New England Metal & Hardcore Festival will take place at The Palladium Outdoors in Worcester, MA on September 21 and 22 this year. The lineup includes a 25th anniversary set from Killswitch Engage alongside bands like Slaughter To Prevail, Suicidal Tendencies, Machine Head, and more. The full lineup is:
- 200 Stab Wounds
- After The Burial
- Alluvial
- As I Lay Dying
- Balmora
- Bane
- Better Lovers
- Brand Of Sacrifice
- Brat
- Converge
- Corpse Pile
- Death Before Dishonor
- Disembodied Tyrant
- Ends of Sanity
- Fleshgod Apocalypse
- Full of Hell
- Incendiary
- Integrity
- Jarhead Fertilizer
- Life Cycles
- Machine Head
- Mammoth Grinder
- Missing Link
- Mouth For War
- Nails
- No Cure
- On Broken Wings
- Overkill
- Pain of Truth
- Psycho Frame
- Shadow of Intent
- Simulakra
- Since The Flood
- Suicidal Tendencies
- Suicide Silence
- The Red Chord
- The Zenith Passage
- Throwdown
- Trail Of Lies
- Tribal Gaze
- Two Piece
- Upon Stone
- With Honor
"I think this lineup is one of the top five best in the festival's history," says Scott Lee, founder of the festival. "It will appeal to all fans of all genres of extreme music."
"The place where it all began for us was The Worcester Palladium our first show and our first Metal Festival," says Killswitch Engage singer Jesse Leach. "Here we are, 25 years later, returning to the same venue to perform a unique set to celebrate our legacy as a band We are honored and excited to be a part of this legendary festival once again. 25 years of Killswitch Engage!"
It's worth noting that Killswitch Engage will headline the first night, and Slaughter To Prevail will headline the second night.
