This is the must-attend French music event for all metal fans and other lovers of music with powerful decibels... Every year since 2006, the Hellfest Summer Open Air, better known as Hellfest, has welcomed a huge number of bands, mainly with metal roots and, to a lesser extent, punk and hardcore.
With several tens of thousands of festival-goers and appearances by internationally renowned cult bands such as Alice Cooper, Kiss, Rammstein, Motörhead, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Tool and Deep Puprle, Hellfest has established itself as one of Europe's leading music festivals and one of France's leading cultural events.
In 2024, the festival dedicated to extreme music once again pulled out all the stops, inviting a host of prestigious artists including Metallica, Corey Taylor, Bruce Dickinson, Queens of the Stone Age, Babymetal, Brutus, Megadeth, Avenged Sevenfold, Machine Head, Mass Hysteria, Slayer's Kerry King and Suicidal Tendencies.
After so much emotion, Hellfest festival-goers can't wait to get back to Clisson and headbang to the rhythms of great heavy metal, punk, hard rock, black metal and progressive metal bands!
So mark your calendars! Hellfest announces its return near Nantes from Thursday June 19 to Sunday June 22, 2025. And once again, Hellfest has decided to fill your ears with four days of concerts and festivities.
When it comes to the 2025 line-up, who will have the honor of getting you hopping and hollering next summer? For the time being, the complete line-up remains a mystery, but Hellfest has decided to keep its festival-goers waiting by unveiling the names of the first three bands expected in Clisson next June.
It turns out that these three bands are also scheduled to appear on the Hellfest Warm-Up Tour, which will visit 16 French towns next spring."For this 2025 formula (of the Hellfest Warm-Up Tour, ed. note), you'll have the chance to preview three bands who will be programmed on the next edition of Hellfest" announces the festival on its social networks. So, who are we talking about? Who will have the honor of rocking this 2025 edition of the Hellfest Warm-Up tour and treading one of the Hellfest stages in Clisson in June 2025?
Well, the festival has confirmed the presence of French metalcore band Novelists, 100% all-female Brazilian outfit Nervosa, and renowned Welsh ragga metal band Skindred. Stay tuned for the rest of the line-up and the program by day and by stage!
Until then, we'll let you (re)discover Hellfest 2024 in pictures!
Hellfest 2024: images from Sunday June 30
We couldn't miss France's biggest metal festival, with over 180 bands to discover over 4 days, less than 3 hours by train from Paris! So Sortir à Paris got away from the capital for a few days to bring you the 17th edition of Hellfest as if you were there. Here's a look back at 10 selected moments from Sunday June 30, 2024, the final day of the festival. [Read more]
Hellfest 2024: images from Saturday June 29
We couldn't miss France's biggest metal festival, with over 180 bands to discover over 4 days, less than 3 hours by train from Paris! So Sortir à Paris leaves the capital for a few days, and brings you the 17th edition of Hellfest as if you were there. Here are 10 highlights from Saturday June 29, 2024. [Read more]
Hellfest 2024: images from Friday June 28
We couldn't miss France's biggest metal festival, with over 180 bands to discover over 4 days, less than 3 hours by train from Paris! So Sortir à Paris is leaving the capital for a while to bring you the 17th edition of Hellfest as if you were there! Here's a look back at 10 selected moments from Friday June 28, 2024. [Read more]
Hellfest 2024: images from Thursday, June 27
This year, France's biggest metal festival was once again unmissable, with a line-up of over 180 bands to discover over 4 days, less than 3 hours by train from Paris! So, Sortir à Paris leaves the capital for a few days, and brings you the 17th edition of Hellfest as if you were there! Thursday marked the first day of this 2024 edition of the extreme music festival. Here are 10 highlights from June 27, 2024. [Read more]
Dates and Opening Time
From June 19, 2025 to June 22, 2025
Location
Hellfest website
Rue du Champ Louet
44190 Clisson
Official website
www.hellfest.fr
