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Swedish extreme metal pioneers Meshuggah are renowned for their virtuoso style. Founded in 1987, the band has forged a unique sound, characterised by complex polyrhythms and aggressive riffs. It's almost as if the boundaries of metal are pushed further every time this band takes to the stage.

Summer Breeze 2024

Meshuggah set Summer Breeze 2024 alight with their extreme metal, as aggressive as it is complex.

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The Gaîté lyrique in Paris has been decked out in black to welcome brutal death metal band Suffocation for an evening of extreme music. Now fronted by lead singer of Disgorge Ricky Myers, the band mix tracks from their new opus with classics such as ‘Liege of Inveracity’ and ‘Pierced from Within’.

Cérémonie at the Paris Gaîté Lyrique

The Gaîté lyrique in Paris welcomes brutal death metal band Suffocation for an evening dedicated to extreme music.

Suffocation

A return to Hellfest 2022, when blackgaze pioneer Neige brought his post-black metal project Alcest to the festival. A set packed with material from their seventh album Spiritual Instinct, released in 2019 on the legendary German label Nuclear Blast.

Hellfest 2022

The romantic blackgaze of Alcest soothes the crowd at Hellfest 2022.

Alcest

Fans of soft and subtle sounds be warned: Hellfest have invited ten56. to the stage of the Paris Philharmonie. Prepare for a barrage of sound.

Philharmonie de Paris

Storm ten56. hits the Philharmonie de Paris. Everything will shake.

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Corey Taylor, singer from Slipknot and Stone Sour, takes to the Hellfest stage as a solo artist performing from his third CMF2B...Or Not 2B.

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Corey Taylor

Gothic metal aristocrats Lord of the Lost came together in 2007 in Hamburg. This group centred around musician Chris Harms blend elements of metal, rock and industrial music to create their own unique style, with a stage presence that ensures each of their concerts is unforgettable. 

Gothic metal band Lord of the Lost takes over the stage at Summer Breeze 2024.

Lord of the Lost

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The gothic atmospherics of the M'era Luna metal festival returns to Hildesheim in Germany every year to envelop its public in a fog of hard rock, new wave, gothic and symphonic metal. A whole world of unique festival experiences.

Immerse yourself in the gothic atmospherics of M'era Luna: A celebrated metal festival held annually in Hildesheim.

M’era Luna Festival

Once a year, the idyllic little French town of  Clisson is transformed into the European capital of metal. This is the real deal.

Once a year, the quiet city of Clisson is transformed into the European capital of metal

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Savage Lands' credo is to combine metal with a commitment to the environment. At Hellfest, Sylvain Demercastel and Dirk Verbeuren rally a host to their cause.

Savage Lands

Hellfest takes over the Philharmonie de Paris for an evening of extreme music. Death metal band Benighted will be on hand to shake us to our very foundations.

Hellfest invites Benighted to turn the Philharmonie de Paris inside out with their hair-raising death metal.

Benighted

Machine Head blew Hellfest away in 2007 and 2012. In 2024, their epic stagecraft repeats the performance.

Machine Head

A famed group among headbanging historians, Saxon are here at Hellfest to conquer new lands while consolidating the old guard. Despite a solid legacy of influencing everyone from Dream Theater to Slayer, Saxon have never let up and continue to release new material at an astonishing pace.

Veterans of the (not so) New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement return to the stage at Hellfest.

Saxon

Hellfest brings heavyweights of crossover and thrash metal Suicidal Tendencies to Clisson. What better way to summon roars from the Warzone crowd!

Crossover legends Suicidal Tendencies perform at Hellfest.

Suicidal Tendencies

The title of their last album says it all really: Pagan. Think hurdy-gurdies, stone circles and pixie-led minstrels as renowned German pagan folk band Faun take the stage at Hellfest.

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Pagan folk group Faun bring their mystical medieval sound to Hellfest.

Faun

Enter Shikari return to Hellfest, brimming with as much energy and power as free electrons. Take this opportunity to get familiar with new material from their last album A Kiss for the Whole World, released in 2023.

Post hardcore meets techno at Hellfest 2024.

Enter Shikari

Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes are fiercely proud of their punk credentials and have been building a solid reputation over the past decade as authentic rockers sitting somewhere between hardcore, punk and indie. Their live shows are never less than pumped with energy- see them here at Hellfest 2024 off the back of their fifth album Dark Rainbow.

Frank Carter leads his Rattlesnakes in one of their legendarily raucous shows on the Hellfest mainstage.

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

Fresh from her longship, Faroese folk soprano Eivør brings her album Enn to the Hellfest stage.

A breeze from the North blows through Hellfest with the folk of Eivør.

Eivør

Bruce Dickison performs solo for the first time at Hellfest, making it an unmissable event! The legendary Iron Maiden singer will be flying the flag for his latest album The Mandrake Project.

The Iron Maiden singer performs solo at Hellfest.

Bruce Dickinson

The Californian punk rock wave of the 1990s wouldn't have existed without them: Hellfest welcomes The Offspring for a furious show, all saturated guitars and snide criticism of a lethargic American society.

A furious show from The Offspring, all saturated guitars and snide criticism of a lethargic American society.

The Offspring

Suffocation's death metal takes the Cérémonie audience by the throat. A performance of rare intensity, and a fitting introduction to the album Hymns from the Apocrypha.

Cérémonie

Kings of New York death metal Suffocation in concert at Paris' Gaîté Lyrique for Cérémonie.

Founded in 2014, Punk Rock Factory have made a name for themselves with their high-energy covers. These Brits are masters in the art of transforming hits of all kinds into frenzied punk anthems. It's a humorous approach that makes every one of their concerts an event, not least here at Summer Breeze 2024.

Punk Rock Factory delight the Summer Breeze 2024 audiences with their punk rock covers.

Punk Rock Factory

Founded in 2019, Crypta are one of the rising stars of death metal. The Brazilian band quickly made a name for themselves with the release of their debut album, Echoes of the Soul. Their style combines aggressive riffs, ultra-fast blast beats and powerful vocal parts with a raw energ6 rwady to set Summer Breeze alight.

Crypta shook up Summer Breeze 2024 with their extreme death metal.

Crypta

Formed in 2001, The Black Dahlia Murder immediately established themselves in the world of melodic death metal. It's a genre the band helped forge, with albums like Nocturnal and Nightbringers featuring fast riffs, aggressive vocal parts and complex songwriting. A show bursting with energy for Summer Breeze 2024.

Black Dahlia Murder presents its melodic death metal at Summer Breeze 2024.

The Black Dahlia Murder

Formed in 2006, Whitechapel are a benchmark in deathcore. Their albums This Is Exile and The Valley are two on which the Americans forged their style: a brutal, technical sound that combines ferocious riffs, guttural screams and sophisticated breakdowns. A surefire delight for the Summer Breeze 2024 crowd.

The musicians from Whitechapel shook up Summer Breeze 2024 with their technical deathcore.

Whitechapel

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The foundations of the Philharmonie de Paris better be stable as they take the full impact of a concert by Behemoth, Poland's most famous metal band. As much a visual shock as an aural one, in the purest metal tradition.

These Polish metal giants storm the Philharmonie de Paris.

Behemoth

Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish perform at Hellfest 2022.

Nightwish

The classic heavy metal of Accept are here with one mission: To rattle the Hellfest crowd, whether they like it or not! Wolf Hoffmann and his band will be defending the colours and hues of Humanoid, their 17th album released in 2024.

Accept are a major phenomenon of the German heavy metal scene.

Accept

Founded in 2004, Feuerschwanz are renowned for their wacky, energetic medieval rock. This humorous vein is cultivated on the band's albums Methämmer and Das Elfte Gebot, as well as on stage, where the band shares a unique complicity with their audience.

Feuerschwanz's medieval metal delights the Summer Breeze 2024 audience.

Feuerschwanz

Five years after their first and last Hellfest appearance, Californian ska-punk combo The Interrupters are back in the Warzone.

Bouncy as ska, angry as punk: The Interrupters tornado takes over Hellfest!

The Interrupters

One of heavy rock music's most famed guitarists mounts the Hellfest stage. You may know Tom Morello as the legendary musician behind Rage Against the Machine's abrasive funk, but his solo appearances pack just as much punch.

Rage Against the Machine's guitar hero plays solo for Hellfest.

Tom Morello

Irishman Ronan Harris is the brain behind VNV Nation as well as the only permanent member of the group. His project was first launched in 1990, gradually laying the foundations for the pop of the future. VNV Nation (the three letters stand for ‘Victory Not Vengeance’) and its danceable trance has been a regular fixture in the German charts, with no less than eleven albums finding success there. His discography also includes an acclaimed collaboration with the Babelsberg film studio orchestra.

M'era Luna Festival 2024

Ronan Harris has been working on this project since 1990, laying the foundations for the pop of the future.

VNV Nation

Jinjer have established themselves as one of the most interesting metalcore bands in recent years. Founded in 2009, the Ukrainian outfit found their own style with the albums King of Everything and Macro, rich in ferocious riffs and progressive structures that serve as a showcase for Tatiana Shmayluk's voice. Their concert at Summer Breeze 2024 promises to be one to remember.

Jinjer makes progressive metalcore, served up by the powerful voice of Tatiana Shmayluk.

Jinjer

Mixing j-pop and heavy metal, Babymetal bring their unique look and sound to Hellfest 2024.

Babymetal

Amidst the riffs and growls that turn Hellfest into a maelstrom of fury, one artist stands out: Sylvaine. Welcome to shoegaze territory.

A bubble of sensitivity and emotion at Hellfest.

Sylvaine

Day two at Hellfest 2024. Some incredible performances on the programme today from Dropkick Murphys, Babymetal, Dying Wish, (DOLCH), Thursday, Sylvaine and Shining

Dare you return for more? Hellfest 2024 enters its second day.

Day 2: Tom Morello, Anaal Nathrakh, Fear Factory and more!

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Regarde les hommes tomber bring their thunderous black metal to the Philharmonie de Paris. An exceptional setting for an exceptional band.

Regarde les hommes tomber shrouds the Philharmonie de Paris with their somber, narrative universe.

Regarde les Hommes Tomber

At the invitation of Hellfest, Rise of the Northstar bring their Japanese-influenced crossover to the Philharmonie de Paris. An opportunity to familiarise yourself with the power of Showdown, the band's third album.

Rise of the Northstar

Enter the pit with Dying Wish, the powerful and straight up devastating metalcore act from Portland USA. They're at Hellfest with their latest album Symptoms of Survival.

Dying Wish bring heartfelt metalcore from Portland to Hellfest.

Dying Wish

Dropkick Murphys are probably the most Irish of US bands. The boys from Boston present their new album Okemah Rising at Hellfest.

The boys from Boston present their new album Okemah Rising at Hellfest.

Dropkick Murhy

Thursday are back! These pioneers of post-hardcore are marking the occasion by unleashing the full emotional power of their music at Hellfest.

The pioneers of post-hardcore at Hellfest!

Thursday

"Come play with us!" Norwegian band Shining answer the call of the fans to unleash all the inventiveness of their avant-garde metal on the Hellfest audience.

Avant-garde metal at Hellfest, courtesy of Shining.

Shining

If you like rockabilly and Tales from the Crypt, then there's a high chance you'll be into Nekromantix. This American-Danish trio summon ghouls and bouffant pompadours for their set at Hellfest.

The psychobilly lords have graced us with an appearance at Hellfest.