After giving you the first exclusive names a few weeks ago, we are now able to announce the continuation of the line-up for this 17th edition of Hellfest!

178 bands (+ 4 bands to be announced before the festival), 6 stages, and unquestionably one of the most diverse and expansive line-ups in terms of "extreme music"!

METALLICA / FOO FIGHTERS / AVENGED SEVENFOLD
MACHINE HEAD / QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

THE OFFSPRING / DROPKICK MURPHYS / SAXON / THE PRODIGY
MEGADETH / BAD OMENS / MASS HYSTERIA / BRUCE DICKINSON / COREY TAYLOR / SHAKA PONK / TOM MORELLO / ROYAL BLOOD / BABYMETAL / STEEL PANTHER / FEAR FACTORY / EXTREME / ACCEPT / FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES

ALL THEM WITCHES / BODY COUNT ft ICE-T / COCK SPARRER / CRADLE OF FILTH / DIMMU BORGIR / DISMEMBER / EIVØR / EMPEROR / ENTER SHIKARI / FU MANCHU / I AM MORBID / MR. BUNGLE / PAIN OF SALVATION / SODOM / SUICIDAL TENDENCIES

AND MORE THAN 150 BANDS

Hellfest is coming closer and it´s time to plan where to sleep... or do people sleep at Hellfest...

There are various options, if you are into a bit more comfort check out the hotels, bed and breakfast and homestays in Clisson or Nantes.

Another great option is the Easy Camp, located at the official camp but with tents and huts already in place for you. Here you will also find good options for hiding your white metal skin from the sun.

And for the hardcore campers there is the official campsite that opens Wednesday June 14. Bring your camping gear and party mood!

More info on this link https://www.hellfest.fr/en/faq/camping-easy-camp/

Den kompletta lineupen till Hellfest är på plats. Om du missat den så ta en titt här: https://www.hellfest.fr/en/line-up/

Hellfest bjuder på 180 artister utpridda på 6 scener över 4 dagar. Detta i kombination av lokalproducerat vin, baguetter och moshpits och crowdsurfning. Vi ses i Clisson, Frankrike!

Ps. Där finns en flygplats i Nantes som är väldigt nära festivalen.

Hellfest 2023
15-18 June

Bands announced on festival website, Some of these bands are:
IRON MAIDEN,KISS, MÖTLEY CRÜE, DEF LEPPARD, SLIPKNOT, PANTERA, HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES, VENOM INC. , POWERWOLF, RANCID...

What to do in between the two Hellfests?

As you know, this year, Hellfest is taking place on 2 weekends with a break from Monday 21 to Wednesday 23 June. Le Vignoble de Nantes has prepared a tailor-made and special “Hell’Tour” guide (which has nothing to envy to the famous “Lonely PLanet”) to make you discover our magnificent vineyard and the Nantes region between the two weekends:

Visits : Castle of Clisson, Domaine de la Garenne Lemont, special Hellfest guided tour of Clisson…
Gastronomy : Hellfest Wine Tour, Antipasti tasting, Trip in the Vineyard…
Sport : Hiking in the vineyard, Canoe-Kayak on the Sèvre…
Discovery days with transport to Nantes, to the Atlantic Coast, to the Bluebeard castle in Tiffauge…

Check out a great guide here: https://www.levignobledenantes-tourisme.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/helltour_guide_2022_office_tourisme_vignobledenantes.pdf

After two years of Covid 19 restrictions, we hope that this year Hellfest will be not post-poned. The organisers have made a 7-days program, that has got two sections - the first one from 17 to 19 of June, and the second one - from 23 to 26 of June. Th programm includes many superstars - Alice Cooper, Metallica, Megadeth, Scorpions, Guns 'n' Roses, Nightwish, Sabaton, Deep Purple, Sepultura and many more.

HELLFEST 2022 - OFFICIAL APP

The official HELLFEST 2022 app is now available for your smartphone, get it for free on App Store (Ios) or Google PlayStore (Android)
Check your favorites bands and get a notification 15min before the show during the festival in June
More features coming in the next weeks : plan, cashless, pratical infos, etc...

Available for FREE on:
ANDROID : https://bit.ly/32R7L5T IOS : https://apple.co/3HzKowi

INFO LOCKERS:

To safely store your most precious belongings on the festival, the locker reservations are now open.

Go to: https://www.hellfest.fr/en/faq/lockers

The French festival Hellfest 2022 has announced news about the 15th anniversary edition that will consist of two weekends in Clisson. First of all, the announced event from June 17 to 19. Second, another round of concerts that will take place from June 23 to 26. In total, seven days of festival. METALLICA will be headlining on Sunday the 26th.

The organization has confirmed that these bands are falling off the bill: AVENGED SEVENFOLD, FAITH NO MORE, THE WILDHEARTS, POWERFLO, OBITUARY, 3TEETH, BELZEBUBS, NUMENOREAN, OF MICE & MEN, JUSTIN(E), LEGION OF THE DAMNED, HATEBREED and CROWBAR . 32 groups are incorporated in their place and a headliner is missing to be announced in April.

The comunicate from Hellfest Crew:

"Hellbangers, as you can imagine, organizing this edition in these troubled times feels is quite a challenge. Several bands have recently informed us of their unavailability for the 2022 edition. Indeed, the organization of some international tours is affected by the Covid situation.  Thus, we announce the cancellation of the following artists: The Wildhearts, Powerflo, Obituary, 3Teeth, Belzebubs, Numenorean, Of Mice & Men, Justin(e), Legion of the Damned, Hatebreed and Crowbar. We learned a few days ago that a new 'headliner' could not be present for this 2022 edition: Avenged Sevenfold.  In spite of this setback, we did our best to find alternatives to guarantee a colorful line-up for this anniversary edition and we are now able to announce the addition of 32 new bands to the 2022 line-up.  First of all, we are happy to announce that GOJIRA will close Mainstage 1 on the first weekend, for their only European festival show. What a pride to be able to place at the top of the biggest stage of the festival, a French band! Joe, Mario, Christian & Jean-Michel, see you on Sunday June 19th. Concerning the replacement of Faith No More, we have been able to confirm it recently but it will only be announced in April. We find a band that you have been waiting for a long time, for a unique show in European festival this summer and that will have its place as a headliner on Saturday, June 18th on Mainstage 1! So be patient.  Also added to the party: 

- MAINSTAGES: Steve Vai, Skillet, Mammoth WVH, Ferocious Dog, The Last Internationale, Dead Heat, Fauxx, Titan, Stengah
- WARZONE: Comeback Kid, Sick Of It All, GBH, August Burns Red, Les Sheriff, Incendiary, Mordred
- VALLEY: Jerry Cantrell, Monkey3, The Vintage Caravan
- ALTAR : Obscura, Necrophobic, Memoriam, Hour of Penance, Fractal Universe
- TEMPLE : Sòlstafir, 1349, The Ruins of Beverast, Cân Bardd, Portrayal of Guilt, Lili Refrain 

To prepare your visit, our new website is now online at www.hellfest.fr and it will be filed with new information in the coming days / weeks. Please note that the locker reservations will open this Monday at 6pm on our website and that we will come back to you soon for the Easy Camp!  
Finally, we are opening a new space for exchange between festival goers and fans, the official Hellfest Discord

https://discord.gg/4fYNRz5QSX

We are waiting for you to continue the discussions about the festival."

Hellfest 2018 is nominated for "best festival" by the Heavy Music Awards. If you want to vote for Hellfest, you can use the following link: https://vote.heavymusicawards.com/

All roads leads to hell...

-Train-
SNCF (french rail ways) will be the best advice to reach Nantes for cheap. There, numerous trains go to Clisson frequently, it will be easy to join us without a lack of time!

Low rate trains are available for your round trip by train or bus from a Pays de Loire’s station.

https://www.ter.sncf.com/pays-de-la-loire


--Car--
Drive to Clisson and you can´t miss the festival :) Park only on the places marked for parking.

--Bus--
There are busses from Paris and other parts of France. Check out Flixbus.com for example.

Come to Hellfest from UK with Argon Events. Argon Events offer a range of Coach and Eurostar Packages to Hellfest with or without hotel accommodation, together with the 3 Day Festival Tickets.
Coaches depart from more than 70 local departure points including Birmingham, Bristol, Brighton, Dover, Glasgow, Heathrow, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Reading, Sheffield, Southampton and York.

https://www.argonevents.com/events/all-events/hellfest/


--Car pooling--
Blablacar is one of the options.


--Airplane--
There is an airport in Nantes, from there you can take a shuttle to the festival. You can of course also fly to Paris and many other cities.


See you in hell!

https://www.hellfest.fr/running-order/
At this page you can create your personal running order of bands and your can print it. It will helps you a lot in the festival days, instead of wondering where to go and what to do, you will have a good program in your pocket.

Here is some important info for the festival days.

The map for Hellfest 2019 is not available at this moment, so here you can see the map for 2018:
https://www.hellfest.fr/en/infospratique/map/

It is important to know that Cashless system is asked almost everywhere on the festival and you can pay food only with the Cashless system.
Otherwise there is bank ATM at the festival, in Clisson's city and near the Leclerc.

LOCKERS
It is good to book a locker where you can charge your phone, photo camera batteries and hold your important things.
They are inside the Metal Corner area.
There are different size lockers and you can book online your locker in the festival area here:
https://www.lockandrock.net/en/47-hellfest-19
Also you can rent or buy a powerbank.

ACCOMMODATION
There will be Easy Camp but the reservations are not open yet.
There will be tents, private sanitary places, a beauty zone and a charge phone zone.

Another possibility to rent a room or a private space of ground to park is:
http://www.hellfest-hebergement.fr/

For every Hellfest ticket's owner there is a free place in the campsite near the fest.
There you must to buy "water credit" to get unlimited access to water (sink and showers) for 4 days.
On the festival site the water points are free.
On the campsite is forbidden to park you car, to use any burning liquids or materials, and wild camping is forbidden too.
There will be organized spaces for car parks. It is not allowed to camp near your car.

Little info

How to get to the festival
The close big city with airport is Nantes, France. From there you have 3 options to travel to the festival:
1. With a train: SNCF (french rail ways) are a good way to go from Nantes to Clisson.
2. With a car - there will be organized spaces for car parks. It is not allowed to camp near your car.
3. With a suttle festival bus:
The special transports services Douillard are the official Hellfest’s shuttles for 2019.
They have transfers from:

Clisson train stationc <-> Hellfest
Clisson <-> Clisson
Nantes airport <-> Hellfest
Nantes train station (accès sud – Southern entrance ) <-> Hellfest

You can book your shuttle on the following link: http://hellfestshuttle2019.eventbrite.fr/

Other transfers
At the Clisson train station, the shuttle will be available at each train arrival without any booking.
At the end of the show, outside the Hellfest site, the shuttle will be available without any booking, for the transfer back to Nantes.

Headliner playing times for Hellfest Saturday the 22th:

- Def Leppard: 21:05 at Mainstage 1
- Kiss: 23:30 at Mainstage 1

- Within Temptation: 20:00 at Mainstage 2
- ZZ Top: 22:25 at Mainstage 2
- Architects: 01:05 at Mainstage 2

- Myrkur: 20:45 at Temple
- Cradle of Filth: 22:55 at Temple
- Carcass: 00:00 at Temple

- Dark Tranquility: 21:50 at Altar
- Bloodbath: 00:00 at Temple

- Cult of Luna: 00:00 at Valley



Running times may change further on. This is from the current running order 23th of March.

Hellfest's Saturday running order can now be found here: https://www.facebook.com/hellfest/photos/a.420959652535/10155904203572536/

Headliner playing times for Hellfest Friday the 21th:

- Demons & Wizards: 16:45 at Mainstage 1
- Dream Theater: 18:35 at Mainstage 1
- Dropkick Murphys: 20:45 at Mainstage 1
- Manowar: 23:10 at Mainstage 1

- Mass Hysteria: 22:00 at Mainstage 2
- Gojira: 00:45 at Mainstage 2

- Kvelertak: 19:40 at Altar
- Possessed: 21:50 at Altar
- Carcass: 00:00 at Altar

- Hellhammer: 22:55 at Temple
- King Diamond: 01:05 at Temple

- Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats: 21:50 at Valley
- Fu Manchu: 00:00 at Valley


Running times may change further on. This is from the current running order 22th of March.

Running order for Friday is available!!!


https://www.facebook.com/26149322535/posts/10155904200792536/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BvTuFXHl7Yv/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1guhqpay3ew2x

Hellfest Open Air is one of the bigest festivals in Europe and one of the 10 best metal festivals in the world.
The tickets for this year were sold very early and just for 2 hours even before a single band from the line-up to be announced.
The heavy metal fans are so addicted to the festival, that they don't want to miss anything.
The festival will take place from 21st, 22nd and 23rd June 2019 in Clisson, France.
Manowar will headline the festival on June 21, and this concert will be their final show in France.
Other two bands that will have their final show on Hellfest are Kiss and Slayer.
There will be two main stages and 4 smaller.
Amongs the bands for the first night will be Demons and Wizards,
Dream Theater, Godsmack, Impaled Nazarene, Carcass, King Diamond, Sonata Arctica and Venom Inc.
On the second day will play Def Leppard, Cradle of Filth, Candlemass, Dark Tranquility, Whitesnake, Within Temptation, The Sisters of Mercy, ZZ Top, Moonspell and others.
On the last day we can hear Cannibal Corpse, Anthrax, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Lamb of God, Emperor, Testament, Slash feat. Myles Kennedy and Tool - the headliners for the third night.
There will be many other bands and the 3-days show will be unforgetable as ussual.

Hellfest warm-up tour

Last october, Hellfest festival sold its all 55 000 3 days pass without the line up announced. Victim of its own success but daily supported by a huge fan community, the festival always wanted to remain close to its festival-goers, to listen to them and meet them.

During the last few weeks before the fest, Hellfest’s team will be on the road again with the W4RM UP 7OUR 2K19 : 3SC4P3 7H3 C0D3. 14 dates, 14 unique events where you’ll be able to meet the team, you fans and Hellfest’s friends!

April, 17 – VANNES – L’ECHONOVA
April, 18 – BREST – LA CARENE
April, 19 – CAEN – LE CARGO
April, 20 – LILLE – L’AERONEF
April, 21 – STRASBOURG – LA LAITERIE
April, 22 – PARIS – LA MACHINE DU MOULIN ROUGE + Hellfest Tattoo day
April, 23 – LYON – NINKASI
April, 24 – ROMAN S/ ISERE– LA CORDONNERIE
April, 25 – NÎMES – LA PALOMA
April, 26 – BORDEAUX – LE KRAKATOA
April, 27 – LA ROCHELLE – LA SIRENE
April, 28 – LIMOGES – CCM JOHN LENNON
April, 29 – TOURS – LE TEMPS MACHINE
April, 30 – NANTES – LE ZENITH (Grande soirée spéciale de clôture : la nuit de l’enfer)



– GIGS
The two roving bands of the W4RM UP 2K19 tour to be released soon !

– HAPPENINGS :
BIG AIR GUITAR CONTEST ( 2 x 10 contestants )
INTERACTIVE PHOTOBOOTH WITH A PHOTOGRAPH by sharing box & immortalizer
INEDIT HELLFEST VIDEO by Smooth Records
EXCLUSIVE MECHANDISING STAND

– SURPRISES :
Gifts and goodies offered to contestants
Merch and 3 days Pass to win each night

– BIG AIR GUITAR CONTEST :
Each dates we organize a big air guitar contest hosted by Jimmy Clisson (Official MC of the Air Guitar French Federation). Each date, two sessions of 2 x 10 contestants will perform to win a 3 days pass for Hellfest 2019! Registation at the air guitar stand, first come first served! All contestants will be invited to the big finale on Hell Stage the thursday June 20th, 2019. The big winner will be sacred Hellfest’s champion and be awarded by a 2020 – 3 day pass!

– PHOTOBOOTH :
Lets’ meet our Immortalizer photograph and take your hell picture at the free photobooth, print it and look at your price : tee shirts and 2 x 3 days pass to win each night!

– HELLFEST VIDEO PROJECTION :
Smooth Records proposes an inedit immersaive projection at 2018 Hellfest … few minutes inside Hellfest to prepare 2019 edition !

– SURPRISES :
Everybody will be greated with gifts during the event (collector ecocup, partners goodies)

– EXCLUSIVE MERCHANDISING :
A new merch stand with a lot of new features will be at your disposal. As always, our dear partner Hyraw Clothing will join us on tour and of course, you’ll have all bands merch avalaible.
(bank card payment too)

– MEET THE TEAM :
Some of the Production Offfice will be at your disposal to talk, feel free to ask them all your questions and discuss bout everything after the show!

See you on the road !

--Running order update from HELLfest--

Hellbangers! 40 days left till the festival and we come back to you to inform you about some moves in the 13th edition’s running order. We had to face some little mishaps but be reassured : we always do our best to satisfy our fans and make this experience at Clisson a major one!

We’ve announced few weeks ago that ELECTRIC MARY were performing at Mainstage 1 : MOS GENERATOR will wake you up on friday 22th instead.

And about the cancellation of 7 Seconds ; the french SVINKELS looks forward to see you instead at WARZONE stage.
The last move that day will be the switch between the Americans CROWBAR with the Japanese CHURCH OF MISERY (all details at www.hellfest.fr).

At WARZONE stage, HATEBREED will perform later on Saturday 23th and make way to CRO-MAGS.

WARNING : the biggest moves occur on sunday 24th. Feel free to read carefully about the changes written here and above (RO last version).

All the schedules are flipped between the Mainstage 1 and 2 ALL day on Sunday. The L7 « riot grrrl » will perform at Mainstage 1 to warm you up and following the cancellation of YOUNG AND IN THE WAY, the new yorkers TOMBS will perform instead on Temple stage.

At last, the quartet ROTTEN SOUND switches with THE LURKING FEAR, at the Altar stage.

We highly encourage you to read the new running order to avoid the deception!

We know crystal clear that every modification at this time can be upsetting. Each year, we have to manage all the last minute mishaps. We hope that all of this does not affect your Clisson’s metal experience!

We’d like to finish it off with an announcement dear to our heart : The big winner of our 3rd edition of the Hellfest springboard : THE VOICE OF HELL Powered by RIFFX are the lorraine REDEMPTION, they stood out and they will have the opportunity to perform at Mainstage 2 on Saturday 23th jun at 10:30am. We encourage you to come with us headbang to support them, they are young and highly motivated!

Thanks y’all for the support, see you soon!

http://www.hellfest.fr/en/running-order-a-jour/

Dear friends, our cashless system get evolved this year : the well known card id over now, you will be able to use your cashless thanks to your wristband to pay all your consumptions!
More simple, more quick and secure, this system is a real time saver by avoiding queues at the banks.

Since now, you can create your account and make top ups at www.hellfest.fr ou via the mobile app (MY ACCOUNT at the right top – Cashless), an app we highly recommend to upload to credit your wristband before and during the festival but also, to consult easily your balance.

To create your account, you must enter the bar code of your Hellfest’s printed ticket.

At your arrival at the festival, your money will be available thanks to your wristband at the first entrance scan.

CONTEST HELLFEST : VOICE OF HELL POWERED BY RIFFX

This year, Hellfest thinks in big : an amateur band will be offered the mainstage thanks to the amazing international springboard powered by RIFFX ! The festival wants to support independents bands giving them the great opportunity to be part of the 2018 Clisson’s Great Metal Mass line up. As a festivalgoer, you’ll be given the chance to discover new nuggets from the Rock/Metal scene.

Every steps of the competition will occur from March the 5 to May the 4th, 2018 : registration, vote’s waves online, the 10 last names announcement and the final election of the winner nominated by a jury of professionals.

Hellfest wants to support the big winner more than an online experience ! The main goal of the springboard is to promote a band, to help him shine. The winner will be followed live by our social media team, the band will be interviewed by Metallian (one of the leader of the Metal trade press, in the September 2018 issue).

Do you want to challenge the MainStage at Hellfest ? Your friends deserve to perform before an amazing audience ? It’s up to you to have a blast and share THE VOICE OF HELL powered by RIFFX ‘s experience !

It’s time to register now ! We invite you to read the Terms and Conditions at our official website : www.thevoiceofhell.fr

This year for your comfort, Hellfest adds again lockers in the Metal Corner. Several sizes are available (S, S+ ,M, L, XL). They should be reserved on our partner’s website, https://www.lockandrock.net/fr/46-hellfest-18. A key will be given to you with your purchase order. The amount of lockers are limited. In case lockers were sold out, the supplier will offer to you a left luggage system to keep your belongings. This system will be just available on site.

Here we are thrilled to reveal the final line up because as you guess, some band’s name were missing!

We were waiting for the last band’s confirmations and as the stage’s booking is now over, we are able to announce to you the Hellfest 2018 final line up!(You’ll be given later with the running order).

You can add under the Valley : KADAVAR and LUCIFER and the evilish lights of CELESTE from Lyon!
As at the Mainstage, we’ll welcome BREED MACHINE and the riot girl band L7!

At last, the english NAPALM DEATH will come back to defend the values of GrindCore music under the Altar.

At 1:13 PM today, we will launch the Digitick tickets sale opening for the 1 day tickets. (Don’t forget that you’ll receive an e-mail with the ticket within 24h)

In the later few weeks, we will open the big springboard “The Voice of Hell by RIFFX”. All new this year as an international big competition with the exceptional price to perform at the Main stage 2! (conditions and terms soon at https://thevoiceofhell.fr/)

Please note that you’ll be noticed of all info neecded to organize your journey!

5 months before the open gates we are more than impatients to welcome you at Clisson and to indroduce you all the news at Hellfest 2018! A huge thank you for your support and patience!

/« See you in Hell folks & take care of each other ! »

You can win two all access (3days) pass.
Until the 30th of April.
Check it here:
http://www.hellfest.fr/en/2-passes-vip-to-win/

HellFest APP UPDATED!!
Great improvement for the festival. You can check your running order, programme, artist details, etc.
http://www.hellfest.fr/en/infospratique/iphone-and-android/
http://oneevent-oneapp.com/hellfest-2017/

You can see the bands for this year here: http://www.hellfest.fr/en/artists/

DOWN > PUSCIFER

As a result of the latest events, we are sorry to announce that DOWN has to cancel their venue in Europe and thus won’t play in Hellfest 2016. We are glad to propose the band PUSCIFER (Featuring James Maynard > Tool‘s singer) as a replacement. The latter will perform under the Valley on Sunday, June 19th and as for FU MANCHU, they’ll play as headliners on Saturday, 18th. We’ll keep you aware of all the schedules. Stay tuned.

We also wanted to thank you again for the big support that you showed when we had to make a decision after Anselmo’s case! Here is the artist’s statement :

“Dearest Ben-
Philip H. Anselmo here Brother…

First, and foremost, there is NO WAY I can possibly thank you enough for “fighting the good fight” for me, and ALL of my bands, namely Down in this instance. Your love & backbone will never be forgotten, and from this point on through the rest of my fighting life, I owe you every ounce of praise!

My AWFUL mistake has taken a toll on my reputation, and justly so! However I must point out, you damned-well KNOW ME better than this drunken incident could ever describe.

Hellfest is my heart!!!

And my embarrassment is tremendous, because I only have LOVE for people all over this skirmishing earth.

So my brother, it fucking rips my heart into further pieces to let you know, I don’t think I should do ANY Euro festivals this year.

So PLEASE I BEG YOU, give me this time to get my brain clear, and to come back (if you will have me back) next year my brother, I implore you!

Plus, the re-emergence of the knee injuries have been plaguing me of late as well, so I must address this too, through physical rehabilitation & rest.

Knowing my character, when I put my mind to something THIS DIRE, I come back 100-times better, and THAT’S what the Mighty Hellfest deserves!!!

My love for you & the rest of the gang that makes Hellfest THE TOPS, goes on and on and on…

Much love & respect-

Philip H. Anselmo (and the H. stands for HEALING)”

BEN BARBAUD PRESS RELEASE:

Dear Mme Garnier, Mr Retailleau, President of the Cultural Commission and President of the Regional Council of Pays de la Loire respectively.

It has taken you barely more than two months to elaborate your famous pretext used to cancel the 10 year long, historical partnership between the Pays de la Loire region and the HELLFEST festival; the biggest modern music festival in France, which I represent.


No, Madame Garnier you have had no intention of meeting with me, despite my many requests since your appointment, in December 2015, to the regional council. An appointment had indeed been arranged, but only with your “assistant.” I consider this proof of your lack of consideration for our festival, just recently voted best French festival for the second year in a row. Today we were informed of a sudden change to this appointment; finally you will be present. To what do we owe this honour of your presence so suddenly? Is it out of necessity to defend your stance, given your recent media outpourings.

I have read with great interest your recent communiqués to date. Statements published on social media networks to your 5000 followers. I would hasten to reply under the same form but before the scrutiny of our 300 000 followers.
I would glady have given you answers had you had the courtesy to contact me before throwing opprobrium onto an event which has never had the slightest incident to mention. An event for which the majority of the Loire’s inhabitants, national media and Prefecture have nothing but praise for its organisation and harmonious atmosphere. For I have learned of your “demand to exclude the group DOWN from our festival” via the press - a strange way to communicate with an organisation that is a so-called partner.


I will endeavour to give you my version of events, and by beginning with the facts your real intentions against our festival will come to light. Unlike you, I have no reason to hide my intentions, and I have no reason to lie to the electorate since I am not standing for office. To be honest, I am disgusted by politics, like many of my fellow citizens. It is my passion for my work and music that obliges me to write to you; regrettably, as I would have greatly preferred it were otherwise.
You received on February 2, an email from the collective “Provocs Hellfest ça suffit” (a collective renowned for their fierce opposition to our festival) informing you of an incident in the USA. You would see the artist Philip Anselmo, whom you had never heard of 72h previous, giving a Hitler salute and shouting “White power.”
We, like you, and I speak on behalf of the heavy metal music community, denounce this inexcusable effusion. Nevertheless, you deliberately omit to mention that this man has made multiple, public apologies, and has sworn that he is not anti-Semitic nor does he have hateful feelings towards any creed or kin. Moreover, we know this person and consider ourselves responsible and able enough to justify his presence among the many guests at our festival. This is in no way an act of complacency with regard to inappropriateness, as you have insinuated, for the festival that I head is, and never will be, a platform for racist or hateful rhetoric. This person committed a grave error that he regrets sincerely, it would be fallacious to consider him as someone he is not. I could send you a long list of artists known for pushing the boundaries of provocation under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Rock ‘n’ roll has always had its excesses that only its fans and connoisseurs can understand and forgive. David Bowie in his time, Sid Vicious, I could go on… Philip Anselmo has acted, I grant you, on this occasion as an imbecile. He is a provocative and fiery artist like many born out of Rock ‘n’ roll, but an artist that I would defend because I am certain that he does not belong among those who are hate-filled and spread nauseating ideas… Admit it, though, this does not interest you, only the pretext by which to please your electorate through cutting your ties to our event. Must I remind you that you have continually voted against supporting our cause (financially and morally) for the past 10 years in the opposition government? To hear you say that since your election, your regional council has never “withdrawn support for the festival nor even threatened to,” is but another of many political machinations designed to beguile the electorate in the Loire of your real intentions.

This festival has been such a successful adventure and example of human success. It has eradicated much prejudice against a stigmatised and caricatured public, too often wrongly judged as violent, occultist, even satanic. You must doubtlessly belong to those few remaining persons to realise this fact. This is as much a pity as it is worrying as the people in the Loire have put their trust in you to deliver a policy of cultural diversity in the Pays de la Loire region. This dynamic region should rejoice and be proud to see a group of passionate youngsters succeed in creating such a successful venture in rural France! We have created 15 full-time jobs, 500 part-time and temporary contracts in an unpredictable cultural sector! We have generated more than €5m of revenue for the Nantais wine industry and have been a formidable communication tool for tourism in a lesser known area!
I dare to hope that as a taxpayer in the Loire and Vendée, that my colleagues and cultural peers will not have to face the same wrath of your moralising convictions which, to me, are a barrier to freedom and cultural creativity. It is one of the few remaining cultural jewels in our economic crown that France can be proud of.

Throughout its existence, the festival has remained apolitical, yet we are not and have never been fooled by your intentions. An interview in December 2015 on the television channel France 3 confirmed our concerns. You replied in the interview: “Hellfest? I don’t like it…” “Have you ever been to Hellfest?” “No, because I don’t like it.”
Easy to see that you would have a hard time convincing many inhabitants that your main priority was to strengthen the partnership with our event, which you see as satanic and violent.
So, allow me to reiterate: keep your grant. We who love extreme music have no moral lessons to learn from politicians who have never taken the time to come, see and understand our event for themselves and then try to impose a code of conduct. Wouldn’t you agree that it is the organisers and festival-goers to decide what is good and proper for our event of which you know nothing? Wouldn’t it be better as elected officials to concentrate on the real problems that eat away at our society rather than to vent your anger on a festival and community of music lovers who, for 3 days, celebrate their passion in peace and harmony; and that almost the entire population of Clisson praises for their respect, politeness and kindness?

Madame Garnier, Monsieur Retailleau, you are going the wrong way and I am sad to have to say it, but your political tactics cannot mask the reality of the situation: you simply had to find a pretext with which to put an end to our partnership. One matter of concern on our side, we have been prepared for this since your election. HELLFEST is, and will always remain apolitical, pacifistic, and independent. A festival organised BY fans FOR fans that will never cease to make heard the music you deem so diabolical and unsavoury, contrary to all those who have the chance to come and hear it.
I challenge you to find but one person who has attended our event who is able to prove that our festival incites racial or religious hatred. You would not find a single one, Madame and Monsieur elected officials, once again you are fighting the wrong fight.
Madame Garnier, I am aware of your candidacy for the mandate to the city of Nantes; a place dear to my heart, a town of cultural richness I am so proud. I urge you to rethink your position for I would find it hard to bear living (and many Nantais too) in a Nantes with “selective culture.”
May our extinguished grant go to help other dynamic, innovative and creative cultural associations that dare to dream and know when to push the limits of political correctness… BORN TO LOSE, LIVE TO WIN, LONG LIVE ROCK’N’ROLL!

Ben Barbaud
President of the association HELLFEST PRODUCTIONS

Ps. Forgiveness and understanding are not only Christian virtues. Those of us passionate about HELLFEST and extreme music are also people capable of debating and accepting differences of opinion. The doors of our “festival of hell” are always open to you, and I remain convinced that our hundreds of thousands of fans would be delighted to show you to what extent our event is just love and fraternity!

RELIVE HELLFEST
25 January 2016

The Sparkk company, who specializes in the field of digital development, has offered the Hellfest its first RE-LIVE experience: a whole new virtual tour prototype to #relive the Hellfest dimension. This project will escort you through the 2015 festival, where you will be able to follow several routes and visit emblematic spots on the festival grounds: The TEMPLE, ALTAR, VALLEY, and MAIN STAGES, the FERRIS WHEEL, VIP GARDEN, HELLFEST CULT, VIP TERRACE, BARS, CAMPING SITE, MERCH and EXTREME MARKET. As you virtually trip through the festival, you will surely see a few familiar faces.

The project is still in its embryonic stages, and we would like to have your opinions and feedbacks on the matter so that we may improve it as well as its functionalities and contents for the 2016 edition. #relive

TRY RELIVE : HERE

[IMPORTANT] The Re-live experience works only on the Google Chrome browser for the moment.As we are expecting a high number of connections, the system might undergo temporary service outages. Thank you for your understanding.

http://www.hellfest.fr/en/news/

THE IRON HORDE INVADES HELLFEST 2015!!!!



Are you ready to see the Iron Horde go heavy metal? It all started last November, when Grommash’s celebration of the lineup announcement for Hellfest 2015 quickly ignited an epic conversation between Warcraft fans and metal fans.
With over 140.000 attendees, Hellfest is a massive metal music festival that no true orc would ever want to miss. Last year Grommash and his Iron Horde were too busy getting ready to invade Azeroth and didn’t have time for a detour to western France. This year, they are prepared…
So this summer, we’ll be there in person to take a closer look at what happens when these two worlds collide – and we’re looking forward to sharing the results with you.

We’ll have more information soon about what we’ll be doing there. Stay tuned because you won’t want to miss #WoWAtHellfest 2015!

For the horde!

http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/18792374

HELLFEST APPLICATION for Iphone and Android
This year, Hellfest renews its official Hellfest Application thanks to its partner SFR.
A new design and the following functions are available:

Festival news
Alerts and notifications in real time (« Push » notification iPhone and Android)
Complete programming
Photo and video gallery
Artists promotion
Twitter client integrated
Access to the ticket office
Planning organizer (plan your journey, your preferred bands)
Practical informations (transport, campsite)
Possibility to share on facebook and twitter
Geolocalisation on the festival
Videos diffused by ARTE Live Web
Bands and stages of Hellfest 2014 are now available. Don’t forget to update your application if your still using the 2013 version. A recharging stand for your mobile will be still available this year on the Metal Corner.

Read more here, http://www.hellfest.fr/en/application-hellfest-2014-a245/

Check out the official Hellfest movie from 2014. And see you all at Hellfest in June!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x29jxnu_official-hellfest-2014-after-film_music

HELLFEST BUS
Remember, you have bus available http://hellfest.fr/en/voyages/?from=Leaving-abroad if you are lookling for a way to go to Hellfest!

LOCKERS AT HELLFEST
This year for your comfort, Hellfest adds again lockers in the Metal Corner. Several sizes are available (S,M,L). They should be reserved on our partner’s website http://www.lockandrock.net/en/24-hellfest-2015. A key will be given to you with your purchase order. In addition, the same service provider will suggest to you an other system of lockers directly reservable on the festival. Important : large items like moto helmets will not be abble to pass the cathedral control !

RUNNING ORDER
The festival’s running order is finally available! You can check it out at http://docs.hellfest.fr/datas/2015/running-order.pdf. As usual, we’ve done our best to present you with a schedule which balances out, suits your musical tastes and complies with the arangements we've entered into with the bands! Speaking of which, we’re sorry to inform you that FALLUJAH was canceled and replaced with BACKYARDS BABIES, and that BEASTMILK has changed its name to GRAVE PLEASURES following the parting of its co-founder Johan "Goatspeed" Snell.

1 Day passes

We inform you that the sales of our one day passes will only open when we announce the last 30 bands! Even though the 3 days tickets are selling very fast, one day passes will still be available... But as you can imagine, they won't last long! We can't give you exact dates yet since we're still working on the bands' running order! It is taking some time and we're still waiting for our entire line up to be confirmed !

Besides, it's important to say that this year, we'll only work with Digitick to sell the tickets. ( and some bus companies )

LAST BANDS CONFIRMED

You were eagerly waiting for it, the last confirmed bands are:
L7 | CAVALERA CONSPIRACY | HAWK EYES | MONARCH | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | WE ARE HARLOT
The details of the Friday/Saturday/Sunday bands has just been validated, but the "Running Order" with the schedule will be revealed a bit later! The Day passes will be on sale on Thursday 29th January late in the afternoon*. Caution; remember that the 1 Day passes quota won’t last long because the entirety of our 3 Days passes were sold in less than two weeks! That’s your last chance to get your place in Hell. The festival has never been that successful before and we are deeply grateful for your support. We will be worth your trust and promise you once again an edition full of surprises and novelties!
*The exact time isn't confirmed yet!

Monday, December 8, 2014 SOLD OUT ! Here we are: about twenty days will have been enough for all the Hellfest 3 days passes to be sold! It's the first time this happens: having to announce that the festival is "sold out" before Christmas! However, as we promised you, we managed to keep some one-day tickets. They should be available by the beginning of January, as well as all the necessary details that will allow you to make a choice between Friday, Saturday or Sunday! Note that not everyone will be able to purchase these "last chance" tickets, so you will have to struggle to obtain yours before other people, everything will probably happen in just a few minutes! Within only 10 years, all together, we managed to impose our common passion of rock and metal on the podium of the big french and european festivals, and all of us can be proud of this! With this new record, Hellfest proves once more how faithful its fans are. We thank you again for having followed and supported us during this last decade. We will welcome you on 19th, 20th and 21st of June 2015, in Clisson with new surprises, to blow the candle of Hellfest 10th anniversary!

Last bands for Hellfest revealed! Hellfest has revealed some more bands and cancellations to form the 2014 line-up for one of the most anticipated editions of this huge festival. Last names on board:

LYNCH MOB
KVELERTAK
ORDER OF APOLLYON
ROTTING OUT on Friday
WALKING PAPERS
AGAINST ME!
NEFARIUM

Unfortunately, the following acts failed to make it:

QUEENSRYCHE
DEFEATER
7 SECONDS

Some of us at Festivalphoto are especially excited to see extreme bands on the main stages once again.

Stay tuned for more surprises!!!!

CAMPSITE
Campsite is free and right next to the festival!

The campsite doors open Thursday 19 June at 2pm upon presentation of your ticket. You will then be given your bracelet for the festival so all you'll have to do is set up your tent !
BE CAREFUL ! This campsite is only for those holding a 1 or 3 day pass. When you arrive volunteers will give you a "camping bag" with goodies but its main use is as a bin bag and a you'll be given a token for every bin bag handed in. We rely on you to keep the site clean. A toilet block will also be available.

OTHER ACCOMODATIONS

Resanantes/Nantes Tourisme office helps you to find your hotel in and around Nantes city.
To book your hotel with DISCOUNT, click here : Accor Hotels.
For those who do not wish to camp, contact the tourist office www.valleedeclisson.fr or call the + 33 240 540 295. Numerous gites, bed and breakfast, holiday village and campsites are available within 20kms of the festival!
A platform for accomodations is available here

TRANSPORTATIONS
By car :
On the motorway or on local roads, we strongly advise you to log onto mappy.fr (Rue du Champ Louet, 44190 Clisson) It is also wise to arrive on Thusrday 19 June to avoid traffic jams. Once in Clisson, look out for the signs to the festival carparks.

Car-sharing :
A car-sharing website is available here!
Also, you can log on to www.hellfest.fr/forum to contact other festival goers to save money and reduce pollution !

By bus :
Many companies are offering a transport, campsite, ticket package see page "Bus + Tickets"

By train:
The SNCF will advise you on your journey. Once in Nantes, trains for Clisson run regularly.
Nantes to Clisson. 1st train: 6h20 (lot of trains between these hours) last train: 22h30 (€5 for a trip) : TBC
Clisson to Nantes. 1st train: 5h39 (lot of trains between these hours) last train: 19h21 (5€ for a trip) : TBC
(last train from Clisson being at 19h21, we invite you to read the informations about Hellfest Shuttles below to come back to Nantes).
Adress Nantes Train Station: Rue de Lourmel, 44000 Nantes. GoogleMap
Adress Clisson Train Station: Rue Ferdinand Albert 44190 Clisson. GoogleMap
With the support of Région Pays de la Loire, (in collaboration with SNCF) you can go and back to Hellfest for only 10€, from any Pays de la Loire train station.
10€ roundtrip ticket is available from thursday 19th (for go), till monday 23rd before noon (for back). Hellfest ticket is needed for buying it in every train station of Pays de la Loire or on www.ter-sncf.com/paysdelaloire (from 10th may)
For any other information, check www.voyages-sncf.com

By plane :
WITH AIR FRANCE
Get a discount on flights with Air France and KLM Global Meetings!
By using the following reservation code : 21746AF
Available on flights between the : 15/06/14 au 28/06/14
For more information : www.airfranceklm-globalmeetings.com

Nantes' Airport:
Nantes Aiport, www.nantes.aeroport.fr, is the biggest in the region catering for flights from France and abroad (London Barcelona etc.). CityJet offers cheap flights from London www.cityjet.com.


Hellfest Shuttles:

At Clisson’s train station:
No reservation is needed.
Shuttles will e parked in front of station at each train arrival from Thursday morning.
They will drop you at the gates of the festival.

At Nantes’ train station:
At first, we invite you to take the train to Clisson.
If you don’t find any good train correspondence, you should book the shuttle service in advance by email. On this email specify the full names of each festival-goers who will take the shuttle plus day and arrival time as well as information about your train (from which city, time of arrival at Nantes’ train station etc…).
The shuttles will be parked at “Nantes Gare Sud”
You'll receive a confirmation of your reservation by email. Please don’t forget to print and bring this email with you.

At Nantes’ airport:
It is mandatory to book your shuttle trip by this formulary.
Throughout the weekend:
The shuttles will be parked at the roundabout at the exit of the festival and will drop you off wherever you like in Clisson.
The return trip may be provided if you wish, please ask to the driver to come pick you up.
For any other trips, the price will be communicated according to the destination.

Returns each evening after the concerts:
No reservation is needed.
The shuttles will be parked at the roundabout at the exit of the festival.
The following trips will be provided:

Clisson -> Clisson
Clisson -> Nantes’ Train Station

Returns on Monday from the festival to Nantes’ airport or Clisson’s train station:
No reservation is needed.
The shuttles are set up at the end of the festival at the roundabout at the exit and travel non-stop every Monday until all 
Clarification, Nantes train station will be served until some time in the morning ... Then it will be a table in the station Clisson and you will take the train to Nantes.

Prices:
* Clisson -> Clisson:
€ 2 per person for a trip (day or night)

* Clisson -> Nantes Nantes -> Clisson:
€ 10 per journey (from 7am to 8pm)
€ 15 per journey (from 8pm to 7am)
A minimum of 5 people must be present in the shuttle

you have to book your reservation on hellfest.navette@gmail.com if :
- You need a shuttle Clisson>airport an other day than the monday morning !
- You arrive the Nantes train station on Thursday / friday / saturday, and it will be too late for you to catch a train to Clisson !
- You have any request on the prices.

Contact Information:
Taxi Douillard
Mail: virginie@groupedouillard.com
Tel: 02 40 03 92 05

You can also call the others taxi companies from Clisson and Nantes.

The line-up for HellFest 2014 includes bands like Guns and Roses, Ozzy Ozbourne, Lamb of God, Megadeath, and Obituary are some of the bands amongst the other performers who will set the stage on fire for you this year.

Bringing the best of metal to its audience, the HellFest 2014 will be a place to be as Lamb of God bring their distinctive style that set them apart from other American metal bands, which is mainly due to their brutal groove metal riffling style, displaying a definite affinity for thrash and death metal.

Don’t forget to attend the performance of The Devil’s Blood – an Occult Rock/Psychedelic Rock band from Netherlands that uses the myriad of artistic and spiritual influences, which creates the overall aesthetic of Netherlands. The Devil’s Blood, through their music takes you into a labyrinth of wondrous amazement and dark realisation.

HELLFEST | CLISSON | 20,21,22 JUIN 2014

Here is the Line Up

Friday 20th June
Mainstage1 - IRON MAIDEN | ROB ZOMBIE | QUEENSRYCHE | THERAPY? | SATAN | CROSSFAITH | NIGHTMARE | + 1 band

Mainstage2 - SLAYER | TRIVIUM | SEPULTURA | DEATH ANGEL | M.O.D. | TOXIC HOLOCAUST | FUELED BY FIRE | ANGELUS APATRIDA | +1 band

The Altar - DEATH | KATAKLYSM | SEPTIC FLESH | THE CHURCH OF PUNGENT STENCH | NOCTURNUS AD | LOUDBLAST | BLOCKHEADS | KRONOS | + 1 band

The Temple - WATAIN | ENSLAVED | TURISAS | IMPALED NAZARENE | DESTROYER 666 | GEHENNA | IMPIETY | NECROBLOOD | + 1 band

The Valley - ELECTRIC WIZARD | GODFLESH | KYLESA | KADAVAR | ROYAL THUNDER | DOWNFALL OF GAIA | CASPIAN | CONAN | MARS RED SKY

The Warzone- WALLS OF JERICHO | PRO PAIN | SLAPSHOT | DEFEATER | FIRST BLOOD | BRUTALITY WILL PREVAIL | STICK TO YOUR GUNS | +1 band

Saturday 21st June

Mainstage1- AEROSMITH | DEEP PURPLE | STATUSQUO | SKID ROW | BUCKCHERRY | LEZ ZEPPELIN | KILLERS | +1band

Mainstage2 - AVENGED SEVENFOLD | SOULFLY | HATEBREED | DAGOBA | WE CAME AS ROMANS | PROTEST THE HERO | WHILE SHE SLEEPS | OF MICE AND MAN | DARKNESS DYNAMITE

The Altar - CARCASS | NILE | GORGUTS | HAIL OF BULLETS | INCANTATION | SUPURATION | WEEKEND NACHOS | BENIGHTED | +1 band

The Temple - GORGOROTH | ELUVEITIE | TSJUDER | SHINNING | SKYCLAD | MGLA | TROLLFEST | TEMPLE OF BAAL | +1 band

The Valley - MONSTER MAGNET | CLUTCH | PHIL ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS | ACID KING | WITCH MOUNTAIN | SUBROSA | SAVIOURS | HERDERK | HARK

The Warzone - MILLECOLIN | COMEBACK KID | 7 SECONDS | BLAST! | MISCONDUCT | BURNING HEADS | AYX | +2 bands

Sunday 22th June

Mainstage1- BLACK SABBATH | SOUNDGARDEN | MEGADETH | ALTER BRIDGE | SEETHER | CROWBAR | LOFOFORA | BLUE PILLS

Mainstage2- EMPEROR | ICED EARTH | BEHEMOTH | ANNIHILATOR | ANGRA | POWERWOLF | IN SOLITUDE | SCORPION CHILD | YEAR OF THE GOAT

The Altar- OPETH | PARADISE LOST | SOILWORK | THE BLACK DAHLIA URDER | UNLEASHED | REPULSION | ULCERATE | OBLITERATION | +1 band

The Temple - 1349 | VREID - SOGNA METAL | SOLSTAFIR | EQUILIBRIUM | URFAUST | DORDEDUH | THE RUINS OF BEVERAST | ALUK TODOLO | + 1 band

The Valley - UNIDA | SPIRIT CARAVAN | DOZER | HOUSE OF BROKEN PROMISES | LOWRIDER | ZODIAC | SATAN'S SATYRS | WATERTAK | +1 band

The Warzone - TURBONEGRO | FLOGGIN MOLLY | MISFITS | MAD SIN | LAST RESORT | THE BONES | TAGADA JONES | CRUSHING CASPARS | COBRA


3-day pass available on www.hellfest.fr

First announcement revealed ! Witness the 48 bands already confirmed for HELLFEST 2014 !
EMPEROR | TRIVIUM | CARCASS | WATAIN | DEATH | HATEBREED | ICED EARTH
1349 | ANNIHILATOR | BEHEMOTH | BRUTALITY WILL PREVAIL | CONAN | CROWBAR | DAGOBA | DORDEDUH |DOWNFALL OF GAIA | DOWNSET | DOZER | EQUILIBRIUM | FIRST BLOOD | FUELED BY FIRE | GEHENNA | IMPALED NAZARENE | IN SOLITUDE | KATAKLYSM | LAST RESORT |LOUDBLAST | LOWRIDER |MAD SIN | MARS RED SKY |M.O.D. | NIGHTMARE | POWERWOLF | THE CHURCH OF PUNGENT STENCH | REPULSION | SATAN'S SATYRS | SHINING | SOLSTAFIR | TAGADA JONES | TERROR |TOXIC HOLOCAUST | TROLLFEST | TSJUDER | ULCERATE | VREID / WINDIR SOGNAMETAL | WEEKEND NACHOS | YEAR OF THE GOAT | ZODIAC|
+ 120 OTHERS
3-day pass at limited special price available now on www.hellfest.fr
HELLFEST | CLISSON | 20,21,22 JUIN 2014

OPERATION GREEN CODE
This year, as always, something rather menacing will loom over the Hellfest campsite. Fortunately Anima'Green's decontamination team will be deployed to collect and sort all of your highly toxic waste.
The danger is great and, though well protected against the radioactive wastelands, the team can't decontaminate the site on their own...
Your mission, if you accept it: bring as much of your rubbish – collected and sorted – to the campsite's decontamination center as possible.
The bravest among you will be well rewarded for your courage, with merchandising straight from the Hellfest Shop!
The bravest of the brave will be awarded our highest honor: 2 VIP tickets for 2014's Hellfest!
Recruitment sessions will be held at the association's HQ, from Thursday the 20th of June onward.
Operation Green Code
A big change this year: Capsman is back. However due to no small amount of cheating spotted over the past few years, it will not be rewarded. In seems many people just collected their bottle-tops over the course of the year, swapping them for drinks tokens when they got to the festival. In some ways their initiative in the recycling and obtaining free beer departments can be applauded. However the aim of the Capsman initiative is to reduce the festival's ecological impact. It is therefore not right for the Hellfest to pay to take care of people's domestic waste.
Remember that these various Eco-friendly operations come at a price, in terms of both material and personal resources; the exchange with drinks tokens was an effort to reward such undertakings.
We are aware that many of you will be surprised by these news but it should viewed as an opportunity to get back to the real reason Mr Capsman came about! His appetite is just as insatiable and he can't wait to gobble down your bottle-tops!

The official 2013 booklet is now up and can be downloaded here: http://www.hellfest.fr/577-livret-officiel-2013-t-l-chargeable

How to get your metal ass to Hellfest!

By car :
On the motorway or on local roads, we strongly advise you to log onto mappy.fr (Rue du Champ Louet, 44190 Clisson) It is also wise to arrive on Thusrday 20 June to avoid traffic jams. Once in Clisson, look out for the signs to the festival carparks.

Car-sharing :
A brand new Hellfest official car-sharing website is available here : Official Car-sharing
Also, you can log on to www.hellfest.fr/forum to contact other festival goers to save money and reduce pollution !

By bus :
Many companies are offering a transport, campsite, ticket package see page "Bus + Tickets"

By train:
The SNCF will advise you on your journey. Once in Nantes, trains for Clisson run regularly.
Nantes to Clisson. 1st train: 6h20 (lot of trains between these hours) last train: 22h30 (€5 for a trip) : TBC
Clisson to Nantes. 1st train: 5h39 (lot of trains between these hours) last train: 19h21 (5€ for a trip) : TBC
(last train from Clisson being at 19h21, we invite you to read the informations about Hellfest Shuttles below to come back to Nantes).
Adress Nantes Train Station: Rue de Lourmel, 44000 Nantes. GoogleMap
Adress Clisson Train Station: Rue Ferdinand Albert 44190 Clisson. GoogleMap
With the support of Région Pays de la Loire, (in collaboration with SNCF) you can go and back to Hellfest for only 10€, from any Pays de la Loire train station.
10€ roundtrip ticket is available from thursday 20th (for go), till monday 24th before noon (for back). Hellfest ticket is needed for buying it in every train station of Pays de la Loire or on www.ter-sncf.com/paysdelaloire (from 11th may)
For any other information, check www.voyages-sncf.com

By plane :
WITH AIR FRANCE
Get a discount on flights with Air France and KLM Global Meetings!
By using the following reservation code : 18329AF
Available on flights between the : 15/06/12 au 28/06/12
For more information : www.airfranceklm-globalmeetings.com

Nantes' Airport:
Nantes Aiport, www.nantes.aeroport.fr, is the biggest in the region catering for flights from France and abroad (London Barcelona etc.). CityJet offers cheap flights from London www.cityjet.com.


Hellfest Shuttles:

At Clisson’s train station:
No reservation is needed.
Shuttles will e parked in front of station at each train arrival from Thursday morning.
They will drop you at the gates of the festival.

At Nantes’ train station:
At first, we invite you to take the train to Clisson.
If you don’t find any good train correspondence, you should book the shuttle service in advance by email. On this email specify the full names of each festival-goers who will take the shuttle plus day and arrival time as well as information about your train (from which city, time of arrival at Nantes’ train station etc…).
The shuttles will be parked at “Nantes Gare Sud”
You'll receive a confirmation of your reservation by email. Please don’t forget to print and bring this email with you.

At Nantes’ airport:
It is mandatory to book your shuttle trip by email.
On the email, specify the full names of each festival-goers who will take the shuttle plus the date and time of arrival and the origin of your flight.
The shuttles will be parked outside the airport.
You'll receive a confirmation of your reservation by email. Please don’t forget to print and bring this email with you.

Throughout the weekend:
The shuttles will be parked at the roundabout at the exit of the festival and will drop you off wherever you like in Clisson.
The return trip may be provided if you wish, please ask to the driver to come pick you up.
For any other trips, the price will be communicated according to the destination.

Returns each evening after the concerts:
No reservation is needed.
The shuttles will be parked at the roundabout at the exit of the festival.
The following trips will be provided:

Clisson -> Clisson
Clisson -> Nantes’ Train Station

Returns on Monday from the festival to Nantes’ airport or Clisson’s train station:
No reservation is needed.
The shuttles are set up at the end of the festival at the roundabout at the exit and travel non-stop every Monday until all 
Clarification, Nantes train station will be served until some time in the morning ... Then it will be a table in the station Clisson and you will take the train to Nantes.

Prices:
* Clisson -> Clisson:
€ 2 per person for a trip (day or night)

* Clisson -> Nantes Nantes -> Clisson:
€ 10 per journey (from 7am to 8pm)
€ 15 per journey (from 8pm to 7am)
A minimum of 5 people must be present in the shuttle

Contact Information:
Taxi Douillard
Mail: virginie@groupedouillard.com
Tel: 02 40 03 92 05

You can also call the others taxi companies from Clisson and Nantes.

Powered by SFR and released by Greencopper, the official Hellfest app (iPhone and Android) is finally available for free on AppStore and Android Market ! With this app, you'll be able to follow all the latest news about Hellfest 2013 (21, 22 and 23 of June) before, during and after the festival.

The application offers the following features:

☆ Festival news
☆ Notifications "Push" (on iPhone)
☆ Full line-up
☆ Photo and video galleries
☆ Integrated Twitter app
☆ Access to e-tickets
☆ Personalize your Hellfest schedule by adding your favorite bands
☆ Practical info (transport, camping etc.)
☆ Sharing on Facebook and Twitter
☆ Geolocalization

So stay tuned !

Confirmation and cancellation

Nachtmystium, Master of Reality and Witchcraft will not be playing at this year's festival. Svart crown will replace Nachtmystium. The rest of the replacements will be announched as soon as possible.

A new map of the festival site is up: http://www.hellfest.fr/539-plan-du-festival-hellfest-2013

Hellfest has posted this year's running order: http://www.hellfest.fr/740-running-order-hellfest-2013

Hellfest just posted an interview with Testament.

http://www.hellfest.fr/742-interview-hellfest-testament

Hellfest Running Order is up! Start planning your stay -m-

http://www.hellfest.fr/images/docs/ro.pdf

Hellfest publishes interview with Amorphis

http://www.hellfest.fr/735-interview-hellfest-amorphis

Arch Enemy and Acacia Strain cancells

Arch Enemy cancells all their Europeas shows for this summer due to personal reasons. Napalm Death takes their place as Altar Stage headliner on Saturday 22nd.

HELLFEST / new announcement / GOJIRA !!!!

You've talked a lot about it, and you've been waiting for it, today we are glad to confirm the presence of GOJIRA at the HELLFEST. The leader of the french scene will crush the main stage 1 on Sunday, June 23rd with his “pachydermic” metal ! GOJIRA will be the 20st representative of the french hexagon on the 2013 edition!

HELLFEST 2013 : DEF LEPPARD COMING BACK TO FRANCE AFTER 17 YEARS !!!

The HellFest is proud and honoured to announce that DEF LEPPARD will make their grand return to France on Friday June 21st, 2013 as headliner for the first day of the festival.

This event will be DEF LEPPARD’s first concert in France for almost seventeen years (The band’s previous live appearance in this country dated from October 20th 1996 in Paris)!!!

With more than 100 million albums sold worldwide and two prestigious Diamond Awards (Def Leppard are one of only five rock bands to have two consecutive 10 million plus selling albums in the U.S. The others are The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Van Halen.) to their credit, Def Leppard - Joe Elliott (vocals), Phil Collen (guitar), Rick "Sav" Savage (bass), Vivian Campbell (guitar) and Rick Allen (drums)— continue to be one of the most important forces in rock music. Over the course of their career, the band has produced a series of classic groundbreaking albums that set the bar for generations of music fans and artists alike. The group’s spectacular live shows, filled with powerful melodic rock anthems, continue to sell out venues worldwide.

The announcement will come as a welcome surprise to French fans, as the band was not scheduled to tour Europe in 2013. On top of this breaking news, this one off concert will also give the French crowd the opportunity to enjoy the fantastic “Hysteria & More” show that DEF LEPPARD will perform this spring at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

At Hellfest, DEF LEPPARD will share the main stage with Whitesnake, Europe, Twisted Sister, Saxon and Helloween.

As with previous editions, the HellFest will take place in the beautiful medieval city of Clisson (West of France, 35 km from Nantes and 400km from Paris).

Last year, with an attendance of over 100 000 people, the HellFest became the third most important musical event in France. This year, 120 000 people are expected!

Kiss, ZZ Top, Korn, Accept, Volbeat, Bullet for My Valentine and Danzig are the others names on the top of the list of the 160 bands which are booked on the 6 stages of the HellFest on June 21st, 22nd and 23rd.

HELLFEST 2013 : NEW ANNOUNCEMENT

With more than 62 extra bands, plus all those already announced, the Hellfest 2013 line-up is almost over. ( unfortunately “For today” had to canceled his show ) It’s time for you to discover the main part of the bill. Prepare to feel a new toxic threat on the “Clisson” lands. Here comes the band list of all the bands who will play, we are waiting you to celebrate this new crazy edition !
The new bands confirmed are :
7 WEEKS - A DAY TO REMEMBER - AGNOSTIC FRONT - ASKING ALEXANDRIA - ATTENTAT ROCK - AUDREY HORNE - BANE - BERRI TXARRAK - BLACK BREATH - BLACK COBRA - BLACK PYRAMID - BURY YOUR DEAD - BUZZCOCKS - CASUALTIES - COCKNEY REJECTS - CULT OF LUNA -DANZIG - DEEZ NUTS - DR LIVING DEAD - ERYN NON DAE - FINNTROLL - GALLOWS - GHOST - GRAVEYARD - HEATHEN - HELLYEAH - HYPOCRISY - JUSTINE - KISSIN DYNAMITE - KOLDBRANN - KROKUS - LE BAL DES ENRAGES - MANILLA ROAD - MISANTHROPE - MISERY INDEX - MONSTROSITY - MOONSPELL - PALLBEARER - PIG DESTROYER - PROCESSION - RETOX - RIVERSIDE - SETH - SIX FEET UNDER - SLEEP - STILLE VOLK - SURTR - SWANS - SYMPHONY X - T.A.N.K. - THE ARRS - THE DECLINE - THE GREAT OLD ONES - THE OLD DEAD TREE - THE SECRET - TOYDOLLS - VERA CRUZ - VOIVOD - WALKING PAPERS - WALTARI -WHITESNAKE

… In addition to the previously 83 bands announced :

3 DOORS DOWN - ABSU - ACCEPT - AMORPHIS - ANTI FLAG - ARCH ENEMY - ASPHYX - AT THE GATES - ATARI TEENAGE RIOT - AURA NOIR - AVANTASIA - BAD RELIGION - BLACK SPIDERS - BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME - BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE - CANDLEMASS - CAPTAIN CLEANOFF - CARPATHIAN FOREST - CEREMONIAL OATH - CLUTCH - COAL CHAMBER - CONVERGE -CRADLE OF FILTH- CRYPTOPSY - DANKO JONES - DARK FUNERAL - DEAD CONGREGATION - DOWN- EAGLE TWIN - EQUILIBRIUM - EVOKEN - GOD SEED - HAEMORRHAGE -HARDCORE SUPERSTAR - HEAVEN'S BASEMENT - HELLOWEEN - HOODED MENACE - IHSAHN - IMMORTAL - INQUISITION - KAMPFAR - KARMA TO BURN - KISS -KORN - KORPLIKLAANI - KREATOR - KRISIUN - LEPROUS - MARDUK - MASS HYSTERIA - MUSTASCH - MY DYING BRIDE - MY SLEEPING KARMA -NACHTMYSTIUM - NEGATIVE APPROACH - NEUROSIS - PARKWAY DRIVE - PAPA ROACH - PRIMORDIAL - PUNISH YOURSELF - ROTTING CHRIST -RED FANG - SAXON - SENSER - SKINDRED - SICK OF IT ALL - SINISTER - SPIRITUAL BEGGARS - SSS - STONESOUR - TERROR - TESTAMENT -THE ACACIA STRAIN - THE GHOST INSIDE - THE SWORD - TRUCKFIGHTERS - TWISTED SISTER - TYR - UNCLE ACID AND THE DEAD BEATS - VOLBEAT - WINTERSUN - WITCHCRAFT - ZZ TOP

Once the final threat is done and that more than 35,000 troopers will have gathered on the morning of June 21, 2013, the 160 bands will deploy over 6 different zones.The bands will be dispatched on these 6 areas according to their musical style and importance.

17 bands per day including headliners will play on the two main external stages "Mainstage 1" and "Mainstage 2."

A double tent will host two other stages with 18 bands per day. One of them is called "The Altar" and will offer the best Death Metal and Grindcore acts. The other one is called "The Temple" and it is on this stage that Pagan and Black Metal bands will play.

Under "The Valley" tent you will find the 5th stage, where you can enjoy 9 bands every day playing Stoner, Doom, Sludge, Psychedelic and other Metal Alternative...

Finally 9 bands per day will also perform at "The Warzone" which will be dedicated to Punk and Hardcore.

At the entrance of the festival you will find the Metal Corner, where the hostilities will begin at 5pm on Thursday ! We invite you to join us and discover more information about this year’s line-up above to go to the new Hellfest 2013 website: www.hellfest.fr

Official booklet to download: http://www.hellfest.fr/577-livret-officiel-t-l-chargeable

1st official warning is out! Tickets will be sold out so make sure you won't be standing without a ticket. To buy, go to http://www.hellfest.fr/tickets.php

Wanna have some party? Gigs, DJ's and striptease? Check out Hellfest's new Metal Corner: http://www.hellfest.fr/562-metal-corner-2012

Don't know how to get to Hellfest?Different companies propose range of packages from several European countries: travel or travel and ticket for the festival and some of them can even book a hotel for you! Here are some suggestions:
http://www.hellfest.fr/550-hellfest-voyages-en-bus

The billing is now complete and the running order is up! http://www.hellfest.fr/544-hellfest-2012-s-running-order

Map of Hellfest 2012! This year the festival will move to a brand new site. See the map here: http://www.hellfest.fr/539-map-of-hellfest-2012

The Hellfest official merch is still for sale on Hellfestshop.com!



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