The New England Metal And Hardcore Festival 2004 will take place April 30th and May 1st at The Palladium in Worcester, MA

The following acts have been confirmed to headline on Friday night: KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, ARCH ENEMY, MACHINE HEAD, GOD FORBID, EVERYTIME I DIE.

The Saturday night headliners include: ICED EARTH, CHILDREN OF BODOM, ZAO, THROWDOWN and BLEEDING THROUGH.

Other acts confirmed to appear include: A PERFECT MURDER, ALL MY SINS, ALL THAT REMAINS, AS I LAY DYING, THE AUTUMN OFFERING, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, THE BLED, BURNT BY THE SUN, BURY YOUR DEAD, BYZANTINE, CANNAE, CATTLE DECAPITATION, THE COMEBACK KID, CREMATORIUM, DARKEST HOUR, DAUGHTERS, DEADWATER DROWNING, DIECAST, ED GEIN, EMBRACE TODAY, EVERGREEN TERRACE, EVERGREY, FOUND DEAD HANGING FROM A SECOND STORY WINDOW, FULL BLOWN CHAOS, GLASS CASKET, THE JUDAS CRADLE, KATAKLYSM, MARTYR A.D., MISERY INDEX, MISERY SIGNALS, MORTAL TREASON, MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD, NORA, PIG DESTROYER, THE RED CHORD, REFLUX, SCAR CULTURE, SCARLET, SINCE THE FLOOD, SIX FEET UNDER, SOILENT GREEN, SPEEDKILLHATE, TERROR, THROUGH THE DISCIPLINE, TO THE GRAVE, TWELVE TRIBES, WALLS OF JERICHO, WATCH THEM DIE and WHAT WEAPON BRING WAR.

Friday individual day tickets are $30. Saturday individual day tickets are $35. Two-day passes are $60. A special internet-only pre-sale is going on now at tickets.com. Regular on sale is Friday, February 27 at all Strawberries Record Stores, online at tickets.com, or by calling

tickets.com at (800) 477-6849.

The show will once again take place on the two stages in the Palladium. This year there will once again be a film crew recording every second of action on the stage and behind the scenes for a live DVD. Record labels, vendors, and record distributors will set up shop in the balcony of the upstairs room.