I know, but I don't want to come home with a gash on my face and everyone asking what I got it from. I have a confined social life, so answering tends to be a bit uncomfortable.

I'm also curious to see what they get as far as a new venue. The Sonar was cool, but I thought the sound on the indoor stages was kinda poopy.

I bet an Antaeus live performance is fucking grueling. What a brutal, blistering sound. Would love to see/hear it live.

And yeah, that's a pretty awesome lineup so far. Carcass! Convulse! Antaeus! Pelican!

What do you like about Ihsahn? Been pretty underwhelmed by what I've heard.

What do you like about Ihsahn? Been pretty underwhelmed by what I've heard.

10 more bands confirmed for MDF XI!

BOLT THROWER (UK) - Headlining the Thursday show!
SLEEP
CARPATHIAN FOREST (Norway) - Exclusive US appearance!
REVENGE (Canada) - Exclusive US appearance!
ABIGAIL (Japan)
CRUCIAMENTUM (UK)
ANHEDONIST
SPEEDWOLF
AMBASSADOR GUN
ASTHMA CASTLE

Does this mean Americans will finally shut up about Bolt Thrower not playing there?

Just saw this. So sold it hurts. I was planning on going anyways, but now... wow.

My only fear is that there are too many good bands. They'll start to overlap!

I think last year was 140ish for a 4-day pass. Can't remember, though.

Thanks! I was expecting somewhat higher... I'm still not sure if I will be able to get off work for four straight days. I'm waiting to see the lineup for each day before I get too excited.

4 Day Passes were $180 last year.

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.

Soundstage is a pretty cool, intimate venue. Saw Devin Townsend there last year.

It actually opens up to a much bigger space, though. I saw Rhapsody there a few months ago. The wall along the back was actually fabric. Pull back and, voila, there was like quadruple the space there. Talking to some of the staff there, they move the wall depending on ticket sales.