Damnation Festival announce three new bands
Damnation Festival have announced a further wave of bands for their 2026 edition!
Post-metal standouts PELICAN, mathcore extremists FRONTIERER, and black metal experimentalists KRALLICE have all been added to this year’s festival, with all three acts set to make their debut appearances at the event.
The trio will join an already obscenely stacked lineup that includes CULT OF LUNA, SATYRICON, IGORRR, CARCASS, HEALTH, CROWBAR, TRIPTYKON, and WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM, when Damnation returns to BEC Arena in Manchester on Saturday and Sunday, November 7th and 8th.
Speaking about the latest additions, festival organiser Gavin McInally shares, “we’ve been chasing PELICAN to play Damnation for as long as I can remember so it’s brilliant that our paths finally cross this year. They will headline the Eyesore Merch Stage on the Saturday, bringing the first night to a close with an onslaught of huge riffs.
While FRONTIERER and KRALLICE also make their Damnation debuts bringing frenetic, extreme mathcore and avant-garde black metal to the best bill we’ve ever put together. Unsurprisingly, we’ve enjoyed record sales this year and are on course for a sell out.”
Damnation Festival 2026 takes place at BEC Arena, Manchester from 7th-8th November 2026. Tickets are available now and can be purchased here.
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