Auditory Assault Festival + MDF update

[RyanMDF]

Hello folks,

well things are just about finalized for 1 of the 2 significant announcements we will have in replace of Terrorizer at AAF, and the second band should be ready to go pretty soon as well. We hope to have the web site completely updated with the final billing this weekend or Monday at latest.

and regarding MDF: We will probably have the second round of band announcements ready to go sometime early next week. We're not trying to work too fast, but things are coming together really fast with a lot of amazing bands and you can be sure the 5th anniversary of MDF will be unforgettable.

[Crucified Coma]

This is all very exciting...but I hate you for your teasing. :(

*sits around and waits for update*

[DE]

*Hopes that maybe Ryan will give us one new band to hold us over until announcment number 2*

[The Blenderfist]

I'd like to see Cephalic Carnage make up that show they cancelled @ MDF III

[Bobzilla]

digitalmetal.com (http://digitalmetal.com)

Technical metal pioneers ATHEIST have announced their first American reunion show will take place at the inaugural Auditory Assault Festival.

The Auditory Assault Festival will take place at the Sonar Club in Baltimore, MD on November 25th. Also scheduled to appear are Relapse label mates MISERY INDEX and CRETIN with many more bands to be announced shortly. This performance is the first of what will be a small number of select American reunion shows by the band. For more information on this Relapse Records co-sponsored festival, please visit: www.supremebrutality.com/auditoryassault.

ATHEIST guitarist/vocalist Kelly Shaefer comments, "We are so pleased to be able to play as Atheist for the first time in America since 1991 and excited that it is part of a great new festival. As with our recent European festival shows, we will be performing songs from all 3 records, and we aim to make it a technical death metal extravaganza Atheist style!"

ATHEIST recently began an exclusive run of European festival performances with incredible performances at Italy's Evolution Festival and the UK's Bloodstock Open Air. Shaefer continues, "We would like to say thanks to the Evolution Festival and Bloodstock Open Air for helping to give many people who never got to see Atheist live a chance to see us one last time. Both festivals were incredible experiences for us and ones we will never forget."

Additionally, the band's wildly-influential catalog (1988's Piece of Time, 1993's Elements, and 1991's legendary Unquestionable Presence) has recently been made available for the first time via iTunes and select digital distributors internationally.

Upcoming ATHEIST shows:

August 3 Prague, CZR Black Pes Music Bar
August 5 Schleswig Holstein, GER Wacken Open Air
August 25 Bergen, NOR Hole In The Sky Festival
August 27 Thessaloniki, GRE Mylos Xilourgio
August 28 Athens, GRE An Club
November 25 Baltimore, MD Auditory Assault Festival

[Crucified Coma]

Nice. Now I might actually have to try to go to both fests.

[The Blenderfist]

digitalmetal.com (http://digitalmetal.com)

Technical metal pioneers ATHEIST have announced their first American reunion show will take place at the inaugural Auditory Assault Festival.

The Auditory Assault Festival will take place at the Sonar Club in Baltimore, MD on November 25th. Also scheduled to appear are Relapse label mates MISERY INDEX and CRETIN with many more bands to be announced shortly. This performance is the first of what will be a small number of select American reunion shows by the band. For more information on this Relapse Records co-sponsored festival, please visit: www.supremebrutality.com/auditoryassault.

ATHEIST guitarist/vocalist Kelly Shaefer comments, "We are so pleased to be able to play as Atheist for the first time in America since 1991 and excited that it is part of a great new festival. As with our recent European festival shows, we will be performing songs from all 3 records, and we aim to make it a technical death metal extravaganza Atheist style!"

ATHEIST recently began an exclusive run of European festival performances with incredible performances at Italy's Evolution Festival and the UK's Bloodstock Open Air. Shaefer continues, "We would like to say thanks to the Evolution Festival and Bloodstock Open Air for helping to give many people who never got to see Atheist live a chance to see us one last time. Both festivals were incredible experiences for us and ones we will never forget."

Additionally, the band's wildly-influential catalog (1988's Piece of Time, 1993's Elements, and 1991's legendary Unquestionable Presence) has recently been made available for the first time via iTunes and select digital distributors internationally.

Upcoming ATHEIST shows:

August 3 Prague, CZR Black Pes Music Bar
August 5 Schleswig Holstein, GER Wacken Open Air
August 25 Bergen, NOR Hole In The Sky Festival
August 27 Thessaloniki, GRE Mylos Xilourgio
August 28 Athens, GRE An Club
November 25 Baltimore, MD Auditory Assault Festival
holy shit!

[tck!]

Holy fucking shit.

I'm sooo fucking there.

[deathmetaljohn]

WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAATTTTTTTTT

[ANAL WARFARE]

this is a dream come true. i have goosebumps. im not trying to kiss ass but you dudes fucking rule the school if this is true

[puppetmaster8586]

Unquestionable Prescence is all I need can say about this band. This will go odwn as the sickest show of 2006

[ANAL WARFARE]

Unquestionable Presence is my all-time favorite metal album. seeing them is the metal equivalent of seeing Pink Floyd for me. i hope they run off some classics like Room With A View, On They Slay, I Deny, Water, Fire, and maybe a few select others and then play Unquestionable in its entirety as an encore. ill see you fuckers front row. no way in hell am i missing this.

[RyanMDF]

Yep, Relapse announced it faster than I could. I should have the web site updated today. By the way, there's another significant band announcement coming shortly

[Crucified Coma]

Yep, Relapse announced it faster than I could. I should have the web site updated today. By the way, there's another significant band announcement coming shortly
Teasing bastard!! :rocket:

[RyanMDF]

ok, i'll be nice. since i'm updating the web site later, here's the billing for AAF except for the one other significant announcement we're waiting on to finalize:

ATHEIST
MONSTROSITY
CRETIN
MISERY INDEX
PHOBIA
BATHTUB SHITTER
INTERNAL SUFFERING
COMMIT SUICIDE
TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
TRIAC

[Crucified Coma]

Thank you sir! :)

Def. an awesome lineup, especially the addition of Bathtub Shitter and Commit Suicide. Gonna have to try to make it to this fest too now. <3 Atheist <3

And now to get my hopes up waaay too much and read into the fact that Total Fucking Destruction are playing as a sign that the other band might be Brutal Truth, lol. :)

[ANAL WARFARE]

jesus christ dude, now you got Commit Suicide playing? i mean, you got Atheist on here. i may never go to a show again after that. but now Commit Suicide are playing as well. i know a certain promoter whos gonna get alll the anal pleasures he desires. kudos to you. keep up the great work. cant wait to see who the next significant announcement is. i have my fingers crossed for Bolt Thrower. if you can somehow work your magic and get Pestilence to play, then you could advertise a "LIVE SUICIDE RIGHT AFTER AUDITORY ASSAULT ON SATURDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY" because chances are like 70% id kill myself since life could get no better

[the rhythm]

It seems that the inaugural Auditory Assault Festival is going to be the last show that I ever see. My head will have exploded long before Atheist finish their set.

Oh yeah, Internal Suffering will dominate.