HELLFEST OPEN AIR: 6/15, 16, 17, 2012, CLISSON, FRANCE: CONFIRMS LINEUP

Promoters for HELL FEST 2012, set to take place 6/15, 16th and 17th, 2012, Clisson France have announced the festivals lineup.

FROM HELLFEST 2012 PROMOTERS:
The D day has come, all the soldiers are now gathered for the final assault that will at last able us to conquer the new territory in which Hellfest will take place for several years to come. Victory is a foregone conclusion with over 60 new bands backing us up, who should quickly be joined by legions of troopers from the Metal Nation!

The last bands are:



GUNS N' ROSES, MEGADETH, MOTLEY CRUE,

REFUSED, DROPKICK MURPHYS, BIOHAZARD, TURBONEGRO, WITHIN TEMPTATION

ABYSSE, ALL SHALL PERISH, ARSON ANTHEM, ASCENSION, BEHEMOTH, BELENOS, BENIGHTED, BIG BUSINESS, BLACK BOMB A, BUKOWSKI, CANCER BATS, CELESTE, D-A-D, DISCHARGE, DOOMRIDERS, EDGUY, ENTOMBED, GOTTHARD, HANK III, HAMLET, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, IHSAHN, INSOMNIUM, JESUS CROST, KORITNI, LASTING VALUES, LITURGY, LOCK UP, MOONSORROW, NECROPHAGIA, OBITUARY, OCTOBER FILE, SATYRICON, SEBASTIAN BACH, SHINING, SUBLIME CADAVERIC DECOMPOSITION, SUFFOCATION, SUNNO))), THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX, THE BRONX, THE OBSESSED, THE RODEO IDOT ENGINE, TRAGEDY, TREPALIUM, UNEARTH, UNSANE, URIAH HEEP, VITAMIN X


+ 10 other bands



ALL PIG MUST DIE & WHITECHAPEL has canceled their performances.


Once the final phase of the plan is done and that more than 30,000 troopers will have gathered on the morning of June 15, 2012, the 160 bands will deploy over 6 different zones of the new area which is twice as big as the last battlefield from 2006 to 2011. 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, Hardcore, and D-beat. At the entrance of the festival you will find the Metal Corner, where the hostilities will begin at 5pm on the Thursday with 8 bands as well as DJs who will play their evil playlists every night from Thursday to Sunday.


We invite all troopers who want to join us and discover more information about this year’s line-up and the new festival layout mention above to go to the new Hellfest 2012 website: www.hellfest.fr.


The CLS Crew first came together in 2000 - a small group of mates all fans of hardcore-punk. The group of was made up of a dozen people from Clisson who were fans of groups like SICK OF IT ALL, AGNOSTIC FRONT, 25 TA LIFE, RUN DEVIL RUN, SKARHEAD, SHUTDOWN, CRO-MAGS etc. Problem was that living in Clisson concerts were scarce which encouraged the group to DO IT THEMSELVES! DIY!

So at the beginning of 2000 they started organising clubs and shows supporting bands such like SKARHEAD, ARKANGEL, TERROR, COMIN CORRECT, RIGHT FOR LIFE, STRIFE, AGNOSTIC FRONT, ENSIGN, POISON THE WELL etc. who were amongst the first to be willing to come and play in and around Nantes. The public were there and the crew decided to stage a festival.

June 2002 was the first indoor FURYFEST festival in Clisson on exactly the same spot as the catering and artist’s rooms are today. The festival was a sell out 400 people from the punk, skinhead and hardcore scene were gathered together to watch AGNOSTIC FRONT. The idea was a success and some members decided to take it even further…
FURYFEST 2003 was supposed to take place in Clisson but due to a problem with the date, the town Hall didn’t give permission. So, the site was moved to the "Trocardière" in Nantes. Increasingly ambitious, the festival brought together such bands as SICK OF IT ALL, YOUTH OF TODAY, GOJIRA, ENTOMBED and THE EXPLOITED and took place over two days. It was a hit once again! 7000 festival-goers! The crew could no longer keep up with all the necessary organisation involved. So Ben Barbaud at that time treasurer, decided to create MAN.IN.FEST and make it his full-time occupation.

In 2004 FURYFEST had to move again in order to cater for campers. The new FURYFEST team settled on "Le Mans" (the only town to accept of festival of this kind). The line up brought bands such as SLIPKNOT, MORBID ANGEL, MESSHUGAH, FEAR FACTORY, SOULFLY, HATEBREED, DEICIDE, and TESTAMENT together for the first time in France …but it was also too mad, too ambitious and too costly!

This brought the team back to earth with a bump! 21,000 people attended but profits were down and Ben’s job was threatened!

In 2005 MAN.IN.FEST decided to hand over the reigns to other promoters. Ben was still the talent buyer. For the second year running, FURYFEST took place on the same site, with 3 stages instead of 2 and a great line-up with SLAYER, MOTORHEAD, JELLO BIAFFRA WITH THE MELVINS, ANTHRAX, DIMMU BORGIR, IN FLAMES, PENNYWISE, THE MISFITS etc...

Once again, 30 000 people attended and the weather was glorious. Unfortunately, finances weren’t so brilliant and FURYFEST sadly came to an end.

But the adventure was far from finished. Former employees and certain sponsors decided to try again. Sure of themselves, Ben and Yoann managed to convince the Town Hall of Clisson to trust them.

With money from sponsors thinking along the same lines as them, they decided to create HELLFEST and with HELLFEST PRODUCTIONS, their baby was born!

Back to basics then! The festival was to be outdoors on the 23rd, 24th and 25th of June 2006. MOTORHEAD, APOCALYPTICA, DEAD KENNEDYS, SOULFLY, STONESOUR, HELLOWEEN, SAXON and CRADLE OF FILTH topped the bill! There was a lot of suspicion and fears surrounding the event. Some said it to be a rave party of devil worshipers! Not at all! 22,000 people came to the festival without any problems. The people of Clisson were wrong. The Metal heads were adopted.

In spite of its huge success their takings were down in 2006. The organisers were not discouraged and the billing for 2007 included SLAYER, MEGADETH, NEUROSIS, EMPEROR, IMMORTAL, CYNIC, ATHEIST, MACHINE HEAD, DREAM THEATER and TYPE O NEGATIVE. A vintage year! 40,000 people attended and in spite of enormous problems due to the weather and lack of funds the festival will once again be opening its doorway to "Hell" to all festival-goers.

We promise to all our festival-goers that every year will be a very successful year!



Thanks-stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-