January 25th, 2010
HELLFEST OPEN AIR FESTIVAL V
The Hellfest festival will celebrate its 5th edition on the 18, 19 and 20 of June 2010, having already established itself as a festival that can’t be ignored! After the success of 2009, the Hellfest Open Air’s 5th edition will take place the 18, 19 and 20 of June 2010, on the same site as last year’s: Clisson’s Val de Moine sports complex, right in the heart of the Nantes.
This year’s edition already promises to be the “Metal event” of 2010, the most important ever organized in France! Indeed, during the 3 days, the public will be able to discover or rediscover 114 bands of international acclaim, a veritable marathon of extreme music. Hellfest 2010 will present on four stages a large selection of all the styles like: Hard Rock, Black Metal, Heavy Metal, Hardcore, Death Metal, Glam, Sludge, Doom, Grind, Thrash, Indus, Progressif, Punk, Rock, Desert Rock etc.
The festival-goers will also rediscover the Extrem Market with more than 50 stalls, a tattoo convention, diversified catering and restoration, a wine bar, a bar with special guest beers and many very extreme activities and entertainment! The Hellfest is an open air concert, on a meticulously well decorated and illuminated site, just a small walk from the center of Clisson! Which in itself is a cultural and historical town. A town where there will be many expositions and numerous things to do during the Hellfest weekend. We highly recommend visiting this welcoming town during your stay and cannot emphasize enough how much you will enjoy it.
Last but not least, the campsite and its Metal Corner will the perfect place to start the night or continue the party after the concerts. The ideal place to meet people! The program includes: concerts, Dj sets, and once again activities of all sorts! For sure, this years’ Hellfest will still not only be a series of concerts playing one after the other on 4 stages, but a festival of extreme magnitude.
This year Hellfest will be THE place for extreme-music lovers. A moment of 100% pleasure and relaxation, the guitar sounds, will allow everybody to escape the surrounding gloom by recharging ones batteries with positive energy! Wicked! As last year’s edition was rapidly sold out, it is strongly recommended to book your tickets in advance. The organization wishes at all costs that the Hellfest Open Air keeps a human dimension, this is why the sites’ capacity is not unlimited therefore this year again we will welcome only 20 000 persons per day, and knowing that compared to last year the pre-sales have already tripled: if you try to book late you will be really disappointed to miss this amazing event.
During the three days, Clisson will become a veritable “Babel’s Tower”, a hot spot for a public of over 50 different nationalities getting together around one true passion: extreme music! Starting from 20,000 festival-goers in 2006 to 60,000 in 2009 the Hellfest managed to place itself as a massive European festival, combining a unique extreme schedule which is recognized today throughout the world for its quality and human dimension averaging 20,000 festival-goers per day! Add to that the welcome, the atmosphere, the setting and the ideal comfort and conditions which will allow you to make the most of the bands (you are never further than 80 meters from a stage!) This is one of the few places you should not miss this summer!
We are going to pull out all stops to make this year Hellfest the best and the most memorable ever. So if you haven’t yet discovered the unique atmosphere of this festival, you know what you have got to do!
Things to remember:
- 4 stages, two open air and two covered
- 60,000 festivals-goers from 50 different nationalities expected
- A campsite area of 20 hectares with its Metal Corner ( tent with concerts and DJs ..)
- An extreme Market with more than 50 exponents ( labels, independent sellers, street wear .. )
- A Tattoo convention
- Many entertainments
- A dozen concerts, brass bands, and expositions in the center of Clisson on the Saturday and the Sunday
- An exceptional decoration and a light setting as well as projections on the site
- A cheap bus service between the site and Clisson
- Several pyrotechnic shows during the main headlines of the festival
- Lots of bars, one of whom a wine bar, a bar with special guest beers and diversified catering at reasonable prices
- A relaxed, festive and unique atmosphere where the biggest metal artists will give all they’ve got so that the Hellfest 2010 happens to be the biggest event of the kind ever organized in France.
NEW CONFIRMED BANDS
We’re happy to introduce you the new 24 bands, now just a month before the final announcement… Fans of desert rock will be thrilled, as will fans of black metal and 80’s punk! The bill will also appeal to those nostalgic
for US rock, thrashers and death-metal experts, hardcore fans and, of course, good old metalheads will be happy too! And finally true heavy metal fans will have the chance to see the cult of the legendary speed metal band from Canada, Anvil!
JOHN GARCIA PLAYS KYUSS – JELLO BIAFRA AND THE GUANTANAMO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE – BIOHAZARD – ANVIL – BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME – BRANT BJORK AND THE BROSS – DELAIN – DISCIPLINE – DEW SCENTED – EVILE – GOROD – KMFDM – LOUDBLAST – MARDUK – MONDO GENERATOR – NACHTMYSTIUM – NEVERMORE – NILE – OTARGOS – RATT – SIGH – THE YOUNG GODS – WATAIN – Y&T – YAWNING MAN
GWAR cancels…
We’re sorry to tell you that GWAR has canceled. The booking agent and the band have decided to postpone the tour in August…
In one month’s time, the 26th of February, we will reveal to you the last and biggest names, the bands which be headlining the festival!
Keep an eye on www.hellfest.fr for the last “blast”, it will be devastating!
NEW HELLFEST WEBSITE
Now on www.hellfest.fr, you’ll find special pages about each of the bands booked by Hellfest and you’ll be
able to discover their whole musical world; their style, origins, music, live videos, pictures etc…
Also, be ready to get some news updates about the festival, our bill, and about metal in general. The site will also have Hellfest TV, picture galleries of all the past editions… www.hellfest.fr will now be a truly informative site. Soon you’ll even be able to interact with other fans of Hellfest and comment on pictures, bands pages and news!
Don’t forget to join the Hellfest communities (Newsletter, Facebook, Twitter, Last FM, MySpace, Deezer…) to get the last news and stay connected with the festival.
3-DAY PASSES ON SALE!
After a crazy rush for tickets, 3-day passes have been unavailable since December. Now, with the new website open (and before the last and biggest names are announced), you can buy your 3-day passes at the price of €129 for the most memorable weekend of the year! They will be moving fast, so act quickly! One-day tickets will be on sale the 26th of February, when we announce the last names and the schedule of the festival. To get your tickets, go on www.digitick.com
Contacts:
Roger Wessier
Email: promo@hellfest.fr
Or
Yoann Le Nevé
Email: yoann@hellfest.fr
Or
Jeff Mallet
Email: jeff@hellfest.fr
HELLFEST PRODUCTIONS
La petite fosse à l’âne // 49270 LE FUILET
Tel. 02 41 58 71 61
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