After the resounding success of its 2022 weekend following their move to Manchester’s BEC Arena, extreme metal festival Damnation, returned to the venue for its two-day 2023 event. Unfortunately, work commitments meant we couldn’t make the first day of the event. Dubbed ‘A Night of Salvation,’ Damnation’s hardcore following were treated to unique sets from the likes of Katatonia, performing their Dead End Kings album, Deadguy performing Fixation on a Coworker and Sigh performing Scorn Defeat, amongst others including Enslaved, Akercocke and BossK all treating fans to full album run-throughs from their back catalogue. Day two arrived with a bill featuring many of the acts from the previous day performing second, and completely different sets. Headlined by stoner/psychedelic bruisers Electri...