Ieperfest is a Belgian hardcore music festival held in

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( nl, Ieper). The summer edition of the festival was first held in September 1992, then annually each August from 1994 to 2018 (no summer event was held in 1993). Since 2019, the summer edition has been held annually each July. In February 2008, a winter edition was introduced, which was held annually in either February or March, until 2015 (no winter event was held in 2009). The winter edition has since been held sporadically, namely in 2018 and 2022. In 2012, during its 20th anniversary, Ieperfest became the longest-running hardcore festival in the world. From 1992 to 1998, the festival was held inside De Vort'n Vis concert venue in Ypres; but starting with the 1999 edition, outdoor locations have been used to accommodate a growing audience. The 1999 and 2000 editions were held in the open courtyard of the Stedelijke Academie voor Muziek en Woord music school. From 2001 to 2007, the festival was held at the Jeugdstadion Camping Site parking lot (with the exception of 2002 when it was held on the grounds of the CID Lines company). In 2008, Ieperfest moved to its current open air location on Poperingseweg. The festival was first organized by Edward Verhaeghe, owner of the record label Warehouse Records (now Good Life Recordings), in September 1992. Verhaeghe has had little involvement in the booking of the festival following its first year. Hans Verbeke, owner of Sober Mind Records and an employee at De Vort'n Vis, took over for the 1994 and 1995 editions, until Bruno Vandevyvere, owner of Genet Records and Pyrrhus Records and an owner of De Vort'n Vis, became the main organizer in 1996; a position he continues to hold. Though Ieperfest has historically focused on metalcore bands, a wide variety of hardcore and metal groups have also performed throughout its span, including emotional hardcore, post-hardcore, punk rock, grindcore, death metal,

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, sludge metal, doom metal and

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. The festival has been singled out as influential to Michal Kočan, who cited it as his motivator to start his own Czech music festival, Fluff Fest.

History

Ieperfest was first conceived in 1992 by Belgian vocalist Edward Verhaeghe, a hardcore musician who had played in such bands as The Midnight Men, Rise Above and Nations on Fire, and was then operating the record label Warehouse Records. Verhaeghe would later establish the noted Belgian hardcore record label Good Life Recordings. Although Verhaeghe resided in Kortrijk, Belgium, he booked his new festival at De Vort'n Vis, a popular concert venue for hardcore bands located 30 minutes away in Ypres, Belgium. The festival was not booked again in 1993. In 1994, another noted Kortrijk, Belgium-based musician, Hans Verbeke, took over the booking of the festival. Verbeke worked at De Vort'n Vis, and had played in such bands as Rise Above, Shortsight, Blindfold, Spirit of Youth, Wheel of Progress (and later Liar) and was also operating the hardcore record label Sober Mind Records. Verbeke also booked the 1995 edition. In 1996, the festival was taken over by Ghent, Belgium-based Bruno Vandevyvere, owner of the record label Genet Records and the record store Pyrrhus Records. Vandevyvere was one of the founders of De Vort'n Vis and had therefore been involved in the first three editions' bookings to some extent. In 1999, Genet Records released the compact disc Various Artists compilation ''Vort'n Vis Hardcore Festival 1998'', which documented most of the bands that had performed at the 1998 edition of the festival. By 1999, the festival had outgrown the audience capacity of De Vort'n Vis, and for the next two years, it was held in the courtyard of Stedelijke Academie voor Muziek en Woord. In December 2000, Good Life Recordings released the VHS ''Good Life Recordings Presents: Good Life T.V. Video Sampler #1'', which includes live footage of bands performing at the 1999 and 2000 editions of the festival. In 2001, the festival was moved to the parking lot of the Jeugdstadion campsite, where previous years' attendees setup living accommodations. In 2002, the parking lot was unavailable due to a mountainbicycle event, so local business CID Lines offered their land to host the festival. In February 2008, a one-day winter edition of the festival was introduced, which was held annually in February or March until 2015 (no winter event was held in 2009). A winter edition was originally planned for February 21, 2009, but was cancelled when the bookers were unable to find headlining acts. The winter edition has since been held sporadically, namely in 2018 and 2022. In August 2008, Ieperfest moved to a new location, where it continues to be held each year, on a farmland at Poperingseweg 153–161. That year also introduced two stages for bands to perform.

Ieperfest lineups by year

September 5–6, 1992: Hardcore '92 Festival

Location: De Vort'n Vis, Kiekenmarkt 7, 8900, Ypres, Belgium.

Saturday, September 5

* Blindfold * Feeding the Fire * Ironside (headliners) * No More * Shortsight * Spirit of Youth * Strong Event

Sunday, September 6

* Abolition * Nations on Fire (headliners) * Strengthen the Will

August 19–21, 1994: Hardcore Festival '94

Location: De Vort'n Vis, Kiekenmarkt 7, 8900, Ypres, Belgium.

Friday, August 19

* Congress * Kosjer D * Spawn (headliners)

Saturday, August 20

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* Acme * Backdraft * Blindfold * Fabric (headliners) * Nothing Left to Grasp *

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* Shortsight

Sunday, August 21

* Feeding the Fire * Iconoclast (headliners) * Hopeman Path * Neckbrace * Undone Notes: The following bands were also booked but did not play: Nations on Fire, Neuthrone, Scraps, Strength of the Will, State of Grace, Stormwatch and Voorhees.

August 18–20, 1995: Hardcore-Festival '95

Location: De Vort'n Vis, Kiekenmarkt 7, 8900, Ypres, Belgium.

Friday, August 18

* Burning Defeat (headliners) * Solid * The Jedi

Saturday, August 19

(headliners) * Blindfold * Comrades * Concrete * Congress * Doughnuts * Kosjer D * Mainstrike * Rancor * Veil

Sunday, August 20

* By All Means *

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(headliners) * Churn * End in Sight * Fungus * Liar * Timebomb Notes: The following bands were also booked but did not play: Regression and Steadfast.

August 16–18, 1996: Hardcore, The Next Generation

Location: De Vort'n Vis, Kiekenmarkt 7, 8900, Ypres, Belgium.

Friday, August 16

* Down for the Count * Facedown * Firestone * Liar * Outrage * Spawn * Unborn (headliners) * Victims of Society * Vitality

Saturday, August 17

* Burning Defeat * Congress * Despair (headliners) * Kindred * Racial Abuse * Regression * Said I Was * Sektor * Timebomb * Voices at the Front

Sunday, August 18

* Approach to Concrete * Bruma * Resist the Pain * Separation * Spineless * Stampin' Ground * Swing Kids (headliners) * Vanilla * With Love Notes: The following bands were also booked but did not play: Azure, Blindfold, Contention and

August 15–17, 1997: Hardcore: The Next Generation

Location: De Vort'n Vis, Kiekenmarkt 7, 8900, Ypres, Belgium.

Friday, August 15

* Clouded * Endstand * Facedown * Instinct * Purification * Reiziger * Spineless * Veil (headliners)

Saturday, August 16

* Blindfold * Culture (headliners) * Intensity * Kindred * Liar * Metroshifter * ODK-Crew * Sektor * Serene * Spirit of Youth * Thumbsdown

Sunday, August 17

* Acheborn * Congress * Deformity * Lifecycle * Mainstrike * Morning Again (headliners) * Rubbish Heap * Starmarket * Vitality

August 14–16, 1998: Hardcore: The Next Generation Festival

Location: De Vort'n Vis, Kiekenmarkt 7, 8900, Ypres, Belgium.

Friday, August 14

* Building * Contrition * Culture (headliners) * Driven * Liar * One Fine Day * One More * Stack * Timebomb

Saturday, August 15

* Clouded * Earthmover (headliners) * Facedown * Highscore * Opposite Force * Pray Silent * Sad Origin * Seein' Red * Spineless * Thumbsdown

Sunday, August 16

* Arkangel * Ashlar *

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* Congress (headliners) * D.S.A. * Eyeball * Firestone * Inflexible * Lifecycle * Reply * Reiziger Notes: Most of the bands that played were documented on the Genet Records Various Artists compilation ''Vort'n Vis Hardcore Festival 1998'', released on compact disc in 1999.

August 20–22, 1999: Ieper Hardcore Festival

As Friends Rust at Ieper Hardcore Festival 1999 1

Location: Stedelijke Academie voor Muziek en Woord, D'hondtstraat 59, 8900, Ypres, Belgium.

Friday, August 20

* 100 Years Of Forgetting *

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(headliners) * Discount *

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* Hebriana *

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* JR Ewing * Once...Never Again * Mainstrike * Sad Origin * Surface * Tumult

Saturday, August 21

* Ananda * Bloodpact *

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(headliners) * H-Street * Ochtenddauw * Pray Silent * Product * Redemption * Reveal * Sabeth * Spineless * Stroke of Grace * Thumbs Down

Sunday, August 22

* Facedown * Instinct * Jane * John Holmes * Leiah * Point of View * Reaching Forward * Sunrise *

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(headliners) * True Blue * Vitality Notes: Good Life Recordings released the VHS ''Good Life Recordings Presents: Good Life T.V. Video Sampler #1'' in December 2000 which includes live footage of bands performing at the 1999 and 2000 editions of the festival.

August 18–20, 2000: Vort'n Vis Hardcore Festival 2000

Location: Stedelijke Academie voor Muziek en Woord, D'hondtstraat 59, 8900, Ypres, Belgium.

Thursday, August 17

* Killed in Action * Retalliate * Search of Fury * Striker Notes: This was a free pre-festival concert held at De Vort'n Vis.

Friday, August 18

* Amenra * Ariel Kill Him * Building * Cast in Fire *

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(headliners) * January Star * Lumen * Reiziger * Serene * Voorhees * With Love

Saturday, August 19

* 5 Day Get Away * Born from Pain * Circle * Dawncore * Evanesce * Firestone * Good Clean Fun *

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* Leiah * Negate *

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* Possession * Sad Origin

Sunday, August 20

(headliners) * Bobby Peru * Children of Fall * Course of Action * Inane * Length of Time * Oil * One Fine Day * Purification * Reveal * Severance * Standing Tall * Stigmata Notes: The following bands were also booked but did not play: Chispa, Convinced, Garrison, Out for Blood,

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and Walls of Jericho. As Friends Rust's set was cut short after only three songs. Good Life Recordings released the VHS ''Good Life Recordings Presents: Good Life T.V. Video Sampler #1'' in December 2000 which includes live footage of bands performing at the 1999 and 2000 editions of the festival.

August 17–19, 2001: 2001: A Hardcore Odyssey

Location: Jeugdstadion Camping Site Parking Lot, Leopold III - Laan 16, Ypres, Belgium.

Thursday, August 16

* DJ Schelpe Notes: This was a free pre-festival party held at De Vort'n Vis.

Friday, August 17

* Children of Fall * Course of Action * Deadbolt * The Deal * E-150 * Endstand * From the Dying Sky * Good Clean Fun (headliners) * Retaliate * Severance * Unconquered

Saturday, August 18

* Catharsis * Circle * Comrades * Juliette * Liar * Man VS Humanity *

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* Possession * Reproach * Stack * The Locust (headliners) * The Oath * Venerea

Sunday, August 19

* Burden * Concrete * Die...My Demon * Facedown * Kingpin * Leiah * Manifesto Jukebox * Maximum Penalty (headliners) *

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* PN * Reliance Notes: After-parties were held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights at De Vort'n Vis with DJ Jaak. Reveal was booked to play but did not.

August 16–18, 2002: Ieperfest 2002

Location: CID Lines Festival Ground, Waterpoortstraat 2, 8900, Ypres, Belgium.

Thursday, August 15

= De Vort'n Vis

= * Kombat * Retaliate (headliners) * Straight to the Bar * Zero Tolerance Notes: This was a free pre-festival concert held at De Vort'n Vis.

= Jeugdstadion

= * Amenra * S.F.P. * The Diamond Sea (headliners) * The Eliot Ness * The Hors D'Oeuvres * Wilson Notes: This was a free pre-festival concert held at the Jeugdstadion campground.

Friday, August 16

* Absence * Born from Pain * Chimaera * Congress (headliners) * Die...My Demon * I Adapt * JR Ewing * Max Rebo Kids * Morda *

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* Smut Peddlers * Reply * Risen

Saturday, August 17

* Burn Hollywood Burn * Cast-Down * Darkest Hour * Dead Stop * Degradation *

(headliners) * Length of Time * Nothing Gold Can Stay * Severance * Square One *

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* Sunrise * The Deal * Trial by Fire

Sunday, August 18

* Absone * Amulet *

(headliners) * Between the Lines * Circle * Deformity * Fear My Thoughts * Flatcat * Let it Burn *

* Pointing Finger * Sworn In * The Zaccharia Notes: After-parties were held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights at De Vort'n Vis with DJ Jaak.

August 15–17, 2003: Ieper Hardcore Festival

Location: Jeugdstadion Camping Site Parking Lot, Leopold III - Laan 16, Ypres, Belgium.

Thursday, August 14

* 1 Outta 6 * Die...My Demon * Forced Hate * I Adapt * Strength Approach Notes: This was a free pre-festival concert held at the Jeugdstadion campground.

Friday, August 15

* .Calibre (headliners) * Career Suicide * Death Before Disco * Es La Guerilla * I Shot Cyrus * Liar * Miracle of 86 * Nothing Gold Can Stay * One Fine Cast * Pointing Finger * Severance * Solid * The Horror * White Circle Crime Club

Saturday, August 16

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* All Out War (headliners) *

* Discarga * Empathy * Fear of God *

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* Morda * Narziss * No Denial *

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* Senseless * The Miles Apart

Sunday, August 17

* Afterlife * Born from Pain *

(headliners) * Confronto * Cornflames * Dead Stop * Engrave * Face Tomorrow * Kingpin * Length of Time * Strychnine * The Set Up * Vuur Notes: The following bands were also booked but did not play: Last Days of April, The Furious and The Locust.

August 27–29, 2004: Ieper Hardcore Fest 2004

Location: Jeugdstadion Camping Site Parking Lot, Leopold III - Laan 16, Ypres, Belgium.

Thursday, August 26

* 37 Stabwoundz * Minus 45 Degrees * One Fine Cast (headliners) * Self Reflection Notes: This was a free pre-festival concert held at the Jeugdstadion campground.

Friday, August 27

* Bathtub Shitter * Between the Lines * Bridge to Solace * Children of Gaia * Dead Stop (headliners) *

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* Last Hope * No Turning Back *

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* Shredder *

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* The Oath * Vitamin X * With Love

Saturday, August 28

* 25 ta Life * Amenra *

(headliners) * Chimaera * Colligere * Die...My Demon * In Arm's Reach * Mental * Mörser * Nine * Purification * Retaliate *

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* Vanilla * Year Future

Sunday, August 29

* Ariel Kill Him * Congress * Destiny *

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* Facedowninshit * Hitch * Morda * Most Precious Blood (headliners) * Nothing Gold Can Stay * One Outta Six *

* Rise and Fall * Seven Feet Four * Switchblade Notes: The following bands were also booked but did not play:

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, Over My Dead Body and Rag Men.

August 26–28, 2005: Ieper Hardcore Fest

Location: Jeugdstadion Camping Site Parking Lot, Leopold III - Laan 16, Ypres, Belgium.

Friday, August 26

* Another Breath * Born from Pain * Children of Fall * Confronto *

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* Liar * Maudlin * Misery Index (headliners) * Requiem * The Death of Anna Karina * The Maple Room * The Setup * The Spectacle * Values Intact * Verse

Saturday, August 27

* Amanda Woodward * Amenra * Beecher * Born/Dead * Core of Anger * Darkest Hour (headliners) * Deadlock * Deadsoil * Do or Die * Ikaros * Minus45Degrees * Reflux * Rejuvenate * Starkweather * The Je Ne Sais Quoi * Trust

Sunday, August 28

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* Awoken * Chimaera * Das Oath (headliners) * Die...My Demon * For the Glory *

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* Hoods * Justice *

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* Mental * Officer Jones and His Patrol Car Problems *

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* Seein' Red * The Rites Notes: The following bands were also booked but did not play: Donnybrook,

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August 25–27, 2006: Ieper Hardcore Festival

Location: Jeugdstadion Camping Site Parking Lot, Leopold III - Laan 16, Ypres, Belgium.

Friday, August 25

* Amenra * Angel Crew *

(headliners) * Congress * Neaera *

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* Restless Youth * Strike First * Switchblade * Taint * Textures * The Chariot * True Colors

Saturday, August 26

* 100 Demons * Black Friday 29 * Blood Redemption * JR Ewing * Liar * MDC * Officer Jones and His Patrol Car Problems * PN * Rumble in Rhodos * Settle the Score * Sunpower * Sworn Enemy (headliners) * The Boss * The Ocean * The Sedan Vault * Zero Mentality

Sunday, August 27

* Ashema * Clobberin Time * Die! * First Alliance * Maroon (headliners) * Minus45Degrees *

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* Remembering Never * Reproach * Rise and Fall *

* Six Foot Ditch *

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* Strength Approach Notes: The following bands were also booked but did not play:

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August 24–26, 2007: Ieper Hardcore Fest

Location: Jeugdstadion Camping Site Parking Lot, Leopold III - Laan 16, Ypres, Belgium.

Thursday, August 23

* All My Sins * Collapsed * Demon Squad (headliners) * Mans Ruin * The Boss Notes: This was a free pre-festival concert held at the J.O.C. in Ieper.

Friday, August 24

* As We Fight * B.U.S.H. * Deadsoil * Eye of Judgment * Fear My Thoughts * Losing Streak *

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(headliners) * No Recess * No Trigger * No Turning Back * Rise and Fall * Set Your Goals * Six Foot Ditch * The Setup * True Colors * World Collapse

Saturday, August 25

* Black Haven * Blacklisted * Blood Redemption * Cold as Life * Fall of Serenity * H8INC * Human Demise * Justice *

* Murphy's Law * Nothing Done *

* The Black Dahlia Murder (headliners) * The Ocean * Victims

Sunday, August 26

Bane Bane may refer to: Fictional characters * Bane (DC Comics), an adversary of Batman * Bane (''Harry Potter''), a centaur in the ''Harry Potter'' series * Bane (''The Matrix''), a character in the ''Matrix'' film trilogy * Bane the Druid, a Gu ...

(headliners) * Born from Pain *

* Ceremony * Deadlock *

Dying Fetus Dying Fetus is an American death metal band originally from Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Formed in 1991, the group is known for their consistently hook-laden song structures, characterized by blast beats, complex riffing, slam riffs and ...

* Fatal Recoil * Have Heart * Kaospilot * Red Dons * Shredder * The Maple Room * To Kill * The Revisions Notes: The following bands were also booked but did not play: Age of Ruin,

Cult of Luna Cult of Luna is a Swedish heavy metal band from Umeå founded in 1998. They are known for post-metal music similar to the contemporary bands Neurosis and Isis. The band was signed to Earache Records in the early 2000s and released five albums, i ...

, Maroon, Lost Patrol Band,

Ruiner, Showbread and

Wisdom in Chains Wisdom in Chains is an American hardcore punk band based out of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The band's name is taken from the lyrics of a song by the New York hardcore band Killing Time. "Wisdom", from Killing Time's 1989 debut album, '' Bright ...

February 9, 2008: Ieper Hardcore Fest Winter Edition

Location: Zaal Fenix, Leopold III - Laan 16, Ypres, Belgium.

Saturday, February 9

* Blessed by a Broken Heart * Blood Stands Still * For the Glory * Furious Styles *

Municipal Waste Municipal solid waste (MSW), commonly known as trash or garbage in the United States and rubbish in Britain, is a waste type consisting of everyday items that are discarded by the public. "Garbage" can also refer specifically to food waste, a ...

(headliners) * Psalm * Rhythm to the Madness * Shattered Realm * The Setup *

Toxic Holocaust Toxic Holocaust is an American thrash metal band from Portland, Oregon. History Joel Grind founded Toxic Holocaust in 1999. He originally wrote and recorded all of the band's music himself, and after a couple of demo releases (''Radiation Sick ...

* Trenchfoot *

Your Demise Your Demise were a British hardcore punk band from St Albans, England, formed in 2003. They shared stages and toured worldwide with the likes of Comeback Kid, Basement, Trapped Under Ice, Man Overboard, Enter Shikari, Parkway Drive, A Da ...

August 22–24, 2008, Ieper Hardcore Festival 2008

Location: Poperingseweg 153–161, 8908, Ypres, Belgium.

Thursday, August 21

* Crossed the Line * Link * Omerta (headliners) * Saviour * The Brave Do Not Fear the Grave Notes: This was a free pre-festival concert held on the Marquee Stage at Ieperfest.

Friday, August 22

= Main Stage

= *

All Shall Perish All Shall Perish was an American deathcore band from Oakland, California, formed in 2002. The band was signed to Nuclear Blast and have released four full-length albums through the label. Their final album, '' This Is Where It Ends,'' was releas ...

* Backfire! * Blood Spencer * Bridge to Solace * Counting the Days * Do or Die * Lionheart * Pulling Teeth *

Skarhead Skarhead is an American hardcore punk band from New York City, founded and fronted by Lord Ezec a.k.a. Danny Diablo (of Crown of Thornz). The group is considered the originators of thugcore music, a subgenre of hardcore punk "full of relentless ...

* Sworn Enemy (headliners) *

= Marquee Stage

= * After All *

Cancer Bats Cancer Bats is a Canadian hardcore punk band from Toronto, Ontario. To date, they have released seven studio albums and six extended plays; with their most recent LP, ''Psychic Jailbreak'', having been released on 15 April 2022. The band is curr ...

Danny Diablo Dan Singer (born December 20, 1971), known professionally as Danny Diablo a.k.a. Lord Ezec, is an American hardcore punk and hip hop vocalist. He is a current member of underground hip hop acts The ShotBlockers, KAOS 13 and FTW, and a foundin ...

* Die...My Demon * Fallen *

(headliners) * Kingdom * Maudlin * Ruiner * The Berzerker * The Bones

Saturday, August 23

= Main Stage

= * All My Sins * Betrayed * Bloodclot * Common Cause * Heartbreak Kid * Homer * Length of Time * Maintain * Nothing Gold Can Stay *

(headliners) * Pushed Too Far

= Marquee Stage

= * Active Minds * Amenra (headliners) * Discarga * Jerusalem the Black * John Joseph * Mans Ruin * Mörser * See You Next Tuesday * Trigger the Bloodshed * Zann

Sunday, August 24

= Main Stage

= * Folsom *

H2O Water (chemical formula ) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a s ...

* Have Heart * Rhythm to the Madness * Rise and Fall * Shipwreck * Sunpower * Surge of Fury * The Locust (headliners) * Verse * Vogue

= Marquee Stage

= *

A Wilhelm Scream A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes ...

(headliners) *

Despised Icon Despised Icon is a Canadian deathcore band from Montreal, Quebec. Formed in 2002, the band is noted for the talent of its drummer, Alex Pelletier, who makes frequent use of the blasting technique, as well as for its dual lead vocalists; Alex E ...

* Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? * Endzweck * Hello Bastards * Fear My Thoughts * Psalm * Trentchfoot * Vicious Circle Notes: The following bands were also booked but did not play: Balzac, Hour of the Wolf,

Outbreak In epidemiology, an outbreak is a sudden increase in occurrences of a disease when cases are in excess of normal expectancy for the location or season. It may affect a small and localized group or impact upon thousands of people across an entire ...

, Pound for Pound, Red Tape Parade,

Ringworm Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. Multiple ar ...

Rotten Sound Rotten Sound is a Finnish grindcore band from Vaasa, formed in 1993. The band comprises vocalist Keijo Niinimaa, guitarist Mika Aalto, bassist Kristian Toivainen, and drummer Sami Latva. The band has released eight studio albums and "earned a re ...

, Shook Ones, Sinking Ships, Soul Control, Sparkle of Hope, SS Decontrol and

Warbringer Warbringer is an American thrash metal band formed in 2004. Century Media Records signed Warbringer after seeing them at a local show in LA. Originally, a Century Media rep was at the show to see another LA thrash metal band but decided to sign W ...

August 28–30, 2009: Ieper Hardcore Festival 2009

Location: Poperingseweg 153–161, 8908, Ypres, Belgium.

Thursday, August 27

* Fundamental (headliners) * Golden Bullet * Open Sesame * Sensual Noise * The Ignored Notes: This was a free pre-festival concert held on the Marquee Stage at Ieperfest.

Friday, August 28

= Main Stage

= * Alcatraz *

Down to Nothing Down to Nothing (or DTN) was a straight edge hardcore punk band from Richmond, Virginia. Since their inception in 2000, the band has toured all over the world. Their most recent studio recording is the 2013 LP ''Life on the James'' on Revelat ...

* First Blood * Keith Caputo * Kingdom * Outrage * Rhinoceros * Teenage Lust * Terror (headliners) * Wait in Vain

= Marquee Stage

= *

Architects An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

(headliners) * Bandanos * Crimson Falls * Die Young *

Misery Signals Misery Signals is an American-Canadian metalcore band formed in Wisconsin in 2002. History Formation (2002–2003) Misery Signals was formed after the disbanding of several bands, including 7 Angels 7 Plagues, Hamartia, and Compromise. Having p ...

* Spoil Engine * Stigma * The Number Twelve Looks Like You * True Colors *

Saturday, August 29

= Main Stage

= * 108 * Balance * Blood Redemption * Darkest Hour (headliners) * Deal with It * Hoods *

* Lewd Acts * Oatbreaker * The Boss * The Effort

= Marquee Stage

= * Gold Kids * Julith Krishun * Liar * Nasty * ON * Raein * Rise and Fall (headliners) * Skare Tactic * Soul Control * Suckinim Baenaim *

Trash Talk Trash talk is a form of insult usually found in sports events, although it is not exclusive to sports or similarly characterized events. It is often used to intimidate the opposition and/or make them less confident in their abilities as to win e ...

Sunday, August 30

= Main Stage

= * Black Haven * Bold (headliners) * Bringin' It Down * Days of Betrayal * Disembodied * Morda *

Polar Bear Club Polar Bear Club was an American post-hardcore band from Rochester and Syracuse in upstate New York. Formed in 2005, the band underwent multiple line-up changes, with vocalist Jimmy Stadt and lead guitarist Chris Browne as the only consistent me ...

* Ritual * Set Your Goals * The Setup

= Marquee Stage

= *

(headliners) *

* Annotations of an Autopsy * Burning Skies *

Chuck Ragan Charles Allen Ragan (born October 30, 1974) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is the guitarist and vocalist of the band Hot Water Music. Ragan has also released a variety of solo material, including a series of 7-inches on ...

* Diablo Boulevard *

Reagan Youth Reagan Youth is an American anarcho-punk band formed by singer Dave Rubinstein (Dave Insurgent) and guitarist Paul Bakija (Paul Cripple) in Queens, New York City in early 1980. History Initial career (1980–1990) Rubinstein and Bakija at ...

* Trigger the Bloodshed * Viatrophy Notes: The following bands were also booked but did not play: An Emerald City, As We Fight, Blood Stands Still,

For the Fallen Dreams For the Fallen Dreams, often abbreviated FTFD, is an American metalcore band from Lansing, Michigan, formed in 2003. The band originally signed to Rise Records but produced one album under Artery Recordings in 2012. After the departure of th ...

Impending Doom Impending Doom is an American Christian deathcore band from Riverside, California. The group has released six full-length studio albums and are currently a five piece with lead vocalist Brook Reeves as one of the two original remaining member ...

, Joe Coffee, Lower Class Brats, Misery Index,

Psyopus Psyopus (sometimes written as PsyOpus) was an American mathcore band from Rochester, New York. History Formed in 2002, the band is noted for the unorthodox and extremely technical guitar techniques of Christopher Arp, often referred to as "Arp ...

and Thick as Blood.

February 6, 2010: Ieper Hardcore Fest 2010 Winter Edition

Location: Zaal Fenix, Leopold III - Laan 16, Ypres, Belgium.

Saturday, February 6

A Plea for Purging A Plea for Purging was a Christian metalcore band based out of Nashville, Tennessee. During their time active, they released four full-length albums on Facedown Records and two EPs. Their final release, ''The Life & Death of A Plea for Purging' ...

Arsonists Get All the Girls Arsonists Get All the Girls was an American avant-garde metal band from Santa Cruz, California. Founded in 2005, the band was known for taking influence from varying genres, particularly in their early years for fusing extreme metal with variou ...

* Brutality Will Prevail * For the Glory * Headshot * Link *

* Rise and Fall (headliners) * Salt the Wound *

Trapped Under Ice Trapped Under Ice is an American hardcore punk band from Baltimore, Maryland that was formed in 2007. Since then they have released an EP and three full-length albums. Taking influence from New York hardcore, the band has toured all over the wor ...

* Victims *

War from a Harlots Mouth War from a Harlots Mouth is a German metalcore band from Berlin, formed in 2005. Consisting of vocalist Nico Webers, guitarists Simon Hawemann and Daniel Oberländer, bassist Filip Hantusch, and drummer Paule Seidel, the band is noted for a dis ...

August 13–15, 2010: Ieper Hardcore Fest

Location: Poperingseweg 153–161, 8908, Ypres, Belgium.

Friday, August 13, Saturday, August 14 and Sunday, August 15

= Main Stage and Marquee Stage

= * 50 Lions * 7 Seconds *

Agnostic Front Agnostic Front is an American hardcore punk band from New York City. Founded in 1980, the band is considered an important influence on the New York hardcore scene, as well as a pioneer of the crossover thrash genre. History First era (1980–1 ...

(headliners) * Alarma Man * All Out War * Amenra * An Emerald City * Annotations of an Autopsy *

Antagonist A.D. Antagonist A.D. are a metalcore band from Auckland, New Zealand, formed in 2005. History Formation and ''S/T Demo'' (2005) Antagonist A.D was formed in 2005 by vocalist Sam Crocker and bassist Joshua Moffitt as just Antagonist. They were in ...

* As We Fight * Atlas Losing Grip * Aussitot Mort * Barn Burner * Bitter End * Bleed from Within * Bleed Into One * Bloody Phoenix * Born from Pain * Born to Lose *

Breakdown Breakdown may refer to: Breaking down *Breakdown (vehicle), failure of a motor vehicle in such a way that it cannot be operated *Chemical decomposition, also called chemical breakdown, the breakdown of a substance into simpler components *Decompo ...

* Brutality Will Prevail * Carpathian *

Cerebral Ballzy Cerebral Ballzy is an American punk rock band from Brooklyn, New York, United States. The band was formed in 2008 and released their debut, self-titled, album on 26 July 2011. The album was released in full as an online preview on the ''Revolv ...

* Cold Existence * Confronto *

Converge Converge may refer to: * Converge (band), American hardcore punk band * Converge (Baptist denomination), American national evangelical Baptist body * Limit (mathematics) * Converge ICT, internet service provider in the Philippines *CONVERGE CFD s ...

(headliners) * Crossed the Line *

Cruel Hand Cruel Hand is an American hardcore punk band from Portland, Maine that formed in 2006. As of 2013, Cruel Hand has released four full-length albums: '' Without a Pulse'' on 6131 Records, '' Prying Eyes'' and '' Lock & Key'' on Bridge 9 Records a ...

* For the Glory * Forensics * Gaza * Gravemaker * Hang the Bastard * In Blood We Trust * Kingdom *

* Kvelertak * Kylsea *

(headliners) * Miles Away * Next Step Up * New Morality * No Turning Back *

Origin Origin(s) or The Origin may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Comics and manga * ''Origin'' (comics), a Wolverine comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics in 2002 * ''The Origin'' (Buffy comic), a 1999 ''Buffy the Vampire Sl ...

* Paura * Purification *

* Raised Fist * Reproach * Ruiner * SSS * Strength Approach * Strength for a Reason * The Black Dahlia Murder * The Black Heart Rebellion * The End of All Reason * This Is a Standoff *

Ufomammut Ufomammut () is an Italian doom metal band formed in 1999 by guitarist Poia, bassist and vocalist Urlo, and drummer Vita. They have released eight studio albums to date, the last three through Neurot Recordings. History Ufomammut was formed in ...

* Vitamin X * Voivod Notes: An accurate schedule of the performance dates and stages has not been located in archival material, therefore all of the bands from the summer 2010 edition are currently listed together. Should a schedule be found, the sections will be updated. The following bands were also booked but did not play: Campus, City of Ships, Dead Swans, Lewd Acts, Maximum Penalty, Rat City Riot,

Slapshot A slapshot (also spelled as slap shot) in ice hockey is a powerful shot. Its advantage is as a high-speed shot that can be taken from long distance; the disadvantage is the time to set it up as well as its low accuracy. It has four stages wh ...

, The Carrier, The Now Denial and The Freeze.

February 26, 2011: Ieper Hardcore Fest Winter Edition

Location: Zaal Fenix, Leopold III - Laan 16, Ypres, Belgium.

Saturday, February 26

* Anti-Icon * Armagathas * Carpathian * Crimson Falls *

Defeater A defeater of a belief is evidence that this belief is false. Defeaters are of particular interest to epistemology since they affect whether a belief is justified. An important distinction is between undercutting and rebutting defeaters. Undercu ...

(headliners) * Hive Destruction *

* Last Hope * Length of Time * Musth * Shaped by Fate * The Setup Notes: The following bands were also booked but did not play: Let Me Run, Möse, Soul Control and The Gohards.

August 12–14, 2011: Ieper Hardcore Fest 2011

Location: Poperingseweg 153–161, 8908, Ypres, Belgium.

Thursday, August 11

* Get Wise * Grizzlyncher * Hessian (headliners) * One Step Beyond Notes: This was a charged pre-festival concert held at the JOC 't Perron.

Friday, August 12

= Main Stage

= * Anchor * CDC * Comeback Kid (headliners) * Crawlspace * Death Is Not Glamorous * Headshot * Ritual *

Sheer Terror Sheer Terror are an American hardcore punk band from New York City. The band was one of the first to combine elements of heavy metal with a hardcore punk base, pioneering a heavier style of hardcore that would create many bands in the followi ...

* Six Foot Ditch * Soul Control * Strife

= Marquee Stage

= *

And So I Watch You from Afar or AND may refer to: Logic, grammar, and computing * Conjunction (grammar), connecting two words, phrases, or clauses * Logical conjunction in mathematical logic, notated as "∧", "⋅", "&", or simple juxtaposition * Bitwise AND, a boolea ...

(headliners) * Black Kites *

Cheap Girls Cheap Girls were an American rock band from Lansing, Michigan. The band consisted of brothers Ian Graham (guitar, lead vocals) and Ben Graham (drums, back-up vocals), Jason Draper (Bass) and Adam Aymor (guitar). Formed in 2007, the band quickly ...

* Ghostlimb *

La Dispute :''This is for the Marivaux play, for the band, see La Dispute (band).'' ''La Dispute'' is a prose comedy written by Pierre de Marivaux, shown for the first time on 19 October 1744 by the Théâtre-Italien in the Hôtel de Bourgogne. The story i ...

* Lemuria * The Ignored * The Stupids *

Touché Amoré Touché Amoré is an American post-hardcore band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2007. The band consists of vocalist Jeremy Bolm, guitarists Clayton Stevens and Nick Steinhardt, bassist Tyler Kirby, and drummer Elliot Babin. Among other ...

* Victims

Saturday, August 13

= Main Stage

= * Against Your Society * All Teeth * Angel Crew * Exodus * First Blood * Golden Bullet *

Meshuggah Meshuggah () is a Swedish extreme metal band formed in Umeå in 1985. Originally, the band's name was Metallien. The band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist Jens Kidman, guitarists Fredrik Thordendal and Mårten Hagström, drummer To ...

(headliners) * Stick to Your Guns *

* Sworn Enemy * The Carrier

= Marquee Stage

= *

* City of Ships * Drop Dead (headliners) *

Jonah Matranga Jonah Rzadzinski Matranga (born Jonah Sonz Matranga, August 11, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who has released a variety of solo material under his own name and onelinedrawing, and has previously been part of the bands ...

* Mondo Gecko * Oathbreaker * Polikarpa Y Sus Viciosas * Red Tape Parade * Reiziger * Shadows Chasing Ghosts *

Xibalba (), roughly translated as "place of fright", is the name of the underworld (or quc, Mitnal) in Maya mythology, ruled by the Maya death gods and their helpers. In 16th-century Verapaz, the entrance to Xibalba was traditionally held to be a ...

Sunday, August 14

= Main Stage

= * Betrayal * Black Haven * Blood for Blood *

Bury Your Dead Bury Your Dead is an American metalcore band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 2001. The current lineup is guitarist Chris Towning, lead vocalist Mat Bruso, drummer Mark Castillo, and bassist Aaron Patrick. To date, they have had eight rele ...

* Death Before Dishonor * Fatal Recoil *

* Ignite * Kvelertak *

The Dillinger Escape Plan The Dillinger Escape Plan was an American metalcore band. The band was formed in 1997 in Morris Plains, New Jersey by guitarist Ben Weinman, bassist Adam Doll, vocalist Dimitri Minakakis, and drummer Chris Pennie. The band's use of odd time si ...

(headliners)

= Marquee Stage

= *

Decapitated Decapitation or beheading is the total separation of the head from the body. Such an injury is invariably fatal to humans and most other animals, since it deprives the brain of oxygenated blood, while all other organs are deprived of the i ...

(headliners) * Drums Are for Parades * EF * Exhumed * Musth * Swashbuckle * The Mahones * The Secret *

Tombs A tomb ( grc-gre, τύμβος ''tumbos'') is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes. Placing a corpse into a tomb can be called ''immureme ...

Notes: The following bands were also booked but did not play:

Broken Teeth Broken Teeth (also known as Broken Teeth HC) are an English hardcore punk band formed in Manchester in 2007. The band have released one studio album and four EPs. History Adam Kelly and Dale Graham formed Broken Teeth in 2007, with Kelly having ...

Cro-Mags Cro-Mags are an American hardcore punk band from New York City. The band, which has a strong cult following, has released six studio albums, with the first two considered the most influential. With a Hare Krishna background, they were among t ...

, Decortica, Harm's Way, Merauder, Pound for Pound, SFA,

and Withdrawal.

February 18, 2012: Ieper Hardcore Fest Winter Edition

Location: JOC 't Perron, Fochlaan 1, 8900, Ypres, Belgium.

Saturday, February 18

Deafheaven Deafheaven is an American post-metal band formed in 2010. Originally based in San Francisco, the group began as a two-piece with singer George Clarke and guitarist Kerry McCoy, who recorded and self-released a demo album together. Following i ...

* Doom * Hierophant *

* Kingdom * No Turning Back * Rot in Hell * Vanna * Vicious * Wrong Answer Notes: The following bands were also booked but did not play: Goodtime Boys and

Pianos Become the Teeth Pianos Become the Teeth are an American band from Baltimore, Maryland, formed in 2006. Their early musical style has been inspired by post-rock and early screamo acts, and they are a part of a post-hardcore music movement also represented by Tou ...

August 10–12, 2012: Ieper Hardcore Fest

Location: Poperingseweg 153–161, 8908, Ypres, Belgium.

Thursday, August 9

* 6 Days of Justice * Countdown * DRS (headliners) * The Gohards Notes: This was a charged pre-festival concert held at the Marquee Stage at Ieperfer.

Friday, August 10

= Main Stage

= *

(headliners) *

Corrosion of Conformity Corrosion of Conformity (also known as COC) is an American heavy metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina, formed in 1982. The band has undergone multiple line-up changes throughout its existence, with guitarist Woody Weatherman as the sole const ...

* Crown of Thornz *

Funeral for a Friend Funeral for a Friend are a Welsh post-hardcore band from Bridgend, formed in 2001 and currently consists of Matthew Davies-Kreye (lead vocals), Kris Coombs-Roberts (guitar, backing vocals), Gavin Burrough (guitar, backing vocals), Darran Smit ...

Kylesa Kylesa is an American heavy metal band that was formed in Savannah, Georgia. Their music incorporates experimentalism with heavy riffs, drop-tuned guitars and elements of psychedelic rock. The group was established in 2001 by the former member ...

* Midnight Souls * Norma Jean * Take Offense * The Mongoloids

= Marquee Stage

= *

* Coke Bust * Congress (headliners) * Dukatalon * For the Glory * Homer * Mucky Pup *

* The Chariot

Saturday, August 11

= Main Stage

= * Cornered * Ignite * Reign Supreme *

Sick of It All Sick of It All is an American hardcore punk band formed in 1986 in Queens, New York City. The band's lineup consists of brothers Lou and Pete Koller on lead vocals and guitars respectively, Armand Majidi on drums, and Craig Setari on bass. Sick ...

(headliners) * Still Strong * The Black Dahlia Murder *

* TRC * Truth and Its Burden *

Unearth Unearth is an American metalcore band from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 1998, the group has released seven studio albums. History Early career (1998–2002) Unearth was formed by Trevor Phipps, Buz McGrath, Ken Susi, Mike Rudberg, an ...

= Marquee Stage

= *

Eyehategod Eyehategod (also abbreviated and referred to as EHG) is an American sludge metal band from New Orleans, Louisiana who formed in 1988. They have become one of the better known bands to emerge from the NOLA metal scene. Their core lineup has r ...

Grand Magus Grand Magus are a three-piece heavy metal band from Stockholm, Sweden that draws influence from classic heavy metal bands and elements of doom metal. Career The band was formed in 1996 under the name ''Smack'' by former Cardinal Fang voca ...

* Hellbastard * MxPx Allstars *

Nasum Nasum (pronounced 'nah-zumm') was a Swedish grindcore band from Örebro, formed in 1992. The band released four studio albums and developed into "one of that country's premier metal acts". They disbanded after the December 2004 tsunami killed ...

* No Second Thought *

Pig Destroyer Pig Destroyer is an American grindcore band formed in 1997 in Alexandria, Virginia. The band was formed by vocalist J.R. Hayes, guitarist Scott Hull, and drummer John Evans. Throughout the band's earlier history, they were a three-piece group u ...

(headliners) * Scraps * Vaccine * Whatever It Takes

Sunday, August 12

= Main Stage

= * 7 Seconds *

Bolt Thrower Bolt Thrower were an English death metal band from Coventry. They formed in 1986 and released their first album with Vinyl Solution in 1988. The band then shifted to a new record label, Earache Records, soon becoming one of the best selling b ...

(headliners) * Brutality Will Prevail *

* Crowbar *

s * Deez Nuts * Naysayer * Terror * The Cold Harbour

= Marquee Stage

= * A Strength Within *

Cattle Decapitation Cattle Decapitation is an American deathgrind band from San Diego, California, formed in 1996. The band's current lineup includes vocalist Travis Ryan, guitarists Josh Elmore and Belisario Dimuzio, bassist Olivier Pinard, and drummer David McGr ...

* Darkest Hour (headliners) * Deformity *

Incantation An incantation, a spell, a charm, an enchantment or a bewitchery, is a magical formula intended to trigger a magical effect on a person or objects. The formula can be spoken, sung or chanted. An incantation can also be performed during ceremo ...

* Nemea * Rise and Fall * Set Your Goals * The Death of Anna Karina *

Notes: The following bands were also booked but did not play:

Balance and Composure Balance and Composure was an American alternative rock band from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. They formed in the winter of 2007, after the breakup of two local Doylestown bands. The band's music was often suggested having similarities to Title Fig ...

, Dean Dirg,

D.O.A. DOA may refer to: * Dead on arrival * Dead or Alive (disambiguation) Film * ''D.O.A.'' (1949 film), a ''film noir'' * ''D.O.A.'' (1988 film), a remake of the 1949 film * '' D.O.A.: A Rite of Passage'' (1980 film), a documentary on the gene ...

Here Comes the Kraken Here Comes the Kraken is a Mexican melodic deathcore band from Aguascalientes, formed in 2007. They have released three full-length studio albums, two extended plays, and one demo. History The band was formed in 2007 by brothers Tore González ( ...

, Man VS Humanity, Omega Massif,

, Sydney Ducks, This Is Hell,

and Withdrawal.

References

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External links

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