Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

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  Electric Wizard

  Outside Stage 1, Baltimore MD May 27

  PUBLISHED May 29, 2012

  I have no words to describe -- by 9:30 p.m. on Sunday night, four full days into Deathfest and with a rolling hangover that ebbed and flowe...

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  Dragged into Sunlight

  Club Sonar, Baltimore MD May 26

  PUBLISHED May 28, 2012

  You are startled awake by a pressure on your chest, its hands already at your throat, hooves planted on either side of your body. The smell...

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  The Devil's Blood

  Club Sonar, Baltimore MD May 26

  PUBLISHED May 28, 2012

  While their recent performance in Toronto with Behemoth and Watain was impressive and moving, their set at Maryland Deathfest was even furt...

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  Noothgrush

  Club Sonar, Baltimore MD May 26

  PUBLISHED May 28, 2012

  Founded in 1994, San Jose, CA's Noothgrush had languished in torpor for years before finally playing three shows -- their first in ten year...

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  Metric

  Balancing Act

  PUBLISHED May 28, 2012

  Metric guitarist Jimmy Shaw sits sipping some mineral water, a fedora perched on his head; vocalist and synth player Emily Haines folds her...

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  Today Is the Day

  Club Sonar, Baltimore MD May 25

  PUBLISHED May 26, 2012

  Noise rock veterans Today Is the Day wasted no time in turning the inside of the Sonar into a churning mass of misery. The emotional tone t...

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  Negură Bunget

  Club Sonar, Baltimore MD May 25

  PUBLISHED May 26, 2012

  Hailing from Timisoara, Romania, Negură Bunget have the rare privilege of genuinely referring to themselves as a Transylvanian black m...

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  Napalm Death

  Outside Stage 2, Baltimore MD May 25

  PUBLISHED May 26, 2012

  Napalm Death are champions of extreme metal, and this set proved brilliantly why they deserve every accolade they receive. While vicious no...