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New England Metal & Hardcore Fest returning in 2014; Nile going on tour (dates & initial lineup)

by Doug Moore

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The New England Metal & Hardcore Fest is returning to the Worcester Palladium from April 17 – 19, 2014 in Worcester, MA, and the initial lineup was recently announced. It includes Nails, Nile, Counterparts, All Out War, Cruel Hand, Harms Way, Suburban Scum, Naysayer, Reign Supreme, Fit For An Autopsy, Alpha & Omega, Slapshot and more. Tickets (3-day passes and individual day tickets) are on sale now. Full lineup below.

For long-running and ever-verbose American death metal institution Nile, that fest is part of their recently-announced 2014 North American tour. The tour will hit NYC at Stage 48 on April 20 (4/20) ((har har)). Tickets for that show go on sale December 14 at 10 AM. The band will play a selection of material from across their seven-album catalog, and support will be comprised of “three of the best local bands in every market.” There’s lots of good acts to choose from around here, so hopefully the openers won’t be selected on the basis of their willingness to cooperate with pay-to-play ticketing schemes.

Check out the list of all dates and stream a tune from their 2012 album, At the Gates of Sethu, along with the initial New England Metal & Hardcore Fest lineup, below…

Nile – “The Gods Who Light Up The Sky At The Gate Of Sethu”

Nile — 2014 Tour Dates
4/14 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
4/15 Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage
4/16 Albany, NY @ Bogie’s
4/17-19 Worchester, MA New England Metal & Hardcore Fest
4/18 Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall
4/20 New York City, NY @ Stage 48
4/21 Montreal, QC @ FouFounes
4/22 Quebec City, QC @ Imperial de Quebec
4/23 Ottawa, ON @ Mavericks
4/24 Toronto, ON @ Opera House
4/25 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Ballroom
4/26 Milwaukee, WI @ Rave
4/27 Joliet, IL @ Mojoes
4/29 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
5/1 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theater
5/2 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
5/3 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
5/6 West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
5/7 Tempe, AZ @ Club Red
5/8 Las Vegas, NV @ LVCS
5/10 Oklahoma City, OK @ The Chameleon Room
5/11 Dallas, TX @ Trees
5/12 San Antonio, TC @ Green Room
5/13 Houston, TX @ Scout Bar
5/14 New Orleans, LA @ Siberia
5/15 Tampa, FL @ Orpheum

New England Metal & Hardcore Fest — 2014 Initial Lineup
All That Remains
Iced Earth
Nile
Bleeding Through
Sabaton
Revamp
Nails
Within The Ruins
Slapshot
All Out War
Cruel Hand
Ramallah
Twitching Tongues
Lionheart
Counterparts
Harms Way
Suburban Scum
Fire and Ice
Naysayer
Colin of Arabia
Reign Supreme
Fit For An Autopsy
Born Low
The Mongoloids
Warhound
Malfunction
Alpha & Omega
King Nine
Discourse
Will To Die
Barrier
Kublai Khan
Scale The Summit
Sylar