotten Sound (Finland) , Macabre, The Red Chord, Leng Tch'e (Belgium) , Pig Destroyer, Phobia, Inhume (Netherlands) , Vomit Remnants (Japan) , Rompeprop (Netherlands) , Bile (Netherlands) , Arsis, Misery Index, Dehumanized, Profanity (Germany) , Internal Suffering (Colombia) , Malignancy, Neuraxis (Canada) , Mortal Decay, Circle of Dead Children, Man Must Die (Scotland) , Brodequin, Fleshtized, Swarm of the Lotus, Brainwash (Italy) , Bodies in the Gears of the Apparatus, Biolich

2003
Suffocation, Necrophagist (Germany) , Devourment, Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition (France) , Aborted (Belgium) , Abuse (Canada) , Severed Savior, Soils of Fate (Sweden) , Dying Fetus, Brodequin, Foetopsy, Drogheda, Saprogenic, Pyrexia, Retch, Circle of Dead Children, Malignancy, Mortal Decay, Commit Suicide, Skinless, Goratory, Internal Bleeding, Incinerate, Nemo, Lust of Decay, Putrid Pile, Wasteform, Psychotogen, Suture, Anoxia, Malamor, Scumbitch, Severed Head, Spinefed, Artery Eruption

Support our partner festival, Obscene Extreme (CZ):

Guitar and bass cabinets at MDF provided by Vader Cabinets:

Photos from MDF taken by Return to the Pit:

MDF V review in the September edition of Decibel Magazine:

Vendors confirmed to appear at MDF 2008:

Deathgasm Records

Paragon Records

Pathos Productions

Relapse Records

Sevared Records

Warlord Clothing

Willowtip Records

Many more vendors TBA. If you're interested in vending at MDF 2008, it is recommended that you contact us as soon as possible as space will be strictly limited.
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My Blog

MDF - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

..> Q: Can my band play the fest? / What does my band have to do to play the fest? Generally we personally contact bands that we'd like to have perform at MDF, but sometimes a band will write us ...
Posted by Maryland Deathfest on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:49:00 PST

NOT ACCEPTING REQUESTS TO PLAY MDF

Sorry. In general we contact bands that we would like to have play at MDF, but sometimes a band will write us that we have interest in. At any rate, it doesn't matter at this point because we are putt...
Posted by Maryland Deathfest on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:26:00 PST

MDF V review in September edition of Decibel Magazine

Check it out online at this link or read it below: Being an investigation into the doings and customs of modern international death metal at Maryland Death Fest Last year it was rapespecifically anal...
Posted by Maryland Deathfest on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:02:00 PST