Graspop 09

This festival takes place at Dessel, Belgium.
Easiest way to get there is by ferry [Hull - Zeerugge]. Then take a train to Antwerp, then to Mol. The amazing thing is that the train is free if you book your festival ticket in advance.
First bands announced are.

Heaven And Hell, Disturbed, Volbeat, Papa Roach, Blind Guardian, Anthrax,
Trivium, Sacred Reich, Wasp, Epica, Firewind, Scar Symmetry,Devil Driver, Legion Of The Damned, Parkway Drive, God Forbid, Kataklysm, Laaz Rockit',
Keep Of Malessin, Samael, Dagoba, Negura Bunget, Taake, Wolves In The Throne Room and Ehts.

Pretty good. I'd go only for Blind Guardian but Anthrax and Firewind are really good too. And there are some bands I don't know but they may turn out to be good. That's what I like in rock festivals.

minus Disturbed and Papa Roach that is one sick line up, Blind Guardian, Trivium, Epica, and Firewind are the highlights for me. Belgium huh, that is gonna be hard for me (USA), but i hope it is f-ing epic for you's guy's. also is there a date set yet

yeah, 26-27-28 June '09

Here is a link to the website for all info http://www.graspop.be/pages/index.php?f=nieuws

It'd be cool if Dragonforce took the tour and made a NON-SUCKY performance.

Metal Dragon wrote:

It'd be cool if Dragonforce took the tour and made a NON-SUCKY performance.

What are you on about?

Dragonforce have given non-sucky performances since late '06.

Yes they don't suck.

But I noticed that they don't exactly play the same solos on Ultra Beatdown songs. Maybe because they haven't had time to practice how to perfectly play them live. And that may have been the problem at Graspop 06 too.

papa roach ruins the show. although i used to like a few of their songs they just dont fit with such awesome bands like Parway Drive, Scar Symmetry, Blind Guardian , Firewind and Anthrax. i also have to admit that it would be better if Disturbed werent in this show too because they have a lot of haters

NightwalkerRicku wrote:

it would be better if Disturbed werent in this show too because they have a lot of haters

Do you mean to say it would be better for the band if they weren't there?

Because that's exactly what I'm thinking.

For bands like My Chemical Romance and Panic At The Disco I think they would pay good money not to be at a huge music festival like Graspop, Wacken, Bloodstock etc etc

They would just get bottled lol.

damn the bands who wants to subject anyone to Disturbed or Papa Roach (hehe)

TCJacko wrote:

NightwalkerRicku wrote:

it would be better if Disturbed werent in this show too because they have a lot of haters

Do you mean to say it would be better for the band if they weren't there?

Because that's exactly what I'm thinking.

For bands like My Chemical Romance and Panic At The Disco I think they would pay good money not to be at a huge music festival like Graspop, Wacken, Bloodstock etc etc

They would just get bottled lol.

yeah. Most of metalheads hate Disturbed and criticise them as metal posers. imagine what would happen if they played on a metalhead crowd in a great event like this. just like you said.......they would get bottled and thats a bad reputation for a band. lets just hope the crowd will take it easy

They most likely won't get bottled, hopefuly all the haters will stay in their tents when they play, that's what happened when bands were playing that some didn't like at Bloodstock

More bands announced for Graspop.

Motley Crue, Dream Theater, Down, Exodos, Pestilence, The Gathering, Buckcherry, Jon Olivias Pain, Slipnot, Hatebreed, Killswitch Engage, Lacuna Coil. Mastadon, Gogira, Marilyn Manson, Black Stone Cherry,August Burns Red