SHADOW WOODS METAL FEST has added German metal duo, Mantar, for a special appearanceThursday, September 15th. The pair joins the mysterious Ghost Bath, Canada’s Numenoren, Baltimore’s Darsombra and several others to kick-off the three-day event, which continues through the morning of Sunday, September 18th at Camp Hidden Valley, in White Hall, Maryland. Now in its second year, SHADOW WOODS METAL FEST will host forty-one metal bands, representing diverse subgenres, on three stages at the same charming Summer camp where the fest was held previously.

“Mantar, who will be on tour with Cobalt this fall, had a free day that Thursday that fit perfectly into the schedule,” says festival organizer Mary Spiro of Metallomusikum.com / Shadow Woods Productions LLC. “Mantar blew everyone’s mind at the 2015 Maryland Deathfest, and SHADOW WOODS METAL FEST is extremely excited and deeply honored to have them help launch our second party in the woods.”

The entire festival lineup is stacked. Friday night headliners include Brooklyn’s post black metal pillagers Tombs, Mongolian folk metal warriors Tengger Cavalry, Detroit’s horror-death conjurers Acid Witch, and a special reunion performance from Philly’s blackened doom two-piece Sadgiqacea.On Saturday, black-thrash alchemists Blood Storm, Chicago’s mystic black metal kings Empyreus, and Maryland’s doom metal godfather Scott “Wino” Weinrich and friends from Faith In Jane will headline Saturday night. The fest will close that night with the return of Maine’s black metal-blues shredders, Zud.