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France, Clisson - Hellfest Open Air 2015



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DAY 1 (19.06)

Mainstage01

Sticky Boys 11:05 - 11:35
Vulcain 12:15 - 12:45
The Quireboys 13:35 - 14:15
Armored Saint 15:05 - 15:45
Billy Idol 16:35 - 17:35
Motörhead 18:35 - 19:35
Alice Cooper 20:45 - 22:00
Judas Priest 23:10 - 00:40

Mainstage02

Breakdust 10:30 - 11:00
No Return 11:40 - 12:10
Sylosis 12:50 - 13:30
We Are Harlot 14:20 - 15:00
Godsmack 15:50 - 16:30
Lamb Of God 19:40 - 20:40
Five Finger Death Punch 22:05 - 23:05
Slipknot 00:45 - 02:00

Temple

Vorkreist 11:05 - 11:35
Argile 12:15 - 12:45
Enthroned 13:35 - 14:15
Skyforger 15:05 - 15:45
Melechesh 18:35 - 19:25
Cradle Of Filth 20:30 - 21:30
Satyricon 22:40 - 23:40
Shining 00:50 - 01:50

Altar

Necrowretch 10:30 - 11:00
Bölzer 11:40 - 12:10
Leng Tch'e 12:50 - 13:30
Shape Of Despair 14:20 - 15:00
Vallenfyre 15:50 - 16:30
Dying Fetus 17:30 - 18:20
Bloodbath 19:30 - 20:25
Children Of Bodom 21:35 - 22:35
Meshuggah 23:45 - 00:45

Warzone

Lion's Claw 11:05 - 11:35
Despise You 12:15 - 12:45
Twitching Tongues 13:35 - 14:15
Defeater 15:05 - 15:45
Wolfbrigade 16:35 - 17:25
Oathbreaker 18:35 - 19:25
Peter And The Test Tube Babies 20:30 - 21:30
Cock Sparrer 22:40 - 23:40
Dead Kennedys 00:50 - 01:50

Valley

Glowsun 10:30 - 11:00
Midnight Ghost Train 11:40 - 12:10
Samsara Blues Experiment 12:50 - 13:30
Truckfighters 14:20 - 15:00
Orchid 15:50 - 16:30
High On Fire 17:30 - 18:20
Envy 19:30 - 20:25
Mastodon 21:35 - 22:35
Woven Hand 23:45 - 00:45

DAY 2 (20.06)

Mainstage01

Giuda 11:05 - 11:35
Butcher Babies 12:15 - 12:45
The Answer 13:35 - 14:15
Ace Frehley 15:05 - 15:55
Airbourne 16:45 - 17:45
Slash 18:40 - 19:40
ZZ Top 20:40 - 21:40
Scorpions 23:25 - 00:55

Mainstage02

Zuul Fx 10:30 - 11:00
Haken 11:40 - 12:10
Motionless In White 12:50 - 13:30
Ghost Brigade 14:20 - 15:00
Backyard Babies 16:00 - 16:40
L7 17:50 - 18:35
Killing Joke 19:45 - 20:35
Faith No More 21:45 - 23:00

Temple

Doctor Livingstone 11:05 - 11:35
Der Weg Einer Freiheit 12:15 - 12:45
Infestus 13:35 - 14:15
Craft 15:05 - 15:45
Mütiilation 16:35 - 17:20
Finntroll 18:15 - 19:05
Ensiferum 20:05 - 21:05
Mayhem 22:05 - 23:00
Venom 00:40 - 01:40

Altar

Deep In Hate 10:30 - 11:00
Cock And Ball Torture 11:40 - 12:10
Prostitute Disfigurement 12:50 - 13:30
Crusher 14:20 - 15:00
Onslaught 15:50 - 16:30
Desultory 17:25 - 18:10
Coffins 19:10 - 20:00
Skinless 21:10 - 22:00
Obituary 23:35 - 00:35

Warzone

Providence 11:05 - 11:35
Broken Teeth 12:15 - 12:45
Vitamin X 13:35 - 14:15
Merauder 15:05 - 15:45
Rise Of The Northstar 16:35 - 17:20
Terror 18:15 - 19:05
Body Count 20:05 - 21:05
Madball 22:05 - 23:00
Biohazard 00:40 - 01:40

Valley

Machete 10:30 - 11:00
Elder 11:40 - 12:10
Monarch 12:50 - 13:30
The Wounded Kings 14:20 - 15:00
ASG 15:50 - 16:30
Ahab 17:25 - 18:10
Brant Bjork 19:10 - 20:00
Orange Goblin 21:10 - 22:00
Triggerfinger 23:35 - 00:35

DAY 3 (21.06)

Mainstage01

Hawk Eyes 11:05 - 11:35
ETHS 12:15 - 12:45
Red Fang 13:35 - 14:15
Hollywood Undead 15:05 - 15:45
A Day To Remember 16:45 - 17:35
Cavalera Conspiracy 18:35 - 19:35
Limp Bizkit 20:45 - 22:00
Korn 23:10 - 00:25

Mainstage02

Iron Reagan 10:30 - 11:00
Lost Society 11:40 - 12:10
The Haunted 12:50 - 13:30
Dark Tranquillity 14:20 - 15:00
Exodus 15:50 - 16:40
Nuclear Assault 17:40 - 18:30
Epica 19:40 - 20:40
In Flames 22:05 - 23:05
Nightwish 00:30 - 01:45

Temple

Nidingr 11:05 - 11:35
The Great Old Ones 12:15 - 12:45
Khold 13:35 - 14:15
Carach Angren 15:05 - 15:45
Grave Pleasures 16:35 - 17:20
Alestorm 18:35 - 19:25
Samael 20:30 - 21:30
Triptykon 22:40 - 23:40
In Extremo 00:50 - 01:50

Altar

Hypno5e 10:30 - 11:00
Tribulation 11:40 - 12:10
S.U.P. 12:50 - 13:30
Ne Obliviscaris 14:20 - 15:00
The Crown 15:50 - 16:30
Morgoth 17:30 - 18:20
Cannibal Corpse 19:30 - 20:20
At The Gates 21:35 - 22:35
Arch Enemy 23:45 - 00:45

Warzone

Birds In Row 11:05 - 11:35
Code Orange 12:15 - 12:45
Off! 13:35 - 14:15
Snot 15:05 - 15:45
Les Ramoneurs De Menhirs 16:35 - 17:25
Le Wampas 18:35 - 19:25
The Exploited 20:30 - 21:30
Rise Against 22:40 - 23:40
NOFX 00:50 - 01:50

Valley

Witchthroat Serpent 10:30 - 11:00
Death Engine 11:40 - 12:10
Sofy Major 12:50 - 13:30
Russian Circles 14:20 - 15:00
Weedeater 15:50 - 16:30
Eyehategod 17:30 - 18:20
Life Of Agony 19:30 - 20:20
Saint Vitus 21:35 - 22:35
Superjoint 23:35 - 00:35

Who was there?

wrathchild 100%
Veertje (The Netherlands) 100%
AnarChrist (Estonia) 100%
neiluria 100%
Pelagial 100%
tibosax (Germany) 100%
toussa 100%
unswabbed 100%
Pandore (Switzerland) 100%
Lemonyrhus 100%
tromol gunners (Indonesia) 100%
philoubidou 100%
DanielBerfonesVarrPi () 100%
enzodelli 100%
ghostmetal4 100%
COBUTOR () 100%
Arkhasium 100%
Petite_Lune 100%
Melisane 100%
iMPERiAL_iCE (UAE) 70%
The V.M.93 (Italy) 70%

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18.11.2014 - 10:46
Koen Smits

Hell yeah! Great line-up but I can't go.
It's GMM @ the same date, so hopefully a lot of these bands can do both fests.
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08.12.2014 - 13:13
Vombatus
Potorro
Sold out. Wasn't expecting it to go so fast, if compared to last year (but they did reduce the numbers).

Bet they will sell more tickets in some weeks/months due to "popular demand".
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08.12.2014 - 13:51
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Written by Vombatus on 08.12.2014 at 13:13

Sold out. Wasn't expecting it to go so fast, if compared to last year (but they did reduce the numbers).

Bet they will sell more tickets in some weeks/months due to "popular demand".

Jesus.
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08.12.2014 - 13:54
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Vombatus on 08.12.2014 at 13:13

Sold out. Wasn't expecting it to go so fast,


At least with Hellfest almost the entire line-up is known, whereas with Wacken only a small handful of bands have been announced and it's already sold out for months now.
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08.12.2014 - 17:09
Vombatus
Potorro
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 08.12.2014 at 13:54

At least with Hellfest almost the entire line-up is known, whereas with Wacken only a small handful of bands have been announced and it's already sold out for months now.


Yep, indeed. But Hellfest is much more recent and don't have the "mystic aura" of the so called "Mecca of Metal" that Wacken has. That's why I find really impressive to sell out in 20 days.
Although I could see HF becoming a Wacken v2.0 (last year was already similar...) if the organizers want it, and certainly gained a huge of amount of notoriety in the last 2-3 years.
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08.12.2014 - 18:25
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Written by Vombatus on 08.12.2014 at 17:09

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 08.12.2014 at 13:54

At least with Hellfest almost the entire line-up is known, whereas with Wacken only a small handful of bands have been announced and it's already sold out for months now.


Yep, indeed. But Hellfest is much more recent and don't have the "mystic aura" of the so called "Mecca of Metal" that Wacken has. That's why I find really impressive to sell out in 20 days.
Although I could see HF becoming a Wacken v2.0 (last year was already similar...) if the organizers want it, and certainly gained a huge of amount of notoriety in the last 2-3 years.

I guess they could, but a lot of HF goers certainly don't want "their" fest to get any bigger... If Hellfest does that, they'll lose part of their audience (who will go to smaller fests in France like Motocultor, X-Treme fest, Sylak or Fall Of Summer) and gain a more mainstream one
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08.12.2014 - 18:39
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Darkside Momo on 08.12.2014 at 18:25


I guess they could, but a lot of HF goers certainly don't want "their" fest to get any bigger... If Hellfest does that, they'll lose part of their audience (who will go to smaller fests in France like Motocultor, X-Treme fest, Sylak or Fall Of Summer) and gain a more mainstream one


I know loads of non-French visitors who will skip Hellfest if it gets any bigger and will go to smaller fests in Germany and Eastern Europe.
I for one already found it to be too big for the area it was hosted on in 2010 and never returned to Hellfest. Okay 2011 was due to my mother passing away and her funeral being in the Hellfest weekend. But I am sure that would have been the last time given the fact they were expanding the amount of people attending and the number of stages. Sorry, but six is really way too many stages.
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08.12.2014 - 19:50
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 08.12.2014 at 18:39

Written by Darkside Momo on 08.12.2014 at 18:25


I guess they could, but a lot of HF goers certainly don't want "their" fest to get any bigger... If Hellfest does that, they'll lose part of their audience (who will go to smaller fests in France like Motocultor, X-Treme fest, Sylak or Fall Of Summer) and gain a more mainstream one


I know loads of non-French visitors who will skip Hellfest if it gets any bigger and will go to smaller fests in Germany and Eastern Europe.
I for one already found it to be too big for the area it was hosted on in 2010 and never returned to Hellfest. Okay 2011 was due to my mother passing away and her funeral being in the Hellfest weekend. But I am sure that would have been the last time given the fact they were expanding the amount of people attending and the number of stages. Sorry, but six is really way too many stages.

Six stages I find manageable - barely. Any more grow will be too much for me too Last year there were too many people on the site, so I think this edition will be a bit more confortable in that regard
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09.12.2014 - 01:31
Vombatus
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Written by Darkside Momo on 08.12.2014 at 19:50

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 08.12.2014 at 18:39

I know loads of non-French visitors who will skip Hellfest if it gets any bigger and will go to smaller fests in Germany and Eastern Europe.
I for one already found it to be too big for the area it was hosted on in 2010 and never returned to Hellfest. Okay 2011 was due to my mother passing away and her funeral being in the Hellfest weekend. But I am sure that would have been the last time given the fact they were expanding the amount of people attending and the number of stages. Sorry, but six is really way too many stages.

Six stages I find manageable - barely. Any more grow will be too much for me too Last year there were too many people on the site, so I think this edition will be a bit more confortable in that regard


6 stages is very manageable considering it is devided by genres and you only have 2 or sometimes 3 playing at the same time. For me some recurring problems that never get fixed (sound on stages, festsite configuration,etc...) were getting quite annoying, and especially the size ! 2012 was a very good balance with the new site (that is twice as big as the previous), and even if they are reducing this year compared to 2014 I think it will still be quite crowded. Smaller fests is the way to go, for me of course
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24.01.2015 - 14:44
Dark Cornatus
Powerslave
At Hellfest 2014 is was actually pretty cool chilling at the Extreme Metal tent at the Death and Black metal stages. I barely left there, and when i did, it was only to see a really big name i feel i couldn't miss.

I did feel though it was way too many people. I'd probably aim for a smaller festival next time. It's all about the experience though. That's Wacken and Hellfest done. I'd ideally like to go to a Doom Metal Festival or something but it's so hard to sync up travel and festivals.

It's definitely a decent lineup for 2015 though!
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03.05.2015 - 04:04
AyΣm
Abyssal Zebra
Awesome line-up, but this fest is too big for me now. I've been there for 5 years, but 2014 was a too crowded one... Waiting for everything, and far from every stages if you didn't go early. Not my stuff anymore! But it's a really good one, if you are not scared about floods of people it's ok!
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24.06.2015 - 01:36
wrathchild

So in a nutshell, the good parts:
- excellent weather, very hot but quite stable (except the cold night at the camping)
- you could bring in water bottles with caps (I suppose this was OK because of the heat)
- grass everywhere, so Clisson was not covered in dust and we could sit anywhere
- the Altar and Temple are now two separate scenes, still connected
- the Altar, Temple and Valley scenes all had a big screen displaying either the band currently playing or announcing the next band
- a very diverse crowd, all generations of rock/metal lovers could be found
- no more HellStairs to reach the camping (see our 2014 report)
- toilets were rather clean
- few last minute changes/cancellations
- the cashless card (that you can reuse for future editions), no more tokens
- collective showers with no queue, if you don't care about intimacy
- even better decorations, and that 10th anniversary fireworks was crazy good
- Blizzard went overboard with their own decoration: animated pre-show for bands announcements on the MainStages, a tavern where you could play HearthStone (and a bit of WOW) while listening to Charlie Parra whom they invited to play some WOW tunes, a hammer contest, the train from Clisson to Nantes entirely decorated, etc.
- I was guided to a parking in no time on my arrival on Thursday
- the Woodbrass stand in Hell City Square, you could test Gibson guitars equipped with autotuning systems
- all the bands I saw performed admirably

And the bad parts (although "bad" is too big a word for many of these issues):
- it still feels like there are too many people
- not much space to watch the shows on the screens of the Altar/Temple/Valley
- no screen for the Warzone scene
- access to the Warzone was still problematic when big bands were playing (Bodycount)
- when a band played under the Altar, if you stood to the right side you could hear the band playing under the Valley at the same time
- the sound blacked out on the MainStage 1 four times (Airbourne, Scorpions, Cavalera Conspiracy, Korn)
- the RFID chip on the festival wristbands felt a bit useless, not sure it really saved some queuing time
- the part with the least grass was... the forgotten small "wood" (aka the former best place to rest)
- "compost toilets" in the camping. I don't mind the concept, but you really had to seat on a hole in a plank of wood to take a shit
- queuing for official Hellfest merch was tough, and some items were sold out after the first day (including discounted 2016 tickets)
- it could take more than 1h to get to the individual shower cabinets on Saturday and Sunday
- fashion trends bent towards mullet/undercut hair and hipster beards
- the skate park looked good but I found it useless, a waste of space
- It took me like 3 hours to get my car out of the parking, on Monday morning. Nobody was there to control the traffic
- the Marshall stand in Hell City Square, with terribly overpriced t-shirts and earphones. Better buy cheap fakes if you only fancy wearing that Marshall logo.

I'm still undecided about going there next year, because I realized I wasn't interested in seeing bands play live anymore. I took more pleasure in enjoying the evolution of the festival; I like what they choose to do to answer the constraints/complaints they received and the new ideas they bring every year. Though maybe I don't need to attend the whole 3 days to witness that.

I may write more (do you want to read more?) but in the meantime you should see the official picture gallery (here) and the videos of some of the shows (here)
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24.06.2015 - 03:27
Darkside Momo
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Written by wrathchild on 24.06.2015 at 01:36

I may write more (do you want to read more?)

I do.
Didi they announce any name for 2016?
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24.06.2015 - 09:01
wrathchild

Written by Darkside Momo on 24.06.2015 at 03:27

I do.
Didi they announce any name for 2016?


No they didn't.
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24.06.2015 - 12:19
Darkside Momo
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Written by wrathchild on 24.06.2015 at 09:01

Written by Darkside Momo on 24.06.2015 at 03:27

I do.
Didi they announce any name for 2016?


No they didn't.

guessed as much, but wanted to be sure
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