Hellfest have announced another superb bumper batch of bands for the 2013 festival. The list of new additions runs down like this:

ZZ TOP - HELLOWEEN - SAXON - KREATOR - IMMORTAL - AT THE GATES - NEUROSIS - 3 DOORS DOWN - ABSU - AMORPHIS - ASPHYX - CAPTAIN CLEANOFF - CEREMONIAL OATH - CLUTCH - DARK FUNERAL - DEAD CONGREGATION - EAGLE TWIN - EQUILIBRIUM - EVOKEN - HOODED MENACE - GHOST - INQUISITION - KAMPFAR - KORPIKLAANI - MUSTASCH - MY DYING BRIDE - PAPA ROACH - PRIMORDIAL - SSS - SINISTER - THE GHOST INSIDE - TYR - UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS - WINTERSUN - WITCHCRAFT. 

They will be joining the previously announced lineup that includes: KISS - TWISTED SISTER - ACCEPT - KORN - STONESOUR - BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE - VOLBEAT - AVANTASIA - SICK OF IT ALL - BAD RELIGION - THE ACACIA STRAIN - ANTI FLAG - ARCH ENEMY - ATARI TEENAGE RIOT - AURA NOIR - BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME - BLACK SPIDERS - CANDLEMASS - CARPATHIAN FOREST - COAL CHAMBER - CONVERGE - CRADLE OF FILTH - CRYPTOPSY - DANKO JONES - FOR TODAY - GOD SEED - HAEMORRHAGE - HARDCORE SUPERSTAR - HEAVEN'S BASEMENT - IHSAHN - KARMA TO BURN - KRISIUN - LEPROUS - MARDUK - MASS HYSTERIA - MY SLEEPING KARMA - NACHTMYSTIUM - NEGATIVE APPROACH - PARKWAY DRIVE - PUNISH YOURSELF - RED FANG - ROTTING CHRIST - SENSER - SKINDRED - SPIRITUAL BEGGARS - THE SWORD - TERROR - TESTAMENT - TRUCKFIGHTERS.

How bloody good is that?

Hellfest 2013 takes place on 21 - 23 June in Clisson, France. For tickets and more info head over to http://www.hellfest.fr/