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 New England Metal & Hardcore Festival 2014: first wave of bands announced

Posted by Loren on December 17, 2013

New England Metal & Hardcore Festival 2014: first wave of bands announced
New England Metal & Hardcore Festival 2014: first wave of bands announced

The annual Worchester, MA New England Metal & Hardcore Festival has announced the first wave of bands to play at the April 17-19 2014 event. Now in its 16th year, the 3-day  festival will include Slapshot, Nails, All the Remains, Nile, and more (listed fully below).

*NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL 2014 Confirmations:*

All That Remains

Iced Earth

Nile

Bleeding Through "Final East Coast Appearance"

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

New England Metal & Hardcore Festival 2014: first wave of bands announced
New England Metal & Hardcore Festival 2014: first wave of bands announced

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