From the MySpace bulletin:

"NEW ENGLAND METAL AND HARDCORE FESTIVAL ENTERS SECOND DECADE WITH ALL THAT REMAINS AND LAMB OF GOD

The New England Metal and Hardcore Festival will enter its second decade this April with an eclectic 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 New England Metal and Hardcore Festival. 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.


Other bands schedule to perform on Friday are: August Burns Red, Suffocation, The Acacia Strain, The Haunted, Napalm Death, White Chapel, Kataclysm, Cattle Decapitation, Veil of Maya, Abigail Williams, Decrepit Birth, Pscroptic, Intronaut, Withered, Left to Vanish, Lazarus A.D., Kylesa, XAFBX, Trap Them, Aggressive Dogs, Toxic Holocaust, XWarX, Psyopus, Woe of Tyrants, Rose Funeral and more to be announced. Doors open at 12 noon.


Saturday's 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, Defeater, Dead Swans, Century, Book of Black Earth, Acaro, Animals as Leaders, Withered, Landmine Marathon and more to be announced. Doors open at 12 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 Bay's film "Crowley," co-written by none other than Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson. The provocative 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 orgies of depraved pleasures and black magic, he is now preparing to unleash the ultimate 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 Canadian 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.


Prices this year are $40 for Friday, $45 for Saturday or $79 for a 2-day ticket that also includes free admission to the kick off party on Thursday.
Tickets will be available at all Strawberries, FYE Stores, online at tickets. com or by calling (800) 477-6849. Tickets are available now online and will go on sale through the other outlets this Saturday.


Monster Energy is official energy drink of the festival. All In Merch and 518 Prints are the official merchandise company of the festival. Other sponsors include Mazur Public Relations, The Syndicate, Heavy Hitter, Rock And Shock, and Roadrunner Records.



www. metalandhardcorefestival. com
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lineup still sucks, but it's better than last year's

puke

garbage line up

This should be absolutely terrible. Amazing, because this used to be a cool fest, way back when.

i would go for municipal waste, suffocation, acacia strain, napalm death, whitechapel, kataklysm, abigail willliams, decrepit birth, psycroptic, trap them, toxic holocaust, psyopus, all shall perish, terror, cold world and thats about it.

I'm just happy they didn't slap the PaganFest lineup in with these bands.

Friday: Suffocation, Napalm Death, Decrepit Birth, Psycroptic, Kylesa, Trap Them, Psyopus

Saturday: Municipal Waste, Have Heart, Shai Hulud, This Is Hell, The Carrier, Defeater

def not worth $79

Suffocation, Napalm Death, Pscroptic, Intronaut, Withered, Kylesa, Trap Them, Book of Black Earth


that's all I got.

I didn't see Decrepit Birth there.

Yeah, NEMF always finds a way to assimilate good tours. Exactly why I've missed Meshuggah the last few times they've been around.

[Jan 18,2009 7:52pm - the_reverend]
it will probably be the 18th and 19th.
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[Jan 18,2009 7:52pm - the_reverend]
of april

a few good bands..def not worth the price

wow, this lineup is painful. Not going, although i will go to the preparty to watch Bruce Dickenson's movie.

Suffocation, Napalm Death, Decrepit Birth, Cattle decapitation...Iv' seen Suffocation so many times,and I wouldn't mind seeing them again but I'm sure they will only get a 20 min. set. The rest I will see in Maryland...except Decrepit birth:(
I would go just to see them cause I like them that much but I hate the palladium more.

i like Decrepit Birth that much too... but not for a 20min set.

are there any other shows going on that weekend that people can go to in retaliation?

a bunch of crap.
i see maybe 8 good bands in the last....all of which i either have seen before, or will see at MDF

ugh. its pretty much the same goddamn bands it was the last few years. fuck this fest, save your money and go to Maryland. Scott Lee is a homo.

i think he books the nemhf just to put the acacia strain on every one

ooh Anal Cunt is the day before! Good enough! haha

yep maryland it is

I have no proof of this, but I felt the same way about Hellfest and Found Dead Hanging. Their singer (now the singer for Architect) was the one who led that every year.

Intronaut is sweet.

this is what i got

Ugh. I knew the Decrepit, Suffo and Psycroptic tour would get thrown on this. gay.

This fest is probably the laughing stock of metal fests in America at this point..

there is no probably about it. the only thing that isn't laughable is how much money these fuckers will make.

better festival



too bad it's in Atlanta

goddammit...tinypic won't work

here's the fucking link

http://i39.tinypic.com/357gjf5.jpg

eh, i like Neurosis and High On fire.
the rest of these bands i could do without.....
.............
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hahahahaha
wait!
WHO THE FUCK IS GAYLORD?????????
hahahaha

Fuck i may have to go to atlanta

speaking of Scion, they're sponsoring a Pig Destroyer/Trash Talk show in Cali......I wonder who Scion hired to do these things, but whoever it is is doing a damn good job as far as band selection goes

wowzers

oh weird, it posts fine on IE.

maybe one of my faggy firefox add-ons is going over the top for me.

Holy shit. I don't give a shit about a single one of those bands. I'm disappointed.

don't be disappointed. be happy you don't have to waste a ridiculous amount of money seeing some bands you like and a shitload you don't. liking none of the bands is better than liking some.

I would go for Suffocation, Decrepit Birth, Psycroptic, and Intronaut.

Which means, I'm not going.

I want to see All That Remains but will absolutely not be paying 40 dollars for the majority of whats listed for Friday yet...Saturday I will probably go cause that Lamb Of God show looked decent anyway, but what a disappointing line-up (sorry to be Debby Downer...).

Has there ever been a steady number between 2 or 3 days or am I just missing something? All the years I didn't go I was fairly certain it was three days but could be totally wrong?

I haven't paid to get in since the first year. Thus I'm disappointed I don't even want to go for free.

I'll be there the week before to see Exodus, Kreator and Warbringer...that being a better bill

Because of your webzine?

Me? Originally for the fanzine, later just because I'm awesome.

Now I have no connections, now that I finally REALLY need photopasses. Fail.

I used to get free passes too because I wrote for a crapzine a while ago.

I wrote for an online one and did my own paper one. The perks were nice but it's way too much fucking work and listening to hundreds of shitty demos made me hate music forever. Not worth it.

can't metaljorjay hook you up? nilla likes hooking girls up

MetalGeorge usually reserves those perks for girls or his other photographer friend, but he does sometimes.

I could probably get them myself, I still know people but I always feel like a dick emailing them after a year with "hey, how's it going, can I haz photopass?"

Girls he can grope, I should say. Can't blame him there!

Yea, he used to do that with my ex.
It can't be that hard to sneak in if you're a girl with a camera. Just get a fake shirt made for a fake zine or something.

I'd hound Debbie Sellnow if it was worth it, but that line is buuuuunk.

I said that line before I read grope.. but I'm pretty sure that's also the truth haha

Sounds to me like you both got played, playa.

FDH is so bad. Ugh.

Agreed...I think he wanted to guarantee that his band would have one show to play every year.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRINGGGGGGGGGG


BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRINNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG









BORRRRRINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

...did I see right, Withered is playing both days?



But yeah, I care about them, Decrepit Birth, Intronaut, Book of Black Earth, Suffocation...and that's about it.

Is the suffocation, Decrepit Birth, Psycroptic tour playing somewere else close? Otherwise I'll be forced to go to this shit fest.

sadly no

That sucks. I guess I'll have to go the Palladium. How the hell does All that Remains get to headline Friday. I dont think I've ever met one All that Remains fan. Pluss isn't Metal core declining in popularity.

dont do it man, its not worth it

LOL Just friday. I have to.

bu bu bu bu but what about the puppies, think of the puppies.

I'm more of a cat man. Scott Lee can eat all the puppies he wants.

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Where's Robin to get the Suffocation show at Church on Saturday?

umm slackin cause the tour is booked, they do have their own website you know with tourdates and all.

That would involve way too much effort.

As usual, a failfest of epic proportions; not a surprise. There are 2 or 3 bands that I want to see that aren't playing other fests/shows I'm already going to, or haven't seen plenty of times. Not much of a loss.

Depending on what kind of metal you are into, I can see how some people in here think the line up sucks, but I dont think its that bad. I am looking forward to seeing August Burns Red, Lamb of God, Napalm Death, God Forbid, and hey what the fuck Austrian Death Machine

I must admit, I'd go for Austrian Death Machine. However I wouldn't spend all that much for it.

Sweet - only like five bands I'd want to see... More time for werewolfing back at the hotels. Anyone who goes to NEMHCFPG for the bands is a fucking retard with poor taste who eats shit hoagies.

I support this statement. I spend 90% of my weekend at the Irish Grime across the street or car-bar-ing in the parking lot.

a friend of mine went into Irish Grimes and was told "your kind isn't welcome here". they do have 2 dollar draughts, but just go 60 feet down the road to Armsby Abbey and have 10000 more beers to choose from.

I'd rather save my money and get blackout drunk elsewhere

I'll be listening to the Toadies and drinking Jameson or something awesome like that.

people should just walk the extra 10 minutes and go to Tortilla Sam's. the food is ok, not great but not bad at all, and its BYOB. you can't lose.

Yea I wouldn't pay the money just to go see Austrian Death Machine either

FUCK!!!
suffo,DB, and psycroptic thrown on friday is a crime. it's gonna take some restraint to not buy a ticket.

I only want to see Century......that Black Ocean record was awesome. they never tour so I kind of want to see the new stuff live.

The other bands on this fest I like I've already seen at least once. It would almost be worth going if the price were lower and bands had longer set times.

brian please stop lying to people.

that sounds like a fucking amazing time

Did his droids have to wait outside?

these aren't the droids you're looking for

[Jan 23,2009 11:21am - joeycobra ""]
I only want to see Century......that Black Ocean record was awesome. they never tour so I kind of want to see the new stuff live.

The other bands on this fest I like I've already seen at least once. It would almost be worth going if the price were lower and bands had longer set times.


Ask Carson how the babby is doing

You weak minded fool! He's using an old Jedi mind trick.
Your mind powers will not work on me boy.

the force is strong with this one.

Armsbey Abbey FTW. Just discovered this place on Monday. They have Delirium Tremens. *swoon*

wut?!? lulz.

thank you for posting this mr rusty trombone.

uhhh ok?

you were in Worcester and you didn't inform me? you go now.

Sorry, snookums, was in top secret black metal meeting. Once things there resolve themselves, you'll be seeing way more of me than you want to, believe me.

I SAY GOOD DAY TO YOU, SIR!

BTW all the bands that you haven't heard of on this are signed to Metal Blade and sound exactly like job for a cowboy. fucking retarded.

I was also pretty convinced i was going to go saturday but then realized I've seen all the bands I want to see at least once and I pretty sure I'll be able to see them some other time within the year.

Bananas! The greatest band of all times -- ANVIL -- is playing the pre-party. Fuck yes, the pre-party alone puts the rest of the festival to shame.

I guess I should read again. I thought they were just playing the anvil movie.

have heart, shipwreck, this is hell, the carrier and energy are good on saturday but ill just catch them when they play the icc 10 times this year. all the bands on friday hat interest me ive seen except for trap them, intonaut and psyopus, i wouldnt pay 20 to see this