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 typcially spend the weekend camping and exploring the the wide-ranging Hellfest experience. Act quick. Hellfest sells out every year.
Festival Poster
2019 Artist Lineup
Anthrax
Clutch
Dropkick Murphys
Godsmack
Kiss
Lamb of God
Me First and The Gimme Gimmes
- ALL THEM WITCHES
- ALIEN WEAPONRY
- Anthrax
- ARCHITECTS
- BEARTOOTH
- BLACKBERRY SMOKE
- BRUTUS
- CANCER BATS
- CANDLEMASS
- CARCASS
- CAVE IN
- Clutch
- COMBICHRIST
- CONAN
- CRADLE OF FILTH
- CULT OF LUNA
- DAGOBA
- DARK TRANQUILITY
- DAUGHTERS
- DAWN OF DISEASE
- DEADLAND RITUAL
- DEATH ANGEL
- Def Leppard
- DEMONS & WIZARDS
- DESCENDENTS
- DIAMOND HEAD
- DREAM THEATER
- Dropkick Murphys
- Eagles of Death Metal
- EISBRECHER
- EMMA RUTH RUNDLE
- Enter Shikari
- ENVY
- FIEND
- FU MANCHU
- Godsmack
- GOJIRA
- GRAVEYARD
- GLORYHAMMER
- IMMOLATION
- Kiss
- KING DIAMOND
- KORITNI
- KVELERTAK
- Lamb of God
- LAST TEMPTATION
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- MANOWAR
- MANTAR
- MASS HYSTERIA
- Me First and The Gimme Gimmes
- MOONSPELL
- MUNICIPAL WASTE
- NO ONE IS INNOCENT
- NOVA TWINS
- PHIL ANSELMO AND THE ILLEGALS
- POSSESSED
- POWER TRIP
- RADIO MOSCOW
- REFUSED
- RICHIE KOTZEN
- SHAM69
- SKINDRED
- SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS
- SONATA ARCTICA
- Slayer
- STINKY
- STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
- SUM 41
- SUMAC
- TESTAMENT
- THE CREEPSHOW
- THE DWARVES
- THE FEVER 333
- THE INTERRUPTERS
- THE LIVING END
- THE NECROMANCERS
- THE OBSESSED
- THE RUMJACKS
- THE SISTERS OF MERCY
- Tool
- TRIVIUM
- ULTRA VOMIT
- UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEAT
- VALLEY OF THE SUN
- VENOM INC.
- WHITECHAPEL
- Whitesnake
- WITHIN TEMPTATION
- YOB
- ZZ Top
