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
2022 Artist Lineup
Bad Religion
Baroness
Deftones
Dropkick Murphys
Faith No More
Hatebreed
Mastodon
Metallica
Nine Inch Nails
Rise Against
Social Distortion
Suicidal Tendencies
The Offspring
- Metallica
- Nine Inch Nails
- Faith No More
- Deftones
- Judas Priest
- Guns N’ Roses
- Mercyful Fate
- Deep Purple
- Scorpions
- Alice Cooper
- Megadeth
- Korn
- Converge: Blood Moon
- Helloween
- Hatebreed
- Ministry
- Whitesnake
- Dropkick Murphys
- Suicidal Tendencies
- Social Distortion
- Rise Against
- Bad Religion
- The Exploited
- Hatebreed
- The Offspring
- Opeth
- Mastodon
- Down
- Skinny Puppy
- Killing Joke
- The Distillers
- HEALTH
- Kreator
- Youth of Today
- Cro-Mags
- Slapshot
- Higher Power
- Anti-Flag
- Agnostic Front
- Turnstile
- Touche Amore
- Xibalba
- Madball
- Terror
- Crowbar
- Judiciary
- Year of the Knife
- Electric Wizard
- Envy
- Baroness
- High On Fire
- Black Mountain
- Mono & the Joy Quail Quartet
- OM
- Pelican
- Life of Agony
- Inter Arma
- Earth
- Godflesh
- Monster Magnet
- The Obsessed
- Eyehategod
- Thou
- Year of No Light
- Obituary
- Death To All
- At The Gates
- Grave
- Gatecreeper
- Enforced
- Sepultura
- Sacred Reich
- Devin Townsend
- Coroner
- Dying Fetus
- Misery Index
- Dropdead
- Katatonia
- My Dying Bride
- Carcass
- Napalm Death
- Destruction
- Blood Incantation
- Mayhem
- Abbath
- Rotting Christ
- Alcest
- Triptykon
- Cult of Fire
- Midnight
- L7
