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Graspop Metal Meeting 2008 - First Bands Announced


The Graspop Metal Meeting organization have announced the first bands for Belgium's biggest open air metal festival: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Whitesnake, At The Gates, Forbidden, Sonata Arctica, Ministry, My Dying Bride, Bullet For My Valentine, Volbeat, Hollenthon, Deathstars, Converge and Comeback Kid.

Graspop Metal Meeting 2008 will take place during the last weekend of June: 27,28,29 June at the festivalpark 'De Boeretang' in Dessel! Tickets will go on sale soon.

All info in http://www.graspop.be and http://www.myspace.com/graspop.

Source: graspop.be
Event: Graspop Metal Meeting 2008
Posted: 22.12.2007 by Thryce


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22.12.2007 - 18:07
Warman
Erotic Stains
Oh motherfucking helvetes hell! What an awesome lineup so far!!!
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22.12.2007 - 18:13
duyhung
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Just 1 week after Hellfest, what a summer
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22.12.2007 - 18:24
R.I.Pdeadlegends
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LOL ? Judas, Maiden, Gates WTF do they want my death or something ?? ^^ 3 days graspop and 3 days wacken !!! ^^ awesome year ^^
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22.12.2007 - 18:40
BloodTears
ANA-thema
Elite
Great line-up. You should be proud.
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Like you could kiss my ass.

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22.12.2007 - 20:18
Spyroid
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Give
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of
money
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22.12.2007 - 20:31
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Damn one band ruin all sorry wtf Bulet for my Valenbeen doing here
It ruins al, thats why I dont like festivals
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22.12.2007 - 20:38
duyhung
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Written by Bad English on 22.12.2007 at 20:31

Damn one band ruin all sorry wtf Bulet for my Valenbeen doing here
It ruins al, thats why I dont like festivals

Nothing is perfect...
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22.12.2007 - 20:41
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Tage Westerlund
Written by [user id=14272] on 22.12.2007 at 20:38

Written by Bad English on 22.12.2007 at 20:31

Damn one band ruin all sorry wtf Bulet for my Valenbeen doing here
It ruins al, thats why I dont like festivals

Nothing is perfect...

Are Duitcg doom festivall, and old Woodstock and one band gig whit out warm up bands(because mously thay sucks)
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22.12.2007 - 20:43
Thryce
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Written by Bad English on 22.12.2007 at 20:31

Damn one band ruin all sorry wtf Bulet for my Valenbeen doing here
It ruins al, thats why I dont like festivals

I totally disagree with you! Saying that BFMV ruins everything is just ridiculous!! There are four (4!) different stages on GMM, so there are a lot of other things to do. This is a splendid (and partly expected) line up, with or without BFMV. Because I don't care because I won't go see them anyway...
So the answer is simple: stop whining about BFMV and just don't go to their show, and enjoy the rest of the festival.
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22.12.2007 - 20:45
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Written by Thryce on 22.12.2007 at 20:43

Written by Bad English on 22.12.2007 at 20:31

Damn one band ruin all sorry wtf Bulet for my Valenbeen doing here
It ruins al, thats why I dont like festivals

I totally disagree with you! Saying that BFMV ruins everything is just ridiculous. There are four (4!) different stages on GMM, so there are a lot of other things to do. This is a splendid (and quite expected) line up. With or without BFMV, because I don't care because I won't go see them anyway... So the answer is simple: stop whining about BFMV and just don't go to their show.

I know but still such thinks ruin, I just wanna some old school metal meeting whit non modern bands

You was write its easy drink good belgian beer whyke thay band plays in stage
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22.12.2007 - 20:46
Warman
Erotic Stains
Exactly, it's a fucking festival... there's probably something other great during the time our lovely Valentin's are playing. So there's no reason why one should complain about one bad band.
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22.12.2007 - 20:51
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Elite
The reason I am complaining about festivals such as wacken and now Graspop is because those line-ups offer nothing unexpecting at all, just more of the same bands that have toured aorund here a million of times already.
For me these sort of festivals are just a total waste of time.
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22.12.2007 - 20:55
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Tage Westerlund
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 22.12.2007 at 20:51

The reason I am complaining about festivals such as wacken and now Graspop is because those line-ups offer nothing unexpecting at all, just more of the same bands that have toured aorund here a million of times already.
For me these sort of festivals are just a total waste of time.

I agree about it and Wacken are overated because all knows it its in TV and all talk about it and ist expencive too, and line up are not perfect too ... there shood not be comercalism into such festivals

I prefere goo to some czceh festival, see realy good thrash, speed, black band who are popular mayeb in Cz but play good music how BFMV who sucks

Dinamo was best fest IMO

@Warmen - yes try get beer for free or look to girls
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22.12.2007 - 21:48
Baz Anderson
Staff
so, Hellfest and Graspop actually aren't on the same weekend next year..
interesting..
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22.12.2007 - 21:50
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Tage Westerlund
Written by Baz Anderson on 22.12.2007 at 21:48

so, Hellfest and Graspop actually aren't on the same weekend next year..
interesting..

Are thay bouth be official MS meeting again?
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22.12.2007 - 21:59
Baz Anderson
Staff
possibly!! it would be good..
I loved the three festivals I went to this year - so next year I am looking at maybe going to a few more. it just depends if I have the money, and have the means of getting there.. so both Hellfest and Graspop is a possibility for me..
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22.12.2007 - 22:00
Rimfrost
AAAAAAAARGH! They've done it again! I was there last year and it was AMAZING!
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23.12.2007 - 04:41
b0000mst1ck
at least you guys have outdoor festivals. we're left with ozzfest and ONE progpower festival every year.

i can't say anything bad about progpower, but i'd rather see maiden, priest and ATG over and over again rather than go to another ozzfest.
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23.12.2007 - 07:56
LeChron James
Helvetesfossen
bullet for my valentine needs to collectively stop making music and just acknowledge their failure both as musicians and as functional human beings.
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23.12.2007 - 08:16
Murder
fuck... Maiden and Priest together????


o.o
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23.12.2007 - 12:18
Aghahowa
I had the same idea : doing Hellfest and Graspop.
But this graspop line up doesn't interest me a lot.
There are :
- bands which often come during the last 4 years
- bands I'll see in a full time gig
- a poor ecclectism
- where are you extreme bands ?
- bands in common with Hellfest and Wacken (but great bands).

I'll expect a better 2nd annoucement with more exclusive bands.
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23.12.2007 - 16:39
velvet
Woot! My Dying Bride. Is it wrong that excites me more than Maiden and Priest...
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23.12.2007 - 16:41
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
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Written by velvet on 23.12.2007 at 16:39

Woot! My Dying Bride. Is it wrong that excites me more than Maiden and Priest...

No, not really. Maybe it's weird that My Dying Bride at such a festival excites you cause they are way more enjoyable in a small intimate dark club than at a huge festival.
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23.12.2007 - 18:52
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Tage Westerlund
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 23.12.2007 at 16:41

Written by velvet on 23.12.2007 at 16:39

Woot! My Dying Bride. Is it wrong that excites me more than Maiden and Priest...

No, not really. Maybe it's weird that My Dying Bride at such a festival excites you cause they are way more enjoyable in a small intimate dark club than at a huge festival.

Thay had live album who was recordet @ Dinamo
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23.12.2007 - 19:16
velvet
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 23.12.2007 at 16:41

Written by velvet on 23.12.2007 at 16:39

Woot! My Dying Bride. Is it wrong that excites me more than Maiden and Priest...

No, not really. Maybe it's weird that My Dying Bride at such a festival excites you cause they are way more enjoyable in a small intimate dark club than at a huge festival.

Hmmm, good point. MDB open air... but still my excitement is unabated.
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24.12.2007 - 02:51
Lemovault
Maiden, sonata... I'm going!
I don't realy care which bands will come, Graspop will be fun as hell as always!
If the bands suck at least there's the beer and the people.. I will enjoy myself anyway.
Timmyyyy!!!! ^^
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24.12.2007 - 13:11
Valheru
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Lots of good bands... to bad I have exams then...
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24.12.2007 - 14:22
wrathchild
Staff
So far, the only band that may me think I may go to Graspop rather than Hellfest is Judas Priest. So I wish Judas Priest gets added to the Hellfest lineup

I'll probably have to choose between those two festivals, I don't expect I will be able to afford to skip a lot of working days...
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24.12.2007 - 18:10
DrunkenFuck
Thrasher!
Wish I could make it.
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04.02.2008 - 20:07
Iria_Maiden
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Ahh .. seems pretty cool
tickets on sale yet?
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