Miasmal @ Treasure Town
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It is May again, which means that tours leading up to Maryland Death Fest and Chaos in Tejas are in full swing. These tours give audiences a taste of the madness to come at these festivals. One such tour is for Swedish death metal dudes Miasmal, who will play both festivals on their first ever US tour.
Socially Retarded and Sea of Shit kicked off the night with some of the fastest powerviolence that ever came out of Chicago’s grimy south side. Both bands possess strong Man Is The Bastard influences in terms of harsh noise, hyper-speed riffing, and short but sharp blastbeats while maintaining the 90’s aggression of Chicago hardcore legends MK-Ultra and Los Crudos. They played no more than 15 minutes each. If you blinked, you’d miss.
I hadn’t heard of Nazi Dust, so I did not know what to expect. This Tampa hardcore outfit was a pleasant surprise, bringing straightforward hardcore while keeping the rich death metal sound their hometown pioneered. After a short, sweet set, some crowd members called for an encore by their other manifestation, Volcanic Slut, named after the classic Sodom song. The members simply switched instruments, and pummeled the crowd with a death/thrash one-two punch.
Mammoth Grinder and Hatred Surge dropped off Miasmal’s tour. But The Impalers, who share members with both bands, and Mammoth Grinder are still confirmed to play Maryland Deathfest along with Miasmal. The Impalers brought a savage attack that resonated with the rage of d-beat legends Discharge and Anti Cimex. The rowdiness factor shot through the roof as the crowd erupted in good, friendly, at times violent tomfoolery.
Now amped up, the crowd was ready for Miasmal’s dirty death metal. Miasmal shares a member with Swedish crust veterans Martyrdöd, and punk energy was very evident during their set. They are from Gothenburg, but their sound was straight out of the subway tunnels of Stockholm. The moshing got gnarlier, the stench of cheap beer and sweaty balls got stronger, and everyone was caught up in the HM-2-powered frenzy. No frills, no triggers, no wankery – just filth and dedication to old-school death metal.
See full photo set here
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HEAR MIASMAL
“Death Mask”
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SEE MIASMAL
May 24th Brooklyn,NY at the Acheron
w/ the Impalers, Innumerable Forms
May 25th Philadelphia,PA at the Barbary
w/ Mammoth Grinder, Innumerable Forms, and the Impalers
May 26th – 29th – Maryland Deathfest
(Miasmal plays on the 26th)
May 30th Richmond,VA at Strange Matter
w/ Innumerable Forms
May 31st Atlanta,GA at Wonder Root
w/ Innumerable Forms
June 1st New Orleans,LA at Siberia
w/ Innumerable Forms
June 2nd – 4th – Chaos in Tejas
(Miasmal plays June 4th)
June 5th El Paso,TX at Sleepless Nights
w/ Bone Sickness and Nyogthaeblisz
June 6th Phoenix,AZ at Inner CIty Youth Center
w/ Bone Sickness, Vektor, and Dias Mas Oscuros
June 7th San Diego,CA at the Ruby Room (21+)
w/ Bone Sickness, Invocation War, and Antebellum 666
June 8th Long Beach,CA at Club Oasis
w/ Bone Sickness
June 9th Los Angeles,CA at the BLVD
w/ Bone Sickness, Fatalist, and Infernal Damnation
June 10th San Jose,CA at the House of the Dead Rat (416 W. San Fernando St.)
w/ Bone Sickness and Cardboard Funeral
June 11th San Francisco, CA at the Hemlock
w/ Bone Sickness and Mortuous
June 12th Oakland,CA at Victory Warehouse
w/ Bone Sickness, Undergang (Denmark), Acephalix, and Laudanum
June 13th Arcata,CA at the Big Tree
w/ Bone Sickness and Alder Camp
June 14th Portland,OR at the East End
w/ Bone Sickness
June 15th Seattle,WA at the Highline
w/ Iron Lung, Bone Sickness, and Anhedonist
June 16th Olympia,WA at the Graveyard House
w/ Bone Sickness, Sanctuary of Blasphemy (Sweden), No Statik, and Iron Lung
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