7th Annual New England Metal And Hardcore Festival

BOSTON, MA. (MassConcerts) - MassConcerts is proud to announce that the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival will return once again to the Palladium in Worcester, Mass., on Friday, April 22, Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24. Single day tickets are $35.00 per day. Three-day passes are $99. Tickets go on sale Friday, January 28 at all Strawberries Record Stores, online at tickets.com, or by calling tickets.com at (800) 477-6849.

Now in its seventh year, the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival has been lauded as one of the best heavy music festivals in the United States. "If you decide to go to only one fest this year, this should be it," Revolver magazine wrote. Last year's festival sold out more than two weeks before the show and was the subject of features on Fuse TV's "Uranium," MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball," and Sirius Satellite Radio's "Hard Attack." The LIVE DVD of last year's fest will be released soon.

This year's line-up looks to be the biggest yet with Hatebreed, Unearth and Obituary confirmed as headliners for Friday night. Saturday's headliners will include Nightwish, Chimaira and Cryptopsy. Sunday's headliners will include King Diamond, Nile and Soilwork. Also appearing are A Life Once Lost, All Shall Perish, All That Remains, As I Lay Dying, Behemoth, Black Dahlia Murder, Blood Has Been Shed, Bury Your Dead, Dark Tranquility, Darkest Hour, Evergreen Terrace, Full Blown Chaos, Glass Casket, Hypocrisy, If Hope Dies, Internal Bleeding, Ion Disonanance, It Dies Today, Kylesa, Maroon, Misery Signals, Nimic, Premonitions Of War, Pro-Pain, Red Chord, Reflux, Remembering Never, Scurvy, Sonatarctica, Stemm, Strapping Young Lad, The Acacia Strain, The Agony Scene, The Esoteric, The Killing, The Minor Times, Throwdown, Trivium, Winter Solstice and many more to be added. Talent is subject to change.

The show will once again take place on the two stages in the Palladium. This year there will once again be a film crew recording every second of action on the stage and behind the scenes for another LIVE DVD. Record labels, vendors, and record distributors will set up shop in the balcony of the upstairs room. Sponsors this year include Prosthetic Records who is sponsoring the 2nd Stage upstairs, Revolver Magazine, Metal Maniacs Magazine, Relapse Records, Mazur PR, The Syndicate and many others.