Festival No. 0000002 · Est. 1992
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Somewhere in Dessel
Where it happens
Festival site
Festival grounds
The details
- Venue
- Graspop Metal Meeting
- Address
- Kastelsedijk
- City
- Dessel, Belgium
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Where to stay
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For the record
About the artists
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Amaranthe formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2008. Plays melodic death metal, melodic metalcore, metalcore, power metal, rock, symphonic metal, trance metal. -
Anti‐Flag formed in Pittsburgh, United States, in 1988, and split up on 19 July 2023, after 35 years. Plays anarcho-punk, hardcore punk, melodic hardcore, political hip hop, pop punk, punk, punk rock, rock.
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Arcturus formed in 1990. Plays avant-garde metal, black metal, metal, progressive metal, symphonic black metal, symphonic metal.
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Bliksem formed in Antwerp, Belgium, in 2008, and split up on 17 February 2017, after 9 years.
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Bloodbound formed in Bollnäs Municipality, Sweden, in 2004. Plays heavy metal, power metal.
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Bulls On Parade formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 2004.
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Bury Tomorrow formed in Southampton, United Kingdom, in 2006. Plays melodic metalcore, metalcore.
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Carach Angren formed in Landgraaf, Netherlands, in 2003. Plays black metal, symphonic black metal.
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Collibus formed in 2004.
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Crobot formed in 2011. Plays blues rock, hard rock, rock, stoner rock.
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Dark Funeral formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1993. Plays black metal, melodic black 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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Eisbrecher formed in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany, in September 2002. Plays electro-industrial, hard rock, industrial metal, neue deutsche härte.
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Enthroned formed in Brussels, Belgium, in 1993. Plays black metal.
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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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Fleshgod Apocalypse formed in Rome, Italy, in 2007. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, symphonic metal, technical death metal.
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God Dethroned formed in Drenthe, Netherlands, in 1990. Plays blackened death metal, death metal, melodic death metal.
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Grand Magus formed in 1996. Plays doom metal, heavy metal, metal, stoner metal, traditional doom metal.
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Into the Woods formed in 2006.
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Kadavar formed in Berlin, Germany, in 2010. Plays death metal, hard rock, heavy psych, psychedelic rock, stoner rock.
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Killer formed in Salisbury, United Kingdom, in 1980, and split up in 1981, after 1 year.
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King Diamond formed in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1985. Plays black metal, heavy metal, metal, progressive metal.
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La Muerte formed in Brussels, Belgium, in 1983.
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Legion of the Damned formed in Geldrop, Netherlands, in 1992. Plays death metal, metal, thrash metal.
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Loudness formed in Osaka, Japan, in May 1981. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, metal.
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Moonsorrow formed in 1995. Plays black metal, folk metal, metal, viking metal.
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Moonspell formed in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1989. Plays black metal, gothic metal, metal.
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Municipal Waste formed in Richmond, United States, in 2000. Plays crossover thrash, hardcore punk, metal, punk, thrash metal.
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Myrkur was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 6 January 1985. Plays atmospheric black metal, black metal, blackgaze, dark folk, doomgaze, folk, folk rock, metal.
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Oomph! formed in Wolfsburg, Germany, in 1989. Plays neue deutsche härte.
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Palisades formed in 2011, and split up on 25 February 2023, after 12 years. Plays electronicore, post-hardcore.
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Primal Fear formed in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany, in 1997. Plays heavy metal, power metal, speed metal.
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Raven formed in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, in 1975. Plays heavy metal, metal, nwobhm.
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Reject the Sickness formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 2007. Plays melodic death metal, metalcore.
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Sacred Reich formed in Phoenix, United States, in 1985. Plays metal, speed metal, thrash metal.
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Secrets of the Moon formed in Osnabrück, Germany, in 1995, and split up on 16 October 2022, after 27 years. Plays black metal, doom metal.
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Shining (SWE) formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1996. Plays black metal, depressive black metal.
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Sikth formed in Watford, United Kingdom, in January 2000. Plays avant-garde metal, mathcore, metal, metalcore, progressive metal.
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Spoil Engine formed in Roeselare, Belgium, in 2004. Plays melodic death metal, melodic metalcore, metalcore.
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Steak Number Eight formed in Wevelgem, Belgium, in 2007. Plays post-metal, post-rock, sludge metal.
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TesseracT formed in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, in May 2003. Plays djent, hard rock, mathcore, metal, progressive metal, progressive rock, rock.
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The Algorithm was born in Perpignan, France, on 7 October 1989. Plays djent, electronic, experimental, mathcore, progressive metal.
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The Midnight Ghost Train formed in Buffalo, United States, in 2008. Plays rock, stoner rock.
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The Raven Age formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2012. Plays groove metal, metalcore.
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The Winery Dogs formed in New York, United States, in 2012. Plays alternative rock, blues rock, hard rock, heavy metal, progressive rock, rock.
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Tremonti formed in 2012. Plays hard rock.
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Trivium formed in Orlando, United States, in 2000. Plays heavy metal, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore, progressive metal, thrash metal.
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Turnstile formed in Baltimore, United States, in 2010. Plays alternative rock, beatdown hardcore, hardcore punk, post-hardcore, punk.
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Virgin Steele formed in Long Island, United States, in 1981. Plays heavy metal, power metal, us power metal.
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Your Highness formed in Antwerp, Belgium, in 2009. Plays blues, metal, punk, sludge metal, stoner metal.