Damnation Festival announce Katatonia

July 20, 2023 James Weaver

Damnation Festival have announced that melancholic Swedish metallers KATATONIA will perform at this year’s festival!

Following last month’s announcement, which saw Norwegian progressive outfit LEPROUS (performing Coal in its entirety) announced, now, the annual metal festival have confirmed that Swedish melancholic metallers KATATONIA will perform two special sets at this year’s festival!

First, the band will take to headline the A Night Of Salvation pre-show by performing 2012’s Dead End Kings in its entirety for its ten year anniversary (extended by a year due to the pandemic), whilst Saturday will see the band perform a greatest hits set.

Speaking about performing at this year’s festival, the band says, “we are very pleased to announce our return to the UK’s wonderful Damnation Festival. Ten years ago we played the Viva Emptiness album in full and now it’s time for Dead End Kings, an album we were meant to commemorate in 2022 but got stopped by the good ol’ ‘Rona. This is your chance to celebrate it together with us! The night after we will play another gig, which is us focusing on songs that are not on the Dead End Kings album… a representative treat of mope life classics. Do. Not. Miss.”

Festival organiser Gavin McInally adds, “it’s quite the coup to not only have KATATONIA return a decade after they last graced Damnation, but to once again celebrate a very, very special album with us. Those who were there in 2013 remember Viva Emptiness vividly and Dead End Kings will be no different this year. Being able to have the band back at Damnation the following day to showcase their extensive back catalogue in with an entirely different setlist, is the prefect combo. Dead End Kings, Coal, Below The Lights, Choronzon, Scorn Defeat, Audio Noir, Fixation On A Co Worker, Chapter One… it’s safe to say there will never be a repeat of this day of music, anywhere on the planet.”