Festival No. 0000002 · Est. 1992
Weekend of the year
No. 0004986
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Somewhere in Dessel
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- Venue
- Graspop Metal Meeting 2008
- City
- Dessel, Belgium
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About the artists
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36 Crazyfists formed in Anchorage, United States, in December 1994. Plays alternative metal, metal, metalcore, nu metal, post-hardcore, screamo. -
Alchemist formed in Canberra, Australia, in 1987, and split up in 2010, after 23 years. Plays death metal, metal, progressive metal, psychedelic.
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Alestorm formed in Perth, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays folk metal, metal, power metal.
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Apocalyptica formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 1993. Plays alternative metal, heavy metal, instrumental, instrumental rock, metal, neoclassical metal, symphonic metal.
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Arch Enemy formed in Halmstad, Sweden, in 1996. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal, symphonic metal.
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At the Gates formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1990. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal.
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Avenged Sevenfold formed in Huntington Beach, United States, in 1999. Plays alternative metal, avant-garde metal, hard rock, heavy metal, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore, pop metal.
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Behemoth formed in Gdansk, Poland, in 1991. Plays black metal, blackened death metal, death metal, metal.
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Black Stone Cherry formed in Edmonton, United States, on 4 June 2001. Plays hard rock, rock, southern rock, stoner rock.
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Bleeding Through formed in 1999. Plays death metal, deathcore, melodic death metal, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore.
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Bring Me The Horizon formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom, in March 2004. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, deathcore, drum and bass, electronic, electronic rock, emo, hard rock.
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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.
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Cavalera Conspiracy formed in Phoenix, United States, in August 2006. Plays death metal.
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Def Leppard formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom, in 1977. Plays alternative rock, aor, classic rock, glam, glam metal, glam rock, hard rock, heavy metal.
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Delain formed in Zwolle, Netherlands, in 2002. Plays gothic metal, gothic rock, metal, power metal, symphonic metal.
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Die Mannequin formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2005, and split up in 2023, after 18 years. Plays alternative rock, hard rock.
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Firewind formed in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1998. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal, speed metal, thrash metal.
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Hacride formed in Poitiers, France, in 2001. Plays progressive metal, technical death metal.
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Iced Earth formed in 1988. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal, thrash metal.
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Immortal formed in Bergen, Norway, in 1991. Plays black metal, metal.
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In Flames formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1990. Plays alternative metal, heavy metal, melodic death metal, metal, metalcore.
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Iron Maiden formed in Leyton, United Kingdom, on 25 December 1975. Plays heavy metal, metal, nwobhm.
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Judas Priest formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1969. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nwobhm.
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Kiss formed in Queens, United States, in January 1973, and split up on 2 December 2023, after 50 years. Plays alternative metal, aor, arena rock, classic rock, disco, glam, glam metal, glam rock.
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Korpiklaani formed in 2003. Plays folk metal, metal.
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Lauren Harris was born in Essex, United Kingdom, on 6 July 1984. Plays hard rock, rock.
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Ministry formed in Chicago, United States, in 1981. Plays alternative metal, ebm, electro-industrial, electronic, industrial, industrial metal, industrial rock, metal.
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Moonspell formed in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1989. Plays black metal, gothic metal, metal.
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Morbid Angel formed in Tampa, United States, in 1983. Plays death metal, metal.
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My Dying Bride formed in Bradford, United Kingdom, in June 1990. Plays death-doom metal, doom metal, gothic metal.
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Napalm Death formed in Meriden, United Kingdom, in 1982. Plays crust punk, death metal, deathgrind, grindcore, industrial metal, metal.
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Nile formed in Greenville, United States, in 1993. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, metal, technical death metal.
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Novembers Doom formed in Chicago, United States, in 1992. Plays death metal, death-doom metal, doom metal, melodic death metal, metal.
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Primordial formed in Skerries, Ireland, in 1987. Plays black metal, celtic, celtic metal, doom metal, folk metal, metal, pagan black metal.
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Rose Tattoo formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1976. Plays classic rock, hard rock, rock.
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Rotting Christ formed in Athens, Greece, in 1987. Plays black metal, gothic metal, grindcore, melodic black metal, metal.
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Sabaton formed in Falun, Sweden, in 1999. Plays heavy metal, metal, pop metal, power metal, speed metal.
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Saxon formed in Barnsley, United Kingdom, in 1976. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nwobhm, rock.
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Skindred formed in Newport, United Kingdom, in 1998. Plays alternative metal, jazz, metal, nu metal, rap rock, rapcore, reggae, reggae rock.
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Soilwork formed in Helsingborg, Sweden, in 1995. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal.
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Sonata Arctica formed in Kemi, Finland, in 1999. Plays power metal.
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Symphony X formed in 1994. Plays metal, neoclassical metal, power metal, progressive metal, symphonic metal.
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Tesla formed in Sacramento, United States, in 1981. Plays blues rock, glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, rock.
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Testament formed in Berkeley, United States, in 1983. Plays death metal, heavy metal, metal, thrash metal.
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Throwdown formed in Balboa Island, United States, in 1997. Plays groove metal, metal, metalcore.
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Whitesnake formed in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, in 1978, and split up in 2022, after 44 years. Plays acoustic rock, blues, blues rock, classic rock, glam, glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal.
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Yngwie Malmsteen was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on 30 June 1963. Plays glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, neoclassical metal, power metal.