Lorna Shore, Cannibal Corpse, Bury Your Dead, Kublai Khan TX Top 2025 ‘New England Metal & Hardcore Festival’ Lineup

The New England Metal & Hardcore Festival is officially back with a stacked lineup for its 2025 edition. This year’s event will take place as a one-day outdoor gathering on September 20th at The Palladium Outdoors in Worcester, MA.

Lorna Shore, Cannibal Corpse, and Kublai Khan TX top the bill, representing a broad spectrum of the heavy music landscape—from symphonic deathcore to old-school death metal and metallic hardcore brutality.

Also commanding attention is the return—and apparent farewell—of Bury Your Dead. The Massachusetts heavyweights are scheduled to play what is being billed as their “final show ever”, making this a can’t-miss event for longtime fans.

The full 2025 lineup is as follows:

Lorna Shore
Cannibal Corpse
Kublai Khan TX
The Black Dahlia Murder
Bury Your Dead (final show ever)
Drain
Municipal Waste
Sanguisugabogg
Despised Icon
Shadow Of Intent
Full Of Hell
Madball
All Out War
Bayway
Big Ass Truck IE
Chamber
Gates To Hell
Gideon
Guilt Trip
Hard Target
PeelingFlesh
Teeth
Varials
Vomit Forth

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