Damnation Festival 2008

[Jester]

(taken from the official website)

Damnation Festival is the product of a group dedicated music lovers who were fed up with watered down pop-rock taking the place of home-grown heavy metal talent on stages across the UK.
You'll often hear the promotional machine banging the drum that this is an event is "for the fans, by the fans" - but it can't be put any simpler than that.
There’s no agenda or grand money-making scheme behind Damnation Festival, just a goal to host a day of heavy music worth stripping to the waist and rubbing against sweaty headbangers for!

This is not a festival to have a fringe sharp enough to cut yourself on...

This is a festival for real extreme heavy metal, beer and standing shoulder to shoulder with people who enjoy real music:


Past Lineups:

2005


2006


2007


2007's lineup is not as yet complete however the bands confirmed are
Sigh - Japan black metal,
The Berzerker - Australian industrial grind
Taint - Welsh hardcore/metal

Also... Brummie grind legends Napalm Death
and the only UK appearance of thrash/grind/death/extreme metal legends par excellence Carcass


The festival this year takes place at the University of Leeds (in Leeds, Yorkshire).

further details can be found at www.damnationfestival.co.uk

[shanon]

After a series of sell-out shows the Damnation Festival is set to return to Leeds Met Student Bar for 2008. Since its beginning in 2005 the event has quickly established itself as the biggest indoor metal festival in Britain.Over 15 massive bands are placed across two stages for a full day of metal mayhem. Expect very loud music, black t-shirts and bands with names like SoulFracture and Aborted.
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shanon

[Ultimate_Worrier]

This is true and on the official website if people wanted to look.


I know the organisers and have attended all but two of the events.