HELLFEST DAY 1 June 18, 2026 Photo Gallery Recap- The Metal Voice, Photographer Fernando Bonenfant
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Hellfest is one of the world's largest heavy metal and hard rock music festivals. It takes place every year in the town of Clisson in western France.
ALL photos by Fernando Bonenfant for The METAL VOICE
The opening day of Hellfest 2026 a strong start, mixing classic rock legends, modern hard rock and alternative metal. More than 180 bands are appearing across the four-day event.
Here are are a few highlight phots of DAY 1 see more on THE METAL VOICE social media
Hellfest 2026
Thursday, June 18
Headliner: Bring Me The Horizon
Major acts:
Papa Roach
Breaking Benjamin
Deep Purple
Alice Cooper
The Pretty Reckless
Alestorm
Social Distortion
All Time Low
Igorrr
The Halo Effect
Feuerschwanz
SKÁLD
PAPA ROACH
PAPA ROACH
PAPA ROACH
IGORRR
IGORRR
PRETTY RECKLESS
PRETTY RECKLESS
WE CAME AS ROMANS
ALICE COOPER
ALICE COOPER
ALICE COOPER
Friday, June 19
Headliner: Iron Maiden
Major acts:
Sabaton
Opeth
Helloween
Accept
Queensrÿche
Sepultura
Bloodywood
Tesseract
Mastodon
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Saturday, June 20
Headliner: Limp Bizkit
Major acts:
A Perfect Circle
Tom Morello
Volbeat
Megadeth
Anthrax
Cavalera
Behemoth
Deicide
Carcass
Static-X
Sunday, June 21
Headliner: The Offspring
Major acts:
Bad Omens
Architects
Rise Against
The Hives
Three Days Grace
Black Veil Brides
Pennywise
Napalm Death
Down
Acid Bath
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