Tag Archives: Overcast

Photos: New England Metal and Hardcore Fest, 2015: Day 1

Posted by on April 23, 2015

This past weekend, the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival kicked off the Festival season in earnest. Always a must-attend for anyone on the eastern seaboard, this year’s fest upped the ante with everything from prog (Between the Buried and Me) classic metal (Death Angel, Testament, Exodus, Nuclear Assault) and relatively rare performances (Corrosion of […]

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Metal Power Rankings Special: New England Metal & Hardcore Fest 2015

Posted by on April 17, 2015

Welcome to Metal Power Rankings: Our weekly rankings take a number of factors into account: newsworthiness, record sales, internet buzz, word of mouth and overall importance in the genre. Ultimately, it’s subjective, but if a band generates enough buzz, they’ll wind up on the list. We’re writing this from the upstairs at the New England […]

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Brian Fair talks Overcast, Downpour, New England Metalfest

Posted by on April 15, 2015

One of the most recognizable faces of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal was Shadows Fall frontman Brian Fair, whose floor-length dreadlocks and signature vocal style put him alongside Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe and Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta as the leaders of the movement. On a hiatus of sorts, Shadows Fall isn’t playing the […]

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Win a pair of weekend passes to New England Metal and Hardcore Fest!

Posted by on February 18, 2015

Right now, much of New England is covered in snow. However, in two months, instead of weather systems hitting the region, Worcester MA will be set upon by metal fans as the seventeenth annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival takes place at the Palladium. Featuring their most impressive lineup in a while, Between the […]

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Metal by Numbers 2/12: Blind Guardian go above and beyond

Posted by on February 12, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. We knew that Blind Guardian was going to have a solid first week when we saw last week’s Metal by Numbers, when it sold 300 copies even though it wasn’t technically in stores yet. […]

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New & Noteworthy, February 3rd – Wheel of Time

Posted by on February 3, 2015

Whether you like power metal or not, you have to respect Blind Guardian. This band is one of the greatest in the world when it comes to their genre, and no one will ever dispute that. While other bands have fallen apart and had to restructure themselves along the way, Blind Guardian has just been […]

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New England Metal and Hardcore Fest announce more bands

Posted by on January 21, 2015

It’ll be April before we know it, and that means the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival line-up is coming together. With headliners like Testament, Between The Buried and Me, and Motionless In White already announced, we’re stoked to bring you the news of the third wave of bands that will round out this year’s already impressive line-up! When […]

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The Red Chord, Rivers of Nihil, Code Orange & more added to New England Metalfest

Posted by on January 7, 2015

It’s hard to believe that the New England Metal and Hardcore Fest will be celebrating its 17th year this year – until you see the lineup for this year’s festival. Testament, Between the Buried and Me, Exodus and Nails have already been announced, and now it’s got a whole crop of new additions to the […]

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New England Metal and Hardcore Festival announces headliners

Posted by on December 8, 2014

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, […]

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Overcast grinning with Only Death Is Smiling

Posted by on October 10, 2014

Bullet Tooth is putting out a collection of Overcast releases, titled Only Death Is Smiling, a three-CD set containing 45 tracks from 1991 to 1998, coming out in the fall of 2014. Said Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage: “In my eyes, Overcast was one of the most influential bands from their era. They came at a time […]

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