Tin Bridge Brewing is releasing a special beer inspired by the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival, which is returning in 2023 after a five-year break. "Tin Bridge Brewing is extremely excited to be partnering again with Mr. Scott Lee and the New England Metal & Hardcore fest this year," said owner (and Within the Ruins guitarist) Joe... Continue Reading →
New England Metal & Hardcore Festival will return Sept. 15 and 16, 2023, at the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts, with headliners Lamb of God and Parkway Drive. The festival launched in 1999 and ran through 2018, often held over two or three days, with multiple stages and top-tier acts such as Megadeth, Manowar, DragonForce, Opeth, Between the Buried &... Continue Reading →
Record Store Day 2023—set for Saturday, April 22—will include new vinyl releases from Dio, Lacuna Coil, Motorhead, Shadows Fall and more. Every year, Record Store Day offers dozens of exclusive and limited releases at participating independent record stores. Find participating stores here. Notable hard rock and metal releases for 2023 include the following. The full... Continue Reading →
Photos by Greg Maki
Photos by Greg Maki
By Greg Maki Still a relatively young event, the Blue Ridge Rock Festival has grown quickly to become one of the biggest rock festivals in the United States. Hosted by a new venue in 2022, the Virginia International Raceway, the festival featured a massive lineup of more than 180 acts performing on six stages across... Continue Reading →
The Blue Ridge Rock Festival has released the lineups for each of its five stages for each day of the event. The festival will be held from Sept. 8 to 11, 2022, with a campground pre-party on Sept. 7, at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia, with headliners Slipknot, Ghost, Disturbed and Mudvayne. The lineup... Continue Reading →
The Blue Ridge Rock Festival, set for Sept. 8 to 11 at the Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia, is releasing its 2022 lineup one act a time. Fifty-nine of a reported 171 acts have been announced as of the afternoon of March 11. On social media, festival organizers have said there will be 12... Continue Reading →
Shadows Hall, which was at the forefront of the New Wave of American Metal scene that dominated the '00s, will reunite to play a one-off show at The Palladium in Worcester in its native Massachusetts. The show is set for Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. Unearth, Darkest Hour, Within the Ruins, Sworn Enemy and Carnivora also are... Continue Reading →
Living Wreckage—featuring members of Anthrax, Shadows Fall, Act of Defiance, Death Ray Vision, Downpour and Let Us Prey—has released its debut single and video, "Breaking Point." “It's basically a middle finger to the powers that be and to the people that blindly follow them to whatever doom awaits,” saidvocalist Jeff Gard, who is known for his work as frontman for Massachusetts-based hardcore band Death... Continue Reading →
