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Maryland Deathfest update (schedule, cancellations/replacements) ++ related NYC shows

Check out the updated schedule for Maryland Deathfest (including some cancellations/replacements since we last spoke), plus a handful of upcoming NYC metal shows (some related to MDF, some not).

California Deathfest 2016 lineup

The lineup for the second annual California Deathfest (same people as MDF) has been announced, and it’s stacked. Going down on October 14-16 in Oakland, CA at the Metro, performers include Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Black Breath, Razor, Demilich, Exhumed, Hooded Menace, The Ruins of Beverast, Revenge…

Maryland Deathfest 2016 adds Testament, Discharge, Severed Head of State, Paradise Lost, Repulsion, Goblin & more

Maryland Deathfest 2016 already announced two rounds of bands, and today they added a bunch more. Additions include Testament, Discharge, Repulsion, Paradise Lost, Ringworm, Severed Head of State (who also play NYC soon), Buzzov’en, World Burns to Death, Tragedy, Satan, DOOM, Crypt Sermon, Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin, Horrendous, Infest, Nuclear Assault (who are supposedly breaking up soon), Weedeater…

Maryland Deathfest 2016 announces second round of bands

Annual metalhead destination Maryland Deathfest announced its initial 2016 lineup last week, and today the festival revealed its second round of ba…

Maryland Deathfest 2016 initial lineup (Venom, Exciter, Samael, Bongzilla, Wormed, Sinister, Gruesome & more)

The 2015 Maryland Deathfest is behind us (read our review), and now the initial lineup for 2016 is already announced. Next year happens from May 26-29 in the usual locations of Edison Lot, Rams Head Live, and Baltimore Soundstage, and so far the lineup looks like this: There’s Venom (whose only US show of 2015 is FFF Fest) and the back-in-action Bongzilla, plus Samael (performing Ceremony of Opposites), Exciter, Sinister, Hail of Bullets, The Haunted, Destroyer 666, Wormed, Gruesome, Jungle Ro…

Portland's Dark Descent Showcase in pics: Anhedonist, Horrendous, Sempiternal Dusk, Mitochondrion & more

This year’s Dark Descent showcase — which took place on 10/5 and which featured Sempiternal Dusk, Ritual Necromancy, Anhedonist, Horrendous, Dire Omen, Weregoat, Gravehill, Mitochondrion, and Insanity — was one of 2013’s better under-the-radar metal events…

The Year in Heavy (BBG's favorite records & shows of 2011)

Midnight at Rites of Darkness (more by BBG) 2011 was a year that I spent delving deep into record bins, in the pit at shows, and searching for the most brutal of the brutal at festivals across the country including Maryland Deathfest, Chaos in Tejas, Rites of Darkness, SXSW, the A389 Anniversary show, California Discord Fest, and many others…

Rites of Darkness 2011 -- Day 3 pics & review

Rites of Darkness 2011 closed out on Sunday 12/11 with a somber and powerful set from melodic death-doomers Mournful Congregation (we premiered a song from their new LP) who toured the West Coast with the like-minded Aldebaran and Anhedonist…

Inquisition & Mortuary Drape playing NYC w/ Negative Plane before Rites of Darkness 3 (lineup & dates)

Inquisition at Maryland Deathfest (more by BBG) NYC’s Studio at Webster Hall will soon host a trifecta of black metal greatness! Inquisition will headline the venue on December 2nd with a rare appearance from Mortuary Drape and Negative Plane…