The edition 2024 of Hellfest fast approaching. After having experienced a particularly difficult year, notably driven by controversies and financial problems, festival reassures its audience by lifting the veil on its flagship project: the Guardian of Darkness.
an ultra ambitious project for hellfest 2024
A metal and extreme music festival, Hellfest has also opened up to a wider range of artists in recent years. Enough to annoy the most conservative, but also and above all to attract a new audience. And it works: 240,000 festival-goers went to Clissons in 2023. Shortly after the end of this edition, tickets for 2024 were put on sale, causing public outcrywho had not yet had time to recover financially.
Speaking of financial difficulties, Hellfest got a scare. His most ambitious project for the 2024 edition almost fell through due to subsidy problems. This is an impressive sculpture called the Guardian of Darkness, on which teams from the company La Machine, in Nantes, are working. But all’s well that ends well, and the sculpture appeared in public this Wednesday.
the guardian of darkness appears in public
We had already seen photos of the Guardian of Darkness in full construction, allowing us to discover part of her face. We also knew what it should look like, because the general outline of the sculpture had been revealed. But given the difficulties encountered, we could fear the final result. This will not be the case, as proven by the images captured by a passer-by in Nantes this Wednesday, while the sculpture was out in the streets of the city. Shared by our colleagues from West Francethese allow us to lay eyes on a woman with upturned horns, and equipped with eight legs.
According to the information revealed, the Guardian of Darkness is a 10 meter high sculpture which will welcome festival-goers at the entrance, and which will be able to move. We can’t wait to see it in action!
