Late last week, the organizers of the NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL announced the finalized lineup. In an effort to get the word out on smaller, up-and-coming bands, the festival has added a 3rd stage of lesser known acts. Our hetero life-mates over at MetalSucks provide a comprehensive guide to all these acts worth checking out. Here is the full lineup:
FRIDAY'S LINEUP:
MAIN STAGE presented by Metal Blade Records:
All That Remains, Between The Buried and Me, The Haunted, The Acacia Strain, Suffocation, August Burns Red, Napalm Death, Whitechapel, Kataklysm, Nachtymystium, Toxic Holocaust, After The Burial, Burning Human, Sylosis, Merauder, Woe Of Tyrants, Rose Funeral2nd STAGE presented by Prosthetic Records:
Cattle Decapitation, Veil Of Maya, Psyopus, Coliseum, Aggressive Dogs, The Miles Between, Decrepit Birth, Trap Them, Psycroptic, XThe WarX, Withered, Bison B.C., Left To VanishDeveloping Artists Stage presented by Deathcote Records: ABACABB, Within The Ruins, The Destro, Brother Von Doom, We Are Gentlemen, Conqueror, Surrounded By Teeth, Pictures Of Winter, Half Hearted Comeback, Underlying Truth, Mordisk
SATURDAY'S LINEUP:
MAIN STAGE presented by Metal Blade Records:
Lamb Of God, As I Lay Dying, Children Of Bodom, God Forbid, Municipal Waste, Emmure, Winds Of Plague, All Shall Perish, Austrian Death Machine, I Wrestled A Bear Once, Thy Will Be Done, Architect, The Ghost Inside, Book Of Black Earth, Century, The Crimson Armada, Animals As Leaders, Acaro2nd STAGE presented by Prosthetic Records:
Have Heart, Terror, Shipwreck A.D., Cold World, Trapped Under Ice, Cruel Hand, The Carrier, This Is Hell, Energy, Unholy, Defeater, Dead Swans, Landmine MarathonDeveloping Artists Stage at Chasers (behind the Palladium) presented by Deathcote Records: Stray From The Path, Soldiers, Oceano, Catalepsy, Conducting From The Grave, Broadcast The Nightmare, Autumn Black, For Today, Black Teeth, This Or The Apocalypse