Festival No. 0000011 · Est. 2006
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Somewhere in Clisson
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- Venue
- Val De Moine
- Address
- Rue Pierre de Coubertin 44190
- City
- Clisson, France
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About the artists
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Aborted formed in Waregem, Belgium, in 1995. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, deathcore, goregrind, grindcore, metal. -
Alcest formed in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France, in 2000. Plays black metal, blackgaze, post-metal, shoegaze.
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All For Nothing formed in Rotterdam, Netherlands, in 2001. Plays punk.
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Amenra formed in Kortrijk, Belgium, in 1999. Plays doom metal, post-hardcore, post-metal, sludge metal.
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Amon Amarth formed in Tumba, Sweden, in 1992. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal, viking metal.
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Anaal Nathrakh formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1999. Plays black metal, death metal, grindcore, industrial metal, metal.
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Aosoth formed in Paris, France, in 2002, and split up in June 2017, after 15 years. Plays black metal.
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Arcturus formed in 1990. Plays avant-garde metal, black metal, metal, progressive metal, symphonic black metal, symphonic metal.
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ASG formed in Wilmington, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, hard rock, metal, rock, stoner metal, stoner rock.
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Avulsed formed in Madrid, Spain, in August 1991. Plays death metal.
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Behemoth formed in Gdansk, Poland, in 1991. Plays black metal, blackened death metal, death metal, metal.
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Belenos formed in Beaurains, France, in 1995. Plays black metal, pagan black metal.
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Benediction formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1988. Plays death metal.
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Benighted formed in Saint-Étienne, France, in May 1998. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, deathgrind, grindcore, metal, technical death metal.
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Biohazard formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 1988. Plays alternative metal, metal, rap metal, rapcore.
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Black Label Society formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1998. Plays acoustic rock, groove metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, rock, southern metal, southern rock.
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Blood Red Throne formed in Kristiansand, Norway, in 1999. Plays death metal.
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Blue Öyster Cult formed in Stony Brook, United States, in 1967. Plays aor, arena rock, blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, pop rock.
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Brujeria formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1989. Plays death metal, deathgrind, grindcore.
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Brutal Truth formed in 1990, and split up on 18 October 2014, after 24 years. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, deathgrind, grindcore, metal.
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Cannibal Corpse formed in Buffalo, United States, in 1988. Plays brutal death metal, death metal.
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Channel Zero formed in Brussels, Belgium, in 1990. Plays groove metal, thrash metal.
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Children of Bodom formed in Espoo, Finland, in 1997, and split up on 15 December 2019, after 22 years. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal, power metal.
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Colour Haze formed in Munich, Germany, in August 1994. Plays heavy psych, jam band, psychedelic rock, stoner rock.
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Crashdïet formed in 2000. Plays glam rock, hard rock.
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Darkspace formed in Bern, Switzerland, in 1999. Plays ambient, atmospheric black metal, black ambient, black metal, dark ambient.
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Death Angel formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1982. Plays heavy metal, metal, technical thrash metal, thrash metal.
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Death Before Dishonor formed in Boston, United States, in 2000. Plays hardcore punk, metalcore.
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Discharge formed in Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, in 1977. Plays d-beat, hardcore punk, heavy metal, metal, punk, thrash metal.
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Djerv formed in Oslo, Norway, in 2010.
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Do or Die formed in Chicago, United States, in 1995. Plays hip hop.
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Dÿse formed in Jena, Germany, on 6 June 2003. Plays alternative rock, noise rock.
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Edguy formed in Fulda, Germany, in 1992. Plays power metal.
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Endstille formed in 2000. Plays black metal.
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Enslaved formed in Haugesund, Norway, in June 1991. Plays black metal, progressive metal, viking metal.
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Entombed formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1989. Plays death 'n' roll, death metal, metal.
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From Ashes Rise formed in Nashville, United States, in 1997, and split up in 2005, after 8 years. Plays hardcore punk.
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Girlschool formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1978. Plays glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal.
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Gotthard formed in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1992. Plays hard rock.
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Guns N' Roses formed in Los Angeles, United States, in March 1985. Plays aor, arena rock, art rock, folk rock, glam, glam metal, glam punk, hard rock.
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H2O formed in New York, United States, in 1995. Plays hardcore punk.
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Haemorrhage formed in Coslada, Spain, in 1990. Plays death metal, goregrind.
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Hour of Penance formed in 1999. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, technical death metal.
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Ihsahn was born in Notodden, Norway, on 10 October 1975. Plays art rock, avant-garde, avant-garde metal, black metal, metal, progressive metal, symphonic metal.
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Insomnium formed in Joensuu, Finland, in 1997. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal, neofolk.
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Integrity formed in Cleveland, United States, in 1988. Plays hardcore punk, metalcore.
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Jesus Cröst formed in 1996, and split up in May 2014, after 18 years.
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L'Esprit du Clan formed in 1995. Plays metalcore.
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Liturgy formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2004. Plays avant-garde, avant-garde metal, black metal, blackgaze, classical, contemporary classical, experimental, experimental rock.
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Lock Up formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1998. Plays death metal, deathgrind, grindcore.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd formed in Jacksonville, United States, in 1964. Plays acoustic rock, americana, blues rock, boogie rock, christmas music, classic rock, hard rock, rock.
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Machine Head formed in Oakland, United States, on 12 October 1991. Plays groove metal, heavy metal, metal, nu metal, thrash metal.
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Madball formed in New York, United States, in 1988. Plays beatdown hardcore, hardcore punk, metalcore, punk.
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Merrimack formed in Paris, France, in 1994. Plays black metal.
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Molly Hatchet formed in Jacksonville, United States, in 1971. Plays boogie rock, classic rock, hard rock, rock, southern rock.
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Monkey3 formed in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2001. Plays instrumental, psychedelic rock, space rock, stoner rock.
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Moonsorrow formed in 1995. Plays black metal, folk metal, metal, viking metal.
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Napalm Death formed in Meriden, United Kingdom, in 1982. Plays crust punk, death metal, deathgrind, grindcore, industrial metal, metal.
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Nasum formed in 1992, and split up on 6 October 2012, after 20 years. Plays grindcore.
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Necrophagia formed in 1983. Plays death metal.
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Necros Christos formed in 2001. Plays death metal, metal.
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Obituary formed in Tampa, United States, in 1988. Plays death metal, metal, old school death metal.
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Orange Goblin formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1995, and split up on 17 December 2025, after 30 years. Plays doom metal, heavy metal, metal, stoner metal, stoner rock.
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Oranssi Pazuzu formed in 2007. Plays black metal, experimental.
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Pentagram formed in Alexandria, United States, on 31 October 1971. Plays blues rock, classic rock, doom metal, heavy metal, metal, psychedelic rock, rock, traditional doom metal.
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Rompeprop formed in Eindhoven, Netherlands, in 1999. Plays goregrind, rock and roll.
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Satyricon formed in Oslo, Norway, in 1990. Plays black 'n' roll, black metal, metal.
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Sebastian Bach was born in City of Freeport, Canada, on 3 April 1968. Plays rock.
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Strife formed in Thousand Oaks, United States, in 1991. Plays hardcore punk.
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Suffocation formed in New York, United States, in 1988. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, metal, technical death metal.
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Suicidal Angels formed in 2001. Plays thrash metal.
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Sólstafir formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, in January 1995. Plays atmospheric sludge metal, black metal, metal, post-metal, post-rock, progressive metal, psychedelic rock, rock.
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Taake formed in Bergen, Norway, in 1993. Plays black metal.
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The Devils Blood formed in Eindhoven, Netherlands, in 2006, and split up on 22 January 2013, after 7 years. Plays hard rock, occult rock, psychedelic rock.
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The Obsessed formed in Potomac, United States, in 1979. Plays doom metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, stoner metal.
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The Shining formed in 2001.
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The Spudmonsters formed in 1987. Plays thrash metal.
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Thou formed in Baton Rouge, United States, in 2005. Plays doom metal, sludge metal.
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Trepalium formed in Boismé, France, in 2001, and split up in 2024, after 23 years. Plays avant-garde metal, death metal, groove metal, metal, technical death metal.
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Turbonegro formed in Oslo, Norway, in 1988. Plays garage punk, glam punk, hard rock, hardcore punk, noise rock, punk, punk rock.
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Ufomammut formed in Tortona, Italy, in 1999. Plays doom metal, heavy psych, psychedelic, stoner metal.
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Unexpect formed in Montreal, Canada, in 1996, and split up on 22 August 2015, after 19 years. Plays avant-garde, avant-garde metal, experimental, post-metal, progressive metal.
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Uriah Heep formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1970. Plays acoustic rock, classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, progressive rock, rock.
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Vanderbuyst formed in 2008, and split up in 2015, after 7 years. Plays heavy metal.
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Victims formed in Nyköping Municipality, Sweden, in 1997. Plays punk.
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Vomitory formed in 1989. Plays death metal.
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Vulture Industries formed in Bergen, Norway, in 1998. Plays alternative metal, avant-garde, progressive metal.
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Winterfylleth formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays atmospheric black metal, black metal, dark folk, melodic black metal, pagan black metal.
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Within Temptation formed in Waddinxveen, Netherlands, in April 1995. Plays gothic metal, metal, symphonic metal, symphonic rock.
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Year of No Light formed in 2001. Plays doom metal, post-hardcore, post-metal, post-rock, sludge metal.