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
2012 Artist Lineup
- BLACK SABBATH
- LYNYRD SKYNYRD
- MACHINE HEAD
- ACID KING
- ALL PIGS MUST DIE
- ALPHA TIGER
- AMON AMARTH
- AUGUST BURN RED
- BETRAYING THE MARTYRS
- BLOOD RED THRONE
- BRAIN POLICE
- BRUJERIA
- BRUTAL TRUTH
- CANNIBAL CORPSE
- CHANNEL ZERO
- DARKEST HOUR
- DEATH ANGEL
- DEVIL DRIVER
- DJERV
- DOG EAT DOG
- DO OR DIE
- DYING FETUS
- EMMURE
- ENDSTILLE
- ENSLAVED
- L ESPRIT DU CLAN
- EXODUS
- EXTINCTION OF MANKIND
- GAMABOMB
- GIRLSCHOOL
- GLORIOR BELLI
- H2O
- HOODS
- INTEGRITY
- LIZZY BORDEN
- MADBALL
- MERRIMACK
- MOLLY HATCHET
- NASUM
- ORIGIN
- PENTAGRAM
- SACRED REICH
- SAINT VITUS
- SUICIDAL ANGELS
- TAAKE
- VOMITORY
- WALLS OF JERICHO
- WHITECHAPEL
- YEAR OF NO LIGHT
- LAMB OF GOD
- BLUE OYSTER CULT
- CHILDREN OF BODOM
- TRIVIUM
- HATEBREED
- DIMMU
- BORGIR
- ABORTED
- ALCEST
- ALL FOR NOTHING
- AMENRA
- ANAAL NATHRAKH
- AOSOTH
- ARCTURUS
- ASG
- AVULSED
- BENEDICTION
- COLOUR HAZE
- CRASHDIET
- DARKSPACE
- DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR
- THE DEVIL’S BLOOD
- D.USK
- DYSE
- FROM ASHES RISES
- HAEMORRHAGE
- HOUR OF PENANCE
- IN EXTREMO
- MONKEY 3
- NAPALM DEATH
- NECROS CHRISTOS
- ORANGE GOBLIN
- ORANSSI PAZUZU
- ROMPEPROP
- SOLSTAFIR
- SPUDMONSTERS
- STRIFE
- THOU
- UFOMAMMUT
- UNEXPECT
- VANDERBUYST
- VICTIMS
- VULTURE INDUSTRIES
- WINTERFYLLETH
- MEGADETH
- GUNS N ROSES
- MOTLEY CRUE
- WITHIN TEMPTATION
- REFUSED
- DROPKICK MURPHYS
- BIOHAZARD
- TURBONEGRO
- ABYSSE
- ALL SHALL PERISH
- ARSON ANTHEM
- ASCENSION
- BEHEMOTH
- BELENOS
- BENIGHTED
- BIG BUSINESS
- BLACK BOMB A
- BUKOWSKI
- CANCER BATS
- CELESTE
- D-A-D
- DISCHARGE
- DOOMRIDERS
- EDGUY
- ENTOMBED
- GOTTHARD
- HANK III
- HAMLET
- HEAVEN SHALL BURN
- IHSAHN
- INSOMNIUM
- JESUS CROST
- KORITNI
- LASTING VALUES
- LITURGY
- LOCK UP
- MOONSORROW
- NECROPHAGIA
- OBITUARY
- OCTOBER FILE
- SATYRICON
- SEBASTIAN BACH
- SHINING
- SUBLIME CADAVERIC DECOMPOSITION
- SUFFOCATION
- SUNNO)))
- THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX
- THE BRONX
- THE OBSESSED
- THE RODEO RIOT ENGINE
- TRAGEDY
- TREPALIUM
- UNEARTH
- UNSANE
- URIAH HEEP
- VITAMIN X”
