Damnation Festival
Damnation Festival is a one-day heavy metal music festival currently held annually at the University of Leeds, Leeds, England, and organised by Gavin McInally and Paul Farrington. The festival was originally held at Jilly's Rockworld in Manchester.
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.| Main Stage | Terrorizer Stage |
Raging Speedhorn Sikth Charger Fourway Kill The Inbreds Forever Never Allerjen Amends to the Dead | Entombed Gorerotted Gutworm Conquest of Steel Mercury Rain Nailed Dawn of Chaos |
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.| Jägermeister Stage | Terrorizer Stage |
The Haunted Skindred Biomechanical Murder One Head-On Kingsize Blues Evile | Akercocke Stampin' Ground Ephel Duath Send More Paramedics Mistress Madman Is Absolute Speed Theory |
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.| Jägermeister Stage | Terrorizer Stage |
Kreator Amen Orange Goblin Raging Speedhorn Panic Cell The Inbreds Romeo Must Die Malefice | Anaal Nathrakh Kataklysm Aborted 1349 Narcosis Ted Maul Man Must Die Lazarus Blackstar Soulfracture Dead Beyond Buried |
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.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 |
Carcass My Dying Bride Sigh Onslaught Taint | Pitchshifter Napalm Death Benediction The Berzerker Desecration Red Mist | Cathedral Devil Sold His Soul Ramesses *shels Latitudes Mountains Became Machines |
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. Headline acts for 2009 were Life of Agony, Lock Up and Jesu.| Jägermeister Stage | Terrorizer Stage | Rock Sound Stage |
Life of Agony Therapy? Destruction Anathema Electric Wizard The Gates of Slumber Firebird | Lock Up Rotting Christ Akercocke Mistress Negura Bunget Mithras Charger Nazxul | Jesu''' This Will Destroy You A Storm of Light Minsk Manatees And So I Watch You from Afar Stand-Up Guy Rinoa |
Life of Agony's headline slot was their only UK appearance in 2009.
This appearance was Mistress's last ever show and Rotting Christ's only English show for 2009.
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.
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 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 Paradise Lost earthtone9 Sabbat Lawnmower Deth Rolo Tomassi Panic Cell Mutant | Discharge Anaal Nathrakh Hecate Enthroned Fukpig Short Sharp Shock The Antichrist Imperium Bonesaw Colonel Blast Diascorium | Alcest The Ocean Esoteric October File Maybeshewill Fen The Mire The Construct |
- 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
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.
| Jägermeister Stage | Terrorizer Stage | Zero Tolerance Stage |
Devin Townsend Project Godflesh Grand Magus Evile Turisas Illuminatus Xerath | Ulver Decapitated Doom Chthonic Dragged into Sunlight Shining A Man Called Catten Cerebral Bore | God Is an Astronaut Amplifier Altar of Plagues Talons Astrohenge Conan A Forest of Stars Humanfly |
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 My Dying Bride Primordial Gama Bomb Textures Devil Sold His Soul Hawk Eyes | Pig Destroyer Belphegor Aura Noir Vreid Extreme Noise Terror Winterfylleth Hang the Bastard The Atrocity Exhibit | AmenRa Maybeshewill 40 Watt Sun Bossk BlackListers Wodensthrone Ravens Creed |
Damnation 2013
The ninth annual Damnation Festival was held across four stages at the University of Leeds student union, Leeds, England, on Saturday 2 November. The event was 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 Katatonia God Seed SSS Shining Twilight of the Gods | Rotting Christ Vallenfyre Negură Bunget Dyscarnate Voices The Afternoon Gentlemen Diamanthian | Cult of Luna Crippled Black Phoenix The Ocean Rosetta Year of No Light Tides from Nebula Dirge | Conan Moss Serpent Venom Palehorse Slabdragger Black Magician Iron Witch |
Damnation 2014
The 10th Damnation Festival was held at Leeds University Union on Saturday 1 November and featured a total of 26 bands across four stages. The sold out event saw a crowd of approximately 4000 in attendance.Headliners for the event were UK death-metal act Bolt Thrower who played their only UK performance for 2014 at the festival. October File were booked to play the festival but were forced to withdraw prior to the event, they were replaced by Dyscarnate.
| Jägermeister Stage | Terrorizer Stage | Eyesore Merch Stage | PHD Stage |
Bolt Thrower Saint Vitus Orange Goblin Raging Speedhorn Stampin' Ground Dyscarnate | Cannibal Corpse Anaal Nathrakh Revocation Winterfylleth Aeon Xerath Amputated | Fen Wodensthrone A Forest of Stars CODE Falloch Obsidian Kingdom Bast | Ahab Monarch! Sólstafir Hark Black Moth Atlantis Corrupt Moral Altar |
Damnation 2015
The 11th Damnation Festival was held at Leeds University Union on Saturday 7 November and featured a total of 27 bands across four stages. The event was headlined by At the Gates.| Jägermeister Stage | Terrorizer Stage | Eyesore Merch Stage | Electric Amphetamine Stage |
At the Gates High on Fire Sólstafir The Ocean Oathbreaker Savage Messiah | Primordial Asphyx Keep of Kalessin Vreid Voices Wiegedood The King Is Blind | Mono Amenra Altar of Plagues Maybeshewill Crown Talons Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster | 40 Watt Sun The Wounded Kings Witchsowrrow Ghold Sea Bastard Ohhms Undersmile |