The earth is set to tremble once again — GRASPOP METAL MEETING 2026 has announced an enormous wave of 91 new bands, joining the already powerful roster for its 29th edition in Dessel, Belgium. Following an initial announcement of 14 acts earlier this week, the festival now expands its line-up to include an unrelenting mix of legendary names and rising stars such as A Day to Remember, Alter Bridge, Anthrax, Black Label Society, Foreigner, Ice Nine Kills, Mastodon, Three Days Grace, and Tom Morello.
The full list of newly confirmed acts reads like a sonic apocalypse: Accept, A Day to Remember, Alter Bridge, Ankor, Anthrax, Avatar, Bark, Battle Beast, Black Label Society, Bloodywood, Bury Tomorrow, Carpenter Brut, Catch Your Breath, Corrosion of Conformity, Cult of Luna, Death to All, Decapitated, Drain, Drowning Pool, Ego Kill Talent, Elder, Embryonic Autopsy, Europe, Extreme, Faetooth, Feuerschwanz, Forbidden, Foreigner, Future Palace, Gaerea, Gatecreeper, Grade 2, Guilt Trip, Harms Way, Hollywood Undead, Ice Nine Kills, John Coffey, Kadavar, Kanonenfieber, Kublai Khan TX, Lacuna Coil, Lagwagon, Lakeview, letlive., Life of Agony, Lionheart, Loathe, Magnolia Park, Mammoth, Mastodon, Moonspell, Mouth Culture, Old Man's Child, Oranssi Pazuzu, P.O.D., Pennywise, Periphery, Possessed, President, Primal Fear, Queensrÿche, Rain City Drive, Return to Dust, Rivers of Nihil, Scowl, Septicflesh, Sepultura, Set It Off, Sinsaenum, Six Feet Under, Snot, Sólstafir, Static-X, TesseracT, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Funeral Portrait, The Gathering, The Plot in You, Thornhill, Three Days Grace, Thrown, Tom Morello, Trivium, TX2, Uada, Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Venom, Wargasm, We Came as Romans, Wind Rose, and Wolves in the Throne Room.
This year’s line-up showcases the unyielding diversity and scale that has defined Graspop for nearly three decades. Whether it’s the progressive mastery of TesseracT and Periphery, the dark mysticism of Moonspell and Septicflesh, or the raw hardcore fury of Lionheart and Thrown, GMM 2026 is shaping up to be a pilgrimage for fans across every corner of the heavy spectrum. Expect colossal mosh pits, unforgettable performances, and the kind of communal energy that only Graspop can conjure.
Tickets for Graspop Metal Meeting 2026 go on sale at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 8, via
Ticketmaster. Mastercard holders will gain early access through a presale starting Thursday, November 6 at 10 a.m. and ending Saturday, November 8 at 9 a.m. (festival and VIP tickets only). For full details and the complete line-up, visit the official Graspop Metal Meeting
website — because from June 18–21, 2026, Dessel won’t just host a festival, it will host a reckoning. GMM 2026: be there or be square.
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