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Heavy MONTRÉAL

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Years active
  
2008, 2010–present

Dates
  
28 Jul – 29 Jul 2018


Location
  
Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal, Canada

Similar
  
Osheaga Festival, Montebello Rockfest, Sonisphere Festival, Hellfest, Rock on the Range

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HEAVY MONTRÉAL (formerly known as Heavy MTL) is a two-day, summer heavy metal and hard rock music festival held annually at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It also includes various other events at different venues across the city. It is one of the largest heavy metal festivals in the world, with usually around 70,000 people attending each year. The "MTL" in the former name, Heavy MTL, served as both an abbreviation for "Montreal" and "Metal." In 2014, the festival was officially renamed as "HEAVY MONTRÉAL."

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History

Since the festival's first edition in 2008, HEAVY MONTRÉAL, known until 2014 as "Heavy MTL," has seen some of the world's biggest and most successful heavy metal acts, such as Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe, Disturbed, Dethklok, Rob Zombie, Korn, Avenged Sevenfold, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Alice Cooper, KISS, Motörhead, Godsmack, In Flames, Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, Deftones, System of a Down, Five Finger Death Punch and Children Of Bodom, as well as many others.

In 2011, a sister event, Heavy T.O., was created for Downsview Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Both events were held during the same weekends, with most bands playing one day in Montreal and the other in Toronto. Despite the Toronto event's popularity, however, promoters ceased operations there after the festival's 2012 incarnation.

For the 2014 festival, Heavy MTL was officially rebranded as "HEAVY MONTRÉAL." This was done as an "evolution" of the festival, with efforts made to include a wide array of styles in its programming.

2016 Edition

The 2016 edition of HEAVY MONTRÉAL will take place on August 6–7, 2016. Headliners will be Five Finger Death Punch, Nightwish, Volbeat and Disturbed. For 2016 the festival will be held on a new site in Parc Jean-Drapeau, la Plaine des Jeux.

2015

The 2015 edition of HEAVY MONTRÉAL took place over three days from August 7 to August 9, 2015.

The lineup included:

2014

The lineup included:

  1. Replaced Dirty Rotten Imbeciles

2013

For the 2013 edition, Heavy MTL also featured a live pro wrestling event showcasing men and women of the Montreal independent wrestling scene.

2012

  1. Replaced Dethklok
  2. Replaced Lamb of God
  3. Replaced High on Fire

2011

  1. Replaced The Sword

2009

Due to the high number of metal live shows performed in Montreal during the year (Metallica, AC/DC, KISS, Dream Theater, Marilyn Manson, Motörhead and many more) it was announced that the festival would not take place in 2009 and return in 2010.

References

Heavy MONTRÉAL Wikipedia


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