The New England Metal and Hardcore Festival will enter its second decade the April with an electric mixture of bands from the metal and hardcore genres. Returning to the Palladium in Worcester, Mass,. the event will take place on Friday, April 17 and Saturday, April 18, with a an extra special pre-party on Thursday, April 16.
Headlining Friday will be All That Remains, one of the many bands that got its start at the NEMHF. Saturday will be headlined by metal giants Lamb of God as part of their No Fear Energy Music Tour along with As I Lay Dying,Children Of Bodom, God Forbid and Municipal Waste.Metal Blade Records will present the main stage. Prosthetic Records will present the second stage.
Other bands schedule to perform on Friday are: August Burns Red, Suffocation, The Acacia Strain, THE HAUNTED, NAPALM DEATH, Whitecapel, Kataklysm, Cattle Decapitaion, Veil of Maya, Abigail Williams, Decrepit Birth, Psycroptic, Intronaut, Withered, Left to Vanish, Lazarus A.D, Kylsa, XAFBX, Trap Them, Aggressive Dogs, Toxic Holocaust, XWarX, Psyopus, Woe of Tyrants, Rose Funeral, Nachtymystium,xTHE WARx, and ore to be announced. doors open at noon
Saturdays lineup will also feature: Have Heart, Shipwreck, Winds of Plague, Emmure,All Shall Perish, Austrian Death Machine,Terror, iwrestledabearonce, Unholy, Shai Hulud, Cold World, Trapped Under Ice, This is Hell, Cruel Hand, The Carrier, energy, Defeather, dead swans, century, book of black earth, acaro, animals as leaders, withered, landmine marathon, The Ghost Inside and more to be announced. doors open at noon.
The Thursday night pre-party will be a unique event combining film and music. The party will kick off with a screening of official film sponsor Anchor Bays film "Crowley" co-written by none other than Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson. The provacative supernatural thriller is the tale of a virtual reality experiment gone wrong, sending the soul of the British occultist Aleister Crowley into the body of a shy university professor. But even as Crowley creates all-new orgles of depraved pleasures and black magic, he is now preparing to unleash the ultimant occult event upon the world. Also showing is "ANVIL! The Story of Anvil,"a sometimes revealing,sometimes hilarious documentary about the legendary Canadian metal band. The movie follows best friends Robb Reiner and Lips ad they make a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, hailed as the "demi-gods of Cnadian metal,"influenced a musical generation that includes Metallica, Slayer,and Anthrax, despite never hitting the big time. Following a calamitous European tour, Lips and Robb, now in their fifties, set off to record their 13th album in one last attempt to fulfill their boyhood dreams. the film will be followed by a performance by the band itself. The pre-party will also be held at the Palladium. Admission is free with a weekend pass or 15 for non ticket holders. atticus is the official sponsor of the pre party.
Headlining Friday will be All That Remains, one of the many bands that got its start at the NEMHF. Saturday will be headlined by metal giants Lamb of God as part of their No Fear Energy Music Tour along with As I Lay Dying,Children Of Bodom, God Forbid and Municipal Waste.Metal Blade Records will present the main stage. Prosthetic Records will present the second stage.
Other bands schedule to perform on Friday are: August Burns Red, Suffocation, The Acacia Strain, THE HAUNTED, NAPALM DEATH, Whitecapel, Kataklysm, Cattle Decapitaion, Veil of Maya, Abigail Williams, Decrepit Birth, Psycroptic, Intronaut, Withered, Left to Vanish, Lazarus A.D, Kylsa, XAFBX, Trap Them, Aggressive Dogs, Toxic Holocaust, XWarX, Psyopus, Woe of Tyrants, Rose Funeral, Nachtymystium,xTHE WARx, and ore to be announced. doors open at noon
Saturdays lineup will also feature: Have Heart, Shipwreck, Winds of Plague, Emmure,All Shall Perish, Austrian Death Machine,Terror, iwrestledabearonce, Unholy, Shai Hulud, Cold World, Trapped Under Ice, This is Hell, Cruel Hand, The Carrier, energy, Defeather, dead swans, century, book of black earth, acaro, animals as leaders, withered, landmine marathon, The Ghost Inside and more to be announced. doors open at noon.
The Thursday night pre-party will be a unique event combining film and music. The party will kick off with a screening of official film sponsor Anchor Bays film "Crowley" co-written by none other than Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson. The provacative supernatural thriller is the tale of a virtual reality experiment gone wrong, sending the soul of the British occultist Aleister Crowley into the body of a shy university professor. But even as Crowley creates all-new orgles of depraved pleasures and black magic, he is now preparing to unleash the ultimant occult event upon the world. Also showing is "ANVIL! The Story of Anvil,"a sometimes revealing,sometimes hilarious documentary about the legendary Canadian metal band. The movie follows best friends Robb Reiner and Lips ad they make a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, hailed as the "demi-gods of Cnadian metal,"influenced a musical generation that includes Metallica, Slayer,and Anthrax, despite never hitting the big time. Following a calamitous European tour, Lips and Robb, now in their fifties, set off to record their 13th album in one last attempt to fulfill their boyhood dreams. the film will be followed by a performance by the band itself. The pre-party will also be held at the Palladium. Admission is free with a weekend pass or 15 for non ticket holders. atticus is the official sponsor of the pre party.
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