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28 new additions for Graspop Metal Meeting 2025!


Even after the announcement of Judas Priest and Nine Inch Nails, we keep charging full steam ahead with 28 new names for the line-up of #GMM25. Pirate metal heroes Alestorm, cartoon death metallers Dethklok and progressive metal masters Opeth are just a few of the artists that are coming to Dessel next June.

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Desertfest London announces day splits and 15 new artists


Desertfest London have announced day-splits along with 15 more bands for 2025 in a line-up that promises to take its audience on a cosmic trip across the heavy realms this Spring in the heart of Camden Town.
 
The latest artists to join the 2025 fold include French celestial psych-metal trio Slift, seminal Swedish stoner rock trailblazers Lowrider, and Polish doom smokers Dopelord, making a long-awaited return to the Desertfest stage since their last appearance in 2018.

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Judas Priest return to Graspop Metal Meeting 2025!


Metal gods to close out the South Stage on Sunday 22 June.

You’ve got another thing coming! On Sunday 22 June British heavy metal legends Judas Priest will headline our South stage. With over half a century of heavy metal history and countless classics, the quintet helmed by Rob Halford will conclude a weekend of boundless metal mania on a high note.

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Nine Inch Nails announced for Graspop 2025!


Industrial rockers to top South Stage on Saturday 21 June

The new year brings a new headliner for #GMM25! On Saturday 21 June 2025, legendary American industrial rockers Nine Inch Nails will make their first GMM appearance. Helmed by mastermind Trent Reznor, the band has been pushing the boundaries of rock, electronica and industrial ever since its inception in 1988.

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THE DOWNLOAD! HOSTED BY ALEX BAKER – COMING TO KERRANG! RADIO IN JANUARY 2025


Get ready to turn up the volume! Download Festival is thrilled to announce the launch of The Download, an all-new radio show coming to Kerrang! Radio starting January 2025. Hosted by the one and only Alex Baker, this electrifying new show will celebrate the world’s most legendary rock and metal festival, bringing fans closer than ever to the Download experience.

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THE PRODIGY, THE CULT, DETHKLOK AND MORE JOIN COPENHELL 2025


COPENHELL adds THE PRODIGY, THE CULT, DETHKLOK, MYLES KENNEDY,  CABAL, LAST TRAIN and TERRORPY to the 2025 festival poster.
 
COPENHELL is getting ready for Christmas with the addition of seven new bands for next year’s festival – with THE PRODIGY as our Thursday headliner. Read more about them below. 
 

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