Motocultor Festival 2026

08/13/2026 – 08/16/2026Site de Kerampuilh, Carhaix-Plouguer

MetalRockDeath MetalBlack MetalDoom Metal

Major French metal festival in Carhaix (Brittany) spanning all metal subgenres. 2026 lineup TBA.

Festival days

Full lineup

110 artists

Lineup and set times are subject to change — please verify on the official festival website.

Judas Priest

Metal

Playing on 08/16

Judas Priest is a heavy metal band formed in Birmingham, England. They are one of the most influential and important...

Within Temptation

Metal, Gothic

Playing on 08/15

Within Temptation is a symphonic gothic metal band formed in 1996 in Waddinxveen, Netherlands. Their music is known for...

Primus

Rock

Playing on 08/13

Primus is a pioneering alternative metal and experimental rock band from El Sobrante, California. Formed in 1984, they...

Emperor

Black Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/14

Emperor are a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991 in Telemark by Ihsahn and Samoth. Their debut "In the Nightside...

Arch Enemy

Metal, Melodic Death Metal

Playing on 08/16

Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, formed in 1995. Their sound combines aggressive riffs with soaring...

Godsmack

Rock, Nu-Metal

Playing on 08/13

Godsmack is a rock band known for its hard rock and heavy metal sound. The band formed in Lawrence, Massachusetts,...

Paradise Lost

Metal, Doom Metal, Gothic

Playing on 08/14

Paradise Lost is a British gothic metal band from Halifax, England, formed in 1988. They are considered pioneers of the...

Airbourne

Rock

Playing on 08/16

Airbourne is a hard rock/heavy metal band formed in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia in 2003. The band's sound is...

Leprous

Progressive Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/15

Leprous is a Norwegian progressive rock and metal band formed in 2001 in Notodden, fronted by vocalist and keyboardist...

Death Angel

Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/13

Death Angel is a pioneering thrash metal band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1982 by Filipino-American...

Nevermore

Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/15

Nevermore is an American progressive and thrash metal band formed in 1991 in Seattle by vocalist Warrel Dane and...

Mass Hysteria

Metal, Industrial, Nu-Metal

Playing on 08/14

Mass Hysteria is a French metal band formed in 1993 in Paris, regarded as pioneers of the French industrial and...

Soen

Progressive Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/14

Soen is a progressive metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, founded by drummer Martin Lopez (ex-Opeth) and vocalist Joel...

Amenra

Doom Metal, Hardcore

Playing on 08/13

Amenra is a Belgian post-metal and sludge band from Kortrijk, founded in 1999. They are known for their intense live...

Sacred Reich

Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/16

Sacred Reich are an American thrash metal band formed in 1985 in Phoenix, Arizona, by bassist and vocalist Phil Rind....

Vader

Death Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/16

Vader is a Polish death metal band from Olsztyn, founded in 1983 by Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek. One of the oldest and most...

Voivod

Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/16

Voivod is a pioneering Canadian thrash/progressive metal band formed in 1982 in Jonquière, Quebec. Known for their...

Coroner

Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/14

Swiss technical thrash metal trio active from 1985 to 1996, reunited in 2010. Renowned for their progressive approach...

Cryptopsy

Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 08/16

Cryptopsy is a brutal death metal band formed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1988, originally under the name Necrosis....

Municipal Waste

Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/13

Municipal Waste is an American crossover thrash band from Richmond, Virginia, formed in 2000. They've released seven...

Unleashed

Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/14

Unleashed is a Swedish death metal band formed in 1989 in Stockholm, one of the pioneers of the Swedish death metal...

Grave

Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/15

Grave is a Swedish death metal band from Visby, formed in the late 1980s and regarded as one of the pioneers of Swedish...

Bloodbath

Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/13

Bloodbath is a Swedish death metal supergroup formed in 1998 in Stockholm, featuring members of Katatonia and Opeth and...

Anaal Nathrakh

Black Metal, Death Metal, Grindcore

Playing on 08/15

Anaal Nathrakh is a British extreme metal duo from Birmingham, formed in 1999 by Mick Kenney and Dave Hunt. Their music...

Cancer

Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/15

Cancer is a British death metal band formed in 1988 in Telford, England.

Deafheaven

Black Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/16

Deafheaven formed in February 2010 in San Francisco, California, as a two-piece project by vocalist George Clarke and...

Alcest

Black Metal

Playing on 08/14

Alcest is a French band founded in 2000 in Bagnols-sur-Cèze. They are widely credited as pioneers of blackgaze,...

Perturbator

Playing on 08/15

Perturbator is the solo project of James Kent (born 1993 in Paris), a French electronic musician and composer. His...

Kittie

Metal

Playing on 08/13

Kittie is a Canadian band formed in London, Ontario in 1996. They are known for being one of the first all-female bands...

Fit for an Autopsy

Playing on 08/16

Fit for an Autopsy is a deathcore band from Jersey City, New Jersey, formed in 2008. The band has released seven studio...

Slaughter To Prevail

Metalcore, Metal

Playing on 08/14

Slaughter to Prevail is a deathcore band formed in 2014 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Their sound incorporates elements of...

Kim Dracula

Metal, Rock

Playing on 08/16

Kim Dracula is an Australian metal artist known for their experimental blend of metalcore, electronic music, and...

Lord Of The Lost

Metal, Gothic, Industrial

Playing on 08/14

Lord of the Lost is a German gothic metal band formed in 2007 by singer Chris Harms. The Hamburg-based group blends...

Oomph!

Metal, Industrial

Playing on 08/13

Oomph! is a band that formed in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany in 1989. Their music incorporates elements of...

Eisbrecher

Metal, Industrial, Rock

Playing on 08/15

Eisbrecher is an industrial metal band from Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany. Formed in 2003, the band is led by vocalist...

Visions Of Atlantis

Metal, Gothic, Power Metal

Playing on 08/14

Visions of Atlantis is a symphonic metal band formed in 2000 in Styria, Austria. The band takes inspiration from the...

Orden Ogan

Metal, Power Metal, Folk Metal

Playing on 08/15

Orden Ogan is a power/folk metal band formed in 1996 in Arnsberg, Germany. Their sound incorporates elements of folk...

Omnium Gatherum

Melodic Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/15

Omnium Gatherum is a melodic death metal band formed in Karhula, Finland. Their music is characterized by soaring...

Gaerea

Black Metal

Playing on 08/13

Gaerea is a Portuguese black metal band. Their dark, atmospheric sound draws on the rich tradition of the genre,...

Unearth

Metalcore, Metal

Playing on 08/13

Unearth is an American metalcore band formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1998, widely regarded as a foundational act of...

Wolfheart

Melodic Death Metal, Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/13

Wolfheart is a Finnish melodic death metal band formed in 2013. Led by vocalist Tuomas Saukkonen, who previously...

Ill Niño

Metal, Nu-Metal

Playing on 08/15

Ill Niño is an American nu-metal/metalcore band from Union City, New Jersey, formed in 1999. The group blends heavy...

Signs Of The Swarm

Death Metal

Playing on 08/16

Signs of the Swarm is an American deathcore band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formed in 2014. The group is known for...

200 Stab Wounds

Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 08/13

200 Stab Wounds is a brutal death metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 2019, the band consists of Steve Buhl,...

Sanguisugabogg

Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/13

Sanguisugabogg is a brutal death metal/deathgrind band formed in 2018 in Columbus, Ohio, United States.

Battlesnake

Metal, Rock

Playing on 08/13

Battlesnake is an Australian metal band from Sydney, formed in 2017. Their fantasy- and sci-fi-inspired style blends...

Nanowar Of Steel

Metal, Power Metal

Playing on 08/15

Nanowar of Steel is a comedy heavy/power metal band formed in Rome, Italy, in 2003. Their lyrics and music parody the...

Steve 'n' Seagulls

Rock

Playing on 08/15

Steve 'n' Seagulls are a Finnish band from Helsinki who reimagine rock and metal classics in a rustic bluegrass and...

Frog Leap

Metal

Playing on 08/15

Frog Leap is the project of Norwegian musician Leo Moracchioli, known through his Frog Leap Studios for heavy metal...

The Casualties

Punk

Playing on 08/15

The Casualties are a street punk band formed in New York City, USA, in 1990. They are known for their distinctive...

Bölzer

Black Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 08/14

Bolzer is an experimental black/death metal duo from Switzerland. Guitarist and vocalist Okoi Jones is also known for...

Textures

Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal

Playing on 08/14

Textures was a progressive metalcore band formed in 2001 in Tilburg, Netherlands. Their sound incorporated elements of...

Iotunn

Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 08/14

Iotunn is a Danish/Faroese progressive death metal band from Copenhagen, formed around 2009 by guitarist Jesper Gräs....

Urne

Doom Metal, Metalcore, Metal

Playing on 08/14

Urne is a British metal band formed in 2018. Hailing from the UK, they blend elements of progressive metal, sludge, and...

Cage Fight

Thrash Metal, Hardcore

Playing on 08/14

Cage Fight is a British thrash metal and hardcore band from London built around guitarist Nige Rockett (Onslaught) and...

Hellripper

Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/14

Hellripper is the Scottish blackened speed metal project of multi-instrumentalist James McBain, formed in 2014 in...

Necrowretch

Black Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 08/15

Necrowretch is a French black/death metal band formed in 2008 in Valence.

Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult

Black Metal

Playing on 08/14

German black metal band from Wuppertal, active since 1997. Raw, uncompromising black metal with occult themes, led by...

Witch Club Satan

Black Metal

Playing on 08/16

Witch Club Satan is a Norwegian black metal band from Oslo, formed in 2022. The all-female trio combines black metal...

Castle Rat

Doom Metal

Playing on 08/16

Castle Rat is an American doom metal band formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 2019. Known for their 'medieval fantasy doom...

Eihwar

Playing on 08/14

EIHWAR is a French duo that describes its style as 'Viking war music', blending Nordic folk sounds with electronic and...

Vansind

Folk Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/14

Vansind is a folk metal band from Slagelse, Denmark, formed in 2019. The seven-piece outfit pairs folk-inspired...

Hrafngrimr

Playing on 08/14

Hrafngrimr is a French Nordic/pagan music project from Paris founded by Mattjoe Haussy (formerly of Skald), combining...

Aorlhac

Master Boot Record is the Rome-based solo project of Victor Love that fuses heavy metal with chiptune synthesizers and...

John Cxnnor

Industrial, Noise

Playing on 08/16

John Cxnnor is an electronic/industrial/noise producer duo from Copenhagen, Denmark.

SLIFT

Rock, Metal

Playing on 08/15

SLIFT are a French psychedelic rock band from Toulouse, formed in 2016 by brothers Jean and Rémi Fossat and drummer...

Bruit

Rock

Playing on 08/15

Bruit ≤ is a French post-rock and modern-classical quartet from Toulouse, known for its atmospheric, cinematic sound....

Stille Volk

Folk Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/14

Stille Volk is a French pagan/folk metal band formed in 1993, inspired by Pyrenean folklore and pagan traditions.

Playing on 08/14

Guineapig

Grindcore, Death Metal

Playing on 08/14

Guineapig is an Italian goregrind band from Rome, delivering slow, heavy and brutal grindcore.

Gravity

Metalcore, Progressive Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/14

Gravity is a French modern metal band from Montpellier, blending deathcore and metalcore with progressive and melodic...

Ice Sealed Eyes

Metalcore, Metal

Playing on 08/14

Ice Sealed Eyes is a Belgian metalcore band known for heavy breakdowns and aggressive modern metal.

Shady Fat Kats

Rock, Punk

Playing on 08/15

Shady Fat Kats are a French rock band from Brittany, blending pop-punk energy with heavier, emotional rock.

Sierra Veins

Synthwave, Dark Wave, EBM

Playing on 08/15

Sierra Veins is a French dark synth project from Paris, producing darkwave and EBM-influenced electronic music.

Metal, Doom Metal

Playing on 08/16

Warning is a British doom metal band led by vocalist and guitarist Patrick Walker, best known for the album 'Watching...