Hardcore Punk

Spazztic Blurr is a grindcore band from Portland, Oregon.

Homewrecker is a hardcore band from Ashtabula, Ohio.

Grin and Bear It is a hardcore/powerviolence band from Cleveland, Ohio.

The Secret are a grind/hardcore/black metal fusion band from Trieste, Italy.  Formed in 2003, The Secret have released four full length albums.  Their sound is a unique blend of metalcore/hardcore, grind, and black metal, which has helped them gain international noteriety.  The Secret will be making their first appearance at Maryland Deathfest in 2014.

Left for Dead is a Toronto, Canada based hardcore band.  The group formed in 2004 and released several splits before parting ways.  As of 2013, Left for Dead have reuinted with most of their original members, and they are currently signed to Baltimore based A389 Records.  Left for Dead will be making their first Maryland Deathfest appearance in 2014.

Enabler are a hardcore punk crossover band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Since their formation in 2009, Enabler have released several LP's and splits, and completed successful tours both in the U.S. and internationally.  Their fierce, driving sound has started to gain them noteriety in the hardcore punk community.  Enabler will be making their first Maryland Deathfest appearance in 2014.

Antisect formed in 1982, and are considered widely influential in the anarcho-punk scene of the early and mid 1980's in the UK, fusing a heavy punk/metal style with intensely political lyrics. Originally splitting up in 1987, they reformed in 2011.

Ratos de Porão, or simply RxDxPx, was formed in 1981, existing in the Brazilian (São Paulo city) punk rock scene . Directly influenced by the UK 82 hardcore bands such as Discharge, G.B.H., Varukers and Swedish and Finnish bands such as Anti-Cimex and Kaaos, they started to write songs that criticized Brazilian society, a revolutionary concept at the time. Their sound is regarded as one of rawest of their scene.  Ratos de Porão will be making their first appearance at Maryland Deathfest in 2014.

Stapled Shut are a powerviolence band from Los Angeles, California.  Originally formed in 1991, Stapled Shut were an integral part of the prominent powerviolence scene in Los Angeles in the early 1990's, and they have continued to perform and record for over twenty years.  Stapled Shut will be making their first Maryland Deathfest appearance in 2014.