New England Metal & Hardcore Fest announces more bands; Alpha & Omega touring (dates)
By Doug Moore
Inquisition at Saint Vitus, 2012 (more by Greg Cristman)
We’ve already mentioned that the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival will return in 2014 from April 17-19 at the Worcester Palladium. The festival has added some notable (and varied) bands to the lineup: 1349, Battlecross, Black Crown Initiate, Carnifex, Erra, Fallujah, Goatwhore, I Declare War, Inquisition, Rivers of Nihil, Sworn In, Broken Hope and The Acacia Strain. It’s pretty hard to imagine super-serious black metal bands like Inquisition and 1349 sharing the stage with derpy deathcore like The Acacia Strain, but that’s the age we live in. The backstage conversations between those bands will probably be golden.
In related news, LA hardcore outfit Alpha & Omega (who were already on the bill) will be touring on their way to the festival starting in March, along with (various combinations of) Cruel Hand, Alpha & Omega, Naysayer, Bent Life, Barrier, Malfunction and Will To Die. There’s no NYC date, but the tour will hit Long Island on 4/15 at the Even Flow Bar & Grill (in Bay Shore). Tickets are are on sale.
Check out the full run of Alpha & Omega dates and the full lineup for NEMHF to date below.
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NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL 2014 Confirmed Lineup:
1349
The Acacia Strain
All Out War
All That Remains
Alpha and Omega
Barrier
Battlecross
Bent Life
Bleeding Through
Black Crown Initiate
Born Low
Broken Hope
Carnifax
Colin of Arabia
Counterparts
Cruel Hand
Discourse
Emmure
Erra
Fallujah
Fire and Ice
Fit For An Autopsy
Gideon
Goatwhore
Harm’s Way
I Declare War
Iced Earth
InDirections
Inquisition
King Nine
Kublai Khan
Lionheart
Loyal To The Grave
Malfunction
Nails
Naysayer
Nile
Ramallah
Reign Supreme
Revamp
Rivers Of Nihil
Sabaton
Scale The Summit
Scars of Tomorrow
Slapshot
Suburban Scum
Sworn In
Sylar
The Mongoloids
Thy Art Is Murder
Twitching Tongues
Warhound
Whitechapel
Will To Die
Within The Ruins
ALPHA & OMEGA – 2014 Dates:
w/ Cruel Hand, Malfunction, Barrier
3/14/2014 SXSW – Austin, TX
3/15/2014 SXSW – Austin, TX
3/16/2014 QuikTrip Park – Grand Prairie, TX
3/17/2013 The Demo – St Louis, MO
3/18/2014 The Hatch – Evansville, IN
3/19/2014 Beat Kitchen – Chicago, IL
3/20/2014 Triple Rock – Minneapolis, MN
Cruel Hand, Malfunction, Barrier
3/21/2014 The Grave – Winnipeg, MB
3/22/2014 The Exchange – Regina, SK
3/23/2014 The Pawn Shop – Edmonton, AB
3/24/2014 Golden Age Club – Calgary, AB
3/25/2014 Ellison Community Hall – Kelowna, BC
w/ Cruel Hand,Bent Life, Malfunction, Barrier
3/26/2014 Quesadilla Factory – Centralia, WA
3/27/2014 Slabtown – Portland, OR
3/28/2014 Jub Jubs – Reno, NV
3/29/2014 418 Project – Santa Cruz, CA
3/30/2014 Aladdin Jr – Pomona, CA
3/31/2014 Industry Theater – Lancaster, CA
4/01/2014 Wallstreet – Phoenix, AZ
4/02/2014 The Spot – El Paso, TX
4/03/2014 Korova – San Antonio, TX
w/ Bent Life, Malfunction
4/04/2014 Walters on Washington – Houston, TX
4/05/2014 HTGT – Baton Rouge, LA
w/ Naysayer, Malfunction, Bent Life, Will To Die
4/06/2014 Roc Bar – Jacksonville, FL
4/07/2014 The Plughouse – Columbus, GA
4/08/2014 The Forge – Birmingham, AL
4/09/2014 The Owl Farm – Nashville, TN
4/10/2014 Haymarket Whiskey Bar- Louisville, KY
4/11/2014 Legends – Cincinnati, OH
4/12/2014 Refuge Skateshop – Dearborn, MI
4/13/2014 The Foundry – Lakewood, OH
4/14/2014 The Mansion – Rochester, NY
4/15/2014 Even Flow Bar & Grill – Long Island, NY
4/16/2014 Chameleon’s – Pittsfield, MA
4/17/2014 The Kave – Bucksport, ME
4/18/2014 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
4/19/2014 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
