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
2018 Artist Lineup
Alice in Chains
Body Count
Deftones
Parkway Drive
- Avenged Sevenfold
- Iron Maiden
- Judas Priest
- Hollywood Vampires
- Limp Bizkit
- Marilyn Manson
- Megadeth
- Nightwish
- A Perfect Circle
- Deftones
- Parkway Drive
- Body Count
- Stone Sour
- Alice in Chains
- Joan Jett
- Bullet for My Valentine
- Pleymo
