Hellfest does not do subtle. The 19th edition just revealed its full 2026 lineup: 183 bands, 85 of them playing the festival for the first time, announced during a 90-minute livestream. Weekend passes sold out before the lineup even dropped. Of course they did.
The four headliners tell you everything about where heavy music is right now. Bring Me The Horizon kicks things off Thursday. Iron Maiden takes Friday as part of their Run For Your Lives tour, celebrating 50 years with a set built around their first nine albums. Limp Bizkit brings the nu metal chaos Saturday. The Offspring closes it Sunday with a full punk rock day on Mainstage 1.
Mainstage 2 is stacked too: Deep Purple, Sabaton, Volbeat, and Bad Omens. Then you keep scrolling and hit Alice Cooper, Papa Roach, Opeth, Helloween, Sepultura, Megadeth, Anthrax, A Perfect Circle, Tom Morello, The Hives, Rise Against, Architects, Napalm Death, Behemoth, and on and on.
June 18 to 21 in Clisson, France. If there is a heavier four days anywhere on Earth next summer, I have not seen the poster.
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Source: Chaoszine
