Us here in the office, along with just about every Northeastern metal head, has come to make NEW ENGLAND METAL AND HARDCORE FESTIVAL a yearly mecca. 2008 marks the fest’s 10th anniversary and they are pulling out all the stops.

The festival will expand back to a three day event this year, with Friday consuming the entire Gigantour lineup (Megadeth, In Flames, Children of Bodom, Job for a Cowboy and High on Fire). Saturday brings Dimmu Borgir and Shadows Fall, and Sunday will present Meshuggah and Ministry’s final Massachusetts performance before retiring.

Countless other big metal bands are playing, including Overkill, A Life Once Lost, The Dillinger Escape Plan and more. Huge can not begin to describe this show. Check the full lineup and press release after the jump.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 12, 2008

NEW ENGLAND METAL AND HARDCORE FESTIVAL CELEBRATES TENTH ANNIVERSARY

WORCESTER, Mass. – This year will mark the tenth anniversary of the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, the largest and most successful metal festival in the United States.

This year’s show, presented by ESP, Randall, EMG, and exclusive magazine presenter Metal Maniacs Magazine, will take place the weekend of April 25-27 at the Palladium in Worcester, Mass., its home since its inception. Sumerian Records will sponsor the “Summer Slaughter Tour” second stage.

The New England Metal and Hardcore Festival will present Gigantour featuring Megadeth, In Flames, Children of Bodom, Job for a Cowboy and High on Fire on Friday night. Saturday will be headlined by Dimmu Borgir, Shadows Fall, and Behemoth. Ministry, Meshuggah, and Nevermore will close out the festival on Sunday night.

Other bands scheduled to perform include: A Life Once Lost, The Acacia Strain, After the Burial, Animosity, As Blood Runs Black, Belay My Last, Born of Osiris, Briandrill, Classic Struggle, Cockpunch!, Cold World, Dead to Fall, Demiricous, Dillinger Escape Plan, Disfear, Eluveitie, Elysia, Embrace the End, Emmure, The End, Ensiferum, First Blood, From a Second Story Window, Full Blown Chaos, The Ghost Inside, God Forbid, Hate Eternal, Hemlock, High on Fire, Impending Doom, Job for a Cowboy, Keep Of Kalessin, Kid Deposit Triumph, Ligeia, Mensrea, Monstrosity, Municipal Waste, On Broken Wings, Overkill, Recon, Red I Flight, Rhinoceros, Shai Halud, Shipwreck a.d., Since the Blood, Skeletonwitch, Sleeping Giant, Soilent Green, Sons of Azrael, Stick to Your Guns, Stray from the Path, Through the Eyes of the Dead, Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganze, Trap Them, Turisas, Tyr, Unexpect, Unholy, Vanna, Veil of Maya, Vital Remains, Waking the Cadaver, Winds of Plague, Withered, and Xtyrantx.

The New England Metal and Hardcore Festival is also sponsored by Metal Edge Magazine, Monster Energy, All In Merchandise, 518 Prints, The Syndicate, Mazur PR, Heavy Hitter, Scott Lee Clothing, JeremySaffer.com, DefyUnlearn.com, ReturnToThePit.com and many more to be announced.

Tickets go on sale Friday, February 15 at 10 a.m. EST. The cost is $47.50 for Friday, $45 for Saturday, $45 for Sunday, or $129 for a three-day pass. Tickets available at all Strawberries / FYE Stores, by calling (800) 477-6849 or online at tickets.com

For more information, please contact: Debbie Sellnow / Michael Mazur of Mazur Public Relations Inc., at (609) 695-1800, debbie@mazurpr.com / michaelmazurpr@yahoo.com / www.mazurpr.com ; Emily Cohn at Heavy Hitter PR at (773) 281-6393, emily@heavyhitterinc.com / www.heavyhitterinc.com ; or Sylvia Cunha of MassConcerts at (978) 275-9521 / MassMediaGirl@aol.com / www.massconcerts.com

For radio inquiries please contact Bram Teitelman at The Music Syndicate at (201) 864-0900, bram@thesyn.com / www.thesyn.com . Visit the festival website at metalandhardcorefestival.com or myspace.com/metalandhardcorefestival

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