New England Metal and Hardcore Festival '06[views:302791][posts:182]______________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:07pm - the_reverend ""] New England Metal and Hardcore Festival '06 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 22, 2006 ESP Guitars and Krank Amps present 8th Annual New England Metal And Hardcore Festival Friday April 28, Saturday April 29 and Sunday April 30 The Palladium - 261 Main St. - Worcester, MA MassConcerts is proud to announce that the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival will return once again to the Palladium in Worcester, Mass., on Friday April 28, Saturday April 29 and Sunday April 30. Friday tickets are $35.00; Saturday and Sunday individual day tickets are $40.00. Three-day passes are $109.50. Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 24 at 10:00am at all Strawberries Record Stores, online at tickets.com, or by calling tickets.com at (800) 477-6849. Proclaimed in past years as one of the best American festivals focusing on heavy music, the three-day show will host numerous metal, hardcore, and metalcore bands along with a jam-packed vendor area where fans can purchase hard-to-find CDs, t-shirts, and other music merchandise. ESP Guitars will be giving away guitars and Krank Amps will be giving away amps and even a half stack. These two great companies will also be bringing you up close and personal with some of the bands they endorse - so as we get closer to fest we will have schedule of artist signings and other surprises. "If you decide to go to only one fest this year, this should be it," says Revolver Magazine and MetalJudgment.com calls it "...hands down, the best metal fest in the world." The show will once again take place on two stages at The Palladium. Bands that have already been confirmed for the festival are: Lacuna Coil, Gamma Ray, DragonForce (first time EVER in America!), Arch Enemy, Chimaira, The Black Dahlia Murder, Bullet For My Valentine, Exodus, Cryptopsy, 100 Demons, A Perfect Murder, Alarum, Arsis, Bloodline Calligraphy, Bronx Casket Company, Byzantine, Caliban, Cattle Decapitation, Colin Of Arabia, Damnation AD, Dead To Fall, Death Threat, Demiricous, Dying Eyes Bleed, Ed Gein, Embrace The End, Folly, Full Blown Chaos, Goat Horn, God Forbid, Hate Eternal, Horse The Band, Hypersolid, If Hope Dies, Immolation, Inked In Blood, Into Eternity, Ion Dissonance, Ligeia, Losa, Mercury Switch, Necrophagist, Neuraxis, Nodes Of Ranvier, On Broken Wings, Protest The Hero, Ramallah, Righteous Jams, Ringworm, Sanctity, Scars Of Tomorrow, Second Story Window, Shoot To Kill, Since The Flood, Skinless, Still Remains, Suffocation, Sworn Enemy, The Acacia Strain, The Absence, The Classic Struggle, The Miles Between, Torn Assunder, Trouble, Twelve Tribes, Who Killed The Promo Queen, Wolf, xDEATHSTARx, and xLOOKINGFORWARDx. More bands will be announced in the coming weeks. Talent is subject to change. "We’ve been extremely happy with how this festival has grown over the years," said MassConcerts Booking Agent and festival co-founder Scott Lee, "and this year the lineup is one of the most varied yet - a great mixture of different styles of bands." The 8th Annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival is brought to you by ESP Guitars and Krank Amps, teaming up to present the festival this year; Prosthetic Records, which is sponsoring the 2nd Stage upstairs, Revolver Magazine our exclusive magazine partner and creator of the official event program, Facedown Records which is sponsoring our street marketing efforts, FUSE TV, Mazur PR and The Syndicate. Vendors this year include Century Media, Trustkill, Eulogy/Hand of Hope, Metal Blade, Red Rocket Records, and many others. |
| ________________________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:12pm - whiskey_weed_and_women ""] Cryptopsy, Cattle Decapitation, Colin Of Arabia, Death Threat, Ion Dissonance, Neuraxis, Ramallah, Righteous Jams, Since The Flood, Suffocation if i get my pass ill go but otherwise all the bands i wanna see i can see at small clubs for like 5 - 7 bucks |
| ________________________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:13pm - whiskey_weed_and_women ""] oh and im actually amazed burn in silence hasnt been listed |
| _______________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:14pm - Y_Ddraig_Goch ""] And thus I will be only going for three bands again. Gamma Ray, Dragonforce, and Into Eternity. Is it me or does this thing become more and more medicore Metalcore from down the street each year. |
| __________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:14pm - succubus ""] http://www.massconcerts.com/graphics/defyunlearnblackwebbanner.gif my favorite part of the email was the bottom =) |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:16pm - the_reverend ""] oh, I got it from another company before from massconcerts. |
| __________________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:19pm - horror_tang NLI ""] Wow, not that I am going, but can you put tickets on layaway or do they have some sort of financing program. |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:24pm - the_reverend ""] SHUT UP RICH! |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:25pm - BornSoVile ""] holy shit, 3 day pass = 109.50!!!! |
| _____________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:29pm - KeithMutiny ""] waste of money. when are people gonna smarten up and stop feeding into this fucking bullshit. Anyone who pays that obscene amount of money deserves nothing less than immediate death. |
| ______________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:30pm - Yeti ""] 109.50????? is that a joke????? what the fuck happened to this festival? this used to be THE festival. of course now it becomes a money grubbing crap fest |
| _____________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:32pm - RustedAngel ""] KeithMutiny said:waste of money. when are people gonna smarten up and stop feeding into this fucking bullshit. Anyone who pays that obscene amount of money deserves nothing less than immediate death. Well, more people feed into ozzfest and their bill's are shittier and it's about the same price for 1 day and less bands. Even if no one from RTTP went to this fest it probably wouldn't put much of a dent into attendance. |
| _____________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:33pm - KeithMutiny ""] RustedAngel said:KeithMutiny said:waste of money. when are people gonna smarten up and stop feeding into this fucking bullshit. Anyone who pays that obscene amount of money deserves nothing less than immediate death. Well, more people feed into ozzfest and their bill's are shittier and it's about the same price for 1 day and less bands. Even if no one from RTTP went to this fest it probably wouldn't put much of a dent into attendance. oh belive me, i completely agree with that statement. |
| _____________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:36pm - KeithMutiny ""] I belive a protest, of sorts, is in order. If/When any such campaign happens, its not directed towards any of the musicians playing, be it most of them suck, thats not the issue. not that anyone cares what i have to say, but i think this is completely out of hand. |
| _____________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:37pm - RustedAngel ""] Yeti said:109.50????? is that a joke????? what the fuck happened to this festival? this used to be THE festival. of course now it becomes a money grubbing crap fest well, there are way more bands playing now hence why it's become a 3 day festival. I don't think I'm going to go unless I can get myself on the list again |
| _____________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:39pm - RustedAngel ""] I was hoping to get the band onto this clusterfuck this year but it's looking like another "you have to be signed, or friends with scott lee deal" once again. |
| _____________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:40pm - KeithMutiny ""] sabotage! |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:45pm - BornSoVile ""] i just wanna see that necrophagist tour and the cryptopsy tour. that's it. hopefully it can be on one day or two days. perhaps i'll just go to saratoga if worse comes to worse. |
| _____________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:47pm - KeithMutiny ""] maybe there will be a providence date for all of the above. |
| _____________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:47pm - RustedAngel ""] I heard Kenny Lanning is putting on the fest this year. |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:49pm - BornSoVile ""] i doubt it cause the dates are already released, plus i wouldn't be surprised if contractually they can't play within 50 miles of worcester or something like that. maybe that's why cryptopsy worked in manch vegas last year. |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:49pm - BornSoVile ""] Tom, this a *cyber noogie* for you ; ) |
| _____________________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:50pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""] Gah, I think I'm going to pass on this. As much as I'd love to see Gamma Ray and Goat Horn, the rest of the lineup is basically metalcore 101 and a bunch of the tech death stuff that is also popular with the same crowd (not that I don't like Neuraxis, Cryptopsy etc myself). |
| __________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 3:57pm - kessaris ""] Dragonforce, Necrophagist, Suffocation, Exodus...okay I guess I'll go this year |
| _____________________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 4:36pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""] Crap, I just read back over the list and realized Wolf and Trouble are playing....now the temptation is growing. |
| ___________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 4:42pm - ninkaszi ""] Gamma Ray, Exodus, Cryptopsy, Cattle Decapitation, Colin Of Arabia, Goat Horn, Hate Eternal, Immolation, Necrophagist, Neuraxis, Ramallah, Righteous Jams, Ringworm, Suffocation, Trouble. these are the only bands i have any interest in watching and i am sure they will be spread out through the three days. i probably wont be there unless i sneak in. |
| _____________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 4:44pm - KeithMutiny ""] i heard theres already a myspace group for it this year... |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 4:45pm - RichHorror ""] the_reverend said:SHUT UP RICH! ... |
| ___________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 5:35pm - dreadkill ""] so far i am not going. they have to add some of my favorite bands to get me there this year. there's a small handful of bands that i want to see, but i've seen most of them already. |
| _____________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 5:38pm - KeithMutiny ""] http://groups.myspace.com/NEMHF |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 5:42pm - diamond_dave ""] am i way out of touch or something? i have never heard of most of these bands. |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 6:01pm - BlackoutRick ""] Holy Shit!!! TROUBLE!!! YYYYYYYYYEEEESSS!!! Righteous Jams, Neuraxis, and Byzantine are the only others I would see. Where's Glass Casket? |
| ________________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 6:16pm - Josh_hates_you ""] wow, 6 bands i like and a whole lotta gay. |
| _________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 6:21pm - mcmahon ""] i'm gonna go. fuck it, few less beers a night til then will be worth it. |
| ______________________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 6:40pm - BobNOMAAMRooney nli ""] Are Arch Enemy bolted to the Palladium floor? |
| ___________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 6:44pm - dreadkill ""] BobNOMAAMRooney nli said:Are Arch Enemy bolted to the Palladium floor? ha |
| _________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 7:23pm - pisscup ""] only $55 for this - DISMEMBER - SWEDEN VITAL REMAINS - RHODE ISLAND HAEMORRHAGE - SPAIN PUNGENT STENCH - AUSTRIA NECROPHAGIST - GERMANY DEMILICH - FINLAND UNHOLY GRAVE - JAPAN MACHETAZO - SPAIN BUTCHER ABC - JAPAN DISFEAR - SWEDEN SEVERE TORTURE - NETHERLANDS ANATA - SWEDEN SANITYS DAWN - GERMANY ROMPEPROP - NETHERLANDS CLITEATER - NETHERLANDS SKINLESS - NEW YORK GORGASM - ILLINOIS EMBALMER - OHIO YACOEPSAE - GERMANY WTN - SINGAPORE ENGORGED - OREGON BURNT BY THE SUN - NEW JERSEY MUNICIPAL WASTE - VIRGINIA CENOTAPH - TURKEY MUCUPURULENT - GERMANY TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION - PESNNSYLVANIA MESRINE - CANADA CATHETER - COLORADO BENEATH THE MASSACRE - CANADA ELECTRO QUARTERSTAFF - CANADA QUILLS - MARYLAND EMBRYONIC CRYPTOPATHIA - MASSACHUSETTS |
| ___________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 7:35pm - contagion ""] pisscup said:only $55 for this - DISMEMBER - SWEDEN VITAL REMAINS - RHODE ISLAND HAEMORRHAGE - SPAIN PUNGENT STENCH - AUSTRIA NECROPHAGIST - GERMANY DEMILICH - FINLAND UNHOLY GRAVE - JAPAN MACHETAZO - SPAIN BUTCHER ABC - JAPAN DISFEAR - SWEDEN SEVERE TORTURE - NETHERLANDS ANATA - SWEDEN SANITYS DAWN - GERMANY ROMPEPROP - NETHERLANDS CLITEATER - NETHERLANDS SKINLESS - NEW YORK GORGASM - ILLINOIS EMBALMER - OHIO YACOEPSAE - GERMANY WTN - SINGAPORE ENGORGED - OREGON BURNT BY THE SUN - NEW JERSEY MUNICIPAL WASTE - VIRGINIA CENOTAPH - TURKEY MUCUPURULENT - GERMANY TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION - PESNNSYLVANIA MESRINE - CANADA CATHETER - COLORADO BENEATH THE MASSACRE - CANADA ELECTRO QUARTERSTAFF - CANADA QUILLS - MARYLAND EMBRYONIC CRYPTOPATHIA - MASSACHUSETTSmaryland death fest. the illest fest ever. |
| _____________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 7:41pm - HailTheLeaf ""] wow, 2 bands I'd want to see, and they've both been around for over 20 years...gayest line-up ever. |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 7:47pm - swamplorddvm ""] Necrophagist, Cryptopsy, Exodus and BULLET FOR MY VALETINE!!! WOOOOOOOO!!! |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 8:13pm - Photo Guy ""] 2 bands that I'd like to see: Lacuna Coil and Exodus. Seen both before. (Exodus in 1990, TYVM - Pantera, Exodus and Suicidal Tendencies at The Channel in Boston.) The rest of the lineup I honestly couldn't care less about. $109.50 for two bands is a pretty shitty return on a pretty hefty investment. I'll pass, thanks. |
| __________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 9:36pm - pam nli ""] I think I'm all set this year. I'm not even going to try getting a photo pass. I'd love to see Exodus but not at the expense of sitting through all that shit. I'm mailing in a demo tomorrow just to say I tried, however. Too bad, I do like going at least one day to this fest, but there's just no way this year. First year I've stayed home, ever. It's overpriced, 90% metalcore, and the fest is too fucking big for the palladium. If you're going to rip people off, you should at least allow them 3 inches of breathing space while inside. You can't even get to the upstairs bands. Plus, that many smelly mod kids in one tiny building? Grrrross. |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 10:17pm - dreadkill ""] exactly |
| ___________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 10:39pm - mOe nli ""] yea, this fest is definitly a better lineup this year, but i doubt i'm goin three days....gettin too old and too broke for that i'll most likely just go on the day FASSW plays and be done with it p.s. Premonitions of War needs to play this |
| _________________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 10:56pm - MetalcoreSUCKS ""] swamplorddvm said:Necrophagist, Cryptopsy, Exodus and BULLET FOR MY VALETINE!!! WOOOOOOOO!!! Id rather save my $$ and go see Exodus when they play at Marks showpalace on May 1st instead.Fuck this SHITFEST!!!!! |
| _______________________________________________ [Feb 22,2006 11:17pm - chris_from_shit_fuck ""] Exodus, Cattle Decapitation, Suffocation, Black Dahlia Murder are the only bands I want to see right now. That's not enough to justify the ticket price, especially if the bands aren't all playing the same day. |
| _________________________________ [Feb 23,2006 12:02am - retzam ""] I'll go the day Dragonforce are playing, and I heard that they are headlining Sunday, so if true, I hope they put together a good line up for Sunday. |
| ___________________________________________ [Feb 23,2006 12:11am - davefromthegrave ""] there's always one band each day that I actually want to see, and a ton of horseshit metalcore bands. the nemhf is starting to piss me off. |
| _______________________________________ [Feb 23,2006 3:04am - Y_Ddraig_Goch ""] Let's burn scott lee til he signs good bands, and or try to raise money for a real new England metalfest. Sunday is ussually the only day worth going. I hope that dragonforce, Gamma Ray, and Into Eternity all play on one day, so far that is all I want to see. |
| _____________________________________ [Feb 23,2006 3:08am - i_am_not_me ""] Dragonforce...on Sunday...of course. I'm demanding that Sunday off this year. Or I'm closing the store the second I get to work. |