More confirmed acts for #GMM26!
Incoming: our headliners for Saturday 20 June!
So far we’ve unleashed six names for #GMM26 with the first bands for Thursday and Friday. High time for more new acts! On Saturday 20 June, Bring Me the Horizon will close out proceedings on the South Stage while Bad Omens will do the honours on the North Stage. Architects (South Stage) and BABYMETAL (North Stage) will also raze the festival grounds that day.
Two years after their last appearance here, Bring Me the Horizon return to the hallowed grounds of Graspop Metal Meeting for our 2026 edition. Their inimitable blend of metalcore, alternative rock and electronic influences ranks them among the standouts of their generation. Breakout albums ‘Sempiternal’ and ‘That’s the Spirit’ propelled them to the forefront of the heavy music scene. BMtH can’t wait to deliver a visually stunning show that will blow away the GMM faithful, just like two years ago!
Bad Omens has risen to prominence in no time and the American band around frontman Noah Sebastian is one of the most talked-about acts on today’s metal scene. Their most recent slab ‘The Death of Peace of Mind’ dropped in 2022 but new work is on the way. In December you can catch them in Forest National, Brussels, and next summer you can come and discover the new material at #GMM26.
Like Bring Me the Horizon, Architects are one of the leading lights of the UK’s metalcore scene. Their eleventh studio album ‘The Sky, the Earth & All Between’ came out at the start of this year. In 2024 the Brits laid waste to the North Stage and now they’re back to put the foundations of the South Stage to the test. Blegh!
In 2024 BABYMETAL brought their unprecedented mix of J-pop and metal – also known as Kawaii metal – to the Dessel plains. Their fifth studio album ‘Metal Forth’ came out last August and it’s packed with tracks in their signature style. Ready for a heart-stopping show?
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!
Full details are available on our website.
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