Festival No. 0000002 · Est. 1992
Weekend of the year
No. 0000007
Who's playing, and when
Festival lineup
Sunday
Tap + on an act to mark it as seen.
Voices from the field
Reviews
Nothing written about this edition concerts yet - pick whoever you watched and be the first.
Four questions, one answer each
Rate this festival
Nobody has said what this weekend was like
23+ acts on the bill and not one answer yet. Four questions - the lineup, the atmosphere, how it was run, and whether it was worth the ticket - and this page starts telling people what Graspop Metal Meeting 2005 was actually like to be at.
Create an account
Then put the weekend in your memories, and the questions open up.
Every edition since 1992
Graspop Metal Meeting editions
Somewhere in Dessel
Where it happens
Festival site
Festival grounds
The details
- Venue
- Graspop Metal Meeting 2005
- City
- Dessel, Belgium
Somewhere to sleep it off
Where to stay
Apartments and hotels near Graspop Metal Meeting 2005, Dessel for the nights of the festival. The map comes from Stay22. If you book through it, we earn a commission, which helps keep the site running.
For the record
About the artists
-
Accept formed in Solingen, Germany, in 1971. Plays glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nwobhm, power metal, speed metal, thrash metal. -
Amon Amarth formed in Tumba, Sweden, in 1992. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal, viking metal.
-
Anthrax formed in New York, United States, in 1981. Plays alternative metal, crossover thrash, groove metal, grunge, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nu metal.
-
Axel Rudi Pell formed in Bochum, Germany, in 1989. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, metal, power metal, speed metal.
-
Behemoth formed in Gdansk, Poland, in 1991. Plays black metal, blackened death metal, death metal, metal.
-
Bullet for My Valentine formed in Bridgend, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, groove metal, heavy metal, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore, nu metal.
-
Dio formed in Cortland, United States, in 1982, and split up on 16 May 2010, after 28 years. Plays classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, rock.
-
DragonForce formed in London, United Kingdom, in September 1999. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal, speed metal.
-
Dream Theater formed in Boston, United States, in 1985. Plays art rock, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, neo-progressive rock, progressive, progressive metal, progressive rock.
-
Enslaved formed in Haugesund, Norway, in June 1991. Plays black metal, progressive metal, viking metal.
-
Epica formed in Reuver, Netherlands, on 18 May 2002. Plays gothic metal, metal, power metal, progressive metal, symphonic metal.
-
Grave Digger formed in Gladbeck, Germany, in 1980. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal, speed metal, thrash metal.
-
In Flames formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1990. Plays alternative metal, heavy metal, melodic death metal, metal, metalcore.
-
Iron Maiden formed in Leyton, United Kingdom, on 25 December 1975. Plays heavy metal, metal, nwobhm.
-
Lacuna Coil formed in Milan, Italy, in 1997. Plays alternative metal, gothic metal, metal.
-
Nevermore formed in Seattle, United States, in 1991. Plays groove metal, heavy metal, metal, power metal, progressive metal, thrash metal.
-
Nuclear Assault formed in Queens, United States, in 1985, and split up on 20 November 2022, after 37 years. Plays crossover thrash, heavy metal, metal, speed metal, thrash metal.
-
Oceans Of Sadness formed in Dessel, Belgium, in 1995, and split up on 10 June 2011, after 16 years. Plays progressive metal.
-
Primal Fear formed in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany, in 1997. Plays heavy metal, power metal, speed metal.
-
Samael formed in Sion, Switzerland, in April 1987. Plays black metal, ebm, industrial metal.
-
Slipknot formed in Des Moines, United States, in 1995. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, groove metal, heavy metal, metal, nu metal.
-
Suicidal Tendencies formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1982. Plays alternative metal, crossover thrash, funk metal, hardcore punk, metal, punk, rapcore, skate punk.
-
System of a Down formed in Glendale, United States, on 1 February 1995. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nu metal.