by Fred Pessaro // BBG



Not only has Maryland Deathfest (May 23-26, 2013) expanded with additions of Down (who recently played NYC), Melvins (them too), The Obsessed (!), Ufomammut, Deiphago (who is coming to NYC), Cobalt (as discussed), Evoken and more, they have also added a mostly-punk/grind/powerviolence stage too! The festival promises that set times will not overlap with the Baltimore Soundstage, which will host an Infest reunion (!), along with appearances from Citizens Arrest, Converge (who is on tour this fall), Iron Lung, Full of Hell (who is on tour with Gaza), Sete Star Sept, Vitamin X, Magrudergrind, Kromosom, Ilsa, and many more. Updated MDF lineup, with the new punk/hardcore/metal stage, is below.

Infest split in 1996 after ten years of pioneering a style that would later be known as "powerviolence":

The band, while not coining the term powerviolence, were definitely pioneers of it. The Los Angeles quartet blended the ethos, speed and song structure of hardcore, along with the aggression and anger of bands like Negative Approach and Negative FX creating a style emulated by many and an energy captured by few. Joe Denunzio's vocals exhibited pure angst, with lyrical content about conformity, war, scene politics and socio-political issues, mostly delivered in an accusation assault. -[Last.FM]

Full lineup is below, along with vintage Infest clip and other MDF-related video.



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Infest



Ufomammut - Eve (FULL)



Sete Star Sept (Funeral Home - 08-14-2011)



MARYLAND DEATHFEST LINEUP 2013 (so far)

@ Former Sonar compound:

!T.O.O.H.! (Czech Republic)

ABIGAIL (Japan)

AHUMADO GRANUJO (Czech Republic)

AMBASSADOR GUN

ANHEDONIST

ANTAEUS (France)

AOSOTH (France)

ASCENSION (Germany)

ASTHMA CASTLE

BENEDICTION (UK)

BOLT THROWER (UK)

BROKEN HOPE

CARCASS (UK)

CARPATHIAN FOREST (Norway)

COBALT

CONVULSE (Finland)

CRUCIAMENTUM (UK)

DEIPHAGO (Philippines/Costa Rica)

DOWN

EVOKEN

EXODUS

GLORIOR BELLI (France)

GRIDE (Czech Republic)

IHSAHN (Norway)

INGROWING (Czech Republic)

INIQUITY (Denmark)

INTEGRITY

KOMMANDANT

LOSS

MANILLA ROAD

(the) MELVINS

MIDNIGHT

MORGION

NECROPSY

THE OBSESSED

PAGAN ALTAR (UK)

PELICAN

PENTAGRAM

PIG DESTROYER

REPULSION

REVENGE (Canada)

RIGHTEOUS PIGS

SLEEP

SPEEDWOLF

UFOMAMMUT (Italy)

VENOM (UK)

VINTERLAND (Sweden)

WEEDEATER

@ Baltimore Soundstage:

CITIZENS ARREST

CONVERGE

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

EDDIE BROCK

FEASTEM (Finland)

FULL OF HELL

HEARTLESS

HELLSHOCK

ILSA

INFEST

IRON LUNG

KROMOSOM (Australia)

LIKE RATS

MAGRUDERGRIND

OLD LINES

ROTTEN SOUND (Finland)

SETE STAR SEPT (Japan)

TINNER (Finland)

VITAMIN X (Netherlands)

WAKE

WEEKEND NACHOS