Graspop Metal Meeting reveals first wave of bands for 2026

The first names for the 29th edition of Graspop Metal Meeting are here… are you ready? On Thursday 18 June, Limp Bizkit, Megadeth and Within Temptation will rule the festival arena at Graspop Metal Meeting! Limp Bizkit is headlining the North Stage on festival Thursday. Within Temptation will roam the South Stage. Also on the North Stage that day: Megadeth!

We don’t need to tell you the guys in Limp Bizkit know just how to raise the roof. New material is few and far between these days but in a live setting the hits are the driving force behind the show. If you saw them two years ago at GMM you know what you’re in for: a huge nu-metal shindig chock-full of hits and mosh pits!

With Within Temptation we once again welcome a leading Dutch symphonic metal band to Dessel. Next year the band around Sharon den Adel is celebrating its 30th anniversary and in those three decades they’ve released eight studio albums, most recently 2023’s ‘Bleed Out’. Three years after their previous appearance they return to Dessel to claim the tenth notch on their GMM belt.

It gives us great pleasure to add one of the Big Four of thrash metal to next summer’s bill. The mighty Megadeth, the band around Dave Mustaine, recently announced both their farewell tour and the 3 January release of their 17th and final studio album. Brace for impact as Megadeth serve up a mix of classics and new tunes. We can’t wait!

Tickets for GMM 2026 go on sale at 10 a.m. on Saturday 8 November through Ticketmaster. Mastercard holders can get their hands on presale tickets between 10 a.m. on Thursday 06 November and 9 a.m. on Saturday 08 November [festival and VIP tickets only]. Go to priceless.com/music for full details.

About GMM: For four days, Graspop Metal Meeting 2026 will once again transform the quiet town of Dessel into the roaring epicentre of the hard rock and metal scene. Five stages, awesome headliners, raging riffs, emerging metal gods and colossal mosh pits will shake the earth to its very core. For its 29th edition, Graspop Metal Meeting is billing the cream of the international hard rock and metal scene. From 18-21 June, tens of thousands of metalheads will converge on Dessel to experience the biggest and most diverse metal festival of the Benelux. GMM2026: be there or be square!

Undead – unstoppable!