Seven more bands confirmed for Damnation Festival

Damnation Festival have confirmed another seven bands!

Following the whopping first announcement featuring the likes of IHSAHN, BATUSHKA and THE OCEAN back at the start of the month, now, seven more heavy hitters have been announced for this year’s festival! Billed as their only UK show of the year, English noise makers ANAAL NATHRAKH will perform at the festival in support of their upcoming release A New Kind of Horror. Speaking about performing at this year’s festival, the band says, “Damnation has long been one of the best one-day events anywhere, and Gav and the team unfailingly put together a superb lineup and a great festival to be at and play at. This year is especially perfect timing for us, as the festival takes place just shortly after the release of our new album, A New Kind of Horror. A move up to the main stage, new songs to play, we’re genuinely excited to get back to Damnation and pile on the savagery.”

Also confirmed to play at this year’s even in tonight’s announcement is North Dakota’s enigmatic blackgaze collective, GHOST BATH, Philadelphia’s post-metallers, ROSETTA, and Scotland’s Celtic folk quartet, SAOR, Grammy award winning noise-rockers, ÅRABROT while Denmark’s stunning act, MØL, and Austria’s party thrashers, INSANITY ALERT all join this year’s stellar-looking lineup. Speaking about playing at this year’s festival, ÅRABROT says, “thank you for having us, Damnation. ÅRABROT is pleased to return to Leeds for the first time in a decade. We hope it will be hotter than Dante’s Nine Circles Of Hell.” SAOR adds, “we are looking forward to playing Damnation Festival for the first time and being part of such a great line-up.”

Damnation Festival takes place at Leeds University Union on November 3rd. Tickets are priced at £43 and are on sale now and can be purchased here. 

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