After two long years, Damnation Festival returned to Leeds University in 2021 for one final send-off before moving to their new home at the BEC Arena in Manchester for the 2022 event. Predictably, the extreme metal all-day event was a sell-out long in advance of doors opening and, as we arrive at the venue early doors on Saturday, the queue is snaking down the street with the sounds of Cryptic Shift and Mountain Caller already rumbling through the walls. Following a nosy around the impressive merch market, our Damnation Festival experience starts in earnest with a double blast of Scottish extremity and some good old British thrash. First up are Glaswegian party boys Party Cannon. Now, given that barely twelve hours earlier, thanks to Akercocke, Orange Goblin, Svalbard, and Raging Speedhorn...
