| Graspop Metal Meeting | |
| Genre: | Performing arts festival |
| Frequency: | Annually |
| Location: | Dessel, Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium |
| Coordinates: | 51.23°N 5.084°W |
| Years Active: | 1996–2019, 2022–present |
| Founder Name: | Peter Van Geel |
| Participants: | See lineups |
| Attendance: | 220,000[1] |
| Capacity: | 55,000[2] |
| Area: | Festivalterrein Stenehei |
Graspop Metal Meeting is a Belgian heavy metal festival held in Dessel each year since 1996, excluding 2020 and 2021 due to covid restrictions. Despite the small size of the festival grounds (upholding a perimeter of only ~4 km) the festival draws a large number of spectators from around the world, with a total of 220,000 visitors in 2022 and 2023,[1] [3] up from 200,000 visitors over the course of the 2019 edition,[4] and 152,000 in 2015.[5]
Graspop was not originally a heavy metal festival; rather, it was conceived as a local family rock festival, first organised in 1986. In 1995, the headliners were Joe Cocker and Simple Minds. However, due to the public being oversaturated with family festivals, the number of visitors had dropped to an all-time low.
Founder Peter Van Geel realized that mainstream rock music held insufficient appeal to festival visitors. Reflecting on the most memorable acts of the preceding years (Motörhead, Ramones, Paradise Lost, and so forth) and on his own musical preferences, he decided in favour of a drastic reorientation.
After discussions with Werchter festival promoter Herman Schueremans, Van Geel contacted Bob Schoenmaekers, the owner of the Biebob concert venue and metal club in nearby Vosselaar. A couple of years earlier, Schoenmaekers had set up his "Midsummer Metal Meeting" in Vosselaar and because of space limits, he was considering an open-air festival. The initial contact soon led to close collaboration. The duo decided to launch a brand-new metal festival under the name of "Graspop Metal Meeting". The date of choice was to be the last weekend of June.
The new direction proved to be a successful one. The festival has seen a continually rising number of visitors over the years, and has been able to attract the most popular international bands in the genre. Since the festival's inception in 1996, Iron Maiden has been the most frequent headliner with 10 appearances. Other bands which have prominently been featured are Hatebreed (9), Saxon (9), Sick of it All (9), Slayer (9), Cradle Of Filth (8), Epica (8), In Flames (8), Moonspell (8), My Dying Bride (8) and Within Temptation (8).
The current stages are :
The festival is located in Kastelsedijk, in Dessel and is situated about 60 km away from Antwerp, 99 km from Brussels and 35 km from Eindhoven in the Netherlands.
Dessel is a municipality with 9103 inhabitants in the province of Antwerp in Belgium.[6] The 27.03 km ² comprehensive community lies in the Flemish Region, also known as Flanders, this is the officially Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. The distance to the Netherlands is less than 10 km. The largest part of the economy of Dessel is determined by different regions of the nuclear power industry. Dessel is the twin town of Hesse-Lichtenau.
Combination tickets for the Graspop Metal Meeting include camping from Thursday to Monday, parking for a vehicle (until 2022) and entry to the festival site. Day tickets are available, and before 2013 they did not include camping; camping tickets could be purchased separately. Camping tickets allowed day ticket holders to spend the night on the camping site. A camping ticket was valid on the same day as the festival ticket. From 2013 onwards, a day ticket included admission to the campsite.
In 2009 Graspop Metal Meeting introduced a VIP ticket. The VIP package consists of: parking space in the VIP car park; which is nearer the festival ground, access to the VIP lounge, and separate entrances to the campsite and the festival arena.
| Ticket Prices | ||||
| Year | Combi Ticket | Day Ticket | Camping Ticket | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2023 2024 | €50[7] €65[8] €90[9] €105[10] €108[11] €125[12] €130[13] €135[14] €145[15] €146[16] €150[17] €160[18] €165[19] €189 €195 €299 €309 | €40 (Sat) €35 (Fri) €50 (Sat) €35 (Sat) €50 (Sat & Sun) €50 (Fri & Sat) €55 (Sun) €50 (Fri& Sun) €60 (Sat) €69 €69 (Fri & Sat) €75 (Sun) €69 €75 €76 €80 €80 €85 €89 €95 €119 | €15 (First year) €15 €15 €15 included in day ticket | |
Most people who stay at Graspop Metal Meeting will camp in a tent. Campsite accommodation is provided in the cost of a combi ticket but festival-goers must bring their own tents.
Caravans and trailer tents are not allowed onto the camp site. However attendees can book a pitch in addition to the main ticket which allows access to Graspop Metal Town.
Graspop Metal Town is located at just 1 km from the festival site and is a veritable open air hotel with its proper sanitary facilities, breakfast tent, bar and reception desk. Attendees can either spend the night in a Festihut or can book a pitch for their motorhome, caravan or tent.
Introduced in 2008 the Festihut is a wooden cottage equipped with beds or bunk beds and mattresses.
Festihut details:
| Festihut Prices | |||||
| Year | 1 Person | 2 People | 4 People | 6 People | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012[20] 2013 | €525 | €550 €550 | €575 €600 | €600 | |
Metal Town has space for 250 standard pitches and 50 XL pitches, for people who want to bring a caravan, mobile home, or tent.
Pitch details:
| Pitch Prices | |||||||
| Year | 1 Person | 2 People | 3 People | 4 People | 5 People | 6 People | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard/XL | Standard/XL | Standard/XL | Standard/XL | Standard/XL | Standard/XL | ||
| 2012 2013[21] | €150 | €175 €175/€225 | €200 | €225 €225/€275 | €250 | €275 €275/€320 | |
| Sunday June 30 | ||
| Mainstage | Marquee | |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Maiden Slayer Life of Agony Channel Zero Sick of It All Fear Factory Tiamat Skin Gorefest | Type O Negative Morbid Angel Downset. Shelter Drain STH Manhole Revoker | |
| Sunday June 29 | |||
| Mainstage | Marquee | Skate Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Megadeth Alice Cooper Biohazard Saxon Napalm Death Grip Inc. Samael Entombed Pist.On | Tiamat Moonspell Cradle of Filth The Gathering Dimmu Borgir | Madball Lagwagon Ryker's Millencolin Deviate Handsome | |
| Sunday June 28 | |||
| Mainstage | Marquee I | Marquee II | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Sabbath Dream Theater Deftones Soulfly Iced Earth Coal Chamber Obituary Spiritual Beggars | Paradise Lost Moonspell Dimmu Borgir In Flames Within Temptation | Primus Madball Pro-Pain The Misfits Congress | |
| Sunday June 27[22] | |||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marque II | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manowar Sepultura Motörhead Stormtroopers of Death The Gathering Kreator Primal Fear Darkane Ancient Rites | Cradle of Filth Mercyful Fate Immortal Anathema Children of Bodom Hypocrisy | Danzig Slapshot Ryker's Pitchshifter Ignite Out | |
| Saturday June 24 | |||
| Mainstage | Marque I | Marque II | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Maiden Slayer Machine Head Rollins Band Saxon Testament Gamma Ray Entombed Dirty Deeds | My Dying Bride Anathema Tristania Samael Apocalyptica Cannibal Corpse God Dethroned Oceans of Sadness | Cro-Mags Madball Skarhead No Fun at All 59 Times the Pain Liberator Bombshell Rocks Voice of a Generation | |
| Friday June 22[23] | ||
| Marquee 1/Campfest | ||
|---|---|---|
| Action in DC Nevermore Rose Tattoo Destruction Devin Townsend Ancient Rites Metalium | ||
| Saturday June 23 | |||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judas Priest Cradle of Filth Megadeth Motörhead Savatage Primal Fear Farmer Boys Kill II This Pist.On | Marduk Within Temptation Six Feet Under Macabre The Haunted Orphanage Unleashed | Suicidal Tendencies Dropkick Murphys Sick of It All Shelter Backfire Awkward Thought | |
| Friday July 5[24] | ||
| Marquee I | Marquee II | |
|---|---|---|
| Saxon Anathema Kreator Moonspell Doro Rage Manic Movement | Agnostic Front After Forever Less Than Jake In Extremo Massif Skarhead Xeah | |
| Saturday July 6 | |||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slayer Dream Theater Machine Head Bruce Dickinson Halford Tristania Edguy Calibre Evergrey | My Dying Bride Immortal Cannibal Corpse Hypocrisy Arch Enemy Dismember | Biohazard Slapshot The Vandals D.R.I. Deviate Subzero | |
| Friday July 4[25] | ||
| Marquee I | Marquee II | |
|---|---|---|
| Type O Negative Sepultura Opeth Samael Mastodon Oceans of Sadness | Stratovarius Apocalyptica Overkill Masterplan Atreyu Aborted | |
| Saturday July 5 | |||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Maiden Alice Cooper Within Temptation Anthrax Murderdolls Arch Enemy Doro Pro-Pain Killer | Ministry Lacuna Coil Six Feet Under Finntroll The Haunted Deströyer 666 | Stone Sour Sick of It All Hatebreed Prong Youth of Today Convict | |
| Friday June 25[26] | ||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | |
|---|---|---|
| Iced Earth Anathema In Extremo Circle II Circle Action in DC Cowboys & Aliens | Exodus Hypocrisy After Forever Suffocation Dillinger Escape Plan Epica | |
| Saturday June 26 | |||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Cooper Slipknot Motörhead Soulfly Queensrÿche Pleymo Brides of Destruction Evergrey | Cradle of Filth My Dying Bride Anthrax Morbid Angel Oomph! Scarve | Agnostic Front Terror Blood for Blood Discipline Backfire Do or Die | |
| Friday June 24 | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| System of a Down Within Temptation Papa Roach Helmet Alter Bridge The Ga*Ga*s | Nevermore Megadeth Metal Church Grave Digger Enslaved Immolation | Kreator Dillinger Escape Plan Madball H2O Caliban The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster | In-Quest Autumn Axamenta Judasville Cowboys and Aliens Chimaira Sengir | |
| Saturday June 25 | |||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slipknot Slayer Accept Hatebreed Kamelot Epica Soilwork Skitsoy | In Flames Sirenia Samael Amon Amarth Gorefest Behemoth | Anthrax Sick of It All Mastodon Rose Tattoo Pro-Pain Peter Pan Speedrock | |
| Friday June 23[27] | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitesnake Lacuna Coil Michael Schenker Group Edguy Trivium Y&T Anvil | Satyricon Moonspell The Gathering Stream of Passion Leaves' Eyes Sengir | Die Krupps Evergrey Soilwork 36 Crazyfists Gojira Darkane | Axamenta Leng Tch'e Callenish Circle Panchrysia Iconoclasm Battalion The Maple Room | |
| Saturday June 24 | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guns N' Roses Soulfly Alice in Chains Stone Sour Avenged Sevenfold Bullet for My Valentine Bloodsimple | Opeth My Dying Bride Nile Obituary Ancient Rites Akercocke | Death Angel Ill Niño Jon Oliva's 'Pain' The New York Dolls The Datsuns Caliban | Action in Dc Up the Irons Ozzy Oz Purple Strangers Nutellica | |
| Sunday June 25 | |||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motörhead Saxon Helloween In Flames Armored Saint DragonForce Machine Men | Cradle of Filth After Forever Exodus Enthroned Ensiferum In-Quest | Arch Enemy Agnostic Front Ignite DevilDriver Beyond Fear As I Lay Dying | |
| Friday June 22[28] | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerosmith Chris Cornell Within Temptation Static-X Thin Lizzy Fastway | Blind Guardian Joe Satriani Pain of Salvation Grave Digger Epica Sabaton | Therion Type O Negative Celtic Frost Amorphis Vader 1349 | Volbeat Belphegor Textures Crimson Falls TAB | |
| Saturday June 23 | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Maiden Korn Heaven & Hell Life of Agony Stone Sour Lamb of God Lauren Harris | Dimmu Borgir Tiamat Cannibal Corpse Atheist Sirenia Brutal Truth | Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Drowning Pool Less Than Jake Legion of the Damned Rose Hill Drive Spiralarms | Bloodsimple Scarve Thurisaz Suhrim Spoiler NYC | |
| Sunday June 24 | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozzy Osbourne Slayer Children of Bodom Papa Roach HammerFall Black Label Society Chimaira DevilDriver | Amon Amarth Finntroll Korpiklaani Moonsorrow Turisas Eluveitie | Mastodon As I Lay Dying Unearth Cynic Mercenary In This Moment | Stormrider Oceans of Sadness El Guapo Stuntteam Spoil Engine Asrai Welkin | |
| Friday June 27 | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judas Priest Whitesnake Def Leppard Saxon Yngwie Malmsteen Tesla | Ministry Testament Symphony X MoonSpell Black Stone Cherry | Morbid Angel Nile Obituary Deathstars Behemoth | Firewind Damn Your Idols The Lucifer Principle Steak Number Eight Dedicted | |
| Saturday June 28 | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiss Cavalera Conspiracy Iced Earth Sonata Arctica Forbidden Sabaton | My Dying Bride Immortal Korpiklaani Dying Fetus Hollenthon Novembers Doom | Helmet Bring Me the Horizon 36 Crazyfists Agent Steel Bleeding Through Throwdown | Delain Valient Thorr Alestorm Die Mannequin Hacride | |
| Sunday June 29 | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Maiden In Flames Avenged Sevenfold Bullet for My Valentine Apocalyptica Rose Tattoo Lauren Harris | At the Gates Primordial Soilwork Alchemist Rotting Christ | Arch Enemy Madball Converge Comeback Kid Skindred Disfear | Action in DC Shai Hulud The Seventh Witchsmeller Pursuivant After All Black Tide | |
| Friday June 26[29] | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mötley Crüe Heaven & Hell Soulfly Papa Roach DragonForce Buckcherry | Dream Theater Blind Guardian W.A.S.P. Jon Oliva's Pain Firewind | Down Static-X Exodus Pestilence Lȧȧz Rockit | The Gathering Samael Taake Lauren Harris | |
| Saturday June 27 | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slipknot Korn Journey Hatebreed Mastodon Black Stone Cherry In-Quest | Lacuna Coil Death Angel Gojira Legion of the Damned Kataklysm Keep of Kalessin | Volbeat Monster Magnet Duff McKagan's Loaded Parkway Drive No Use for a Name All Shall Perish | Wolves in the Throne Room Dagoba Delain Negură Bunget Manic Movement | |
| Sunday June 28 | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marilyn Manson Nightwish Disturbed Chickenfoot Trivium Lamb of God UFO | Children of Bodom Epica Sacred Reich Candlemass Scar Symmetry Warbringer | Sick of It All Anthrax DevilDriver Suicidal Tendencies God Forbid Flyleaf | Karma to Burn All That Remains Eths August Burns Red The Reckoning | |
| Friday June 25[30] | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerosmith Motörhead Stone Temple Pilots Slayer Billy Talent ReVamp | My Dying Bride Tarja Therion Anathema Krypteria Ghost Brigade | Saxon Doro U.D.O. The Poodles Anvil Raven | Nile Sepultura Devin Townsend Project The Devil's Blood Bleeding Through Oceans of Sadness | |
| Saturday June 26 | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soulfly Channel Zero Slash Carcass Bullet For My Valentine Sabaton Killing Machine | Immortal Paradise Lost Obituary Cannibal Corpse Dark Funeral Hail of Bullets | Airbourne Sick of It All Fear Factory Walls of Jericho Death by Stereo Sylosis | Eluveitie Tankard 3 Inches of Blood Spoil Engine Dear Superstar Iron Mask | |
| Sunday June 27 | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiss Hatebreed Killswitch Engage Jon Oliva's Pain Exodus Evergrey Atreyu | Amon Amarth Bloodbath Behemoth Alestorm Katatonia Necrophobic | DevilDriver Unearth A Day to Remember As I Lay Dying Mucky Pup Job for a Cowboy | Finntroll Korpiklaani 36 Crazyfists The Faceless Deadlock Between the Buried and Me | |
| Friday June 24 | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scorpions Volbeat Korn Journey Foreigner Dio Disciples FM | Iced Earth Epica Watain Corrosion of Conformity The Black Dahlia Murder Arkona | Parkway Drive The Damned Things Heaven Shall Burn Sepultura The Dwarves Protest the Hero | Duff McKagan's Loaded Angel Witch The Rods Sweet Savage Endless Dark Revoker | |
| Saturday June 25 | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judas Priest Whitesnake Channel Zero Black Label Society Firewind Lacuna Coil Diablo Blvd | Cradle of Filth Arch Enemy Moonspell Triptykon Suicide Silence Kvelertak | Bullet for My Valentine Monster Magnet Times of Grace Bleed from Within Kylesa Adept | Pain Electric Wizard Spiritual Beggars Ghost Black Spiders After the Burial | |
| Sunday June 26 | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slipknot Rob Zombie Avenged Sevenfold Mastodon Kreator Anvil Pagan's Mind | Cavalera Conspiracy Opeth Legion of the Damned Moonsorrow Amorphis Baptized in Blood | Bring Me the Horizon Dublin Death Patrol Terror Pro pain D.R.I. Rise to Remain | Soilwork Escape the Fate Architects Gwar While She Sleeps Steak Number Eight[31] | |
| Friday June 22[32] | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozzy and Friends Slayer Sabaton Slash Black Label Society Godsmack Tracer | Kyuss Lives! Sick of It All DevilDriver August Burns Red Unearth I Killed the Prom Queen | Cannibal Corpse Obituary Aborted Possessed Winterfylleth Saille | ||
| Saturday June 23 | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limp Bizkit Twisted Sister Megadeth Trivium Thin Lizzy Primal Fear Adrenaline Mob Powerwolf | Dimmu Borgir My Dying Bride Exodus Eluveitie Death Angel Alestorm | Pennywise Fear Factory Comeback Kid All Shall Perish The Spudmonsters While She Sleeps | Ihsahn & Leprous Nasum Brutal Truth Suicidal Angels Dear Superstar Heidevolk Kobra and the Lotus | |
| Friday June 28[33] | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twisted Sister Korn Coal Chamber[34] Papa Roach Helloween Grave Digger Heathen Crucified Barbara | Kreator Mayhem Dark Funeral Korpiklaani Unleashed Varg | Soulfly Heaven Shall Burn Prong All That Remains Asking Alexandria Veil of Maya | Katatonia Rotting Christ Entombed Love and Death Bliksem The Monolith Deathcult Generation Kill | |
| Saturday June 29[35] | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slipknot Saxon Within Temptation Bullet for My Valentine The Devil Wears Prada Rockstar Brainstorm Vanderbuyst | Iced Earth Hypocrisy U.D.O. Steak Number Eight Tankard Amaranthe | Absu Lock Up Aura Noir Dunderbeist Between the Buried and Me Sylosis Hacktivist | ||
| Sunday June 30[36] | ||||
| Main Stage | Marquee I | Marquee II | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Diamond Epica Ghost God Seed Moonspell Winterfylleth | The Sword Karma to Burn Red Fang Bullet Heaven's Basement King Hiss | |||
Megadeth had to cancel their show. They used to be the headliner on Mainstage 2 on Sunday.
| Thursday June 26[37] | ||
| Jupiler Stage | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|
| Diablo Blvd Evil Invaders Ostrogoth Dyscordia | Knives to a Gunfight Temptations for the Weak Atmospheres | |
| Friday June 27 | |||||
| Main Stage 01 | Main Stage 02 | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avenged Sevenfold Slayer Steel Panther Ghost Seether Jeff Scott Soto | Sabaton Behemoth Sepultura Doro Annihilator Lynch Mob Alestorm | Opeth Watain Triptykon Candlemass Napalm Death Solstafir Novembers Doom | Graveyard Unida Orange Goblin Walking Papers Of Mice & Men Miss May I Suicidal Angels The Treatment High Voltage | Emmure Buckcherry Blessthefall Huntress Battlecross | |
| Saturday June 28 | |||||
| Main Stage 01 | Main Stage 02 | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volbeat Alter Bridge Mastodon Gamma Ray Skillet Prime Circle Civil War | Limp Bizkit Trivium WASP Gojira Powerwolf Dagoba | Carcass Neurosis Satyricon Eluveitie Legion of the Damned Nile Necrophobic In Solitude | Dark Tranquility The Dillinger Escape Plan Cult of Luna Amplifier Enslaved Amenra Nails Carach Angren Stahlzeit | Kylesa Pro Pain Walls of Jericho Protest the Hero Skyharbor | |
| Sunday June 29 | |||||
| Main Stage 01 | Main Stage 02 | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Sabbath Soundgarden Alice in Chains Anthrax Black Label Society The Black Dahlia Murder | "Diablo Radio" (covers by Diablo Blvd) Rob Zombie Hatebreed Bring Me the Horizon Suicide Silence Comeback Kid Powerman 5000 | Meshuggah Paradise Lost Death: DTA Tiamat The Church of Pungent Stench Cynic Glorior Belli | Metal Church Sebastian Bach Vandenberg's Moonkings Rhapsody of Fire Gloryhammer Scorpion Child Collibus | Architects We Came as Romans Thy Art Is Murder letlive Crossfaith | |
| Thursday June 18 | |||
| Marquee | Jupiler Stage | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present Danger Up the Irons The Art of Pantera Diolegacy | Wolves Scream Age of Torment Powerstroke | Bliksem Oceans of Sadness Your Highness Hell City | |
| Friday June 19 | |||||
| Main Stage 01 | Main Stage 02 | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KISS Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators Cavalera Conspiracy Epica Thunder H.E.A.T | Marilyn Manson In Flames Body Count Life of Agony Asking Alexandria Butcher Babies The Dead Daisies | My Dying Bride Marduk Cannibal Corpse God Seed Sigh Aborted Der Weg Einer Freiheit | Ihsahn Samael Evergrey Sarke Ne Obliviscaris Blues Pills Avatarium King Hiss | Stray from the Path Heidevolk Set Things Right Snot In Hearts Wake | |
| Saturday June 20 | |||||
| Main Stage 01 | Main Stage 02 | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slipknot Korn Five Finger Death Punch Godsmack A Day to Remember Hollywood Undead Lower Than Atlantis | Judas Priest Alice Cooper Sonata Arctica Exodus Danko Jones Orchid | At the Gates Arch Enemy Korpiklaani Vallenfyre Kataklysm Morgoth Orphaned Land | Alcest Primordial Lacuna Coil The Ocean Shining The Haunted Hawk Eyes | Every Time I Die We Are Harlot Code Orange Chelsea Grin Upon a Burning Body | |
| Sunday June 21 | |||||
| Main Stage 01 | Main Stage 02 | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scorpions Motörhead Airbourne Black Stone Cherry Tremonti Pop Evil | Faith No More Within Temptation Lamb of God Papa Roach Parkway Drive Betraying the Martyrs Like a Storm | Cradle of Filth Children of Bodom Amorphis Septicflesh Sylosis Winterfylleth Den Saakaldte | DragonForce FM Equilibrium Devilment Evil Invaders Battle Beast Kobra and the Lotus | Terror Texas in July Counterparts Motionless in White The Charm The Fury | |
| Thursday June 16 | |||
| Marquee | Jupiler Stage | Metal Dome | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dirkschneider Primal Fear Trivium | Eurostars Wrestling Spoil Engine Killer Fleddy Melculy Reject the Sickness | Your Highness Bark Knives to a Gunfight | |
| Friday June 17 | |||||
| Main Stage 01 | Main Stage 02 | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Sabbath Megadeth Foreigner Bad Religion The Winery Dogs Monster Truck | King Diamond Amon Amarth Disturbed Heaven Shall Burn Soilwork Firewind | Apocalyptica Dark Funeral Moonspell Arcturus Fleshgod Apocalypse Carach Angren Myrkur | Zakk Wylde Amaranthe Loudness Virgin Steele Grand Magus Raven Bloodbound | August Burns Red Atreyu Norma Jean Turnstile Monuments | |
| Saturday June 18 | |||||
| Main Stage 01 | Main Stage 02 | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volbeat Slayer Bullet for My Valentine Testament Skillet Halestorm Bliksem | Nightwish Ghost Dropkick Murphys Killswitch Engage Pennywise Municipal Waste | Abbath Gojira Satyricon Obituary Paradise Lost Shining God Dethroned Secrets of the Moon | Rival Sons Tesseract Kadavar Slaves Collibus The Shrine | Anti-Flag Beartooth Skindred Burning Down Alaska | |
| Sunday June 19 | |||||
| Main Stage 01 | Main Stage 02 | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Maiden Anthrax Saxon Tremonti Shinedown The Raven Age | Twisted Sister Trivium Powerwolf Sick of It All Overkill Delain | Behemoth Sacred Reich Steak Number Eight Legion of the Damned Moonsorrow Enthroned In the Woods... Sikth | La Muerte Oomph! Obscura Crobot The Algorithm The Midnight Ghost Train | The Amity Affliction We Came as Romans Bury Tomorrow Thy Art Is Murder Wild Lies | |
| Thursday June 15 | |||
| Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brides of Lucifer Slayensemble The Covering Pawns of Christ | Thurisaz King Hiss Wolves Scream Hexa Mera | Born from Pain Off the Cross Bear Carnation | |
| Friday June 16 | |||||
| Main Stage 01 | Main Stage 02 | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rammstein Europe Dee Snider Black Star Riders Blue Öyster Cult Battle Beast Slydigs | Emperor Epica Sepultura Metal Church Comeback Kid Evil Invaders | Brides of Lucifer Tarja Amenra Sólstafir Rotting Christ Melechesh Decapitated Tribulation | The Dillinger Escape Plan Alcest Prong Psychotic Waltz King's X Sinistro MaYaN | The Devil Wears Prada Motionless in White Northlane Every Time I Die As It Is Shvpes | |
| Saturday June 17 | |||||
| Main Stage 01 | Main Stage 02 | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Purple Alter Bridge Gojira Danko Jones Rhapsody Axel Rudi Pell | In Flames Five Finger Death Punch A Day to Remember Architects DevilDriver Avatar | Ministry Amorphis Mayhem Devin Townsend Project Sanctuary Subrosa | Helmet Monster Magnet Clutch Red Fang Coheed and Cambria Baroness Toseland | Of Mice & Men While She Sleeps Code Orange Crown the Empire As Lions | |
| Sunday June 18 | |||||
| Main Stage 01 | Main Stage 02 | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scorpions Evanescence Steel Panther Airbourne Ugly Kid Joe The Raven Age | Sabaton Rob Zombie Mastodon Hatebreed Alestorm The Charm The Fury | Primus Opeth Anathema Graveyard Kvelertak The Black Dahlia Murder Memoriam The Monolith Deathcult | Queensrÿche Gotthard The Dead Daisies Hardline Grave Digger Like a Storm Inglorious | Sum 41 Suicidal Tendencies Suicide Silence Chelsea Grin Touché Amoré Hacktivist | |
In 2018 the Festival will have 4 full days and was completely sold out for the first time in its existence. [38]
| Thursday June 21[39] | |||||
| Main Stage 01 | Main Stage 02 | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guns N' Roses Jonathan Davis Black Stone Cherry The Pink Slips | - | Kataklysm Dool Heilung Toxic Shock Moments Signs of Algorithm | Madball Fleddy Melculy Bury Tomorrow Cancer Bats Follow the Cipher | ||
| Friday June 22 | |||||
| Main Stage 01 | Main Stage 02 | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Maiden Killswitch Engage Powerwolf Shinedown Avatar Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown | Parkway Drive Avenged Sevenfold Hollywood Undead Tremonti Stick to Your Guns Diablo Blvd | Ayreon Watain Vader Septicflesh Carach Angren Arkona Akercocke Galactic Empire | Neurosis Wolves in the Throne Room The Darkness Pist.On In This Moment Zeal & Ardor The Raven Age Savage Messiah | Less Than Jake Anti-Flag L7 Silverstein Culture Abuse | |
| Saturday June 23 | |||||
| Main Stage 01 | Main Stage 02 | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volbeat Rise Against Arch Enemy Skillet Vixen Backyard Babies | Bloodbath At the Gates Marduk Exodus Amaranthe Asphyx Batushka Bölzer | Baroness Sons of Apollo Kadavar Planet of Zeus The Vintage Caravan Thundermother Stone Broken | Underoath Miss May I Crossfaith Boston Manor Our Hollow, Our Home | ||
| Sunday June 24 | |||||
| Main Stage 01 | Main Stage 02 | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozzy Osbourne Hollywood Vampires Limp Bizkit Billy Talent Eisbrecher Vandenberg's Moonkings | A Perfect Circle Judas Priest Bullet for My Valentine Body Count feat. Ice-T Powerflo Pro-Pain | Meshuggah Dead Cross Corrosion of Conformity Lacuna Coil Carnivore A.D. Shining (SE) Týr Mantar | The Bloody Beetroots Perturbator Skindred Tesseract The Contortionist Eskimo Callboy Ego Kill Talent | Thy Art Is Murder Emmure Blessthefall Knocked Loose Modern Life Is War Employed to Serve | |
(*) Replacing P.O.D.
| Thursday June 20 | |||
| Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Anselmo & The Illegals Sonata Arctica Aborted Raven | Off the Cross Concealed Reality Hemelbestormer | The Amity Affliction Beartooth Nasty Black Peaks | |
| Friday June 21 | |||||
| Main Stage 01 | Main Stage 02 | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Within Temptation Lynyrd Skynyrd Architects Glenn Hughes Eisbrecher Like a Storm | Slayer Amon Amarth Anthrax Testament Hatebreed Death Angel | Stone Temple Pilots Eagles of Death Metal Children of Bodom Cult of Luna Candlemass Crowbar Whitechapel Wiegedood | Mysticum Starset Carpenter Brut Deathstars Combichrist Candlebox The Hu | Discharge Fever 333 Municipal Waste Bleed from Within To the Rats and Wolves | |
| Saturday June 22 | |||||
| Main Stage 01 | Main Stage 02 | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slipknot Disturbed Slash ft. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators Behemoth Three Days Grace Bad Wolves | Lamb of God Godsmack Trivium Halestorm HammerFall Gloryhammer | King Diamond Ministry Clutch Legion of the Damned Borknagar Immolation Ne Obliviscaris Cellar Darling | Demons and Wizards Krokus UFO Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons Grand Magus Beast in Black Lovebites | Refused No Fun at All Agnostic Front Taking Back Sunday State Champs | |
| Sunday June 23 | |||||
| Main Stage 01 | Main Stage 02 | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KISS Def Leppard Whitesnake Gojira Deadland Ritual FM | Sabaton Rob Zombie In Flames Delain Inglorious | Carcass Cradle of Filth Eluveitie Possessed Insomnium Fleshgod Apocalypse Equilibrium Skálmöld | Hawkwind Kvelertak Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats Living Colour Nashville Pussy Orange Goblin Crisix | Sick of It All While She Sleeps Terror Born from Pain Power Trip | |
In 2020 the festival planned to organise the 25th edition. Therefore, they would have celebrated it as a full 4-day festival. Bands intended to perform included Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Aerosmith, Mercyful Fate, Disturbed, Faith No More, Killing Joke, The Offspring, Korn, Airbourne and others. On 15 April 2020, the festival announced on its Facebook page that the 2020 edition would be cancelled because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The festival was rescheduled to 2021, and then again rescheduled to 2022 because of the ongoing pandemic in 2021.
| Thursday June 16 | |||||
| South Stage | North Stage | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Maiden Powerwolf Tremonti Battle Beast | Volbeat Dropkick Murphys Mastodon Beartooth While She Sleeps | Mercyful Fate Stake Death To All In Extremo Flotsam And Jetsam Vltimas MysÞyrming | Baroness High On Fire Enthroned Celeste Lalma Toxic Shock Strains The Curse Of Millhaven | Suicidal Tendencies Slapshot Deez Nuts Ego Kill Talent Creeper Trash Boat Dana Dentata | |
| Friday June 17 | |||||
| South Stage | North Stage | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scorpions Whitesnake A Day To Remember Bullet For My Valentine Steel Panther Beyond The Black | Within Temptation Megadeth Heaven Shall Burn Black Label Society Gloryhammer Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons Plays Motörhead | Heilung Amenra Paradise Lost Alcest Angelus Apatrida Gaahls Wyrd Dool Disillusion | Perturbator Zeal & Ardor Twin Temple The Vintage Caravan Sloper British Lion Tempt | Stick To Your Guns Jinjer Employed To Serve Our Hollow, Our Home Ghøstkid As Everything Unfolds | |
| Saturday June 18 | |||||
| South Stage | North Stage | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judas Priest Saxon Foreigner Europe Michael Schenker Majestica | Korn Five Finger Death Punch Shinedown Eisbrecher Blues Pills Kontrust | Opeth Devin Townsend Down Ihsahn Decapitated Dying Fetus Tribulation Imminence | Myles Kennedy And Company Red Fang Ugly Kid Joe Fleddy Melculy Smash Into Pieces Massive Wagons Killthelogo | Lagwagon Good Riddance Walls Of Jericho Counterparts Boston Manor Cemetery Sun | |
| Sunday June 19 | |||||
| South Stage | North Stage | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabaton Deep Purple Alice Cooper Skillet Rival Sons Thunder | Deftones The Offspring Alestorm Evil Invaders Crossfaith | Dimmu Borgir Amorphis Sepultura Tiamat Destruction The Great Old Ones Bütcher Naglfar | Fu Manchu Kadavar Me And That Man Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown Wayward Sons Dirty Honey | Dog Eat Dog Suicide Silence Bury Tomorrow Fire From The Gods Spiritbox InVisions | |
| Thursday June 15 | |||||
| South Stage | North Stage | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guns N' Roses Alter Bridge Papa Roach Tom Morello Mammoth WVH | Ghost Arch Enemy Epica Spiritbox Beast In Black | Cradle Of Filth My Dying Bride At The Gates Septicflesh Marduk Butcher Babies Orbit Culture | Carpenter Brut The Winery Dogs Symphony X Evergrey The Raven Age Escape The Fate Haken Molybaron | As I Lay Dying Sick Of It All Motionless In White Agnostic Front Unearth Stray From The Path Cancer Bats End | |
| Friday June 16 | |||||
| South Stage | North Stage | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machine Head Disturbed Behemoth Airbourne Fever 333 Thundermother | Gojira Amon Amarth Hatebreed Asking Alexandria Pro-Pain Blind Channel | Meshuggah Watain Delain Municipal Waste Finntroll Heidevolk Crowbar Vanaheim | VV Clutch Orange Goblin The Answer Planet of Zeus Legion of Doom Any Given Day Black Mirrors | Hollywood Undead Ice Nine Kills The Amity Affliction Palaye Royale Landmvrks Blackgold Loathe Fatal Move | |
| Saturday June 17 | |||||
| South Stage | North Stage | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slipknot Pantera Architects Halestorm I Prevail Nothing More | Parkway Drive Rancid In Flames The Ghost Inside Skindred Vended | Testament Korpiklaani Dark Angel Legion of the Damned Suicidal Angels Cyclone Schizophrenia Noctem | Solstafir Eivor Soen Sleep Token Infected Rain Antimatter Heriot Oceans | Life Of Agony Less Than Jake The Chats Code Orange Danko Jones The Menzingers Cane Hill Mini Barks | |
| Sunday June 18 | |||||
| South Stage | North Stage | Marquee | Metal Dome | Jupiler Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Def Leppard Hollywood Vampires Three Days Grace Dirkschneider Elegant Weapons Eclipse | Mötley Crüe Generation Sex Avatar Skid Row Kissin' Dynamite | Kreator Eluveitie The Halo Effect Katatonia Insomnium Carnation Dieth Hippotraktor | Monster Magnet Lorna Shore Voivod Hellmut Lotti Goes Metal Deathstars Greg Puciato Polaris Paledusk | Billy Talent Enter Shikari Anti-Flag Lionheart Chelsea Grin Bloodywood Stand Atlantic The Luka State | |