Heavy Week-End is making a serious statement for 2027, announcing three headline acts that span generations of heavy music. German power-metal legends HELLOWEEN, American genre-benders FALLING IN REVERSE and controversial industrial-metal icon MARILYN MANSON will top the bill when the French festival returns to Nancy from 4 to 6 June.
Now heading into its fourth edition, Heavy Week-End has quickly established itself as a major fixture on France’s rock and metal calendar. The event returns to the open-air amphitheatre at the Zénith de Nancy, bringing three days of heavy music to eastern France. And with three very different headliners confirmed, the organisers have made it clear that the 2027 programme will cover a broad spectrum of the genre.
Each act will headline a different day, with HELLOWEEN opening proceedings on Friday 4 June, FALLING IN REVERSE taking over on Saturday 5 June and MARILYN MANSON closing the festival on Sunday 6 June. Nine further acts are still to be announced, meaning this is only the beginning of the story.
HELLOWEEN BRING FOUR DECADES OF POWER METAL
Friday belongs to HELLOWEEN, one of the most influential bands in European power metal. Formed in Hamburg in the 1980s, the group helped establish the fast tempos, soaring vocals and melodic ambition that would become hallmarks of the genre. Albums such as Keeper of the Seven Keys Parts I and II remain landmarks in heavy metal, while songs including I WANT OUT, EAGLE FLY FREE and FUTURE WORLD continue to be staples of the band’s live shows.
Their appearance at Heavy Week-End will extend the group’s 40 Years Anniversary Tour, which began in 2025. With a catalogue spanning generations and a celebrated reunion line-up bringing together different eras of the band, HELLOWEEN are perfectly placed to launch the weekend with a set built around power-metal classics and epic choruses.
FALLING IN REVERSE BRING A MODERN METAL SPECTACLE
Saturday’s headliners, FALLING IN REVERSE, offer a very different proposition. Led by Ronnie Radke, the American band have developed a sound that moves between metalcore, post-hardcore, rap, electronic production and arena-sized rock.
Their willingness to shift between styles has helped them stand out in the modern heavy-music scene. Tracks such as POPULAR MONSTER, VOICES IN MY HEAD and WATCH THE WORLD BURN combine aggressive riffs with huge hooks and dramatic changes in intensity, making the group a natural fit for a festival audience looking for a high-impact live performance.
The band are a relatively rare booking on French stages, adding an extra incentive for fans to make the trip to Nancy. Their Saturday headline slot should bring a contemporary edge to a festival otherwise rooted in several different eras of metal.
MARILYN MANSON CLOSES THE WEEKEND
Sunday’s closing performance comes from MARILYN MANSON, one of industrial metal’s most recognisable and provocative figures. Since emerging in the 1990s, Manson has built a career around dark theatricality, abrasive rock and a visual identity designed to challenge expectations.
His catalogue includes THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, MOBSCENE and THE DOPE SHOW, songs that helped define his blend of industrial textures, heavy guitars and confrontational performance. His appearance gives Heavy Week-End a headline act with a distinctive stage persona and a sound that stands apart from both HELLOWEEN’s melodic power metal and FALLING IN REVERSE’s genre-crossing modern rock.
Manson’s latest chapter includes One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1, released in 2024, adding newer material to a catalogue that has remained a touchstone for industrial and alternative metal fans.
ONE STAGE, NO CLASHES
One of Heavy Week-End’s defining features is its straightforward format. Rather than spreading performances across multiple stages and forcing fans to choose between competing sets, the festival presents four bands per day in succession on a single main stage.
That approach gives audiences the chance to see every performance without racing between stages. The venue’s open-air amphitheatre setting also provides a combination of standing space and seated areas, with capacity limited to around 20,000 people per day.
The format appears to be working. Nearly 40,000 people attended across the three days in 2026, helping the event establish itself among Europe’s growing roster of summer rock and metal festivals.
Heavy Week-End has already welcomed major names including SCORPIONS, SLIPKNOT, JUDAS PRIEST, GOJIRA, DEEP PURPLE, MEGADETH, ALICE COOPER, DREAM THEATER, ELECTRIC CALLBOY and SABATON across its first three editions.
With HELLOWEEN, FALLING IN REVERSE and MARILYN MANSON now confirmed for 2027, the festival is continuing that tradition while bringing together artists from distinctly different corners of heavy music.
Heavy Week-End returns to Nancy on 4, 5 and 6 June 2027. Three headliners are confirmed, nine more bands are still to come, and the countdown to another loud weekend in France has begun.
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