The lineup for the fourth installment of This Is Hardcore Fest has been announced. The festival will take place August 14-16 at Starlight Ballroom and Club Polaris in Philadelphia, PA

This year’s lineup features Bane, Bitter End, Blacklisted, Cold World, Cruel Hand, Giving Chase, Have Heart, Hoods, Know the Score, Let Down, Pulling Teeth, Reach the Sky (reunion), Shipwreck, Suicide File, The Carrier, The Killer, Bad Seed, Convicted, Cut It Out, Floorpunch, Forcefed, Guns Up, Mindset, Mother of Mercy, My Turn to Win, Naysayer, Reign Supreme, Strength for a Reason, The Mongoloids, Until the End and Wisdom In Chains.

(via Punknews.org)

Record Store Day will cometh this Saturday April 18th with a lot of new and exclusive vinyl fromSlayer, Mastodon, Jesus Lizard Russian Circles, Bad Religion and more. Check out all of our recommended releases after the jump.

Our New York pick for Record Store Day is Generation Records where the Bouncing Souls will be performing a special acoustic set at 2 PM in the basement if you buy their 7 inch at the store. More details on their site.

Fear not, New England Metal Festers, there is a store in Worcester called That’s Entertainment that is part of Record Store Day. Only about 2 miles away from the venue, so it’s a convenient stop on the way to the fest.