Festival 666, 2025 edition: Mass Hysteria, Hatebreed, Fu Manchu... the line-up

Published by Caroline de Sortiraparis · Photos by Caroline de Sortiraparis · Published on January 28, 2025 at 06:14 p.m.
Metal music returns to Charente-Maritime this summer with the sixth edition of the 666 festival. Join us in Cercoux on Friday 8th, Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th August 2025 for live performances by Mass Hysteria, Hatebreed, Fu Manchu, Karras, Kublai Khan TX and Vestige.

Metal music is going to be in full swing this summer in France, and more specifically in the Charente-Maritime department, thanks to the new and sixth edition of the 666 festival. Expected to take place in Cercoux on Friday August 8, Saturday August 9 and Sunday August 10, 2025, this new edition will welcome some 2,000 festival-goers per day, all of them, of course, extreme music fans!

In terms of programming, the 666 festival is set to put all metalheads on the same wavelength with the appearance of the famous French band Mass Hysteria. Other names confirmed for 2025 at the 666 festival? Californian stoner rock band Fu Manchu, for an exclusive date, American hardcore punk outfit Hatebreed and French death metal/grindcore band Karras.

We're not forgetting the Swiss band Paleface Swiss, Toulouse hardcore outfit Alea Jacta Est, French modern metal phenomenon Vestige, Parisian outfit Ashen and American metalcore outfit Kublai Khan TX. All in all, some thirty bands are set to get you hopping on August 8, 9 and 10 in the south-west of France.

On site, the 666 festival will offer two outdoor stages, as well as a catering service with foodtrucks, grills and refreshment stands, not forgetting a dedicated merchandising area for a spot of shopping.

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Festival 666, the 2025 program

  • Mass Hysteria
  • Hatebreed
  • Fu Manchu
  • Paleface Swiss
  • Alea Jacta Est
  • Ashen
  • Vestige
  • Kublai Khan TX
  • Seth
  • Karras
  • ...


So, are you ready to shake your head to some good, big sound? Then head to the 666 festival in Cercoux from August 8 to 10, 2025.

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Dates and Opening Time
From August 8, 2025 to August 10, 2025

× Approximate opening times: to confirm opening times, please contact the establishment.

    Location

    17270 Cercoux
    17270 Cercoux

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    www.festival666.com

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