Ieperfest add 25 new bands to this years event

By Glen Bushell

With Ieperfest 2016 rapidly approaching, the long-running Belgian festival has added massive 25 new bands to the bill.

Among the latest U.S names to be announced are Boston punk band Street Dogs, legendary death metallers Dying Fetus, thrash kings Iron Reagan, Florida straightedge band xBishopx, and dozens more. There will also be a strong UK presence at Ieperfest 2016, with Higher Power and Ironed Out added to the event, along with punk legends UK Subs.

They join a number of bands from all corners of aggressive music, such as Agnostic Front, Sick Of It All, Negative Approach, Knuckledust, Terror, H2O, Ghost Bath, Tribulation, and more.

The 24th edition of Ieperfest will once again take place at the crossroads of Poperingseweg and Hazewindstraat the West Flanders town of Ieper, Belgium, between August 12th-14th. Early bird tickets are currently on sale through the official Ieperfest website, where you can also find all relevant travel information.

With more names due to be added in the coming months, it is set to be one of the best events in the summer calendar. We will see you there!

Check out a full list of the latest additions below.

AHNA (CA)
ASHES (BE)
xBISHOPx (US)
BISHOPS GREEN (CA)
DYING FETUS (US)
FREEZE (US)
GRUESOME (US)
HIGHER POWER (UK)
IRONED OUT (UK)
IRON REAGAN (US)
KINGDOM (BE)
MDC (US)
PRO-PAIN (US)
REAGAN YOUTH (US)
ROPE (UK)
SOUL GRIP (BE)
STAB (BE)
STREET DOGS (US)
TOUNDRA (ES)
UK SUBS (UK)
VALIENT THORR (US)
xVICIOUSx (BE)
VIOLENT STOMP (BR)
VVOVNDS (BE)

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