Heavy Montréal
Heavy Montréal 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. 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".
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.
Past editions
2019
The lineup included:| Stage Heavy | Stage de l'Apocalypse | Stage de la Foret | Stage du Jardin |
Fever 333 Kataklysm Beartooth Killswitch Engage Godsmack Ghost | Galactic Empire Anonymus Quiet Riot Hatebreed Steel Panther Evanescence | Harm's Way Devin Townsend All That Remains Cancer Bats Municipal Waste Watain | Brand of Sacrifice Lorna Shore Nekrogoblikon Rivers of Nihil The Faceless Carnifex Cattle Decapitation Dying Fetus |
| Stage Heavy | Stage de l'Apocalypse | Stage de la Foret | Stage du Jardin |
Knocked Loose Despised Icon Skillet In This Moment Slash Slayer1 | Mountain Dust Beast in Black Atreyu Gamma Ray Clutch Anthrax | Dopethrone Skálmöld Fu Manchu Gloryhammer Terror Counterparts Stick to Your Guns | Junkowl Dirty Honey The Great Sabatini Metalachi 3Teeth Demolition Hammer |
2018
Heavy Montreal returned in 2018 after a one year hiatus.The lineup included:
| Stage Heavy | Stage de l'Apocalypse | Stage de la Foret | Stage du Jardin |
Pallbearer Sword Tech N9ne I Prevail Marilyn Manson Rob Zombie | Born of Osiris Lee Aaron Baroness Alestorm Underoath Emperor | Veil of Maya The Black Dahlia Murder Witchcraft Napalm Death Red Fang Between the Buried and Me | Jungle Rot Entheos Soreption Allegaeon The Agony Scene Erra Jinjer |
| Stage Heavy | Stage de l'Apocalypse | Stage de la Foret | Stage du Jardin |
Helix Demon Hunter Voivod Asking Alexandria Hollywood Undead Limp Bizkit1 | Intervals Emmure Ultra Vomit Sleep Trivium Gojira | Blind Witness Power Trip Warbringer Gloryhammer Eyehategod Perturbator | Nonhuman Era Get the Shot Bad Omens Havok Khemmis Necrotic Mutation |
- Replaced Avenged Sevenfold
2016
The lineup included:
| Molson Canadian Stage | Heavy Stage | Blabbermouth.NET Stage |
Pop Evil Escape the Fate Fear Factory Trivium Sabaton Mastodon Five Finger Death Punch | USA Out of Vietnam The Dillinger Escape Plan Carcass Sebastian Bach Black Label Society Nightwish | Inquisition Skeletonwitch Repulsion Attila Suicide Silence Cult of Luna |
| Molson Canadian Stage | Heavy Stage | Blabbermouth.NET Stage |
I Prevail Despised Icon Saint Asonia Blind Guardian Alter Bridge Breaking Benjamin Disturbed | We Came as Romans Animals as Leaders Kataklysm Zakk Wylde Killswitch Engage Volbeat | Mantar Beartooth Memphis May Fire B.A.R.F. Suffocation Napalm Death Candlemass |
2015
The 2015 edition of Heavy Montréal took place over three days from 7 to 9 August 2015.The lineup included:
| Molson Canadian Stage | Heavy Stage | Apocalypse Stage | Forest Stage |
The Flatliners Anonymus Extreme Meshuggah Korn | Gorguts Venom Arch Enemy Lagwagon Alexisonfire | Brothers of the Sonic Cloth Revocation The Acacia Strain Veil of Maya Lofofora Neurosis | toyGuitar Beyond Creation Cattle Decapitation Nothing More .moneen. Augury |
| Molson Canadian Stage | Heavy Stage | Apocalypse Stage | Forest Stage |
Slaves on Dope Rocket from the Crypt Abbath Testament NOFX Faith No More | Deafheaven Lita Ford Gojira Billy Talent Iggy Pop | The Brains Glassjaw Swingin' Utters B.A.R.F. Devin Townsend Project Dying Fetus | Mass Murder Messiah Ion Dissonance Masked Intruder Dig It Up The Agonist Battlecross |
| Molson Canadian Stage | Heavy Stage | Apocalypse Stage | Forest Stage |
Fozzy Coal Chamber Dokken Asking Alexandria Bullet for My Valentine Slipknot | Motionless in White Warrant Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg Within Temptation Lamb of God | Omnium Gatherum Insomnium Jasta Pig Destroyer Sanctuary Ihsahn Nuclear Assault | Exes for Eyes Sandveiss Dead Tired Small Brown Bike Upon a Burning Body Wilson |
2014
The lineup included:| Molson Canadian Stage | Heavy Stage | Apocalypse Stage | Forest Stage |
Monster Truck Overkill Apocalyptica Dropkick Murphys Anthrax Metallica | BABYMETAL Pennywise Three Days Grace Voivod The Offspring | Eagle Tears Mass Hysteria Municipal Waste Whitechapel Protest the Hero The Vandals Madball | Kublai Khan Biblical Unlocking the Truth Whores. Nekrogoblikon Beyond Creation |
| Molson Canadian Stage | Heavy Stage | Apocalypse Stage | Forest Stage |
GrimSkunk Exodus Symphony X Hatebreed Twisted Sister Slayer | Bat Sabbath Death Angel1 Epica Body Count Bad Religion Lamb of God | La Corriveau Nashville Pussy Cynic We Came as Romans Alestorm Unearth Fucked Up | Beheading of a King Sworn In Gideon Stick to Your Guns The Motorleague Nepentes Truckfighters |
- Replaced Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
2013
| Molson Canadian stage | Jägermeister stage | Galaxy stage | Ring Heavy Mania |
Obey the Brave Hellyeah Gwar Steel Panther At the Gates Danzig with Doyle Avenged Sevenfold | Device Halestorm Sick of It All Black Label Society A Day to Remember Megadeth | Death Lullaby Within the Ruins Blackguard Baroness Oceano Newsted All Shall Perish Motionless in White Wintersun | Wall of Death – Battle Royal Buxx vs. Franky 3.0 vs. TDT Green Phantom vs. SeXXXy Eddy |
| Molson Canadian stage | Jägermeister stage | Galaxy stage | Ring Heavy Mania |
Huntress Finntroll Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals Machine Head Mastodon Rob Zombie | Augury The Acacia Strain Amon Amarth August Burns Red Children of Bodom Godsmack | Of Temples Slaves on Dope Indian Handcrafts Structures Unexpect Pallbearer Havok Cryptopsy | Wall of Death – Battle Royal 6 Way Scramble Kickin n' Stompin+Green Phantom vs. TDT+ Buxx Belmar Player Uno vs. Franky the Mobster |
2012
| Heavy MTL stage | Jägermeister stage | Apocalypse stage |
Dance Laury Dance Protest the Hero Gojira The Dillinger Escape Plan1 In Flames2 Slipknot | Blind Witness Overkill Trivium Suicidal Tendencies Marilyn Manson | Hollow The Agonist Iwrestledabearonce B.A.R.F. Emmure Cancer Bats Sword Voivod |
- Replaced Dethklok
- Replaced Lamb of God
- Replaced High on Fire
2011
| Heavy MTL stage | Jägermeister stage | Budweiser stage |
Lazarus A.D. Girlschool As I Lay Dying Morbid Angel Opeth KISS | Endast Times of Grace Annihilator Children of Bodom Anthrax Motörhead | Les Guenilles Anonymus Slaves on Dope1 Diamond Head DevilDriver The Catalyst Gorguts |
- Replaced The Sword
2010
| Rockstar Mayhem Festival stage | Jägermeister stage | Silver Star stage |
Hail the Villain Despised Icon Airbourne Winds of Plague Five Finger Death Punch Lamb of God Rob Zombie Korn | Beneath the Massacre Shadows Fall Chimaira Hatebreed Alexisonfire Avenged Sevenfold | Deadly Apples Les Ékorchés Norma Jean Diamond Head 3 Inches of Blood In This Moment Atreyu |
2009
Due to the high number of metal live shows performed in Montreal during the year it was announced that the festival would not take place in 2009 and return in 2010.2008
| Black stage | Red stage |
Death Boat Priestess Drowning Pool Voivod Three Days Grace Mötley Crüe | Your Favorite Enemies Warrant Shadows Fall Anthrax Disturbed |