The fifth annual New England Metal & Hardcore Festival will return to the Palladium in Worcester, Mass., on Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17.
This year’s line-up looks to be the biggest yet with Opeth, Shadows Fall, Nevermore, Lacuna Coil, Kataklysm, Goatwhore, November’s Doom, Noctuary, Full Blown Chaos, Beyond The Sixth Seal, Wasteform, Eviscerate, Blood Has Been Shed, DRI, Cannae, Bongzilla, Crematorium, Locked In A Vacancy, Scarlet, Grimlock and The Acacia Strain confirmed for Friday night. Saturday’s line-up will include Superjoint Ritual, Meshuggah, The Haunted, Suffocation, Lamb Of God, Converge, Killswitch Engage, Strapping Young Lad, Unearth, Eighteen Visions, Diecast, Speedkillhate, Nora, Bleeding Through, Beyond The Embrace, Camaira, Harakiri, Drowning, Held Under, Dysrthyma, Traumacide, Pig Destroyer, The Red Chord, Atreyu, Misery Index, Cephalic Carnage, Most Precious Blood, Mastodon, Caliban, Himsa, Premonitions Of War, 100 Demons, The Takeover, Uphill Battle and Broken Wings.