Reviews
One of the most unexpected performances of the festival may stand as one of its best; about a month before the event, Deathfest organizers a...
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![Mobb Deep Baltimore Soundstage, Baltimore MD, May 21]()
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![Conan The Ram's Head Live, Baltimore MD, May 21]()
ReviewsConan The Ram's Head Live, Baltimore MD, May 21 Published May 23, 2015Hailing from Liverpool, these stoner doom frost giants put on a surprising set. While their aural aesthetic is all crushing doom and weighty...
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![Devourment Baltimore Soundstage, Baltimore MD, May 21]()
ReviewsDevourment Baltimore Soundstage, Baltimore MD, May 21 Published May 23, 2015These Texan death metal veterans have known their share of adversity: they've broken up and re-formed three times and faced the death of for...
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![Day Four with My Dying Bride, Candlemass, Gorguts Various Venues, Baltimore MD, May 25]()
ReviewsDay Four with My Dying Bride, Candlemass, Gorguts Various Venues, Baltimore MD, May 25 Published May 26, 2014The final day of Maryland Deathfest XII started on a high note, with a compelling performance from occult doom wizards Windhand. The rich gu...
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![Day Three with Dark Angel, Unleashed, Sarke Various Venues, Baltimore MD, May 24]()
ReviewsDay Three with Dark Angel, Unleashed, Sarke Various Venues, Baltimore MD, May 24 Published May 25, 2014By Saturday, traffic between Maryland Deathfest's three venues seemed to hit its stride, and there was a steady stream of traffic between th...
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![Day Two with At the Gates, Agalloch, Cancer Various Venues, Baltimore MD, May 23]()
ReviewsDay Two with At the Gates, Agalloch, Cancer Various Venues, Baltimore MD, May 23 Published May 24, 2014By Friday (May 23), Maryland Deathfest XII was up and functioning as a fully armed and operational battle station. Black metal and post-hard...
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![Day One with Crowbar, Coffins, Torche Various Venues, Baltimore MD, May 22]()
ReviewsDay One with Crowbar, Coffins, Torche Various Venues, Baltimore MD, May 22 Published May 23, 2014Over the course of its 12-year history, Maryland Deathfest has steadily built a reputation for being one of the best (if not the best) heavy...
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![Electric Wizard Outside Stage 1, Baltimore MD May 27]()
ReviewsElectric Wizard Outside Stage 1, Baltimore MD May 27 Published May 28, 2012I have no words to describe -- by 9:30 p.m. on Sunday night, four full days into Deathfest and with a rolling hangover that ebbed and flowed...
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![YOB Club Sonar, Baltimore MD May 27]()
ReviewsYOB Club Sonar, Baltimore MD May 27 Published May 28, 2012There is a point at which sound, at sufficient volume and when played with enough animal ferociousness, undergoes an alchemical transformati...
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![Rwake Club Sonar, Baltimore MD May 27]()
ReviewsRwake Club Sonar, Baltimore MD May 27 Published May 28, 2012Rwake, a band of Southern sludgesters from Little Rock, AK, dragged the blood, mud and tar inside the Sonar for a humid, choking set. While...
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![Disma Outside Stage 2, Baltimore MD May 27]()
ReviewsDisma Outside Stage 2, Baltimore MD May 27 Published May 28, 2012While Disma adhere to the basic riff structures of death metal, they slow the pace of their music down to a churning crawl. Their set borrow...
