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History of MDF
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After 10 years and over 300 bands representing over 20 countries, the Maryland Deathfest (or "MDF" for short) has developed into the premier metal festival in the United States, and one of the most talked about festivals internationally.
The concept of MDF is simple: to bring to the United States the best and most extreme bands the underground has to offer. Never conforming to trends, or being limited by genre restrictions, MDF is a showcase of what extreme music, both new and old, is capable of. With an emphasis on diversity, the festival brings together the very best death metal, grindcore, doom, thrash, hardcore, black metal, and experimental bands from all around the world. With bands from all over the U.S. and Canada, and exclusive fly ins and rare appearances from some of the most in demand bands from Europe, Australia, and Japan, the diversity of the lineup is only surpassed by the diversity of MDF's rabid fan base, who annually travel from all over the world for a weekend of fun and music.
Since MDF's inception in 2003, festival organizers Ryan and Evan have continued to strive to bring together some of the most legendary bands in the scene and some of the most talked about up-and-coming bands in the underground for an unparalleled experience. Combining the DIY attitude of two young metal fans who are actually part of the scene instead of trying to exploit it, with a refreshing professional touch, MDF is year after year given high marks for being one of the best run and most organized festivals around.
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2012
Morbid Angel, Electric Wizard, Godflesh, Autopsy, Napalm Death, Saint Vitus, Brujeria, Anvil, Suffocation, Nasum, Agalloch, Eyehategod, Confessor, Winter, Artillery, Tsjuder, Absu, YOB, Negura Bunget, Dying Fetus, Morgoth, Archgoat, Pentagram (Chile), Black Witchery, Demigod, Unsane, Rorschach, Macabre, Ghoul, Sargeist, Horna, Bethlehem, The Devil's Blood, Today is the Day, Morbid Saint, Church of Misery, Noothgrush, Setherial, Haemorrhage, Disma, Mortuary Drape, Deviated Instinct, Hellbastard, Ulcerate, Looking for an Answer, Dragged into Sunlight, Demonical, Cough, Rwake, Nausea, October 31, Agents of Abhorrence, Coke Bust, Nashgul, Bloody Phoenix, Needful Things, Infernal Stronghold, Castevet, Die Pigeon Die, Backslider, Extermination Angel |
2011
Coroner, Neurosis, Voivod, Cathedral, Corrosion of Conformity, Nuclear Assault, Exhorder, DOOM, Ghost ,Tragedy, Impaled Nazarene, Marduk, Aura Noir, Hail of Bullets, Exhumed, Orange Goblin, Repugnant, Buzzov*en, Kylesa, Cripple Bastards, Machetazo, Dropdead, Lack of Interest, Acid Witch, Inquisition, Skinless, Hooded Menace, Wormed, Last Days of Humanity, Nunslaughter, Cianide, Avulsed, Dead Congregation, Malignant Tumour, Gravehill, Bastard Noise, Extortion, Defeated Sanity, In Solitude, Blood Freak, Cretin, Flesh Parade, Nokturnel, Citizens Arrest, Funebrarum, Nocturnal, Bad Acid Trip, Nightbringer, Noisear, Miasmal, Pulling Teeth, Nails, Shitstorm, Witchaven, Oak, Mammoth Grinder, Innumerable Forms, The Kill, Creative Waste, The Impalers, Masakari, Doubled Over, Visceral Disgorge |
2010
Autopsy, Gorguts, Obituary, Entombed, Possessed, D.R.I., Pentagram, Asphyx, Repulsion, Pestilence, Eyehategod, Watain, N2002, Incantation, Sinister, Converge, Necrophobic, Melechesh, Sadistic Intent, The Chasm, Deceased, Blood Duster, Wolfbrigade, Impaled, From Ashes Rise, Portal, Coffins, Capitalist Casualties, Nazxul, Gride, Ingrowing, Verbal Abuse, Magrudergrind, Gridlink, Obliteration, Captain Cleanoff, Rompeprop, Fang, Jucifer, Birds of Prey, Jesus Crost, Gorod, Tombs, Total Fucking Destruction, Malignancy, Krallice, Crucifist, Fuck the Facts, Black Breath, Massgrave, Howl, Sulaco, Defeatist, Putrescence, The Communion, Surroundings, Rottenness, Honkey Kong |
2009
Bolt Thrower, Asphyx, Napalm Death, Mayhem, Atheist, Abscess, Immolation, Destroyer 666, Aura Noir, Brutal Truth, Absu, Hail of Bullets, Sigh, General Surgery, Cephalic Carnage, Venomous Concept, Cattle Decapitation, Birdflesh, Pig Destroyer, Misery Index, Wolves in the Throne Room, Rotten Sound, The Red Chord, Devourment, Victims, Sayyadina, Trap Them, Phobia, Despise You, Flesh Parade, Catheter, Antigama, Splitter, Crowpath, Krallice, Pigsty, Jig-Ai, Kill the Client, Unearthly Trance, Weekend Nachos, Gnostic, Magrudergrind, Withered, Lair of the Minotaur, Pretty Little Flower, Maruta, The Endless Blockade, Yakuza, Triac, Agenda of Swine, Complete Failure, Drugs of Faith, Hero Destroyed |
2008
Nuclear Assault, Grave, Anaal Nathrakh, Monstrosity, Blood Duster, Martyr, Impaled, Dying Fetus, Macabre, Fuck...I'm Dead, The Day Everything Became Nothing, Disfear, Ghoul, Phobia, Dead, Flesh Parade, Coffins, Gadget, Squash Bowels, Ingrowing, Circle of Dead Children, Engorged, Torsofuck, Defeated Sanity, Hellnation, Japanische Kampfhorspiele, Gruesome Stuff Relish, Behold...the Arctopus, Afgrund, Waco Jesus, Kalibas, Keitzer, Infected Malignity, Trap Them, Skarp, Defeatist, Copremesis, Decrypt |
2007
Brutal Truth, Malevolent Creation, Zyklon, Extreme Noise Terror, Vomitory, Dead Infection, General Surgery, Regurgitate, Gut, Cripple Bastards, Ghoul, Retaliation, Gorerotted, Rotten Sound, Birdflesh, Skitsystem, Misery Index, Cock and Ball Torture, Gorod, Odious Mortem, Jigsore Terror, Nunwhore Commando 666, Fuck the Facts, Foetopsy, Flagitious Idiosyncrasy in the Dilapidation, Exhale, Putrescence, Saprogenic |
2006
Dismember, Vital Remains, Pungent Stench, Haemorrhage, Necrophagist, Demilich, Cattle Decapitation, Anata, Machetazo, Severe Torture, Unholy Grave, Butcher ABC, Disfear, Rompeprop, Skinless, Gorgasm, Yacoepsae, Municipal Waste, Embalmer, Sayyadina, Alarum, Cliteater, Sanitys Dawn, Mucupurlulent, Catheter, Total Fucking Destruction, Cenotaph, Electro Quarterstaff, Magrudergrind, Quills, Embryonic Cryptopathia |
2005
Immolation, Cryptopsy, General Surgery, Regurgitate, Abscess, Impaled, Birdflesh, Rotten Sound, Wormed, Gronibard, Aborted, Pig Destroyer, Misery Index, Leng Tch'e, Ghoul, Lord Gore, Bodies Lay Broken, Splatterhouse, XXX Maniak, Despised Icon, Kill the Client, Ion Dissonance, Guttural Secrete, Magrudergrind, Warscars, Prophecy, Amoebic Dysentery, Screaming Afterbith |
2004
Repulsion, Exhumed, Rotten Sound, Macabre, The Red Chord, Leng Tch'e, Pig Destroyer, Phobia, Inhume, Vomit Remnants, Rompeprop, Bile, Arsis, Misery Index, Dehumanized, Profanity, Internal Suffering, Malignancy, Neuraxis, Mortal Decay, Circle of Dead Children, Man Must Die, Brodequin, Fleshtized, Swarm of the Lotus, Brainwash, Bodies in the Gears of the Apparatus, Biolich |
2003
Suffocation, Necrophagist, Devourment, Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition, Aborted, Abuse, Severed Savior, Soils of Fate, Dying Fetus, Brodequin, Foetopsy, Drogheda, Saprogenic, Pyrexia, Retch, Circle of Dead Children, Malignancy, Mortal Decay, Commit Suicide, Skinless, Goratory, Internal Bleeding, Incinerate, Nemo, Lust of Decay, Putrid Pile, Wasteform, Psychotogen, Suture, Anoxia, Malamor, Scumbitch, Severed Head, Spinefed, Artery Eruption |
