The Hellfangs & the Site

The crowd, the village of Clisson, the art, the founder Ben Barbaud, and the long war with the people who tried to kill the festival.

Part of Hellfest

16 moments in this segment.

1. 2013-06-21 — La colère de Christine Boutin contre le Hellfest. Politician Christine Boutin's public campaign against the "satanic" festival — one of many attempts to shut Hellfest down.
2. 2016-06-17 — Ben Barbaud, le grand patron du Hellfest (interview). Founder Ben Barbaud on building Hellfest from a tiny hardcore-punk association into France's biggest festival.
3. 2018-06-23 — Conference de presse de Ben Barbaud au Hellfest 2018. Founder Ben Barbaud on building Hellfest from a tiny hardcore-punk association into France's biggest festival.
4. 2019-06-21 — Conference de presse du Hellfest 2019 avec Ben Barbaud. Founder Ben Barbaud on building Hellfest from a tiny hardcore-punk association into France's biggest festival.
5. 2019-06-21 — Interview Sabaton - How to replace Manowar without singer at Hellfest - Pär Sundström - Radio Metal. Tool, KISS's farewell tour and Sabaton — the last edition before the pandemic.
6. 2019-06-22 — ULTRA VOMIT & GOJIRA - Hellfest 2019 - Calojira, une histoire de batteurs - ENG SUB. Tool, KISS's farewell tour and Sabaton — the last edition before the pandemic.
7. 2019-06-23 — Hellfest 2019 : retour sur la conférence de presse de Ben Barbaud. Founder Ben Barbaud on building Hellfest from a tiny hardcore-punk association into France's biggest festival.
8. 2023-06-16 — La folle histoire du Hellfest racontée par son créateur Ben Barbaud. Founder Ben Barbaud on building Hellfest from a tiny hardcore-punk association into France's biggest festival.
9. 2023-06-16 — 30 minutes avec Ben Barbaud — Hellfest. Founder Ben Barbaud on building Hellfest from a tiny hardcore-punk association into France's biggest festival.
10. 2024-06-27 — Hellfest 2024. Bruce Dickinson, le chanteur d'Iron Maiden à Clisson et Nantes. Two nights of Metallica, plus Foo Fighters, Megadeth and Avenged Sevenfold.
11. 2024-06-28 — Hellfest, le métal expliqué à ma mère. A portrait of the festival and the metal culture that surrounds it.
12. 2025-06-20 — Hellfest: bienvenue au royaume du métal (TF1 Info). A portrait of the festival and the metal culture that surrounds it.
13. 2025-06-21 — Un Hellfest, sinon rien... (documentaire France 3). A portrait of the festival and the metal culture that surrounds it.
14. 2026-06-19 — Impureza interview au Hellfest 2026. The cathedral of metal rolls on — Accept, Napalm Death and the next chapter in Clisson.
15. 2026-06-19 — Hellfest: le métal n'est pas mort (TV Sèvre et Maine). A portrait of the festival and the metal culture that surrounds it.
16. 2026-06-21 — Hellfest: quand le festival faisait trembler Clisson (INA archives). A portrait of the festival and the metal culture that surrounds it.