New England Metal & Hardcore Fest 2008, MD Deathfest, LA Murderfest, & Summer Slaughter, Solid PR SXSW

by Black Bubblegum

NY’s own Suffocation @ 2006 NE Hardcore & Metal Festival (Markcoatsworth)

Gigantour has cancelled their April 24th date in Worcester, Massachusetts…. but, every single band ON Gigantour added another date to make up for it – April 25th (one day later)… in Worcester, Massachusetts. All the Gigantour band performances will now instead be part of day one of the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival! Thats right…. Megadeth, In Flames, Job For A Cowboy, Children Of Bodom, and High On Fire will meet up with almost 70 other bands including headliners Dimmu Borgir, Shadows Fall, Behemoth, Ministry, Meshuggah, and Nevermore during the three day festival (Full band list below). Tickets ($47.50 for Fri, $45 for Sat or Sun or $129 for all three) go on sale this Friday, Feb 15th at 10AM via enterthevault.com, tickets.com, or by phone at 800-477-6849.

That doesn’t do it for ya? Prefer your bands with “f*ck” in their name? How about the Maryland Deathfest? Along with bands like Torsof*ck and F*ck… I’m Dead, you can check out monsters like the mighty Anaal Nathrakh (their only US appearance scheduled for this year) Repulsion, Disfear, Grave, Impaled, and thrash legends Nuclear Assault. Tickets can be purchased here. (Full band list and set times below)

Maybe a deathfest sounds too tame, you like your festival with a little more zazz. How about a murderfest? The LA Murderfest to be exact, taking place in Los Angeles, CA @ The Knitting Factory in Hollywood from April 18th – April 20th. The Converge/Baroness/Red Chord/Genghis Tron extravaganza will be in the hiz-ouse, along with NH’s own Trap Them, Vital Remains, and vegetarian superheroes Cattle Decapitation. Honestly, can you really argue with the tagline “2 stages + 3 days = Total Brutality”?

Don’t live in those towns? Too lazy to travel to them? Irrational fear of mechanized transportation? Luckily, a few killer bands will be swinging through a town near you on the Summer Slaughter 2008 (dates TBD, starting in June)….. bands like The Black Dahlia Murder, Kataklysm, Vader, Cryptopsy, and Whitechapel! Other dates and lineups below….

Solid PR 2008 SXSW Showcase

Friday March 14th @ The Scoot Inn in Austin, TX @ 6pm
Solid PR Official SXSW Showcase (in conjunction w/ Sailor Jerry Tattoos, Rum, and Clothing, and Obey Your Brain Records)

Outdoor Stage:
HIGH ON FIRE
UNSANE
MAN MAN
WORLD/INFERNO FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY
FUCKED UP
PAINT IT BLACK
SAVIOURS

Inside Stage:
AN ALBATROSS
TEAM ROBESPIERRE
FOXY SHAZAM
ICY DEMONS
BUFFALO STANCE
THE CHANDELIERRES

NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL 10
APRIL 25 – 27, 2008 Worcester, MA @ PALLADIUM

A Life Once Lost
After the Burial
Animosity
As Blood Runs Black
Behemoth
Belay My Last
Born of Osiris
Brain Drill
Children Of Bodom
Classic Struggle
Cockpunch!
Cold World
Dead to Fall
Demiricous
Dillinger Escape Plan
Dimmu Borgir
Disfear
Eluveitie
Elysia
Embrace the End
Emmure
Ensiferum
First Blood
From A Second Story Window
Full Blown Chaos
God Forbid
Hate Eternal
Hemlock
High On Fire
Impending Doom
In Flames
Job For A Cowboy
Keep Of Kalessin
Kid Deposit Triumph
Ligeia
Megadeth
Mensrea
Meshuggah
Ministry
Monstrosity
Municipal Waste
Nevermore
On Broken Wings
Overkill
Recon
Red I Flight
Rhinoceros
Shadows Fall
Shai Hulud
Shipwreck A.D.
Since the Flood
Skeletonwitch
Sleeping Giant
Soilent Green
Sons of Azrael
Stick to Your Guns
Stray from the Path
The Acacia Strain
The End
The Ghost Inside
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
Xtyrantx

UPDATED GIGANTOUR – 2008 Tour Dates (All dates with Megadeth & Job For A Cowboy)
Feb 17 UEA, Norwich, UK
Feb 18 Rock City, Nottingham, UK*
Feb 19 Academy, Glasgow, Scotland*
Feb 20 Academy, Newcastle, UK Academy*
Feb 22 Academy, Birmingham, UK*
Feb 23 Academy, Manchester, UK*
Feb 24 Brixton Academy, London, UK*
Apr 19 Louisville Gardens, Louisville, KY**
Apr 20 Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA**
Apr 22 Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY**
Apr 25 Palladium, Worcester, MA***
Apr 26 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Baltimore, MD**
Apr 28 Pavilion De La Jeunesse, Quebec City, Quebec**
Apr 29 Bell Center, Montreal, Quebec**
Apr 30 Arrow Hall, Toronto, Ontario**
May 1 John Labatt Centre, London, Ontario**
May 3 DTE Music Centre, Detroit, MI**
May 4 Time Warner Cable Amphitheater, Cleveland, OH**
May 6 Aragon, Chicago, IL**
May 7 Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI**
May 9 Myth, Minneapolis, MN**
May 10 Winnipeg Convention Center, Winnipeg, Manitoba**
May 11 Prairie Exhibition Hall, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan**
May 12 Shaw Conference Center, Edmonton, Alberta**
May 14 The Corral, Calgary, Alberta**
May 16 Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC**
May 17 Salem Armory, Salem, OR**
May 19 Event Center@ San Jose State, San Jose, CA**
May 20 Cox Arena, San Diego, CA**
May 21 Long Beach Arena, Los Angeles, CA**
May 22 Mesa Amphitheatre, Mesa, AZ**

* with Evile
** with In Flames, Children Of Bodom, High On Fire
*** @ The New England Hardcore & Metal Festival

MARYLAND DEATHFEST VI: COMPLETE ANNIHILATION
MAY 23 – 25, 2008 Baltimore, MD @ SONAR

MAY 23, Doors at 4:45
The Arson Project – 5:15 – 5:45
Afgrund – 6:00 – 6:30
Torsofuck – 6:45 – 7:20
Ingrowing – 7:40 – 8:15
The Day Everything Became Nothing – 8:30 – 9:05
Phobia – 9:20 – 9:55
Squash Bowels – 10:10 – 10:50
Martyr – 11:05 – 11:45
Grave – 12:00 – 1:00

MAY 24, Doors at Noon
Decrypt – 12:25 – 12:50
Defeatist – 1:05 – 1:35
Kalibas – 1:50 – 2:20
Waco Jesus – 2:35 – 3:05
Behold…the Arctopus – 3:20 – 3:55
Defeated Sanity – 4:10 – 4:45
Flesh Parade – 5:00 – 5:35
Disfear – 5:50 – 6:25
Coffins – 6:40 – 7:20
Fuck…I’m Dead – 7:35 – 8:15
Ghoul – 8:30 – 9:10
Deranged – 9:25 – 10:05
Repulsion – 10:20 – 11:00
Monstrosity – 11:15 – 11:55
Anaal Nathrakh – 12:10 – 1:10

MAY 25, Doors at Noon
Copremesis – 12:25 – 12:50
Infected Malignity – 1:05 – 1:35
Keitzer – 1:50 – 2:20
Japanische Kampforspiele – 2:35 – 3:05
Engorged – 3:20 – 3:55
Gruesome Stuff Relish – 4:10 – 4:45
Hellnation – 5:00 – 5:35
Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition – 5:50 – 6:25
Gadget – 6:40 – 7:20
Disavowed – 7:35 – 8:15
Dead – 8:30 – 9:10
Impaled – 9:25 – 10:05
Macabre – 10:20 – 11:00
Blood Duster – 11:15 – 11:55
Nuclear Assault – 12:10 – 1:10

LA MURDERFEST 4.0
APRIL 18th – 20th, 2008 Los Angeles, CA @ THE KNITTING FACTORY
Massacre
Replusion
Converge
Vital Remains
The Red Chord
Baroness
Monstrosity
Trap Them
Today Is The Day
Extreme Nosie Terror
Impaled
Ghoul
Genghis Tron
Anal Blast
Cattle Decapitation
Waco Jesus
Magrudergrind
Cardiac Arrest
Terminally Your Aborted Ghost