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FESTIVAL REVIEW: Maryland Deathfest XIX Part 2 – Live at Various Venues 

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Day 4 – Sunday

 What a difference a day makes. May 26th marked the last day of this Maryland Deathfest, my birthday, and my one-year anniversary (my fiancé flew in to join me for this day). 

This was a wild day. Security was smoother but there were so many sets to see to finish the day. Some of them, legendary, and I was sure to catch a little bit of a lot today. I took my fiancé to see the marketplace lined with tents, each filled with merch and metal-adjacent goods.  My fiancé had a one-day pass, which we would come to find meant she could not go inside to the two main indoor venues. We found a way to do so, however, (first accidentally, then by luck), and we caught parts of twelve different sets. It was wild.Continue reading →


FESTIVAL REVIEW: Maryland Deathfest XIX Part 1 Various Venues

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What a difference a day makes, revenge of the new day…

Today was a bumpy day for us festival attendees: it was over 90 degrees, which really impacted a lot of people, particularly with the addition of the second outdoor stage; and a new security checkpoint was put in place toward two of the more popular stages, and we were all pat down every time we went through it, meaning that running back and forth to catch bands could take an extra ten minutes or so. Obviously important, it was disruptive for a while and caused some confusion and delays. With the emergence of the marketplace, TONS of new merch was being bought from dozens of vendors and this initially increased the delay (something to plan for next time). The delay also meant I had to move around much sooner each set than desired. Continue reading →


Primordial Play at Maryland Deathfest, US Tour Dates with Bloodbath, Archgoat, and Severe Torture This Week

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Dublin-based pagan metal legends, Primordial, performed at the Maryland Deathfest in Baltimore, Maryland on May 26th. The festival appearance will then be followed by four special shows supporting Bloodbath. The short live run begins on May 28th in Chicago, continuing through Seattle, Mesa, and Los Angeles. Primordial are touring in continued support of their latest Metal Blade Records album, How It Ends. Additional support comes from Archgoat and Severe Torture. Keep reading below for live listings and more.
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Ascended Dead’s “American Apocalypse 2024 Tour” is Kicking Off Soon

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One year after releasing their second album, Evenfall Of The Apocalypse, via 20 Buck Spin records, Portland, Oregon death metal squad, Ascended Dead, are about to embark on a widespread North American tour. Beginning with their only Canadian show, Friday – May 3rd in Vancouver – the American Apocalypse 2024 Tour then takes them all across the states, ending June 1st in Los Angeles. Along the way, they share the stage with the likes of Oxygen Destroyer, Undergang, Incantation, 1349, Bloodbath, Primordial, and many others. Keep reading below to find out more.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Grand Cadaver – Deities Of Deathlike Sleep

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Grand Cadaver are another Death-Metal ‘supergroup’ who much like Bloodbath are unashamedly re-visiting the sound of their youth, and the iconic nineties Swedish style made famous by the likes of At The Gates, Entombed, et al.

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Semi-Rotted Shares a New Animated Music Video for “Bloodbath” ft. CorpseGrinder Fisher, Tim Yeung Named New Drummer

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Las Vegas death metallers, Semi-Rotted, have returned with a fresh animated video for their track, “Bloodbath”. Not only does this song feature vocal contributions from George ‘Corpsegrinder’ Fisher, but the band have announced the addition of drummer Tim Yeung to their ranks. Yeung is known for his work with Morbid Angel, Divine Heresy, Vital Remains, Nile, and more. Watch the video here! 

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Bloodbath, 1349, Coffins, Broken Hope, Skinless, Sacrifice, Carpathian Forest, Tankard and More are Booked for Maryland Deathfest 2024!

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As promised, Maryland Deathfest has shared its first announcement of bands for its 2024 festival return. Bloodbath, 1349, Coffins, Broken Hope, Skinless, Sacrifice, Carpathian Forest, Tankard, and more head up a killer lineup so far with many US-exclusive appearances. On hiatus for 2023, the festival is scheduled to take place May 23rd to 26th, 2024 in Baltimore, Limited early-bird tickets for the event will be available via the fest’s ticketing partner Eventbrite on Friday, January 27 at 11 AM EST.

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GUEST POST: Greg Burgess of Allegaeon Shares His Top Albums of 2022

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As one of of the axe-slinger supremes of the band Allegaeon, Greg Burgess is an expert at metal, not just riffs. His own band put out an album worthy of Ghost Cult’s Albums of the Year list, Damnum (Metal Blade), which you should get. We are super-stoked that Greg shared his list of Top Metal Albums of 2022 with Ghost Cult!  

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Hellfest 2023 Books Kiss, Mötley Crüe, Iron Maiden, Slipknot, Def Leppard, Pantera, Porcupine Tree, Amon Amarth, Alter Bridge, and More 

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After their biggest year ever this year, Hellfest 2023 has booked headliners Kiss, Mötley Crüe, Iron Maiden, and Slipknot!  Set to take place June 15-18, 2023 In Clisson, France, the bill also includes Def Leppard, Pantera,  Porcupine Tree, Amon Amarth, Alter Bridge And Within Temptation, and more! Headliners for the 2022 edition of Hellfest included Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, Judas Priest, Deftones, Ghost, Scorpions, and Korn over two long weekends to make up for the missed pandemic year of 2020.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Bloodbath – Survival Of The Sickest

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Survival Of The Sickest (Napalm Records) sees the return of Bloodbath, European death metal’s number one super-group, a band created in homage to the old school masters of the grisly art in 1998, by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nystrom of Katatonia, Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth and Dan Swano (Edge Of Sanity). 

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