The initial details of this years This is Hardcore festival have been announced. The event will take place August 17th through the 19th at the Starlight Ballroom in Philadelphia, PA. Ticket prices have yet to be announced. Also revealed is the first group of confirmed bands, as follows: Blacklisted, Ceremony, Cold World, Have Heart, Rise And Fall, Death Before Dishonor, Wisdom In Chains, Strength For A Reason, Ambitions, Verse, Trash Talk, Meltdown, Colin Of Arabia, Steel Nation, My Turn To Win, The Mongoloids, Know The Score, Pulling Teeth, Brain Dead, Lighten Up, and Crime In Stereo