Kevin Bronson on April 6th, 2016

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Berserktown — the sonic conflagration of all things heavy (punk, hardcore, metal, noise, electronic and experimental rock) — has announced the lineup for its third festival, a three-day affair.

Bersektown III, which goes off Aug. 12-14 at the Teragram Ballroom, will feature long-running experimentalists Psychic TV (performing their 1982 release “Force the Hand of Chance”), the U.S. debut of Swedish noise-rockers Brainbombs and the first U.S. show by Belgian proto-punks the Kids (est. 1976) since 2008.

Three-day passes are $75, available here; single-day tickets for Friday, Saturday and Sunday are $35.

Cult bands and underground favorites dot Berserktown’s international lineup. Also included are Ana Curra from Madrid post-punk legends Paralisis Permanente, Inga Copeland (ex-Hype Williams) and London techno pugilist Powell, along with Destruction Unit, Croatian Amor, Pop. 1280, Hank Wood & The Hammerheads, Gorilla Angreb, Container, Marshstepper, Murean Humanos, Cold Showers, Rezzett, Personable, Rixe, Urochromes, Drapetomania, Honey, Vial, Jason Lescalleet, Nandas, Cold Beat, Angels In America, Horoscope, Criminal, Chain of Flowers, CC Dust, First Hate, Belgrado, La Misma, Wall, Drab Majesty, Warthog, Muerte, Mommy, Cheena, Shopping and Caja De Ritmos.

||| Previously: 2015’s Berserktown II at the Observatory