Damnation Festival
| Location(s) | University of Leeds, Leeds, England |
|---|---|
| Years active | 2005 - present |
| Date(s) | October/November |
| Genre | Heavy metal, thrash metal, death metal, black metal |
| Website | www.damnationfestival.co.uk |
The Damnation Festival is a one day music festival currently held annually at Leeds University, Leeds, England, and organised by Gavin McInally. The 2012 edition of the festival will be held on 3 November. The festival was originally held at Jilly's Rockworld in Manchester.[1]
Damnation 2005
The first Damnation Festival was held on 16 October 2005 at Jillys Rockworld, Manchester, England. There were fifteen bands over two stages, headlined by Raging Speedhorn and Entombed. Tickets for the inaugural festival were priced at £13.[2]
| Main Stage | Terrorizer Stage |
|---|---|
|
Raging Speedhorn
|
Entombed
|
Damnation 2006
The second annual Damnation Festival was held on 15 October 2006 at Jillys Rockworld, Manchester, England. There were fourteen bands over two stages, headlined by The Haunted and Akercocke. Tickets for the festival were priced at £15.[3]
| Jägermeister Stage | Terrorizer Stage |
|---|---|
|
The Haunted
|
Akercocke
|
Damnation 2007
The third annual Damnation Festival was held on 20 October 2007 and saw the festival move to a new venue at Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, England. There were eighteen bands over two stages, headlined by Kreator and Anaal Nathrakh. Tickets for the festival were priced at £22.[4]
| Jägermeister Stage | Terrorizer Stage |
|---|---|
|
Kreator
|
Anaal Nathrakh
|
Damnation 2008
The fourth annual Damnation Festival was held on 22 November 2008 and saw the festival move to another new venue at University of Leeds, Leeds, England. The change of venues allowed the festival to expand to three stages incorporating seventeen bands with headliners Carcass, Cathedral and Pitchshifter. Tickets for the festival were priced at £29.[5]
British band Raging Speedhorn were initially booked to play the festival in what would be their last ever show, however they later canceled to take on a more lucrative final tour in Japan. Carcass would make this show their only UK show on their comeback tour.
| Jägermeister Stage | Terrorizer Stage | Rock Sound Stage |
|---|---|---|
|
Pitchshifter
|
Cathedral
|
Damnation 2009
The fifth annual Damnation Festival was held on 24 October 2009 at University of Leeds, Leeds, England. The organizers have announced the festival would again cover three stages but open doors earlier to allow for more bands and less clashes across the stages.[6] Headline acts for 2009 were Life of Agony, Lock Up and Jesu.
| Jägermeister Stage | Terrorizer Stage | Rock Sound Stage |
|---|---|---|
|
Life of Agony |
Lock Up |
Jesu |
Life of Agony's headline slot was their only UK appearance in 2009.[7]
This appearance was Mistress's last ever show and Rotting Christ's only English show for 2009.[8]
Negura Bunget and Extreme Noise Terror were originally booked to play the Terrorizer stage but both had to pull out. Negura Bunget played a make up set in May 2010 at sister festival Deathfest.
On 3 June Entombed were announced on the festival line up. On 23 June the bands management issued a statement announcing that the band would not appear at the festival.[9]
Damnation 2010
The sixth annual Damnation Festival was held on 6 November 2010 at University of Leeds, Leeds, England. Again the festival covered three stages. The Dillinger Escape Plan and Paradise Lost[10] co-headlined the Jägermeister Stage, whilst Discharge headlined the Terrorizer stage and Alcest the Rock Sound Stage. Early bird ticket prices were £19 and full price tickets £27.
| Jägermeister Stage | Terrorizer Stage | Rock Sound Stage |
|---|---|---|
|
The Dillinger Escape Plan |
Discharge |
Alcest |
- Festival organisers ran competitions to determine the opening bands for each of the three stages. The Construct won the competition for the Rock Sound stage 45% of the total 4000 votes cast.
- The competition for the terrorizer stage ended in a dead heat and both Diascorium and Colonel Blast were given opening slots on the stage.
- Mutant won the competition for the opening slot of the Jägermeister Stage.
Damnation 2011
The seventh annual Damnation Festival was held on 5 November 2011 at University of Leeds, Leeds, England. Again the festival covered three stages, with headliners Devin Townsend Project, Ulver and God is an Astronaut.[11]
Early bird tickets went on sale in December 2010 for £19.50 and full price tickets £29. Decapitated were forced to pull out after surviving a plane crash. Returning from their US tour, the plane was forced to make a landing with no landing gear in their native Poland.[12]
| Jägermeister Stage | Terrorizer Stage | Zero Tolerance Stage |
|---|---|---|
|
Devin Townsend Project |
Ulver |
God is an Astronaut |
Damnation 2012
The Eighth annual Damnation Festival was held across three stages at the University of Leeds student union, Leeds, England, on Saturday 3 November.
| Jägermeister Stage | Terrorizer Stage | Eyesore Merch Stage |
|---|---|---|
|
Electric Wizard |
Pig Destroyer |
AmenRa |
Damnation 2013
The ninth annual Damnation Festival was held across three stages at the University of Leeds student union, Leeds, England, on Saturday 2 November. The event will be headlined by Carcass in their only UK headlining show of 2013 following the release of their new album.
| Jägermeister Stage | Terrorizer Stage | Eyesore Merch Stage | Electric Amphetamine Stage |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Carcass |
Rotting Christ |
Cult Of Luna |
Conan |
References
- ↑ "About Damnation Festival".
- ↑ "Damnation 2005 Lineup".
- ↑ "Damnation 2006 Lineup".
- ↑ "Damnation 2007 Lineup".
- ↑ "Damnation 2008 Lineup".
- ↑ "Damnation 2009 Festival Details".
- ↑ "Damnation 2009 Life of Agony Details".
- ↑ "Damnation 2009 Mistress/Rotting Christ Details".
- ↑ "Damnation 2009 Entombed added then removed from the bill".
- ↑ "Damnation 2010 TDEP and Paradise Lost co-headline".
- ↑ "Damnation 2011 Line-up".
- ↑ "Decapitated pull out of Damnation after surviving plane crash".
