Maryland Deathfest XV: May 25-28, 2017

first round of confirmed bands for MDF XV announced on Facebook this morning:
http://www.facebook.com/MarylandDeathfest/photos/a.393324644039379.86768.113388912032955/1106115232760313/

Acid King
Akercocke (UK) - Exclusive U.S. appearance!
Autopsy
Behexen (Finland) - Exclusive U.S. appearance!
Brodequin
Decrepit Birth
Dopethrone
Embalmer
In The Woods… (Norway) - Exclusive U.S. appearance!
Iron Lung
Kerasphorus
Macabre
Morbid Angel (with Trey Azagthoth and Steve Tucker)
Nightbringer
Nordjevel (Norway)
Sargeist (Finland) - Exclusive U.S. appearance!
Siege
Terrorizer (World Downfall set)
Usurper

I got my 4-day early bird pass; anyone else?

I didn't get my pass yet, but soon!

oooooolala Acid King !

Siege is a rare treat.

2:1 Dopethrone cancels haha.

I will have to check some of those out…

Morbid Angel will be fun. 

I enjoyed the 2016 releases by Behexen and Nordjevel.

More bands plus festival info:

25 more bands confirmed for MDF XV!

Captain Cleanoff (Australia)
Conan (UK)
Crud
Cryptopsy (Canada)
Ex Dementia
Encoffination
Exumer (Germany) -Exclusive U.S. appearance!
Father Befouled
Fiend
Fissure
Goolagoon
Goratory
Insect Warfare
Malignancy
Meth Leppard (Australia)
Morbid Saint
Necropsy (Finland)
October Tide (Sweden) - Exclusive U.S. appearance!
P.L.F.
Skeletal Remains
SubRosa
Torture Rack
Vader (Poland) - Exclusive U.S. appearance!
War Master
Wormrot (Singapore)

Venue information:

Only 2 venues will be used next year, Rams Head Live and Baltimore Soundstage. Not using Edison Lot may come as a bit of a surprise to some of you, but to make a long story short, the cost of production to use Edison all weekend is too much to justify using it again next year. We prefer to stay true to our roots and not seek a bunch of sponsors or raise ticket prices to help fuel the cost of continuing a 3 venue format, so downscaling to 2 venues was in our best interest. This decision will keep the cost of tickets cheaper than the last few years, but nearly the same amount of bands that you're used to will be booked.

Once again, the Thursday show at Rams Head will feature doom/stoner/sludge bands, while Baltimore Soundstage will feature death metal.

From Friday-Sunday, Rams Head will be running all day and night instead of just late evening hours. Rams Head will feature death/black/thrash metal bands all weekend.

From Friday-Sunday, Soundstage will be running all day and night just as it has in the past. Soundstage will feature grindcore/powerviolence/hardcore/punk bands all weekend.

This venue format will allow us to keep collisions of 2 bands playing at one time to a minimum. You also only have to walk 2 minutes between the venues.

As always, merch vendors will be present at MDF 2017. We'll let you know more about where they'll be located in the coming months.

Note that tickets will be limited in this venue format. It is highly recommended that you get your tickets (especially the 4-day pass) as soon as possible. 300 more 4-day passes will be released on Friday, July 22nd at 10 am EST.

Once these are gone, one final wave of 4-day passes will be released (for the same price as the sale on the 22nd) after we finish booking bands. All other ticket options, including 3-day passes for either venue and single day tickets, will be released after we finish booking bands.

damn…no outdoor stages? There might be blood in the water…. I hope MDF makes it to 2017. Line up is looking pretty cool so far regardless.