The 2024 New England Metal & Hardcore Fest at the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts, will take place Sept. 21 and 22 with headliners Killswitch Engage and Slaughter to Prevail.
The festival launched in 1999 and ran through 2018. It often was held over two or three days, with multiple stages and top-tier acts such as Megadeth, Manowar, DragonForce, Opeth, Between the Buried & Me, Meshuggah, Killswitch Engage, Suicidal Tendencies, Anthrax and more appearing through the years. It took a brief break after 2018 but returned to much fanfare in 2023 with Parkway Drive, Lamb of God, Hatebreed and more.
Leading this year’s lineup, Killswitch Engage will play a special 25th anniversary show Saturday night.
“The place where it all began for us was the Worcester Palladium our first show and our first Metal Festival,” Killswith Engage singer Jesse Leach said. “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!”
VIP tickets are available here.
“I think this lineup is one of the top five best in the festival’s history,” said Scott Lee, founder of the festival. “It will appeal to all fans of all genres of extreme music.”
2024 lineup (in alphabetical order, with more to be announced):
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
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