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The group Deströyer 666 is invited to the stage of Samaïn Fest, a small metal music festival which will be held from October 24 to 26, 2024 in La Mézière (Ille-et-Vilaine). The singer has made supremacist, racist and misogynistic comments in the past. “Ideas that are the opposite of our values,” defends the festival.
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The metal group Deströyer 666 was scheduled for the Samaïn Fest festival, on October 26, 2024, in La Mézière (Ille-et-Vilaine). But the singer’s positions will surely be the reason for their coming to Brittany. | JONAS ROGOWSKI / CC BY-SA 3.0
The small Samaïn Fest festival did not expect to be at the heart of a vast controversy. At the crossroads of metal music and Breton culture, this event will hold its 12the edition in La Mézière (Ille-et-Vilaine), from October 24 to 26, 2024. Between 300 and 600 people are expected each evening. Ticket sales aim to support the Diwan school (Breton school) in Guipel.
But a few days before the festival, Saturday evening’s headliner, Deströyer 666, risks being canceled. If this name doesn’t mean anything to the general public, this Australian group formed in 1994 has its…
