We thought we'd end the year with a bang by announcing 22 new names for GMM2016. And not just any 22 names either: Nightwish, Apocalyptica, and Slayer will be just a few of the top acts to tame the masses on the Stenehei in Dessel next year. With 73-odd bands confirmed so far and some 40 left to go, our 2016 line-up is really starting to take shape.
Our 22 new additions in alphabetical order: Amaranthe, Anthrax, Apocalyptica, Atreyu, Devil You Know, Gojira, Heaven Shall Burn, In the Woods, Moonsorrow, Nightwish, Raven, Saxon,Shinedown, Skillet, Slayer, The Amity Affliction, The Raven Age, The Wild Lies, Tremonti,Turnstile, Windhand and Zakk Wylde.
More good news: the day splits are also available. Click hereto check when your favourite bands are playing. Masters of ceremony on Friday 17 June are Black Sabbath and King Diamond. Volbeat and Nightwish are headlining Main Stages 1 & 2 on Saturday 18 June; Iron Maiden and Twisted Sister have the honor of closing GMM 2016 on Sunday 19 June.
Confirmed For GMM2016:
Abbath, Amaranthe, Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Arcturus, Apocalyptica, Atreyu, August Burns Red, Black Sabbath, Borknagar, Bullet for My Valentine, Bury Tomorrow, Dark Funeral, Delain, Devil You Know, Dirkschneider, Disturbed, Down, Dropkick Murphys, Eisbrecher, Firewind, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Foreigner, God Dethroned, Gojira, Grand Magus, Heaven Shall Burn, In the Woods, Iron Maiden, Killswitch Engage, King Diamond, La Muerte, Legion of the Damned, Loudness, Megadeth, Monuments, Moonsorrow, Moonspell, Myrkur, Nightwish, Norma Jean, Obituary, Oomph!, Overkill, Paradise Lost, Pennywise, Powerwolf, Raven, Sacred Reich, Satyricon, Saxon, Shinedown, Shining (SE), Sixx:A.M., Skillet, Slaves, Slayer, Testament, Tesseract, The Algorithm, The Amity Affliction, The Midnight Ghost Train, The Raven Age, The Wild Lies, Thy Art Is Murder, Tremonti, Trivium, Turnstile, Twisted sister, Virgin Steele, Volbeat, Windhand, Zakk Wylde. Get to know more about the bands.
Tickets:
Meanwhile there's a rush on combi tickets for next year so with the day splits and the final headliner announced, you'd be wise to buy those tickets now! Why not put them under the Christmas tree? Another golden tip: during the festival weekend Graspop tokens are €2.75/pc as opposed to €2.50 in presale. If you order a 40 food & drink token package in advance, you also get a free limited edition GMM 2016 drinking cup (while stocks last).
Tickets to Graspop Metal Meeting 2016 are only available through ticketmaster.be. Tickets purchased via other channels may be fake and do not guarantee access to the festival. Go towww.graspop.be/tickets for full details on ticket sales.
