Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

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  Melt-Banana

  Soundstage, Baltimore MD, May 24

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2015

  If you were to guess which bands would have inspired one of the wildest, most ecstatic and exuberant pits of the festival, Japanese noise w...

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  Einherjer

  Edison Lot, Baltimore MD, May 23

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2015

  Deathfest's overlords are intelligent dictators, and know that variety keeps things interesting, and so while death metal is still the titu...

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  Blood Red Throne

  Edison Lot, Baltimore MD, May 23

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2015

  There are few things more delightful than having your expectations exceeded by a mile, and Blood Red Throne accomplished this magnificently...

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  Triptykon

  Edison Lot, Baltimore MD, May 23

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2015

  This set was a redemptive one for Tom G. Warrior and company. The Swiss blackened doomsayers were set to play Deathfest last year, but were...

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  Arcturus

  Edison Lot, Baltimore MD, May 23

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2015

  Having just released their first full-length in over ten years, their first since their 2007 breakup, this performance by the experimental,...

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  Devourment

  Baltimore Soundstage, Baltimore MD, May 21

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2015

  These Texan death metal veterans have known their share of adversity: they've broken up and re-formed three times and faced the death of fo...

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  Conan

  The Ram's Head Live, Baltimore MD, May 21

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2015

  Hailing from Liverpool, these stoner doom frost giants put on a surprising set. While their aural aesthetic is all crushing doom and weight...

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  Mobb Deep

  Baltimore Soundstage, Baltimore MD, May 21

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2015

  One of the most unexpected performances of the festival may stand as one of its best; about a month before the event, Deathfest organizers...