Maryland Deathfest X -- Baltimore, MD -- May 24th - 27th, 2012

[GarageMetal468]

Agenda for today:

Ghoul, Demigod, Macabre, Artillery, Napalm Death, Godflesh, Setherial, and Nasum

[Coma323]

Damn, Absu/Eyehategod/Agalloch/Autopsy may be the best 4 band combo in a row that I've ever seen. I'd seen all of them before but they were on fire last night.

[idrinkwine732]

Originally Posted by GarageMetal468

Agenda for today:

Ghoul, Demigod, Macabre, Artillery, Napalm Death, Godflesh, Setherial, and Nasum

Same except for probably only gonna see about half of Ghoul and see who I like more between Artillery and Negura Bunget. Then Napalm Death, eat a ton of food, then stick around till the end of Nasum.

[masterguy49]

So I'm relaxing for the next hour before I go off for today, so I'll write a quick review. I'm sorry I didn't meet you guys. I met Blackened12 before the doors opened and we decided we wanted to be on rail for Agalloch. Anyways so we got there and hung out until Extermination Angel came on. They we're okay, the vocalist was weird as fuck and going nuts the whole time. The only thing I could even focus on their whole set though was the vocalist's Fanny pack. Seriously man what the fuck was up with that!?
Next came up was Die Pigeon Die they were great for the most part, but the shit they did with one of the guitars(I'm not sure what to call it, since I don't play guitar, but if you were there you know what I'm talking about) was annoying as hell and really ruined some of the songs for me.
Then came Needful Things who were pretty much a bunch of Nasum fanboys. They also sounded great, the vocalist kicked ass. They were definitely the surprise of the day.
Till then the show was calm, the show picked up here when Rorschach came on. I really liked what I had heard from them before, so I knew they were going to be good, but no way did I expect that they would be one of the best bands of the day. They destroyed, the guitarist was going crazy the whole show and thankfully he was right in front of me. It was great and all the stuff they played sounded awesome.
While the crowd was a little crazier,Dying Fetus made them go all out. Everyone was going nuts the whole set and it was awesome. The band sounded fucking amazing too, 100x better than they did at Summer Slaughter. The set was great and the new songs sounded amazing. I'm pre-ordering their new album for sure. Also they did a performance video for one of their new songs and the camera was on me and Blackened for a good portion of the crowd shots, so there you have it, two MS members in a Dying Fetus video
I was exhausted from Fetus so I was calm during Absu, though that didn't stop people from going crazy. Absu sounded awesome though, the best sound of the night probably. Their blackened thrash sounded great live. Though the drummers stage bantar seemed a little over the top No problem though for they sounded awesome.
Then it was Eyehategod who really surprised me as well. They we're all going crazy the whole show and were heavy as hell. The vocalist was like crazy in a druggie kinda way. It was all good.
Agalloch was awesome, I was disappointed in the setlist for I wanted some Ashes song. Though all the songs sounded amazing, so it was great. They sounded beautiful and I would love to see them again.
Finally after 8 hours with standing on rail, i left it to go in the back for Autopsy. Unfortunately, they took forever to get ready due to sound problems. They came on around 1 and I was dying of exhaustion. I decided to leave around 1:30 after hearing my favorites and being tired as hell. They were heavy and the vocals were amazing. Plus I was in the pit for Twisted Mass of Burnt Decay and In the Grip of winter, which were the highlights of my night! I was upset I missed half their set, but I was satisfied for the day. Now as I post this I am off for DAY 2

[Sepultura69]

I am so jealous of all you guys(and gals). I really wish I was there

@ garagemetal, how drunk was mike williams during EHGs performance

oh and that story about the COPS and Autopsy sounds fucking awesome. Play till the cops show up and all the sound is shut down? NOW THATS A TRUE BAND AND THAT IS HOW ALL BANDS SHOULD PLAY WHEN HAVING TO GET THEIR SHIT CUT OFF. Some one should set a rule for that.

[GarageMetal468]

Uh, he seemed pretty fucking drunk

[kalfitegrdan]

Originally Posted by Wizard in Black 666

I am so jealous of all you guys(and gals). I really wish I was there

This. So much this.

[illuminatus917]

What Agalloch played sounded great, but what a disappointing set. I think some of you guys are the only ones that liked it. They got very little crowd reaction save at the end of songs/the times the crowd thought the songs were over. If they neglect to play anything off of Ashes or Marrow, which isn't a good idea, they should at least play either In The Shadow of Our Pale Companion or the Hawthorne Passage.

Absu was killer. Never Blow Out the Eastern Candle was

[idrinkwine732]

Originally Posted by illuminatus917

What Agalloch played sounded great, but what a disappointing set. I think some of you guys are the only ones that liked it. They got very little crowd reaction save at the end of songs/the times the crowd thought the songs were over. If they neglect to play anything off of Ashes or Marrow, which isn't a good idea, they should at least play either In The Shadow of Our Pale Companion or the Hawthorne Passage.

Absu was killer. Never Blow Out the Eastern Candle was

I was thinking the whole time that the only reason this set was so good for me was because it's the 4th time I've seen them. I'd have been bothered if it was my first time and I'd not heard Limbs, Pale Companion or Bloodbirds. They wanted to play some rarities, which is a treat for some, and not for the others.

[treghet]

Wow that blows that Autopsy was cut short.