If you’re anywhere in the Northeast, you’ve likely already  marked April 17th, 18th and 19th on your calendar, as the 17th Annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival had already announced it’s dates. Now the first wave of bands have been announced, and it’s a damned impressive list, with Between the Buried and Me, Overcast, Testament, Exodus, Nuclear Assault and The Color Morale among the first wave of bands announced. It will be Nuclear Assault’s final New England appearance…AND Metal Insider is very excited to announce that we’ll be partnering with New England Metal and Hardcore Festival this year! Stay tuned for lots of exciting announcements.

From the looks of this so far, Friday looks to be the more hardcore of the days, with Saturday having the most conventional “metal” lineup and Sunday having the screamo/metalcore faction.  Here’s what bands are playing so far on the initial lineup:

Friday April 17^th 
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME
OVERCAST
THE BANNER
BLACK MASK
HOMEWRECKER
DOWNPOUR
NO ZODIAC

Saturday April 18^th 
TESTAMENT headliner
EXODUS
NUCLEAR ASSAULT (Final New England Appearance)
NAILS
INDECISON
INCENDIARY
WISDOM IN CHAINS

Sunday April 19^th 

FOR TODAY
THE COLOR MORALE
MY TICKET HOME

Three day passes and individual day tickets are on sale now via the links below. You can buy VIP tickets starting on Wednesday (10) at 4pm EST  via soundrink.com

NEMHF – 3DAY PASS – APRIL 17TH – 19^TH
http://www.ticketfly.com/event/737063

NEMHF – Friday, Apr. 17
http://www.ticketfly.com/event/736981

NEMHF – Saturday, April 18
http://www.ticketfly.com/event/737013

NEMHF – Sunday, April 19
http://www.ticketfly.com/event/737023

Bram Teitelman

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