| Location: | Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Dates: | 27 & 28 July (2019 dates) |
Heavy Montréal (stylized as Heavy MONTRÉAL, formerly known as Heavy MTL) is a two-day, summer heavy metal and hard rock music festival held annually at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It also includes various other events at different venues across the city. The "MTL" in the former name, Heavy MTL, served as both an abbreviation for "Montreal" and "Metal". In 2014, the festival was officially renamed as "Heavy Montréal".[1] In 2023, the festival revived the "Heavy MTL" moniker once again through its logo.
Since the festival's first edition in 2008, Heavy Montréal, known until 2014 as "Heavy MTL", has seen some of the world's most successful heavy metal acts, such as Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe, Disturbed, Dethklok, Rob Zombie, Korn, Avenged Sevenfold, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Motörhead, Godsmack, In Flames, Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, Deftones, System of a Down, Five Finger Death Punch, Children of Bodom and Babymetal.
In 2011, a sister event, Heavy T.O., was created for Downsview Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Both events were held during the same weekends, with most bands playing one day in Montreal and the other in Toronto. Despite the Toronto event's popularity, however, promoters ceased operations there after the festival's 2012 incarnation.
For the 2014 festival, Heavy MTL was officially rebranded as "Heavy Montréal". This was done as an "evolution" of the festival, with efforts made to include a wide array of styles in its programming.
The festival took a one-year hiatus in 2017, citing the renovations taking place that year in Parc Jean-Drapeau and the increase in other cultural events due to Montreal celebrating its .[2] In November 2019, event promotions company Evenko announced that Heavy Montreal would not occur in 2020, in part due to "the number of non-festival metal/rock concerts that will be announced over the next few months", said Evenko chief operating officer Jacques Aubé.[3]
The lineup included:[4]
| + Saturday, 27 July 2019 | |||
| Stage Heavy | Stage de l'Apocalypse | Stage de la Foret | Stage du Jardin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fever 333 Kataklysm Beartooth Killswitch Engage Godsmack Ghost | Galactic Empire Anonymus Quiet Riot Hatebreed Steel Panther Evanescence | Harm's Way Devin Townsend All That Remains Cancer Bats Municipal Waste Watain | Brand of Sacrifice Lorna Shore Nekrogoblikon Rivers of Nihil The Faceless Carnifex Cattle Decapitation Dying Fetus |
| + Sunday, 28 July 2019 | ||||
| Stage Heavy | Stage de l'Apocalypse | Stage de la Foret | Stage du Jardin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knocked Loose Despised Icon Skillet In This Moment Slash Slayer1 | Mountain Dust Beast in Black Atreyu Gamma Ray Clutch Anthrax | Dopethrone Skálmöld Fu Manchu Gloryhammer Terror Counterparts Stick to Your Guns | Junkowl Dirty Honey The Great Sabatini Metalachi 3Teeth Demolition Hammer |
Heavy Montreal returned in 2018 after a one-year hiatus.
The lineup included:[5]
| + Saturday, 28 July 2018 | |||
| Stage Heavy | Stage de l'Apocalypse | Stage de la Foret | Stage du Jardin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pallbearer Sword Tech N9ne I Prevail Marilyn Manson Rob Zombie | Born of Osiris Lee Aaron Baroness Alestorm Underoath Emperor | Veil of Maya The Black Dahlia Murder Witchcraft Napalm Death Red Fang Between the Buried and Me | Jungle Rot Entheos Soreption Allegaeon The Agony Scene Erra Jinjer |
| + Sunday, 29 July 2018 | ||||
| Stage Heavy | Stage de l'Apocalypse | Stage de la Foret | Stage du Jardin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helix Demon Hunter Voivod Asking Alexandria Hollywood Undead Limp Bizkit1 | Intervals Emmure Ultra Vomit Sleep Trivium Gojira | Blind Witness Power Trip Warbringer Gloryhammer Eyehategod Perturbator | Nonhuman Era Get the Shot Bad Omens Havok Khemmis Necrotic Mutation |
The 2016 edition of Heavy Montréal took place on 6–7 August 2016.[7] For 2016 the festival was held on a new site in Parc Jean-Drapeau, la Plaine des Jeux.
The lineup included:[8]
| + Saturday, 6 August 2016 | ||
| Molson Canadian stage | Heavy stage | Blabbermouth.NET stage |
|---|---|---|
| Pop Evil Escape the Fate Fear Factory Trivium Sabaton Mastodon Five Finger Death Punch | USA Out of Vietnam The Dillinger Escape Plan Carcass Sebastian Bach Black Label Society Nightwish | Inquisition Skeletonwitch Repulsion Attila Suicide Silence Cult of Luna |
| + Sunday, 7 August 2016 | |||
| Molson Canadian stage | Heavy stage | Blabbermouth.NET stage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Prevail Despised Icon Saint Asonia Blind Guardian Alter Bridge Breaking Benjamin Disturbed | We Came as Romans Animals as Leaders Kataklysm Zakk Wylde Killswitch Engage Volbeat | Mantar Beartooth Memphis May Fire B.A.R.F. Suffocation Napalm Death Candlemass |
The 2015 edition of Heavy Montréal took place over three days from 7 to 9 August 2015.[7]
The lineup included:[9]
| + Friday, 7 August 2015 | |||
| Molson Canadian stage | Heavy stage | Apocalypse stage | Forest stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Flatliners Anonymus Extreme Meshuggah Korn | Gorguts Venom Arch Enemy Lagwagon Alexisonfire | Brothers of the Sonic Cloth Revocation The Acacia Strain Veil of Maya Lofofora Neurosis | toyGuitar Beyond Creation Cattle Decapitation Nothing More .moneen. Augury |
| + Saturday, 8 August 2015 | ||||
| Molson Canadian stage | Heavy stage | Apocalypse stage | Forest stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slaves on Dope Rocket from the Crypt Abbath Testament NOFX Faith No More | Deafheaven Lita Ford Gojira Billy Talent Iggy Pop | The Brains Glassjaw Swingin' Utters B.A.R.F. Devin Townsend Project Dying Fetus | Mass Murder Messiah Ion Dissonance Masked Intruder Dig It Up The Agonist Battlecross |
| + Sunday, 9 August 2015 | ||||
| Molson Canadian stage | Heavy stage | Apocalypse stage | Forest stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fozzy Coal Chamber Dokken Asking Alexandria Bullet for My Valentine Slipknot | Motionless in White Warrant Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg Within Temptation Lamb of God | Omnium Gatherum Insomnium Jasta Pig Destroyer Sanctuary Ihsahn Nuclear Assault | Exes for Eyes Sandveiss Dead Tired Small Brown Bike Upon a Burning Body Wilson |
The lineup included:[10]
| + Saturday, 9 August 2014 | |||
| Molson Canadian stage | Heavy stage | Apocalypse stage | Forest stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monster Truck Overkill Apocalyptica Dropkick Murphys Anthrax Metallica | Babymetal Pennywise Three Days Grace Voivod The Offspring | Eagle Tears Mass Hysteria Municipal Waste Whitechapel Protest the Hero The Vandals Madball | Kublai Khan Biblical Unlocking the Truth Whores. Nekrogoblikon Beyond Creation |
| + Sunday, 10 August 2014 | ||||
| Molson Canadian stage | Heavy stage | Apocalypse stage | Forest stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrimSkunk Exodus Symphony X Hatebreed Twisted Sister Slayer | Bat Sabbath Death Angel1 Epica Body Count Bad Religion Lamb of God | La Corriveau Nashville Pussy Cynic We Came as Romans Alestorm Unearth Fucked Up | Beheading of a King Sworn In Gideon Stick to Your Guns The Motorleague Nepentes Truckfighters |
For the 2013 edition, Heavy MTL also featured a live pro wrestling event showcasing men and women of the Montreal independent wrestling scene.
| + Saturday, 10 August 2013 | ||||
| Molson Canadian stage | Jägermeister stage | Galaxy stage | Ring Heavy Mania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obey the Brave Hellyeah Gwar Steel Panther At the Gates Danzig with Doyle Avenged Sevenfold | Device Halestorm Sick of It All Black Label Society A Day to Remember Megadeth | Death Lullaby Within the Ruins Blackguard Baroness Oceano Newsted All Shall Perish Motionless in White Wintersun | Wall of Death – Battle Royal Buxx vs. Franky 3.0 vs. TDT Green Phantom vs. SeXXXy Eddy |
| + Sunday, 11 August 2013 | ||||
| Molson Canadian stage | Jägermeister stage | Galaxy stage | Ring Heavy Mania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntress Finntroll Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals Machine Head Mastodon Rob Zombie | Augury The Acacia Strain Amon Amarth August Burns Red Children of Bodom Godsmack | Of Temples Slaves on Dope Indian Handcrafts Structures Unexpect Pallbearer Havok Cryptopsy | Wall of Death – Battle Royal 6 Way Scramble Kickin n' Stompin+Green Phantom vs. TDT+ Buxx Belmar Player Uno vs. Franky the Mobster |
| + Saturday, 11 August 2012 | |||
| Heavy MTL stage | Jägermeister stage | Apocalypse stage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diemonds Veil of Maya Between the Buried and Me Cannibal Corpse Deftones System of a Down | Job for a Cowboy Periphery Kataklysm Killswitch Engage Five Finger Death Punch | Bookakee Dark Century Rose Funeral Exhumed Fleshgod Apocalypse Goatwhore Origin The Faceless Battlecross |
| + Sunday, 12 August 2012 | |||
| Heavy MTL stage | Jägermeister stage | Apocalypse stage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dance Laury Dance Protest the Hero Gojira The Dillinger Escape Plan1 In Flames2 Slipknot | Blind Witness Overkill Trivium Suicidal Tendencies Marilyn Manson | Hollow The Agonist Iwrestledabearonce B.A.R.F. Emmure Cancer Bats Sword Voivod |
| + Saturday, 23 July 2011 | |||
| Heavy MTL stage | Jägermeister stage | Budweiser stage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slaves on Dope Red Fang Suicide Silence Machine Head In Flames Godsmack Disturbed | Dead and Divine All Shall Perish Death Angel Unearth Trivium Billy Talent | Mass Murder Messiah Straight Line Stitch Blackguard Kingdom of Sorrow GrimSkunk Necronomicon Dissension Cryptopsy |
| + Sunday, 24 July 2011 | |||
| Heavy MTL stage | Jägermeister stage | Budweiser stage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lazarus A.D. Girlschool As I Lay Dying Morbid Angel Opeth Kiss | Endast Times of Grace Annihilator Children of Bodom Anthrax Motörhead | Les Guenilles Anonymus Slaves on Dope1 Diamond Head DevilDriver The Catalyst Gorguts |
| + Saturday, 24 July 2010 | ||
| Heavy MTL stage | Jägermeister stage | |
|---|---|---|
| Skeletonwitch High on Fire Kataklysm Anvil Rob Halford Slayer Megadeth | 36 Crazyfists Baptized in Blood Melissa Auf der Maur Fear Factory Testament Mastodon Alice Cooper |
| + Sunday, 25 July 2010 | |||
| Rockstar Mayhem Festival stage | Jägermeister stage | Silver Star stage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hail the Villain Despised Icon Airbourne Winds of Plague Five Finger Death Punch Lamb of God Rob Zombie Korn | Beneath the Massacre Shadows Fall Chimaira Hatebreed Alexisonfire Avenged Sevenfold | Deadly Apples Les Ékorchés Norma Jean Diamond Head 3 Inches of Blood In This Moment Atreyu |
Due to the high number of metal live shows performed in Montreal during the year (Metallica, AC/DC, Kiss, Dream Theater, Marilyn Manson, Motörhead and many more) it was announced that the festival would not take place in 2009 and return in 2010.[11]
| + Saturday, 21 June 2008 | ||
| Black stage | Red stage | |
|---|---|---|
| Lauren Harris 3 Inches of Blood Hatebreed Mastodon Iron Maiden | Unexpect Overkill Symphony X HammerFall Type O Negative Mastodon Dethklok |
| + Sunday, 22 June 2008 | ||
| Black stage | Red stage | |
|---|---|---|
| Death Boat Priestess Drowning Pool Voivod Three Days Grace Mötley Crüe | Your Favorite Enemies Warrant Shadows Fall Anthrax Disturbed |