Maryland Deathfest

Cryptic Slaughter, Unanimated, Disharmonic Orchestra & More Added to MDF 2019 Lineup

July 13, 2018

Maryland Deathfest second wave of band announcements includes Cryptic Slaughter, Unanimated, Disharmonic Orchestra and more.

The Top 5 Most Anticipated Sets at Maryland Deathfest

May 23, 2018

MDF XVI kicks off tomorrow in Baltimore. Don’t miss these five killer bands making rare area appearances.

Enemy Soil Discuss Reunion, Maryland Deathfest, New Music and Politics

January 16, 2018

Enemy Soil‘s Richard Johnson on the band’s upcoming reunion shows, the possibility of new music and political lyrics in grindcore.

Live Review: Days of Darkness, Part 1 (Saturday, October 28 @ Rams Head Live in Baltimore)

November 7, 2017

Neurosis make an East Coast appearance. Dälek joins. Manilla Road and Perturbator show up to make their own noise. We try to keep our heads from exploding.

TRACK PREMIERE: Denouncement Pyre Paint the Sun with Black (Metal)

June 22, 2016

Australian incendiaries Denouncement Pyre like their dying stars the same color as their metal: BLACK.

Gojira grace the cover of Decibel’s August issue. Copies available.

June 21, 2016

Gojira land their first Decibel cover with their new album Magma. 

Decibel Invades Maryland Deathfest

May 25, 2016

Heads up, Charm City: Decibel will infiltrate Maryland Deathfest like a leprous plague from May 26th to May 29th. Come visit Decibel’s booth Friday through Sunday, within screaming distance of the Edison Lot.

MDF documentary Welcome To Deathfest launches website

October 7, 2013

Okay, so this week’s big metal in the movies news has been dominated by former thrashers turned FM rock-metal conglomerate Metallica, who have roped in the wee creepy guy from Chronicle to star as a citizen roadie on a mission across town during a miscellaneously apocalyptic event. Taking its title from one of the many…

EXCLUSIVE: Godflesh clip from Maryland Deathfest: The Movie III

May 8, 2013

There’s no introductory preamble necessary for this clip from Maryland Deathfest: The Movie III. You all know that Maryland Deathfest is an obligatory pilgrimage for any self-respecting blastbeat-worshipping Decibangers. And Godflesh are, well Godflesh: The marriage of riff to machine, the sound of urban alienation, of a dead city collapsing in on itself, et cetera….

An Unauthorized Guide to Maryland Deathfest XI

May 7, 2013

We got semi-retired punk/metal atavist Stevo do Caixão, currently of Tombstones and formerly of the legendary Impetigo, as well as Axeslasher guitarist/vocalist Professor Pizza, and metal scribe Andy O’Connor — sadly, that’s his real name — currently of Pitchfork, Metalsucks, and Noisey, among other publications, to break down the upcoming Maryland Deathfest, debunk old myths…

Photographer J.M. Giordano on Killer Angels, a death metal portraiture project

October 15, 2012

If you mention “gallery” and “death metal” in the same sentence we’re probably going to think Gallery of Suicide. Maybe this is a sign of the yawning chasm that exists between extreme metal and art/gallery culture, or maybe it’s just a deeply concerning hardwired word association. But, if you think about it, aside from the…

Maryland Deathfest: The Movie 2 Premiere

March 28, 2011

Every year — well, the last two for this writer — key parts of team Decibel travel from the City of Brotherly Death (i.e., Philadelphia) to Harm City (i.e., Baltimore) for the exalted festival extremely extreme music, Maryland Deathfest. Every year, Maryland Deathfest is an endurance test. How many kick-ass bands can one — or…