Search for heavy resonances at the LHC

Numerous models beyond the Standard Model theory predict new heavy particles or high energy phenomena that would appear as heavy resonances in collider data. Such a signature was thus actively searched for by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations using the LHC 8 TeV proton-proton collisions. The most recent analyses using the full dataset ($\sim 20 fb^{-1}$) and probing a large variety of final states are reported in this article. No sign of new physics was discovered and the results are thus interpreted as exclusion limits in a model independent way or on various models based on the presence of extra-dimensions, a new strong sector or large symmetry groups.