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
2013 Artist Lineup
Kiss
- + 3 GROUPES
- 3 DOORS DOWN
- 7 WEEKS
- A DAY TO REMEMBER
- ABSU
- ACCEPT
- AGNOSTIC FRONT
- AMORPHIS
- ANTI FLAG
- ARCH ENEMY
- ASKING ALEXANDRIA
- ASPHYX
- AT THE GATES
- ATARI TEENAGE RIOT
- ATTENTAT ROCK
- AUDREY HORNE
- AURA NOIR
- AVANTASIA
- BAD RELIGION
- BANE
- BELPHEGOR
- BERRI TXARRAK,BELPHEGOR
- BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME
- BLACK BREATH
- BLACK COBRA
- BLACK PYRAMID
- BLACK SPIDERS
- BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
- BURY YOUR DEAD
- BUZZCOCKS
- CANDLEMASS
- CAPTAIN CLEANOFF
- CARPATHIAN FOREST
- CEREMONIAL OATH
- CLUTCH
- COAL CHAMBER
- COCKNEY REJECTS
- CONVERGE
- CRADLE OF FILTH
- CRYPTOPSY
- CULT OF LUNA
- DANKO JONES
- DANZIG
- DARK FUNERAL
- DEAD CONGRAGATION
- DEEZ NUTS
- DEF LEPPARD
- DOWN
- DR LIVING DEAD
- EAGLE TWIN
- EQUILIBRIUM
- ERYN NON DAE
- EUROPE
- EVOKEN
- FINNTROLL
- GALLOWS
- GHOST
- GOD SEED
- GRAVEYARD
- HAEMORRHAGE
- HARDCORE SUPERSTAR
- HEATHEN
- HEAVEN’S BASEMENT
- HELL MILITIA
- HELLOWEEN
- HELLYEAH
- HIGH OF FIRE
- HOODED MENACE
- HYPOCRISY
- IHSAHN
- IMMORTAL
- INQUISITION
- JUSTINE ,KAMPFAR
- KARMA TO BURN
- KISS
- KISSIN DYNAMITE
- KOLDBRANN
- KORN
- KORPIKLAANI
- KREATOR
- KRISIUN
- KROKUS
- LE BAL DES ENRAGES
- LEPROUS
- LORDI
- MANILLA ROAD
- MARDUK
- MASS HYSTERIA
- MASTERS OF REALITY
- MISANTHROPE
- MISERY INDEX
- MONSTROSITY
- MOONSPELL ,MORBID ANGEL
- MUSTASCH
- MY DYING BRIDE
- MY SLEEPING KARMA
- NACHTMYSTIUM
- NEGATIVE APPROACH
- NEUROSIS
- NOFX
- P.O.D
- PALLBEARER
- PAPA ROACH
- PARKWAY DRIVE
- PIG DESTROYER
- PRIMORDIAL
- PROCESSION
- PRONG
- PUNISH YOURSELF
- RED FANG
- RETOX
- RIVERSIDE
- ROTTING CHRIST
- SAXON
- SENSER
- SETH
- SICK OF IT ALL
- SINISTER
- SIX FEET UNDER
- SKINDRED
- SLEEP
- SPIRITUAL BEGGARS
- SSS (SHORT SHARP SHOCK)
- STLLE VOLK
- STONE SOUR
- SURTR
- SWANS
- SYMPHONY X
- T.A.N.K
- TERROR
- TESTAMENT
- THE ACACIA STRAIN
- THE ARRS
- THE CASUALTIES
- THE DECLINE
- THE GHOST INSIDE
- THE GREAT OLD ONES
- THE OLD DEAD TREE
- THE SECRET
- THE SWORD
- THE TOYDOLLS
- TREPONEM PAL
- TRUCKFIGHTERS
- TWISTED SISTER
- TYR
- UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS
- VEKTOR
- VERA CRUZ
- VOIVOD
- VOLBEAT
- WALTARI
- WHITESNAKE
- WINTERSUN
- WITCHCRAFT
- ZZ TOP
