Festival No. 0000002 · Est. 1992
Weekend of the year
No. 0003719
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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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A Day To Remember formed in Ocala, United States, in June 2003. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, easycore, emo pop, emocore, metalcore, pop punk, pop rock. -
Alcest formed in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France, in 2000. Plays black metal, blackgaze, post-metal, shoegaze.
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Alter Bridge formed in Orlando, United States, in 2004. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, hard rock, post-grunge, progressive metal, rock.
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As It Is formed in May 2012. Plays pop punk.
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As Lions formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2015.
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Deep Purple formed in Hertford, United Kingdom, in 1968. Plays blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, progressive rock, rock.
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Epica formed in Reuver, Netherlands, on 18 May 2002. Plays gothic metal, metal, power metal, progressive metal, symphonic metal.
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Europe formed in Upplands Väsby, Sweden, in 1982. Plays aor, arena rock, glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, pop metal, rock.
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Evanescence formed in Little Rock, United States, in 1995. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, gothic metal, hard rock, heavy metal, industrial rock, metal, piano rock.
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Gojira formed in Ondres, France, in 1996. Plays alternative metal, avant-garde metal, death metal, groove metal, melodic death metal, metal, post-metal, progressive metal.
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Hardline formed in 1991. Plays hard rock.
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Hatebreed formed in Bridgeport, United States, in 1995. Plays beatdown hardcore, groove metal, hardcore punk, metal, metalcore.
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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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King Hiss formed in Menen, Belgium, in 2011, and split up in March 2023, after 12 years.
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Mastodon formed in Atlanta, United States, on 13 January 2000. Plays alternative metal, groove metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, progressive metal, sludge metal, stoner metal.
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Northlane formed in Blacktown, Australia, in 2009. Plays acoustic rock, alternative metal, cyber metal, djent, electro, industrial, industrial metal, melodic metalcore.
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Of Mice & Men formed in Columbus, United States, in 2009. Plays alternative metal, electronic, heavy metal, metalcore, nu metal, post-hardcore, screamo.
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Off the Cross formed in Merksem, Belgium, in 2016.
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Opeth formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1990. Plays acoustic rock, art rock, death metal, melodic black metal, melodic death metal, metal, progressive metal, progressive rock.
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Primus formed in El Sobrante, United States, in 1984. Plays alternative rock, funk metal, funk rock, rock.
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Prong formed in New York, United States, in 1986. Plays crossover thrash, groove metal, heavy metal, industrial metal, thrash metal.
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Rammstein formed in Berlin, Germany, in January 1994. Plays alternative metal, gothic metal, industrial, industrial metal, metal, neue deutsche härte, rock.
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Rob Zombie was born in Haverhill, United States, on 12 January 1965. Plays industrial, industrial metal, metal, rock.
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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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Scorpions formed in Hannover, Germany, in 1965. Plays acoustic rock, aor, classic rock, glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, krautrock, metal.
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SHVPES formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 31 October 2009, and split up on 10 July 2020, after 10 years.
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Steel Panther formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2000. Plays comedy rock, glam, glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal.
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Suicide Silence formed in Riverside, United States, in 2002. Plays deathcore, metalcore, nu metal.
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The Charm The Fury formed in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in September 2010, and split up on 20 November 2018, after 8 years. Plays groove metal, melodic metalcore, metalcore, nu metal, post-hardcore.
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W.A.S.P. formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1982. Plays glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal.
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While She Sleeps formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom, in 2006. Plays melodic metalcore, metalcore, post-hardcore.
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Wolves Scream formed in Namur, Belgium, in April 2010.