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Now in its second year since moving to Manchester, Damnation Festival is indisputably the biggest celebration of underground metal in the UK. The weather outside might be frightful, but the fist-to-the-face crossover thrash of INHUMAN NATURE remains oh-so delightful, their old-school grooves and frenetic riffs getting the blood pumping. BOSSK offer the first ‘exclusive set’ of the weekend, playing their 2016 debut, Audio Noir, in full to transcendent effect, as drifting melodies and crushing heft lend a sense of otherworldly presence.
Not all album-in-full sets are created equal. In its best moments, the mixture of
