Exhumed: NPR Posts Full Set from Maryland Deathfest 2011 as Free Download

DOWNLOAD: Exhumed - Live at Maryland Deathfest, Sonar, Baltimore, MD 6-23-11

I'm pleasantly shocked as I never would have envisioned that I would mention Exhumed and NPR in the same sentence...but NPR has just posted some of the sets from this year's Maryland Deathfest as free downloads.

Exhumed released their All Guts, No Glory full-length earlier this year via Relapse Records. The record continues to reap critical acclaim from fans and critics nationally and has left it's grisly mark on multiple Year End lists including Decibel, Pitchfork, NPR.org, MetalSucks and Skulls N Bones! The band played their first U.S. show in over six years at the 2011 edition of the Maryland Deathfest and thanks to NPR, the set -- in all its uncensored glory -- is available as a free download (above).

Said vocalist/guitarist menace Matt Harvey: "2011 has been a great year for the band. We've had a killer time scraping off the rust on the gore metal machine and getting back on the road and partying with necromaniacs all over the place. It's amazing how many people have enjoyed our racket and have actually said nice things about our record -- sometimes even in public! We have a lot of shit planned for next year and we're chomping at the bit to continue subjecting the universe to more of our god awful noise! See you on the road...or at the bar. Play fast or die, dudes. Cheers!"

As previously announced, Exhumed will be showering Brazil with their infernal live rituals this Winter with Aborted. This will mark the band's first time ever in the country.

Exhumed w/ Aborted:
2/17/2012 Music Hall - Belo Horizonte, MG
2/18/2012 Hangar 110 - São Paulo, SP
2/19/2012 Hangar Bar - Curitiba, PR
2/20/2012 Bar Opinião - Porto Alegre, RS

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Pulling Teeth Announce Final Performance Will Be at A389 Anniversary Bash in January

Baltimore hardcore stalwarts Pulling Teeth are calling it a day. I hate seeing good bands “pull the plug” (and bad bands never do) but you have to give kudos to a band (or anyone, for that matter) who isn’t afraid to acknowledge that they have accomplished what they set out to do and are ready to move on. The band said "As a band we have accomplished everything that we have set out to do. Life is short. It’s time to move on and do other things.’"

From Pulling Teeth - Maryland Deathfest, Baltimore, MD 5-27-11

Pulling Teeth’s final show will be at the A389 Anniversary Bash, which will be held at Sonar in Baltimore on Jan. 21, 2012. Other bands on the bill are: Eyehategod, Integrity, Gehenna, Starkweather, Weekend Nachos, Seven Sisters of Sleep, Pick Your Side (Ex-Haymaker/Fuck The Facts), Junior Bruce (Ex-Bloodlet), Full Of Hell, Low Places, Young And In The Way, Homewrecker, Hatewaves, Triac & Eddie Brock. Tickets are still available and are $30.

Here is recent live video of the band which was filmed last month in Italy:



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Pulling Teeth - Maryland Death Festival 2011 Photos

I lived in Baltimore during my formative years and punk/hardcore music always seemed to be a "step child" to the city's burgeoning metal scene. The Marble Bar closed in the mid-80's and most of the punk bands played D.I.Y. spaces or DC after that. It seemed like it wasn't until Chris X. opened Reptilian Records in the late 80's that punk bands started coming back through on a regular basis.

I'm pleasantly amazed at the scene that seems to have sprung up since I left town and Pulling Teeth and A389 Recordings seem to be major players. I hadn't heard Pulling Teeth prior to seeing them at MDF but I'm definitely going to have to check out their back catalogue.

From Pulling Teeth - Maryland Deathfest, Baltimore, MD 5-27-11

From Pulling Teeth - Maryland Deathfest, Baltimore, MD 5-27-11

From Pulling Teeth - Maryland Deathfest, Baltimore, MD 5-27-11

From Pulling Teeth - Maryland Deathfest, Baltimore, MD 5-27-11

From Pulling Teeth - Maryland Deathfest, Baltimore, MD 5-27-11

From Pulling Teeth - Maryland Deathfest, Baltimore, MD 5-27-11

From Pulling Teeth - Maryland Deathfest, Baltimore, MD 5-27-11

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