News•December 8, 2014 6:08 PM ET•8,598 views

New England Metal Fest announces first 17 bands

Worcester, Massachusetts-based concert promotions company, MassConcerts, is pleased to announce the first segment of bands playing the seventeenth annual New England Metal & Hardcore Festival at The Palladium in Worcester, MA on April 17th, 18th, and 19th 2015. Festival co-founder and talent buyer at MassConcerts, Scott Lee, had the following to say, "We are very excited to have Testament, Exodus, as well as the final New England appearance of Nuclear Assault. These bands are legendary thrash metal titans who never disappoint. 2015 is shaping up to be a great lineup and I couldn't be more proud and excited. We are stoked to have our friends Between The Buried For Today perform, as well as my own personal and fan favorites Overcast and Nails. This year we are trying to hit every genre of metal and hardcore to focus on creating as much variety as possible for the fans." Friday April 17 Between The Buried And Me Overcast The Banner Black Mask Homewrecker Downpur No Zodiac Saturday April 18 Testament Exodus Nuclear Assault Nails Indecision Incendiary Wisdom In Chains Sunday April 19 Motionless In White For Today The Color Morale My Ticket Home As one of the longest running festivals of its kind in the US, the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival has helped jumpstart the careers of many acts including Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, The Black Dahlia Murder and Behemoth. Since 1999, this multiple-day festival has been attracting dozens of bands and thousands of fans to the historic Worcester Palladium each year bringing metal and hardcore acts deservedly to the forefront of each genre.

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anonymous 12/8/2014 3:21:14 PM

When are they going to announce some actual metal or hardcore bands for Sunday?

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anonymous 12/8/2014 3:34:12 PM

Between The Buried For Today

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long_insured_now 12/8/2014 3:39:27 PM

Downpur? Is that a cat with down syndrome?

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anonymous 12/8/2014 3:54:04 PM

"When are they going to announce some actual metal or hardcore bands for Sunday?" This jerk.. Cause you know.. Exodus and BTBAM aren't metal.

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ineedmoresalt 12/8/2014 3:58:02 PM

long_insured_now14 minutes ago Downpur? Is that a cat with down syndrome? That made me chuckle

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anonymous 12/8/2014 4:38:45 PM

For Togay

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anonymous 12/8/2014 4:47:12 PM

Pretty weak. Waiting for the acacia strain usual headline spot

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anonymous 12/8/2014 4:53:48 PM

"This jerk.. Cause you know.. Exodus and BTBAM aren't metal." You must not see eye-to-eye with reading comprehension. He said on Sunday you retard.

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smokeweedhailsatan 12/8/2014 4:58:51 PM

Pretty weak. Waiting for the acacia strain usual headline spot gay

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anonymous 12/8/2014 5:00:31 PM

Indecision, well that's neat.

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anonymous 12/8/2014 5:01:24 PM

I didn't know Morale was a color.

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estep 12/8/2014 5:53:58 PM

anonymous47 minutes ago Indecision, well that's neat

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anonymous 12/8/2014 5:54:51 PM

Do the b9 babies still have a tumblr boner for nails?

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anonymous 12/8/2014 6:22:11 PM

yeeesh

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anonymous 12/8/2014 6:35:08 PM

Fans of Nails must be closeted homosexuals

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anonymous 12/8/2014 6:48:06 PM

day 3 or bust

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anonymous 12/8/2014 7:23:18 PM

who??

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anonymous 12/8/2014 7:50:02 PM

Overcast rules

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anonymous 12/8/2014 8:14:39 PM

Friday April 17 shit shit shit shit shit shit shit Saturday April 18 more shit more shit more shit more shit more shit more shit Sunday April 19 even more shit even more shit even more shit

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anonymous 12/8/2014 8:43:29 PM

^ considering you lock yourself in your room jerking off to women over 40 porn while your mom knocks on your door to let you know your bagel bites are ready, should you really be judging?

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ed_money 12/8/2014 9:05:19 PM

Such a shitty festival for the past 15 years.

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anonymous 12/8/2014 10:39:33 PM

Oh boy I really hope on broken wings gets added. Oh boy.

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anonymous 12/8/2014 10:49:54 PM

you lock yourself in your room jerking off to women over 40 porn while your mom knocks on your door to let you know your bagel bites are ready That doesn't sound so bad

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anonymous 12/9/2014 12:00:39 AM

^^^As long as the door's locked it's cool.

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anonymous 12/9/2014 12:36:53 AM

WISDOM IN CHAINS LOL

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anonymous 12/9/2014 12:43:12 AM

Turnstile is too hardcore for this.

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anonymous 12/9/2014 6:30:32 AM

I hope system of a down plays sunday

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anonymous 12/9/2014 7:14:39 AM

My local band is better than this washed up shit!

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anonymous 12/9/2014 9:37:30 AM

That big dumb bald guy with the beard is slipping WHAT THE fck is this shit?

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anonymous 12/9/2014 1:43:42 PM

anonymous19 hours ago Do the b9 babies still have a tumblr boner for nails? anonymous12 hours ago Turnstile is too hardcore for this. That answered my question.

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anonymous 12/9/2014 2:46:26 PM

anonymous 7 hours ago My local band is better than this washed up shit! I've never heard your local band but I can 100% guarantee that I'd rather pleasure with sandpaper than listen to it.

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anonymous 12/9/2014 4:42:51 PM

yes testament and wisdom in chains!

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anonymous 12/9/2014 7:32:11 PM

BLACK MASK

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anonymous 12/9/2014 8:40:55 PM

Excited

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anonymous 12/10/2014 3:53:32 AM

Homewrecker, Incendiary, Nails, No zodiac, Exodus, I'd say there are enough great bands on here to offset the shitty ones.

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anonymous 12/11/2014 8:15:27 AM

"Homewrecker, Incendiary, Nails, No zodiac, Exodus, I'd say there are enough great bands on here to offset the shitty ones." I hope you mean those are the shitty bands. Because they all have terrible vocals and recycled Hardcore riffs. Music flip.

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anonymous 12/12/2014 6:33:40 AM

scenekidsunday

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anonymous 12/13/2014 1:20:10 PM

ScissorFight should come back and blow this shit up

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anonymous 12/14/2014 2:14:45 PM

FSU and SOSF will be in full attendance on Sunday

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anonymous 12/16/2014 12:27:05 PM

metal heads taking it back to the early nineties with jabs and puns featuring the words "your momma""(mother)"

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anonymous 12/18/2014 1:07:26 PM

GROSS!!! All of the bands on Sunday are shitty excuses of music. I guess the NEMF is selling out now. So disappointing.

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