Ieperfest is a hardcore punk

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 music festival in Ypres

Ypres

Ypres is a Belgian municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Ypres and the villages of Boezinge, Brielen, Dikkebus, Elverdinge, Hollebeke, Sint-Jan, Vlamertinge, Voormezele, Zillebeke, and Zuidschote...

 , Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

. It is traditionally held in the last weekend of August, and draws audience from all over Europe. Apart from hardcore punk, the festival also features death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

, grindcore

Grindcore

Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....

 and metalcore

Metalcore

Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...

 music.

Ieperfest 2005

Ieperfest 2005 was held on August 26-28 in Ypres. The line-up was:

Friday 26 August: Misery Index

Misery Index (band)

Misery Index is an American deathgrind band formed in 2001 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, by Jason Netherton on vocals and bass guitar, Mike Harrison on vocals and guitar, and Kevin Talley on drums. From 2006-2010, its line-up consisted of Netherton on vocals and bass guitar, Sparky Voyles...

, Born from Pain

Born From Pain

Born from Pain is a Dutch hardcore band from the Oostelijke Mijnstreek which formed in 1997. Since they formed they have achieved fame through energetic shows and grew out to become the international band they are today. They have toured in all of Europe, in the United States and in Japan...

, Liar, Children Of Fall, The Setup, Leng Tch'e

Leng Tch'e

Leng Tch'e is a grindcore band based in Belgium. The band describes their style as "razorgrind", a combination of grindcore with death metal, stoner rock and metalcore....

, Requiem, Verse

Verse (band)

Verse was a hardcore band from Providence, Rhode Island. They released three full-length albums and an EP on Rivalry and Bridge 9 Records and conducted a number of full U.S. tours...

, Confronto, Another Breath, The Spectacle, The Death of Anna Karina, Values Intact, The Maple Room, Maudlin

Saturday 27 August: Darkest Hour, Do or Die

Do or Die

Do or Die is an American rap trio originally from Chicago, Illinois, consisting of group members Belo Zero, N.A.R.D. and AK-47. The trio has sold more than 3 million albums. The group experienced mainstream success with the gold single "Po Pimp", Produced by The Legendary Traxster off of their...

, Starkweather

Starkweather (band)

Starkweather is a metal band from Philadelphia, United States that formed in 1989. Starkweather helped pioneer the hardcore/heavy metal crossover sound that would later be known as "metalcore"...

, Deadsoil, Rejuvenate, Reflux, Beecher, Amen Ra, The Je Ne Sais Quoi, Minus45Degrees, Amanda Woodward, Ikaros, Trust, Core of Anger

Sunday 28 August: Das Oath

Das Oath

Das Oath was a thrashcore band from New York, originating from The Netherlands. They formed in 1999. After two rehearsals the band recorded their 7" eight song debut in Rotterdam. It was not until a year later when Das Oath started to play shows. With only one 7" released the band hit the road and...

, Hoods

Hoods (band)

Hoods is a hardcore punk band from Sacramento, California. Formed in 1994 by Mike Mraz who later added Logan Murray, Tony Goodloe and Billy Gaffney. With influences such as Madball, Sick of it All, Minor Threat and Cro Mags. The Hoods were known as one of the hardest working bands...

, Aborted

Aborted

Aborted is a Belgian death metal band formed in Waregem, Belgium in 1995. The group comprises vocalist and founder Sven de Caluwé, guitarists Eran Segal and Mike Wilson, bassist J.B. Van Der Wal, and drummer Ken Bedene. The band members of Aborted are from Belgium, France, Israel, United Kingdom,...

, Seein' Red, Chimaera, Knuckledust

Knuckledust

Knuckledust are a London-based hardcore band. The band was formed in 1996 when Nic, Ray and Wema contacted Pelbu to start a band. As the groups popularity grew, the band played with Agnostic Front, Warzone, Madball, The Misfits among others....

, Panthers

Panthers (band)

Panthers is an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York. The Village Voice described them as "groundbreaking dissonant HC with Rolling Stones swagger." Three members were previously in the hardcore band Orchid. Panthers have released four records. The most recent two, The Trick and Things Are...

, Die My Demon, Mental, Fucked Up

Fucked Up

Fucked Up is a hardcore punk band from Toronto, Canada. The band won the 2009 Polaris Music Prize for the album The Chemistry of Common Life.-History:The band formed and played their first shows in early 2001...

, The Rites, Justice, For The Glory, Awoken, Officer Jones And His Patrol Car Problems

Ieperfest 2006

Ieperfest 2006 was held on August 25-27 in Ypres. The line-up was:

Friday 25 August: Caliban

Caliban (band)

Caliban are a five-piece metalcore band from Germany. They have released seven studio albums to-date, and two split albums with the band Heaven Shall Burn.-History:...

, Amen Ra, Switchblade

Switchblade (band)

Switchblade were a five-piece metal band from Sydney, Australia, formed in 2001 and ending in 2011. Switchblade were the support act for bands such as Slayer, Machine Head, Exodus, Trivium and Nevermore during their respective Australian tours and released two albums...

, Congress, Angel Crew, Paint It Black

Paint It Black (band)

Paint It Black is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based modern hardcore punk band. Their music is often described as melodic hardcore, characterized by fast tempos, catchy melodies and emotionally charged vocals delivered via shouting and singing...

, Textures

Textures (band)

Textures is a metal band from the Netherlands, formed in 2001. Textures' lineup revolves around founding members Jochem Jacobs, Stef Broks, Bart Hennephof, and bassist Remko Tielemans who joined in 2007...

, Neaera

Neaera (band)

Neaera is a melodic death metal band from Münster, Germany, currently signed to Metal Blade Records. Recently, they have completed their fifth album, Forging the Eclipse, which was released on October 22/25, 2010 in Europe and on October 26, 2010 for the rest of the world.-Musical style:Tobias Buck...

, The Chariot

The Chariot (band)

The Chariot is an American mathcore band from Douglasville, Georgia, formed in 2003. The current lineup consists of drummer David Kennedy, bassist Jon "KC Wolf" Kindler, vocalist and bandleader Josh Scogin, and guitarists Brandon Henderson and Stephen Harrison. The band has experienced frequent...

, Restless Youth, Taint

Taint (band)

Taint are a three-piece metal band from Swansea, Wales. The band formed in 1994 while still teenagers, releasing a string of demos, compilation features and split records over eleven years until their first full length album, The Ruin of Nová Roma, was released in 2005...

, New Mexican Disaster Squad

New Mexican Disaster Squad

New Mexican Disaster Squad was a hardcore punk band. It was formed in Orlando, Florida in 1999. Their last show was at the Fest 7 on November 1, 2008 though the band did reunite to play Radfest in North Carolina, May 2010....

, Psalm, Strike First, True Colors, Rafflesia

Rafflesia (band)

Rafflesia is a metalcore band from Zeebrugge, Belgium who have been active since 2005 and play in the H8000 scene. The band mostly plays metalcore, melodic death metal and hardcore.-History:...

Saturday 26 August: Sworn Enemy

Sworn Enemy

-Biography:The band formed in 1995 as "Downfall" and later on as "Mindset", a product of the extremely expansive and influential New York Hardcore scene...

, JR Ewing

JR Ewing

JR Ewing was a hardcore punk/screamo band from Norway. They formed in 1998 in Oslo, Norway and broke up after their final tour across Europe in 2006.- Discography :Full Albums:* 2000 - Calling in Dead* 2003 - Ride Paranoia* 2005 - Maelstrom...

, Liar, MDC

MDC (band)

MDC is an American hardcore punk band formed in Austin, Texas in 1979. The band were subsequently based in San Francisco, California, and are currently based in Portland, Oregon. MDC originally formed as The Stains before changing their name...

, 100 Demons

100 Demons

100 Demons is a five-piece hardcore punk band from Waterbury, Connecticut. Being fans of tattoos, the band derived their name from a book of traditional Japanese tattoo artwork by Horiyoshi III. The band often incorporates their Agnostic beliefs into their lyrics.After over a decade of playing in...

, The Ocean, Settle the Score, PN, Black Friday 29, Sunpower, Officer Jones And His Patrol Car Problems, Blood Redemption, The Sedan Vault, The Boss, Rhumble in Rhodos

Sunday 27 August: Maroon

Maroon (band)

Maroon is a German Heavy Metal band based in Nordhausen. They were formed in 1998.-History:Maroon released a demo cassette in 1999 entitled The Initiate although all four songs can be found on later releases...

, Shai Hulud

Shai Hulud (band)

Shai Hulud is an American hardcore punk band with progressive metal influences, originally formed in Pompano Beach, Florida, the band later moved up to Poughkeepsie, New York....

, Rise and Fall

Rise and Fall (band)

Rise and Fall is a Belgian hardcore band. Formed 2002 in the aftermath of Belgian bands The Deal and Kingpin, Rise and Fall have become one of the most successful Belgian hardcore bands ever, among the few signed onto American labels such as Deathwish Inc...

, Remembering Never

Remembering Never

Remembering Never is an American hardcore/punk/metalcore band, formed in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in the late '90s.-Biography:The band formed in 2000 as We All Fall Down, and released a 2 song demo....

, Skinless

Skinless

Skinless is a death metal band that was formed in 1992 and disbanded in 2011.-History:Skinless was formed by Ryan Wade and Noah Carpenter in the town of South Glens Falls, New York...

, Parkway Drive, Six Ft. Ditch, Strength Approach, Reproach, Clobberin Time, Minus45Degrees, First Alliance, Ashema, Die!

Ieperfest 2007

Ieperfest 2007 was held August 24-26 in Ypres (Ieper). The line-up was:

Friday 24 August: Madball

Madball

Madball is a New York-based hardcore band that originated in the late 1980s, as a side-project of Agnostic Front .- History :Madball was founded in 1988 and featured most of Agnostic Front's members...

, Fear My Thoughts

Fear My Thoughts

Fear My Thoughts was a melodic death metal band from Rheinfelden, Germany, founded in 1997. Their album, Vulcanus, was produced by Jacob Hansen and was released on January 15, 2007. Their new home is in Freiburg. Songs for the latest album, Isolation, were written by Fear My Thoughts...

, Rise & Fall, No Turning Back, Six Ft. Ditch, The Setup, Deadsoil, As We Fight, Set Your Goals

Set Your Goals (band)

Set Your Goals is an American Pop-Punk band from Walnut Creek, CA , formed in 2004. Their musical style typically employs a combination of pop punk and melodic hardcore...

, True Colors, World Collapse, No Trigger

No Trigger

No Trigger is a melodic punk/hardcore band from Massachusetts, United States. The band formed in 2000, with a sound which takes cues from like-minded outfits such as Strike Anywhere and None More Black. The band self-released two demos, one of them a split with Wasteland...

, Eye of Judgement, Bush, No Recess, Losing Streak

Saturday 25 August: The Black Dahlia Murder, Murphy's Law

Murphy's Law (band)

Murphy's Law is an American hardcore band from New York City, New York, formed in 1982. While vocalist Jimmy Gestapo remains the only founding member of the band, the line-up has consisted of former members of bands such as Skinnerbox, Danzig, The Bouncing Souls, Mucky Pup, Dog Eat Dog, Hanoi...

, Aborted, Knuckledust, Cold As Life

Cold As Life

Cold As Life was a hardcore punk band based out of Detroit, Michigan, existing from 1988 to 2001. Lyrical themes consisted of brutal depictions of the horrors of growing up and living in a city plagued with corruption, murder, drugs, depression and poverty, along with the tragedy of losing friends,...

, Justice, Blacklisted, The Ocean, Victims, Fall of Serenity, Blood Redemption, Nothing Done, Rafflesia, H8INC, Human Demiste, Losing Streak

Sunday 26 August: Bane, Born From Pain, Dying Fetus, Deadlock, Cataract

Cataract (band)

Cataract is a Swiss metalcore band, signed to Metal Blade Records.-Biography:Cataract was formed in 1998 by guitarist Simon Füllemann, guitarist Greg Mäder and drummer Ricky Dürst. Their first self-titled demo was recorded in six hours and mixed in another four hours in the bed room of vocalist...

, Have Heart

Have Heart

Have Heart was a straight-edge hardcore band, formed in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 2002. The band recorded a demo that was released in 2003. In 2004, they released the What Counts EP , with their debut full-length, The Things We Carry arriving in 2006...

, The Maple Room, Ceremony

Ceremony (punk band)

Ceremony is an American hardcore punk band from Rohnert Park, California.-History:Forming in the San Francisco Bay Area, the band originally formed as Violent World until later changing the name to Ceremony.In 2005, Ceremony released Ruined on Malfunction Records...

, Shredder, Kaospilot, To Kill, Red Dons, The Revisions, Fatal Recoil

Ieperfest Winter 2008

The first winter version of Ieperfest was held on February 9 2008 in Ypres. The line-up was:

Your Demise

Your Demise

Your Demise is a five-piece band from St Albans, Brighton and Salisbury in the United Kingdom. They began in 2003 and have shared stages and tours with Biohazard, Comeback Kid, Bury Your Dead, Enter Shikari, The Devil Wears Prada, Miss May I, Parkway Drive and A Day to Remember. On 22 September...

, Rhythm to the Madness, Trenchfoot, Blessed by a Broken Heart, Psalm, For The Glory, Toxic Holocaust, Blood Stands Still, Furious Styles, The Setup, Shattered Realm, Municipal Waste

Municipal Waste (band)

Municipal Waste is a thrash metal/crossover thrash band from Richmond, Virginia.They performed at the UK's Download Festival on June 15, 2008, on the tuborg stage....

Ieperfest 2008

Ieperfest 2008 was held August 22-24 in Ypres. The line-up was:

After All, All My Sins, All Shall Perish, As Friends Rust

As Friends Rust

As Friends Rust is a punk band from Gainesville, Florida.-History:In early 1996 Jeronimo, Henry, and Matt were jamming under the name Wayside. Soon after Damien was recruited from Bird of Ill Omen to step in on vocals...

, Backfire!, Balzac

Balzac (band)

Balzac is a Japanese punk band formed in 1992 in Osaka. The band was founded by singer and songwriter Hirosuke Nishiyama, who has remained the only constant member of the band since its creation...

, Blood Spencer, Bloodclot, Bridge to Solace, Cancer Bats

Cancer Bats

Cancer Bats are a hardcore punk/sludge metal band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-Background:Cancer Bats originated in May 2004 with singer Liam Cormier and guitarist Scott Middleton, former member of Toronto heavy metal band At the Mercy of Inspiration...

, Cephalic Carnage

Cephalic Carnage

Cephalic Carnage is an American grindcore band formed in 1992 in Denver, Colorado. The band comprises vocalist Lenzig Leal, guitarists Steve Goldberg and Brian Hopp, drummer John Merryman and bassist Nick Schendzielos...

, Common Cause, Counting The Days, Danny Diablo, Despised Icon, Die My Demon, Discarga, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Endzweck, Fear My Thoughts, Folsom, Have Heart, Homer, Hour of the Wolf, Jerusalem The Black, Kingdom, Length of Time, Lionheart

Lionheart (band)

-History:Lionheart was a British hard rock band formed in late 1980, originally featuring singer Jess Cox , guitarist Dennis Stratton , guitarist Steve Mann , bassist/vocalist Rocky Newton , and drummer Frank Noon .They made their debut one Saturday night at the Marquee Club in...

, Locust, Mans Ruin, Maudlin, Mörser, Nothing Gold Can Stay, Outbreak, Parkway Drive, Pound For Pound

Pound for pound

Pound for pound is a term to describe how any two things compare when bearing in mind their varying quantities; for example, a tin of tomatoes weighing 250 g and costing $2.50 is more expensive, pound for pound, than one weighing 500 g and costing $4 .It is used in combat sports such as boxing or...

, Psalm, Pulling Teeth

Pulling Teeth (band)

Pulling Teeth is a Metalcore band from Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Formed in 2005, the band has released several recordings , and toured many times throughout North America, Europe and Japan before settling down and becoming a studio band...

, Pushed Too Far, Red Tape Parade, Ringworm

Ringworm (band)

Ringworm is a hardcore punk. band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1991. The name "Ringworm" was derived from a Vincent Price movie. The band has toured extensively in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe and has released their last three albums on Victory Records...

, Rotten Sound, Ruiner, See You Next Tuesday

See You Next Tuesday (band)

See You Next Tuesday is a deathcore band from Bay City, Michigan. They are currently signed to Ferret Records, an independent record label based in New Brunswick, New Jersey.-History:...

, Shipwreck, Shook Ones, Sinking Ships, Soul Control, SS Decontrol, Sunpower, Surge of Fury, Sworn Enemy, Verse, Warbringer, Wisdom in Chains

Ieperfest 2009

Ieperfest 2009 was held August 28-30 in Ypres. The line-up was:

Fatal Recoil, Rafflesia, Liar, Crimson Falls, The Setup, Aborted, Bold, Blood Redemption, Knuckledust, Rise And Fall, A Wilhelm Scream, Hoods, First Blood, True Colors, Darkest Hour, Nueva Etica, Spoil Engine, Diablo Boulevard, Black Haven, Burning Skies, Set Your Goals, Your Demise, Trash Talk, Misery Signals, Teenage Lust, Soul Control, Die Young, Trigger The Bloodshed, For The Fallen Dreams, Architects, Annotations Of An Autopsy, Stigma, Deal With It, Wait In Vain, Balance, The Effort, Outrage, Viatrophy, Thick As Blood, Suckinim Baenaim, Rhinoceros, Reagan Youth, Raein, Psyopus, Polar Bear Club, On, Oatbreaker, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Misery Index, Lower Class Brats, xKingdomx, Joe Coffee, Impending Doom, Gold Kids, An Emerald City, Disembodied, Chuck Ragan, Bringin' It Down, Blood Stands Still, Bandanos, Lewd Acts

Ieperfest Winter 2010

The second winter version of Ieperfest was held on February 6 2010 in Ypres. The line-up was:

Headshot, Victims, Brutality Will Prevail, Link, A Plea For Purging, Salt The Wound, Arsonists Get All The Girls, Rafflesia, For The Glory, War From A Harlots Mouth, Trapped Under Ice, Rise And Fall