Boston metal/punk crossover act MONGREL has announced they will play the ninth annual Rock & Shock Convention on October 12th at The Palladium in Worcester, MA. The band will be appearing on the mainstage, alongside THE MISFITS, SHADOWS FALL, GOD FORBID and VISION OF DISORDER.

Mongrel guitarist/frontman Adam Savage commented: "We last played at Rock & Shock in 2006 and that was an amazing experience opening for GWAR, I can only imagine how much better this one is going to be with not only the Misfits, but hometown boys Shadows Fall, plus God Forbid and V.O.D.! This is going to be incredible! It's made even cooler by the fact that our newly appointed full-time drummer Mike Hogan (who made his debut appearance at the band's recent show with OTEP, BUTCHER BABIES, and ONE-EYED DOLL) will get to share the stage with one of his idols (Jason Bitner of Shadows Fall) so soon after joining the band. We're also going to be hanging out the rest of the weekend at our booth at the convention center, so we'll get to hang out with fans and friends, plus see and meet people like Danny Trejo, Dee Snider, Peter Criss, Bill Moseley, Sig Haig, and Brain O'Hallaran (aka. Dante from Clerks)! Following up the release party shows for our new album Reclamation with being a part of this year's Rock & Shock couldn't have worked out better. We're psyched!!"

The band’s updated tour schedule can now be seen below:

September

9 - Lakeville, MA - SE Mass Pagan Pride Festival
28 - Brooklyn, NY - Trash Bar
30 - Worcester, MA - Tammany Hall

October

5 - Manchester, NH - Mad Bob's
12 - Worcester, MA - Rock & Shock Convention at the Worcester Palladium

Mongrel will release their fifth album entitled Reclamation on September 25th via THC: X. The album was produced by Jim Foster (POD. NULLET, DAMONE).

The album sees the debut of new singer Jessica Sierra who began as a fill in that led to Sierra joining the band permanently.