11/12/2023 0 Comments Blog of doom![]() I think the lineup accurately reflects the musical interests of the promoters involved and what we hope that people want to hear. This is not all black metal (although I might prefer that!) and it’s not all doom and it’s not all death metal. We are honored to have them all on board! I am also pretty happy with the mix of bands. Every band on the lineup has expressed their excitement to play this unique event and have been very supportive about getting the word out. And there are some complete unknowns that we think deserve exposure. But our budget was limited so we are combining that with popular regional up-and-coming acts like Dweller in the Valley, Psalm Zero, and Unsacred plus some bands that appeal to niche populations, such as Menace Ruine or Ashagal. To draw attendees, the lineup was going to have to have known acts like Midnight, Iron Man, and Falls of Rauros. We have enough great bands to fill the lineup for several fests. We heard about so many great bands! It was hard to choose but also just speaks to the amount of talent we have in mid-Atlantic region. We had our wish list and we also had an open call to solicit band submissions, something a lot of fests do not really do. So together we got the word out to bands and started making a list of whom we wanted to see there. MS: I would say the bands were very receptive! Our group of promoters comes from Baltimore and Frederick, MD, from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, PA and from Richmond, VA. Were bands immediately receptive to the idea? What kinds of bands did you target from the outset? ![]() There are 18 of us working on this project. After that, I brought together a group of extremely capable people to handle every aspect of planning and organization, from co-promotion, food, vendors, security, lights and staging. In October 2014, I finally came across the summer camp in Pennsylvania that we plan to use. It was in April of 2014 that I first started contacting potential venues about this fest. When the fest finally happens, I will have been researching and planning this fest for more than a year. Why not have fests outside in nature? I love camping. And our metal fests are often held in parking lots or dark venues. We have big outdoor fests, some with camping, but they tend to feature jam bands or pop music, not metal. It’s just that the US doesn’t really have them the way they do in Europe. The idea of the open-air fest is not a new one. That turned out to be the last year that fest in the Tahoe National Forest in California was held. Mary Spiro: I have probably had this idea since after attending Stella Natura in 2013, or maybe before. How long have you had the idea for a festival like this? When did the planning start in earnest? I plan to attend to cover the event for The Blog of Doom and I recently checked in with Mary Spiro, one of the event's creators, to get the full scoop on what promises to be the outdoor metal experience of the year. The festival is BYOB and restricted to the 21+ crowd. ![]() Tickets are only $92 (including camping) and are limited to 350 people in order to keep the event intimate. ![]() The weekend will also feature vendors such as record labels, artists and food stands, as well as workshops on guitar maintenance, runes, yoga and more. Featuring 36 underground Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal and Noise Metal bands on two alternating stages, the festival is a one-of-kind metal experience for those of us in the States pining for a Euro-style metal campout. The inaugural Shadow Woods Metal Fest will be held September 25-27 at a campground near Fannetsburg, PA (about halfway between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia). To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.Three days of metal and camping in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains? Sounds like one hell of a weekend party to me. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. ![]() If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]()
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