Damnation festival announces first names for 2023 edition

Here's the line-up for one of the biggest Metal festivals of the year.

Date published: 27th Jan 2023

Damnation is Europe's biggest indoor metal festival and 2023 will mark its 18th edition. Held at Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Manchester, it is the place to go for all things to do with heavy metal riffs. It has now announced an incredibly exciting line-up for this year that will have Metal-heads very excited.

Headlined by Belgian post-metal collective AMENRA, they will also be joined by German doom titans AHAB as well as Finnish grindcore band Rotten Sound. In terms of UK standouts, Heriot, Strigoi and Ashenspire will all be shredding as hard as they can. The AMENRA headline is a UK exclusive.

Damnation Festival will be taking place from Friday 3rd to Saturday 4th November and you can find tickets below. This is a must-see event for fans of Metal, as it combines legendary talents with some of the best upcoming bands that the scene has to offer.

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