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Mobb Deep added to Maryland Deathfest (seriously), playing other shows too (including NYC this Sunday)

Mobb Deep

Maryland Deathfest is less than a month away (May 21-24), and the lineup was already stacked with Neurosis, Napalm Death, Yob, Triptykon, Primordial, Inter Arma, Tombs, D.R.I., Conan, Ufomammut, Sodom and so many more. Yet MDF still felt the need to sweeten the deal, so they went ahead and added one more to the lineup: Mobb Deep.

You didn’t read that wrong, and it’s not some foreign metal band with a lawsuit ahead of them. The legendary Queensbridge hip hop duo Mobb Deep are playing at 11:30 PM on the Thursday of MDF (5/21) at Baltimore Soundstage, amongst this otherwise metal, hardcore, and metal-related lineup. It’s not crazy — it’s not like Slayer wasn’t on Def Jam, Anthrax never collaborated with Public Enemy, and metal and hip hop haven’t had a crossover fan base for years — but it should be interesting to see how this goes down. Tickets for just the Mobb Deep show are on sale, and anyone with an MDF 4-day pass or a Thursday Soundstage ticket can get in too.

Mobb Deep also have several other dates including a hometown NYC show this weekend at BB King’s on Sunday (4/26) with Funkmaster Flex, Alchemist and Smif-N-Wessun. Tickets for Sunday’s show are still available.

Meanwhile, their seminal 1995 album, The Infamous, turns 20 tomorrow (4/25). Listen to “Shook Ones Pt. II” from that record, with their tour dates and the updated MDF schedule, below…

MARYLAND DEATHFEST 2015

THURSDAY, MAY 21st

@ RAMS HEAD LIVE:
Bevar Sea
Conan
Iron Man
Jex Thoth
Mantar
Primitive Man
Ufomammut
YOB

@ SOUNDSTAGE:
Ciborium
Devourment
Internal Bleeding
Mortal Decay
Origin
Skinless
Mobb Deep

FRIDAY, MAY 22nd

@ EDISON LOT:
Artificial Brain
Aura Noir
Bloodbath
Cianide
Funebrarum
Master
Lock Up
Obituary
Suffocation
Vallenfyre

@ SOUNDSTAGE:
F.I.D.
Ghoul
Homewrecker
Napalm Death
Noisear
Noxa
P.L.F.
Splatterhouse
Suffering Mind
Triac

@ RAMS HEAD LIVE:
Aeternus
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult
Inverloch
Vattnet Viskar

SATURDAY, MAY 23rd

@ EDISON LOT:
Arcturus
Blood Red Throne
Bulldozer
Einherjer
Fulgora
Morpheus Descends
Razor
Serpentine Path
Sodom
Triptykon
Twilight of the Gods
Vulcano

@ RAMS HEAD LIVE:
Adversarial
Demoncy
Gnaw Their Tongues
Tsjuder

@ SOUNDSTAGE:
Agoraphobic Nosebleed
Antigama
Backslider
Cephalic Carnage
Chainsaw to the Face
Engorged
Full of Hell
Inter Arma
Lycanthrophy
Martyrdöd
Wolfbrigade

SUNDAY, MAY 24th

@ EDISON LOT:
Amorphis
Anaal Nathrakh
Demilich
Goatsnake
Inverloch (diSEMBOWELMENT set)
Neurosis
Primordial
Prosanctus Inferi
Skepticism
Tombs
Winter

@ SOUNDSTAGE:
Coke Bust
D.R.I.
Early Graves
Entrails Massacre
Excel
Grin and Bear it
Melt-Banana
Mother Brain
Pizzahifive
Spazztic Blurr
Water Torture

@ RAMS HEAD LIVE:
Impetuous Ritual
Knelt Rote
Portal
Thantifaxath

MOBB DEEP — 2015 TOUR DATES
Apr 26 B.B. Kings Blues Club New York, NY*
May 01 O2 Academy Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom
May 01 O2 Academy 2 Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom
May 02 O2 Shepherds Bush Empire London, United Kingdom
May 03 O2 Academy Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom
May 04 Waterfront Norwich, United Kingdom
May 06 Concorde 2 Brighton, United Kingdom
May 07 O2 Academy Leeds Leeds, United Kingdom
May 08 O2 Academy Liverpool Liverpool, United Kingdom
May 09 O2 Academy Bristol Bristol, United Kingdom
May 10 O2 ABC Glasgow Glasgow, United Kingdom
May 21 Baltimore Soundstage Baltimore, MD (part of MDF)
May 22 Howard Theatre Washington, DC
May 23 Middle East Cambridge, MA
May 29 Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver, CO
May 30 The Urban Lounge Salt Lake City, UT
May 31 The Observatory Santa Ana, CA

* – w/ Funkmaster Flex, Alchemist, Smif-N-Wessun