After 6 years, 160+ different bands representing 18 countries, and several venue changes, the Maryland Deathfest (or "MDF" for short) has developed into the premier underground metal festival in the United States, and one of the most talked about festivals internationally.
The concept of MDF is simple: to bring to the United States the best and most extreme bands the underground has to offer. Never conforming to trends, or being limited by genre restrictions, MDF is a showcase of what extreme music, both new and old, is capable of. With an emphasis on diversity, the festival brings together the very best death metal, grindcore, thrash, hardcore, black metal, and experimental bands from all around the world. With bands from all over the U.S. and Canada, and exclusive fly ins and rare appearances from some of the most in demand bands from Europe, Australia, and Japan, the diversity of the lineup is only surpassed by the diversity of MDF's rabid fan base, who annually travel from all over the world for a weekend of fun and music.
Since MDF's inception in 2003, festival organizers Ryan and Evan have continued to strive to bring together some of the most legendary bands in the scene and some of the most talked about up-and-coming bands in the underground for an unparalleled experience. Combining the DIY attitude of two young metal fans who are actually part of the scene instead of trying to exploit it, with a refreshing professional touch, MDF is year after year given high marks for being one of the best run and most organized festivals around. Now after finding a permanent home in Downtown Baltimore at the Sonar, and easily the most ambitious lineup to date, 2009 is sure to be the biggest and best MDF yet. Get your tickets early, because you wont want to miss the most talked about metal event of the year.
BAND HISTORY OF MDF:
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2008
Nuclear Assault, Grave, Anaal Nathrakh, Monstrosity, Blood Duster, Martyr, Impaled, Dying Fetus, Macabre, Fuck...I'm Dead, The Day Everything Became Nothing, Disfear, Ghoul, Phobia, Dead, Flesh Parade, Coffins, Gadget, Squash Bowels, Ingrowing, Circle of Dead Children, Engorged, Torsofuck, Defeated Sanity, Hellnation, Japanische Kampfhorspiele, Gruesome Stuff Relish, Behold...the Arctopus, Afgrund, Waco Jesus, Kalibas, Keitzer, Infected Malignity, Trap Them, Skarp, Defeatist, Copremesis, Decrypt |
2007
Brutal Truth, Malevolent Creation, Zyklon, Extreme Noise Terror, Vomitory, Dead Infection, General Surgery, Regurgitate, Gut, Cripple Bastards, Ghoul, Retaliation, Gorerotted, Rotten Sound, Birdflesh, Skitsystem, Misery Index, Cock and Ball Torture, Gorod, Odious Mortem, Jigsore Terror, Nunwhore Commando 666, Fuck the Facts, Foetopsy, Flagitious Idiosyncrasy in the Dilapidation, Exhale, Putrescence, Saprogenic |
2006
Dismember, Vital Remains, Pungent Stench, Haemorrhage, Necrophagist, Demilich, Cattle Decapitation, Anata, Machetazo, Severe Torture, Unholy Grave, Butcher ABC, Disfear, Rompeprop, Skinless, Gorgasm, Yacoepsae, Municipal Waste, Embalmer, Sayyadina, Alarum, Cliteater, Sanitys Dawn, Mucupurlulent, Catheter, Total Fucking Destruction, Cenotaph, Electro Quarterstaff, Magrudergrind, Quills, Embryonic Cryptopathia |
2005
Immolation, Cryptopsy, General Surgery, Regurgitate, Abscess, Impaled, Birdflesh, Rotten Sound, Wormed, Gronibard, Aborted, Pig Destroyer, Misery Index, Leng Tch'e, Ghoul, Lord Gore, Bodies Lay Broken, Splatterhouse, XXX Maniak, Despised Icon, Kill the Client, Ion Dissonance, Guttural Secrete, Magrudergrind, Warscars, Prophecy, Amoebic Dysentery, Screaming Afterbith |
2004
Repulsion, Exhumed, Rotten Sound, Macabre, The Red Chord, Leng Tch'e, Pig Destroyer, Phobia, Inhume, Vomit Remnants, Rompeprop, Bile, Arsis, Misery Index, Dehumanized, Profanity, Internal Suffering, Malignancy, Neuraxis, Mortal Decay, Circle of Dead Children, Man Must Die, Brodequin, Fleshtized, Swarm of the Lotus, Brainwash, Bodies in the Gears of the Apparatus, Biolich |
2003
Suffocation, Necrophagist, Devourment, Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition, Aborted, Abuse, Severed Savior, Soils of Fate, 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 |
