Photo Credit: Evan Forget
The Scene
The postcard-perfect French village of Clisson, known for its historic ruins and picturesque river, transforms one weekend each June into the heavy metal mecca known as Hellfest. More than 160 bands show up to perform on six stages with subgenres that include pagan metal, stoner, punk, thrash, grind, and black metal. The 150,000+ extreme music typically spend the weekend camping and exploring the wide-ranging Hellfest experience. Act quick. Hellfest sells out every year.
Festival Poster
2011 Artist Lineup
- 1349
- Alter Bridge
- Anathema
- The Answer
- Angel Witch
- Apocalyptica
- Architects
- Arkona
- Arma Ghatas
- Atheist
- Audrey Horne
- Bad Brains
- Belphegor
- The Black Dahlia Murder
- Black Label Society
- Bolt Thrower
- Cavalera Conspiracy
- Church of Misery
- Clutch
- Comeback Kid
- Converge
- Coroner
- Corrosion of Conformity
- Cradle of Filth
- Crucified Barbara
- The Cult
- Dagoba
- The Damned Things
- Dark Tranquillity
- Deez Nuts
- Destruction
- Dødheimsgard
- Doro
- Down
- D.R.I.
- Duff McKagan’s Loaded
- Dwarves
- Electric Wizard
- Exhumed
- The Exploited
- Eyehategod
- Firewind
- Ghost
- Goatsnake
- Grand Magus
- Grave
- Hail of Bullets
- HammerFall
- Hangman’s Chair
- The Haunted
- Hawkwind
- Headcharger
- Hemoragy
- Iggy and the Stooges
- Impureza
- In Flames
- In Solitude
- Judas Priest
- Karma to Burn
- KEN mode
- Klone
- Knut
- Korpiklaani
- Kreator
- Krisiun
- Kruger
- Kylesa
- Kyuss Lives!
- Last Days of Humanity
- Lyzanxia
- Malevolent Creation
- Maximum the Hormone
- Mayhem (“Liberation by Evil” exclusive show)
- Mekong Delta
- Melvins
- Meshuggah
- Mr. Big
- Monster Magnet
- Morbid Angel
- Morgoth
- Morne
- Municipal Waste
- My Sleeping Karma
- Nasty
- The Ocean
- Opeth
- Orphaned Land
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Pain of Salvation
- Possessed
- Primordial
- Raw Power
- Red Fang
- Rob Zombie
- Scorpions
- Septic Flesh
- Severe Torture
- Shai Hulud
- Skyforger
- Sodom
- Suicide Silence
- S.U.P.
- Svart Crown
- Terror
- Therion
- Thin Lizzy
- Times of Grace
- Total Fucking Destruction
- Triptykon
- Tsjuder
- Turisas
- UFO
- U.S. Bombs
- Vader
- Valient Thorr
- Whiplash (performing Power and Pain)
- The Young Gods
- Your Demise
- Zuul FX
