Damnation Festival 2026 - Manchester

Gorerotted have issued a “Public Health warning” with the news that the band have been confirmed for Damnation Festival 2026 for their first live UK show in nearly 18 years. “It feels like the right time to exhume Gorerotted from the grave,” guitarist Fluffy said, “from the Dead to Damnation, see you there for our only UK show!” The band are one of the first 16 announced for the November festival, with a further 32 bands still to be revealed.

US Hardcore stalwarts Walls Of Jericho and sludge veterans Eyehategod spearhead the first wave of bands announced for this year’s Damnation. British Death Metal legends Benediction, and Belgian shoegaze standouts Slow Crush also join Europe’s biggest indoor Metal festival at BEC Arena, Manchester, on Saturday and Sunday, November 7 and 8.

Danish deathcore outfit Cabal, US blackened shoegaze trio Holy Fawn, Swedish post metallers The Moth Gatherer, US progressive metallers RWAKE, German black metallers Ultha, US black metallers Lamp Of Murmuur, Dutch/Swedish D-beat group Dödsrit and French industrial exports Fange will all make their Damnation debuts this year.

Joining them, while making their way across the Atlantic for the first time for UK debuts, is the post Metal/doom of Black Sheep Wall and the noise Metal of Intercourse.

Finally, UK underground thrash/hardcore favourites Medulla Nocte, who will play 1998 cult classic A Conversation Alone in full, complete the first announcement with their return to the live circuit.

More than one-third of tickets are already gone for this year’s festival, which will be held on 7/8 November 2026 at the BEC Arena, Manchester. For more details, visit DamnationFestival.co.uk. You can secure your ticket today by paying £10 (plus the booking fee) followed by monthly instalments of £18.