Maryland Deathfest -- Baltimore, MD -- May 26th-29th, 2011

[ShatteredFlame]

Originally Posted by stylesclash516

Looks like tear gas was the case: http://www.smnnews.com/board/showthread.php?t=246671

Originally Posted by Coma

Anyone who stuck around and watched Ghost deserved to be maced.

....now to wait for the MDF board reviews since those are always fun.....then wait until like July-August when the first bands for next year are announced

[GarageMetal468]

Originally Posted by Elvenking

I'm pretty sure this is what they played in Chicago last weekend too. They played in some shanty behind a mexican place...was quite amusing. It cost 10 bucks to get in, but you could hear everything outside perfectly, so a bunch of us just sat outside with our coolers and just rocked out. Was a good night.

That's the other Nocturnal, the one from Germany that played in Chicago with Witchaven last weekend. I was at that too and it was fun as hell!

It was funny that there were 2 nocturnals though, Nocturnal and Nokturnel

[mankvill]

Originally Posted by ShatteredFlame

....now to wait for the MDF board reviews since those are always fun.....then wait until like July-August when the first bands for next year are announced

I think last year they announced the first bands for MDF like the next week after 2010 MDF.

[Bloodcurse]

Originally Posted by treghet

Ghost has zero stage presence, so whether you're a fan or not it would be a pretty boring performance.

I disagree, Ghost was phenomenal in my opinion!!

[Bloodcurse]

Originally Posted by Elvenking

I'm pretty sure this is what they played in Chicago last weekend too. They played in some shanty behind a mexican place...was quite amusing. It cost 10 bucks to get in, but you could hear everything outside perfectly, so a bunch of us just sat outside with our coolers and just rocked out. Was a good night.

I think you are thinking of the German band (who played on Friday). This set is the US band.

[smearCampaign]

Anyone catch Acid Witch or Hooded Menace?

[BlackmoreOfBowling]

Originally Posted by smearCampaign

Anyone catch Acid Witch or Hooded Menace?

Acid Witch were a clear highlight. The set was mostly heavy on the new record (Witchfynder Finder, Stoned to the Grave were played, they closed with Sabbath of the Undead and I believe they did more), with a couple songs off the first album (Witchblood Cult, The Black Witch) and an EP song (Worship The Worm). Keyboards were present! They were throwing out candy corn and lollipops from a jack-o-lantern as well.

Hooded Menace wasn't quite as strong as Acid Witch as I thought they would be..The slower-paced death doom just didn't translate as well, but they were solid and they seemed to garner a good response.

I hate Ghost but I'll admit their Disco Pop made for fun end-of-the-night party dancing.

Dead Congregation should have been the last band to play. They're up there in the Top 3 Live Death Metal bands, even giving the veterans Immolation & Suffocation a run for their money. The sound was somewhat off, but their sheer ferocity that easily called back to Immo/Suffo/Incantation in their heyday was extremely explosive.

[idrinkwine732]

I LOVED Hooded Menace. I thought they were a ton of fun. I was so fucking tired that I couldn't really do much for them though.

[The Colonel]

Tragedy

Conflicting Ideas
Not Fucking Fodder
The Day After
Revengeance
The Hunger
The Intolerable Weight
Eyes Of Madness
Waiting
Plan Of Execution
Night Falls
Call To Arms
Vengeance

Neurosis

A Sun That Never Sets
At The End Of The Road
Given To The Rising
The Web
New Song
Locust Star
Water Is Not Enough
Distill
Through Silver In Blood

Both of these are taken from the band's actual setlists. I feel like Neurosis might have cut one song, but I'm not sure.

[Wizzbang11]

Witchfynder Finder is one of the best song names I've heard in a really long time.