title: Hellfire Festival
text: # Hellfire Festival
  
  The Hellfire Festival was a heavy metal festival held twice in 2009. The first edition of the festival was held at the O2 Academy in Islington, London in February and the second at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham in November. The events were organized by the Transcend Music Group.
  
  ## Hellfire I
  
  The first edition of the Hellfire Festival was held from Friday, 20 February to Sunday, 22 February 2009 at the 02 Academy in Islington, London. More than 32 bands appeared at the festival spread over two stages and across the three days. Tickets for the festival were priced at £16.50 (Friday), £20.00 (Saturday), £18.00 (Sunday) or £50 for a three-day pass.
  
  Main Stage :
  
  | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
  | - | - | - |
  | Overkill Exodus Gama Bomb Torture Squad | Firewind Alestorm Panic Cell The More I See The Defiled Godsized | Breed 77 Sabbat Warrior Soul Exit Ten Anterior Outcryfire The Hollowed Earth Theory Metalloid |
  
  Scuzz Stage :
  
  | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
  | - | - | - |
  | Stage Closed | Annotations of an Autopsy Trigger the Bloodshed The Rotted Burning Skies Dead Beyond Buried RSJ Scar My Eyes | Malefice Sacred Mother Tongue Romeo Must Die Forever Never Cinders Fall Idiom Soul Destruction Imicus |
  
  ## Hellfire II
  
  The second edition of the Hellfire Festival was to take place from Friday, 6 November to Sunday, 8 November 2009 in Halls 8 and 9 of the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, in conjunction with the Music Live exhibition. More than 38 bands were to appear at the festival spread over three stages and across the three days but the Friday was cancelled due to poor ticket sales. This led to a confusing stage allocation, where 4 stages were listed but with only three locations. Tickets were priced at £25 per day or £55 for a three-day pass.
  
  * Mistress of Ceremonies: Katie Parsons (Not in attendance)
  
  Main Stage :
  
  | Friday (cancelled) | Saturday | Sunday |
  | - | - | - |
  | CKY (cancelled) Cancer Bats (cancelled) Electric Eel Shock (cancelled) | Saxon Anvil Benediction Blaze Bayley Evile (cancelled) Sacred Mother Tongue Beholder | Fields of the Nephilim My Dying Bride Anathema Katatonia October File Seretonal |
  
  The Big Cheese Stage :
  
  | Friday (cancelled) | Saturday | Sunday |
  | - | - | - |
  | The Dead Formats (cancelled) | The Rotted Malefice Ted Maul Gama Bomb The More I See Viatrophy (cancelled) Bury Tomorrow Scar My Eyes | Outcry Collective The Painted Smiles Blakfish Lost Souls Club Arthemis Huron |
  
  The Scuzz Stage :
  
  | Friday (cancelled) | Saturday | Sunday |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Senser Fei Comodo Esoterica Deaf Havana Imicus Mayra Roxx New Device | Viking Skull The Cumshots Spit Like This Tesseract No Made Sense Xerath the Morning After |
  | | Metal Hammer Stage | Terrorizer Stage |
  | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
  | | Exit Ten The Plight Savage Messiah Rise To Remain The Arusha Accord The Casino Brawl Fury UK | Trigger the Bloodshed Abgott Cinders Fall Imperial Vengeance Ingested No Consequence Carcer City |
  
  * Evile were originally booked to play the main stage on Saturday, but pulled out following the death of their bass player Mike Alexander. They were replaced on the bill by Blaze Bayley.
  