Having already revealed that 2025’s version can be a two full-day affair, Damnation Competition have introduced the primary run of bands for subsequent November’s bash at Manchester’s Bowlers Exhibition Centre, together with a load of particular units to mark the steel jamboree’s twentieth birthday.
The primary raft of names contains French synthwave maniacs Perturbator, American grinders Pig Destroyer, and the return of Swedish thrash heroes The Haunted, who headlined the fest in 2006 when it was held at Jilly’s Rockworld in Manchester, for his or her first UK gig in eight years.
“We’re correct satisfied to be a part of this killer line up at subsequent 12 months’s Damnation!” they are saying. “Can’t wait to see you within the pit!”
Additionally doing particular anniversary units are UK doom legends Warning, marking twenty years of their tear-tastic Watching From A Distance album, and reunited UKHC battallion Stampin’ Floor to toast 1 / 4 of a century for 2000’s important Carved From Empty Phrases.
“On the eve of the twentieth anniversary of our Watching from a Distance album, we’re proud to be invited again to carry out at Damnation’s twentieth anniversary, the place we’ll play the album in full, alongside new materials,” say Warning. “This can be our solely UK efficiency of 2025. We sit up for seeing you at Damnation.”
Stampin’ Floor added: “We stated we would not, however how may we resist? What higher excuse to have a good time 25 years of our Carved From Empty Phrases album than a joint birthday bash for Damnation’s twentieth? We return a methods with Damnation, and sit up for blowing the doorways off the BEC Area for you!”
Additionally introduced immediately are Wormrot, Gaerea, Mantar, Hellripper, Frail Physique, Gost, Meryl Streek, Crippling Alcoholism, and the debut UK efficiency from Brodequin.
“That is probably the most thrilling opening announcement we’ve ever put along with absolute gems all over the place you look, from Pertubator internet hosting a principal stage rave to Meryl Streek throwing an Irish punk rally,” says pageant bigwig Gavin McInally.
“Now we have Stampin’ Floor returning to name for a wall of loss of life the size of BEC Area, Warning will play their doom masterpiece Watching from a Distance, The Haunted reuniting with Damnation in the identical metropolis they final performed the pageant.
“It is going to be Pig Destroyer’s solely UK present, and it’ll be carnage. Brutal loss of life steel followers will lastly have the possibility of see Brodequin with out taking a flight to the States and Wormrot will even make their Damnation debut with their authentic line-up in tow.
“Gaerea are probably the most requested black steel bands we’ve seen in recent times, Mantar are long-overdue their Damnation debut and Hellripper, Frail Physique, Gost and Crippling Alcoholism add an additional contact of sophistication and variety to this opening salvo – from one of the best of blackened thrash to screamo.
“However that is genuinely only a flavour of what’s to comply with. We offered 1,700 blind and if we are able to try this once more with the bands introduced immediately, we’ll enable our imaginations to run wild for our twentieth birthday bash.”
