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Hellfest 2026: a photo gallery from Friday, June 19

No one could miss France’s biggest metal festival, featuring more than 180 bands to discover over four days and just under a three-hour train ride from Paris! So we step outside the capital to bring you the 19th edition of Hellfest as if you were there. A photo recap of 10 standout moments from Friday, June 19, 2026.

Hellfest 2026: 5 bands you can't miss on the Temple stage

Attention metalheads! Hellfest is returning to the Loire Valley’s wine country, in Clisson, for its 19th edition to be lived from Thursday, June 18 to Sunday, June 21, 2026. What’s on the menu? A lineup of big-name acts to discover, especially on the Main Stages. But if you’re into black metal or folk metal, head to the Temple stage, where a slew of artists are lined up. Rotting Christ, Gaerea, The Gathering… Here are five bands not to miss this summer on the Temple stage at Hellfest!

Live Report. Behemoth and Satyricon in concert at the Olympia in Paris: we were there, we tell you all about it!

On Friday, April 11, 2025, black metal shook the walls of the legendary Olympia concert hall in Paris at the eagerly-awaited Behemoth concert. The Polish band was joined by Greece's Rotting Christ and Norway's Satyricon. We were there, and tell you all about the thunderous concert, which resembled a black mass and was led by a Nergal in top form.

Behemoth and Satyricon in concert at the Olympia, Paris, April 2025

A metal event at Olympia in 2025! The famous Parisian venue opens its doors to three leading death and black metal bands: Poland's Behemoth, Norway's Satyricon and Greece's Rotting Christ. The evening promises to be a wild one, to be experienced on Friday April 11, 2025.