MARYLAND DEATH FEST 5/23-26, 2013 @ SONAR, Baltimore, Maryland 2013: RETURNS TO SONAR, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

                                                                         Promoters for the 2013 MARYLAND DEATH FEST set to take place 5/23-26, 2013 AT.......
Promoters for the 2013 MARYLAND DEATH FEST have returned the metal festival to Baltimore, Maryland's SONAR, under different circumstances as the SONAR are under new ownership since the venue closed late last summer..
MARYLAND DEATH FEST 2013: Brutal metal festival, same location as always, Baltimore, Maryland at what was the SONAR. .

FROM MARYLAND DEATH FEST PROMOTERS:
We're a day early with this announcement, but we can finally let you know where MDF XI will be taking place.

In a nutshell, we will be returning to the property formerly known as Sonar, and will be at least doubling the amount of outside space that we've been used to utilizing. We realize that it's a bit of a mind fuck to wait around for a few months just to hear that the fest is returning to the same place, but truth be told, the other places we looked at were either not able to give us a definite answer anytime soon, and/or had too many inconveniences that we did not want to put the fans through. During the venue search, it was brought to our attention that the new owners of the property were willing to collaborate with us, so we decided to go through with returning to a familiar place that is close to the hotels and conveniences of downtown Baltimore.

The additional space outside will allow us to comfortably accommodate the crowd, and will                                    

allow more room for the MDF vendor village, food vendors/food trucks, places to sit, and other new additions like misting tents to escape the possibility of it being hotter than it should be that weekend. There will be two outside stages plus the stage inside. Due to the new configuration outside, the placement of the outside stages will likely be different.
As for the building itself, there are some renovations currently taking place, but the rooms will be used exactly how they have been in the past, and it will be air conditioned throughout.

We would also like to announce the addition of a second inside stage at Baltimore Soundstage, which is a 1/2 mile walk away from the former Sonar (at 124 Market Place), and will be used from Friday-Sunday. This will be a smaller show without a barricade that will feature mostly hardcore and punk bands, and it will be scheduled in a way that should not conflict with anything going on at the former Sonar compound. All of the bands for this stage will be included in next week's announcement on October 9th.

Updated list of confirmed bands for MDF XI:

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

ABIGAIL (Japan)

AHUMADO GRANUJO (Czech Republic)

AMBASSADOR GUN

ANHEDONIST

ANTAEUS (France)

AOSOTH (France)

ASTHMA CASTLE

BENEDICTION (UK)

BOLT THROWER (UK)

BROKEN HOPE

CARCASS (UK)

CARPATHIAN FOREST (Norway)

CONVULSE (Finland)

CRUCIAMENTUM (UK)

EXODUS

GLORIOR BELLI (France)

GRIDE (Czech Republic)

IHSAHN (Norway)

INGROWING (Czech Republic)

INIQUITY (Denmark)

INTEGRITY

KOMMANDANT

LOSS

MANILLA ROAD

MIDNIGHT

MORGION

PAGAN ALTAR (UK)

PELICAN

PENTAGRAM

PIG DESTROYER

REPULSION

REVENGE (Canada)

RIGHTEOUS PIGS

SLEEP

SPEEDWOLF

VENOM (UK)

VINTERLAND (Sweden)

WEEDEATER

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-