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Top 10 worst things about Maryland Deathfest 2009 - Number 5: The noise curfew


Wannes Gubbles of Asphyx tries to hurry. Photo by www.returntothepit.com

While the 11pm noise curfew is a local law that cannot be circumvented, it creates a pretty lame scenario for a live music festival. Something on the scale of South by Southwest could never happen in Baltimore. Fortunately, the schedule ensured that the headlining bands were done on time though thanks to Mayhem, Asphyx ran over by about two minutes and had the PA cut off right as they were finishing their closing song, “The Rack”. The cool part was that this song actually fades out on the recording, so was effectively recreated on stage.

 View the entire top 10 best and worst things about Maryland Deathfest 2009 for more.

 
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