CYNIC Cancels MARYLAND DEATHFEST Appearance; Organizers Issue Statement

March 21, 2007

The organizers for the annual Maryland Deathfest, which is scheduled to take place May 26-27 at the Sonar in Baltimore, MD, have issued the following update:

“The rumors going around about CYNIC cancelling their appearance at Maryland Deathfest are true.

"As the organizers of the event, we will state everything that happened as accurately and as truthfully as possible.

"All of the necessary steps to confirm CYNIC through their agency were taken by us and they were confirmed on November 21, 2006 as the band agreed on our original offer. We were given a definite green light to announce CYNIC on the MDF website also in November and all parties involved have known about the scheduled appearance of CYNIC at the festival for four months. Between December and March there were numerous attemps from our side to contact both the band directly as well as their agency, but each attempt resulted in absolutely no reply or further information given to us. Part of the agreement was that we would pay for the band’s flights in advance, but we never even received a reply about it each time we tried contacting the band to arrange the flights. Finally we received a sign of life from CYNIC's agency in March asking for us to complete some information fact sheet to help assist them in completing the contract accurately. Shortly after rumours started going around that the band will not be playing the festival as we were not the first people to be informed of such an issue. After writing both the band and agency to get some kind of explanation about what is going on, we still have not received a legit reason and the band didn't even offer a personal message to deliver to the fans who have planned to travel to the festival to see them. They simply forwarded us an e-mail from their agency that said, 'Unfortunately CYNIC will not be playing the festival.' We received a very vague answer on the phone from their agency that was simply a waste of time and the agency acted like they don't know why the band is cancelling. We don't believe that one bit, so at this point we don’t even care to know the real reason that the band cancelled. We'll leave it to the fans of CYNIC to formulate their own opinion about the matter. An agreement was made by all parties four months ago, the green light was given to announce the band, but they suddenly cancel two months before the festival without a legit explanation. The lack of communication by both the band and agency is extremely frustrating for us and not how we prefer to deal with any band that performs at MDF. We aren't magicians or psychics and can only report the facts about what happened from our side.

"We understand that some people will be extremely frustrated by this news and you can believe us that we are just as frustrated as anyone.

"If you want to express your displeasure regarding this issue, please direct it to the band and not us as this has nothing to do with how we handled everything.

"As a result of the cancellation, one additional band will be confirmed in the near future. It will not be a band of headlining status and we anticipate pushing up ZYKLON one space to headline the second night. Stay tuned for more on that. In addition, you might've already heard the news regarding LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER cancelling their appearance at MDF approximately one month ago. GHOUL (Creepsylvania) has been announced to replace them on the bill.

"Finally, the bands confirmed for the MDF pre-fest are as follows: PIG DESTROYER, INSECT WARFARE, PUTRID PILE, PISSCHRIST and DEFEATIST. One more band will be confirmed for the pre-fest. The show will take place on Friday, May 25th at Sonar and further information regarding start time and ticket price will be revealed shortly."

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