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To all the bands, agents, managers, publicists, record companies, sponsors, vendors, media, photographers and most of all YOU the fans for making the 11th Annual New England Metal And Hardcore Festival a phenomenal 2 days of non-stop music.

So many amazing things happened behind the scenes this year that we are thinking of taping all that insider stuff for a reality show for fest next year - everything from booking the bands to setting up the fest - all the way through the festival...the crazy things that no one would believe in a million years unless we taped it.  Anyway, so we are thinking about this and figuring out how we could o this....what are your thoughts on that? Let us know on our message board link above! Or email us.
 

We are working with Jeremy Saffer and Aaron Peppelis of ReturnToThe Pit  to get some of their amazing shots of the fest posted....will have them up shortly...for now  PLEASE check out www.returntothepit.com  for more photos and coverage of the fest!

Photographer Jeremy Saffer will release his first book of photography on Tuesday, April 21st. Entitled 'Bring The Noise', the 120 page hardcover collection features 156 full color band images, all taken from Saffer's extensive career, shooting music's best and brightest. 'Bring The Noise' gathers a broad selection of artists, representing the varied spectrum of both the metal and hardcore scenes. Lacuna Coil, Bleeding Through, All That Remains, Dimmu Borgir, Bring Me The Horizon, Norma Jean, Earth Crisis, Behemoth and many more all make appearances within the pages of 'Bring The Noise', which also contain a number of never-before-seen images, exclusive to the book. “The word "talented" absolutely belongs to Mr. Saffer,” says Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil.

Featuring a forward penned by Saffer subject and Eighteen Visions bassist MickDeth, 'Bring The Noise' will be made available to the public on Tuesday, April 21st. However, there will be a special early release for the book at the 2009 New England Metal And Hardcore Festival on April 17th, where 'Bring The Noise' will be featured alongside official Metalfest merchandise--to be sold to festival-goers in advance--at a special discounted price. James Hart of Eighteen Visions/Burn Halo declares Jeremy as “…one of the great rock and metal photographers of the last decade,” while Hatebreed front man Jamey Jasta says of Saffer, “His photos speak to me; I admire his work, and all he captures with his lens."

A native of Western Massachusetts, Jeremy Saffer's dedication and drive has grown to become synonymous with the fertile and ripe New England underground which spawned him. A longtime contributor to Outburn Magazine, Saffer is also the house photographer for the esteemed Worcester Palladium, as well as the official photographer of the venue's annual New England Metal And Hardcore Festival. The photographer has also worked with many respected underground record labels, including Century Media Records, Nuclear Blast, Victory Records, Trustkill, and Prosthetic Records, as well as ESP guitars, Draven shoes, and Peavey Electronics…all of whom have been impressed with Saffer's hard work, dedication, and talent.

Saffer --well known in industry circles for his fantastic images and vibrant style--is excited to finally document years of his work, saying “I'm really excited. For me, it holds many amazing memories of photo sessions I've done throughout my career. Everything from shooting Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil in a bathtub full of black water and doing the first US photo shoot Carcass has done in over ten years, to covering the first shoot Earth Crisis did since their break up in 2002, and the many other amazing shoots I was lucky enough to do in my first few years as a photographer. This book sums up my career thus far, so I'm really pumped on having a bunch of diverse work from different genres of heavy music all collected in one book. This is a chance for people to really see what I've done thus far, from all the angles of my career.”

"A lot of us take pictures, but Jeremy takes photographs,” enthuses David Ellefson, formerly of Megadeth. ” Even though his subjects are some of the biggest icons of rock who are worthy of a thousand words to tell their story, Jeremy says it all in one snap of shutter."

'Bring The Noise' is a full color, hardcover, 8.5 x 11 book, with dust jacket, and retails at $49.99. Preorders receive a special $10 off discount, and come packaged with a limited edition 'Bring the Noise'/Jeremy Saffer guitar pick collection courtesy of InTuneGP.com. Pre-orders can be found on Saffer's website,

(CLICK BOOK COVER ABOVE TO BUY THE BOOK) www.jeremysaffer.com/bringthenoise
 

We love horror movies...so 5 years ago we came up with the idea of combining the great music of our annual Metal And Hardcore Festival and adding it to a horror movie convention...and we called it Rock And Shock.  For the past four years we've watched in amazement at how this event has grown (and all the horror movie stars, directors and fans that have attended) and it just keeps getting bigger!  We'll be doing it again on October 16, 17 and 18 2009 - DCU Center and The Palladium in Worcester, MA.  Find out more info at www.rockandshock.com