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Oceano and Rose Funoral are the kinds of bands that make you wish the supervolcano under Yellowstone Park would just erupt already and end us all, and there’s no such thing as God, so, of course, some dudes from those bands have now joined up, Voltron-style, to make one supergroup of suckitude.
Just in case Ozzfest, Mayhem, Summer Slaughter, Thrash & Burn, The Cool Tour, Scream Like You Mean It, and, to a lesser extent, American Carnage weren’t enough to keep you occupied this summer (to say nothing of all the regular plain ol’ tours goin’ on), yet another big package/fest tour has been announced: the Over the Limit tour. (And, yes, I realize the above song is actually called “Push it to the Limit.” But any excuse to listen to that awesome, awesome piece of music will suffice.)
The line-up, my thoughts on that line-up, and dates are all after the jump.
Originally, I had planned on livetweeting this year’s New England Metal and Hardcore Festival for the purposes of turning my pithy comments into some sort of proper show report. Looking back on some of those 140-characters-or-less entries, I realized that there was really no need to do so. Instead, below you’ll find a selection of my most poignant tweets from the two day weekender. Enjoy!
DAY ONE
So nice of @metalsucks to have this limo waiting for me at Union Station. My driver Tito has already taken a shine to me. #nemhf 12:42 PM Apr 23rd
My limo driver Tito and I stopped at Uno’s for a quick bite. I wonder if Rose Funeral refuse to eat here on principle. #nemhf 12:52 PM Apr 23rd
The musical fate of former Oceano guitarist Andrew Mikhail has at last been revealed! After parting ways with the Chicago-area deathcore noisemakers earlier this year, he’s gone on to sunnier climes with Miami’s metalcore maniacs Thick As Blood. He replaces second guitarist Leonardo “Lenny” Lombardo mere weeks before the band gear up for the North American “Wrath Of Sanity” tour opening for hardcore heavies Earth Crisis and First Blood. It’s a plum job for Mikhail, to say the least, and on behalf of our site I wish him all the best with the group.
If you’re unfamiliar with Thick As Blood, check out the video for “Raising Hell” from their 2009 Eulogy Recordings album Embrace below. Tour dates (including one at the New England Metal/Hardcore Festival) are down there too.
