Limp Bizkit will return to New Zealand after a 16-year absence to play a new rock music festival.

The US rap-rockers are the headline act for the Storm the Gates music festival, set to rock Auckland in early 2018.

Fronted by Fred Durst, Limp Bizkit took the world by storm in the late 90s and early 2000s with albums such as Three Dollar Bill, Y'All; Significant Other; and Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavoured Water.

Storm the Gates music festival will feature Limp Bizkit and Suicidal Tendencies.

The nu-metal act are renowned for their frenzied live performances.

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They're joined on the Storm the Gates by fellow Americans Suicidal Tendencies.

Local acts Skinny Hobos, Written By Wolves and City of Souls are also on the bill, and the promoters promise more acts will be announced "soon".

Storm the Gates will be outdoors at The Trusts Arena in Auckland on March 17 from 3pm to 10.30pm.

Tickets go on sale on Friday, December 22, from Ticketek and The Ticket Fairy.