DAMNATION FESTIVAL 2021
Carcass, Paradise Lost and Svalbard bring extremity back to the Midlands
of the past two years, Damnation is both saviour and intensification, the UK’s first extreme-devoted festival to return hosting a tangible air of excitement as metalheads reunite and try to remember how to navigate the venue’s labyrinthine, four-stage interior. Leeds natives aren’t much help, their dirty death metal space opera proving pretty highbrow for the opening act, as their meandering squall proves high on prog brutality, low on engagement for some. ’s post-metal-meets-doom-and-stoner sound sets an adventurous tone for the day, bassist El
