KORN, NIGHTWISH, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, LAMB OF GOD Confirmed For Belgium's GRASPOP METAL MEETING

KORN, NIGHTWISH, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, LAMB OF GOD, DRAGONFORCE and FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH are among the newly confirmed bands for the 14th edition of the Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 26-28, 2009 on the festival grounds of the Boeretang in Dessel, Belgium.

The festival biling is shaping up as follows:

ALL SHALL PERISH
ALL THAT REMAINS
ANTHRAX
AUGUST BURNS RED
BLACK STONE CHERRY
BLIND GUARDIAN
BUCKCHERRY
CHILDREN OF BODOM
DAGOBA
DEATH ANGEL
DEVILDRIVER
DISTURBED
DOWN
DRAGONFORCE
DREAM THEATER
DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED
EPICA
ETHS
EXODUS
FIREWIND
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH
GOD FORBID
GOJIRA
HATEBREED
HEAVEN AND HELL
JON OLIVA'S PAIN
JOURNEY
KATAKLYSM
KEEP OF KALESSIN
KILLWITCH ENGAGE
KORN
LAAZ ROCKIT
LACUNA COIL
LAMB OF GOD
LEGION OF THE DAMNED
MARILYN MANSON
MASTODON
MONSTER MAGNET
MÖTLEY CRÜE
NEGURA BUNGET
NIGHTWISH
NO USE FOR A NAME
PAPA ROACH
PARKWAY DRIVE
PESTILENCE
SACRED REICH
SAMAEL
SCAR SYMMETRY
SICK OF IT ALL
SLIPKNOT
SOUFLY
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
TAAKE
THE GATHERING
TRIVIUM
VOLBEAT
W.A.S.P.
WARBRINGER
WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM

According to the organizers, the concept remains identical: three days of metal mania, four stages, 70 bands, metal market, festival fair, side animation, signing sessions and much more!"

The 2008 edition of Graspop Metal Meeting featured performances by DEF LEPPARD, ICED EARTH, TESTAMENT, WHITESNAKE and YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, among many others.

For more information, visit www.graspop.com.