Away Team

It’s that time of year again when the metal community starts to gear up for the annual New England Metal & Hardcore Festival, taking place April 20th – 22nd in Worcester, MA.  This year f.y.e. & ‘stache media have teamed up with MassConcerts to create the 2012 New England Metal & Hardcore Festival CD sampler, featuring some of the bands playing this year’s festival + more!

There is a contest running where one winner and a guest will receive a three-day pass to the festival, roundtrip airfare, and hotel accommodations.  For details and official contest rules visit www.metalandhardcorefestival.com/Contest

The New England Metal & Hardcore Festival CD sampler is available at your local participating f.y.e. store (while supplies last).  Get the sampler for FREE when you purchase a $9.99 CD in stores from the featured bands below.

New England Metal & Hardcore Festival 2012 Sampler Tracklisting:

1.  The Black Dahlia Murder – “Moonlight Equilibrium”      (featured on Ritual)
2. Skeletonwitch – “Reduced To The Failure Of Prayer”      (featured on Forever Abomination)
3. For Today – “Devastator” (featured on Breaker)
4. Vanna – “Black Bones” (featured on And They Came Baring Bones)
5. Fit For An Autopsy – “The Juggernaut” (featured on The Process of Human Extermination)
6. Chelsea Grin – “The Foolish One” (featured on My Damnation)
7. Within The Ruins – “Versus” (featured on Invade)
8. Attila – “Payback” (featured on Outlawed)
9. Counterparts – “Jumping Ship” (featured on The Current Will Carry Us)
10. Gideon – “Virtue” (featured on Costs)
11. Christian Mistress – “Haunted Hunted” (featured on Possession)
12. Dr. Acula – “Party 2.0″ (featured on Slander)
13. Wretched – “My Carrion” (featured on Beyond The Gate)
14. Emmure – “Solar Flare Homicide” (featured on Speaker Of the Dead)
15. Carnifex – “Until I Feel Nothing” (featured on Until I Feel Nothing)
16. Close Your Eyes – “Valleys” (featured on Empty Hands and Heavy Hearts)

* Bonus track included from Break Thru Artist: Imagine the Escape – “Reclamation” (featured on What Once Existed EP)

Come this November, WINDS OF PLAGUE will be hitting the road with CHELSEA GRIN, AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK, FOR THE FALLEN DREAMS, UPON A BURNING BODY, IN THE MIDST OF LIONS, LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES, and VOLUMES for “Thrash & Burn Tour 2011“! In regards to this upcoming trek, WINDS OF PLAGUE‘s Johnny Plague (vocals) comments: “We are very excited that our first US headlining tour in support of our new record ‘Against The World’ will carry the Thrash & Burn brand. In my opinion, this year’s lineup is one of the heaviest lineups I’ve seen in a while. Each band will deliver their unique brand of crushing metal, and it will prove to be one hell of an evening for fans of heavy music. Our set will consist of an even balance of songs between our three records. We are pulling out all the stops for this tour–if you have seen us before, you’ve never seen us like how we will be on this tour.”

Thrash & Burn Tour 2011
11/10- San Diego, CA @ Soma (no FTFD)
11/11- Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
11/12- Salt Lake City, UT @ TBA
11/13- Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
11/15- St Paul, MN @ Station 4
11/16- Joliet, IL @ Mojoes
11/17- Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theatre
11/18- Detroit, MI @ Harpos
11/19- Dayton, OH @ The Attic
11/20- Louisville, KY @ TBA
11/21- Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
11/22- St Petersburg, FL @ The State Theatre
11/23- Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ TBA
11/25- Richmond, VA @ Kingdom
11/26- Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
11/27- Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
11/28- New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
11/29- Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
11/30- Portland, ME @ TBA
12/01- Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights w/ HATEBREED (WOP, CG, ABRB only)
12/02- Montreal, QC @ Tulipe
12/03- Toronto, ON @ Opera House
12/04- Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
12/05- Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar
12/07- St. Louis, MO @ TBA
12/08- Tulsa, OK @ Marquee Theatre
12/09- San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
12/10- Dallas, TX @ Unsilent Night Fest
12/11- Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
12/12- Corpus Christi, TX @ House of Rock
12/13- Austin, TX @ Emo’s East
12/14- El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls









For more WINDS OF PLAGUE click here.

IN THIS MOMENT will be hitting the road with the All Stars Tour on July 21st, so be sure to catch them at a city near you! EMMURE, ALESANA, BORN OF OSIRIS, BLESS THE FALL, IWRESTLEDABEARONCE, and many more will also be on the bill, making this tour one show that you don’t want to miss!

All Stars tour dates feat. IN THIS MOMENT with EMMURE, ALESANA, BORN OF OSIRIS, BLESS THE FALL, IWRESTLEDABEARONCE, FOR TODAY, AFTER THE BURIAL, CHELSEA GRIN, ATTILA, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, SLEEPING WITH SIRENS, FOR ALL THOSE SLEEPING, THE GHOST INSIDE, MEMPHIS MAY FIRE, THIS ROMANTIC TRAGEDY:
Tuesday 7/26: Louisville, KY @ Expo Five
Wednesday 7/27: Cleveland, OH @ The Agora Ballroom
Thursday 7/28: Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater
Friday 7/29: Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
Saturday 7/30: Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave Ballroom Grounds
Sunday 7/31: St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
Tuesday 8/2: Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
Wednesday 8/3: Montreal, QC @ Theatre Olympia
Thursday 8/4: Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
Friday 8/5: Poughkeepsie, NY @ Mid Hudson Civic Center
Saturday 8/6: Fitchburg, MA @ Central Mass Expo Center at CY
Sunday 8/7: Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
Tuesday 8/9: Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
Wednesday 8/10: Richmond, VA @ The National
Thursday 8/11: Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
Friday 8/12: North Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
Saturday 8/13: Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Live
Sunday 8/14: Pensacola, FL @ Seville Quarter
Wednesday 8/17: Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
Thursday 8/18: Scottsdale, AZ @ Venue of Scottsdale
Friday 8/19: San Diego, CA @ Soma
Saturday 8/20: Anaheim, CA @ The Grove
Sunday 8/21: Las Vegas, NV @ Rock the Block
Tuesday 8/23: San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom
Friday 8/26: Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
Saturday 8/27: Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre









IN THIS MOMENT have also been added to the ShipRocked Cruise this fall! Departing out of Ft. Lauderdale, the cruise lasts from November 14-19 and stops in Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico during its journey. Other bands on-board this rockin’ ship include BUCKCHERRY, QUEENSRYCHE, HINDER, HELLYEAH, SEVENDUST, SICK PUPPIES, CANDLEBOX, FILTER, LIVING COLOUR, and more! There will be multiple performances, plus opportunities to meet & greet your favorite artists!

For more IN THIS MOMENT click here.

WHITECHAPEL are pleased to announce the Welcome To Hell Tour that kicks off in the band’s hometown on February 10 and finishes up in Memphis, TN on March 25. Joining Whitechapel on the band’s headline run are THE ACACIA STRAIN, VEIL OF MAYA, CHELSEA GRIN, and I DECLARE WAR.

Guitarist and founding member Alex Wade comments; “We are very excited to announce our first major market headliner in support of A New Era of Corruption dubbed the Welcome to Hell Tour. It will be a big one for us so we chose really solid support bands that are not only our good friends but great bands as well. Given the lineup, this is surely to be the heaviest tours of 2011 so don’t miss it!”

Whitechapel with The Acacia Strain, Veil Of Maya, Chelsea Grin, And I Declare War dates:
February
10 – Knoxville, TN – Valarium
11 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
12 – Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend
13 – Richmond, VA – The National
14 – Springfield, VA – Jaxx
15 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
16 – New York City, NY – The Gramercy Theatre
17 – Albany, NY – Northern Lights
18 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
19 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium (downstairs)
20 – Buffalo, NY – Club Infinity
22 – Montreal, QC – La Tulipe
23 – Toronto, ON – Opera House
24 – Pittsburgh, PA – Altar Bar
25 – Cleveland, OH – House Of Blues
26 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall
27 – Chicago, IL – House Of Blues
28 – St. Paul, MN – Station 4
March
1 – Lawrence, KS – The Granada
3 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
4 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
5 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
8 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
9 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
11 – Sacramento, CA – Ace Of Spades
12 – West Hollywood, CA – House Of Blues
13 – San Diego, CA – Soma
14 – Pomona, CA – Glasshouse
15 – Mesa, AZ – Nile Theatre
19 – Dallas, TX – Palladium Ballroom
23 – Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
25 – Memphis, TN – New Daisy Theatre









For more WHITECHAPEL click here.

ASKING ALEXANDRIA and BORN OF OSIRIS will   co-headline this year’s edition of the Thrash And Burn Tour, with support from KITTIE, STICK TO YOUR GUNS, IMPENDING DOOM, THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD (first half), EVERGREEN TERRACE (second half), GREELEY ESTATES, PERIPHERY, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE and CHELSEA GRIN.