“This isn’t a festival for scenes and trends, this is Damnation Festival and it rocks!”

Mille Petrozza, Kreator


“It was a pleasure to play Damnation Festival, a festival which had enough balls to bring us back to the UK and put us on a stage, Thank you.”

Casey Chaos, Amen


"Last night in Manchester was absolute fucking beautiful mayhem. 800 people showed up for the Damnation fest, selling the place out. We'd like to thank all the bands and all the people who were involved in making it great.

"To all the metalheads who showed up - you are sick! It was amazing chaos crowdsurfing slamdance singalong metal insanity in all it's ragged glory and hugs and kisses all around the house. Thank you!

"If this is what we're looking forward to for the upcoming shows... Sweet as as pie! People, let's make 2007 a year to remember!

"Fuck yes! Burn, crush, and in general - just fuckin rage on!"

Peter Dolving, The Haunted


"Massive thankyou's to everyone at Damnation, the crew, the crowd, the bands, who all played rabidly! - Mistress, Madman Is Absolute, King Size Blues and all the other cunts that stuck around for our set!

"Great crowd, great atmosphere, great festival."

Akercocke


"Just a huge thanks to the organisers of this awesome Metalfest!!

"And also to all who were there and supported the band. For those who didn’t make it I can tell you now, you missed an awesome gig. Try and support Damnation next year too.

"It has been put together by metalheads for metalheads.

Cheers again!"

Biomechanical


"Thanks for everything guys...a great day!!"

Murder One


"Wanted to say cheers for having us yesterday, despite my slight technical hitch I had a blast.

"Feel a bit rough though this morning, feel like I've been in a dozen fights and lost all of them.

"Thanks again to the crowd for the reaction, and the organisers for putting us on."

Drunk, Mistress


"Damnation Fest is without a doubt the best of the small UK fests out there! Really well organised by people who do it for the pure love and passion of the music! Great billing, great crowds, great fuckin fest!!!!!!"

Ben Goreskin, Gorerotted


"I’d just like to say to you and all the staff, event organisers and everyone involved at Damnation, a massive thank you from all in Orange Goblin.

"We had a blast and loved every minute of it. Hope it was everything you guys hoped it would be."

Ben Ward, Orange Goblin


"That show was fucking wicked. A molten mosh of satanic goodness, horn throwing and booze induced chaos! Respect to the kid who broke his arm in our pit and was still drinking with us after. The UK needs more festivals like it!!!"

Joe Smith, The Inbreds
(2005)


"Cheers guys - we had a cracker!"

Dean Leverett, The Inbreds
(2007)


"Just want to say cheers from Evile for letting us play at the Damnation Festival. We had a blast and it was awesome. Thanks to all the organizers and the friendly greeting and treatance (that's now a word) we recieved.

"Ben put his snare skin through on the very first song, oh yes.

"(I lost my monocle)

"Damnation Rocks."

Ol Drake, Evile


"Big thanks from me and the boys in the band to everyone who came and supported us, and to everyone who came up to chat.

"Of course, biggest thanks has to go out to Gav, Cat, Graeme, Mike, Bri and Tom for making it a totally superb festival for all... and for being prepared to book us again!

"Definitely goes as equal top for my gig of the year. Thank you all for making it a brilliant day for us."

Luke, Panic Cell


"Thanks to Gav, big Phil, Mike, Graeme, Chris & Jay from 4wk and all the other mofo's who helped us out on the day.

"We had a blast, and was great to receive such a warm reception.

"Every band I saw play gave it their all and the vibe all over the venue was awesome, well done to everyone who made this event what it was!"

Mark Logan, Head On


"We were a last minute addition to the bill of the inaugural Damnation Fest, and it was one of the best shows we've played in a long time, the organisers were brilliant, the facilities were top notch, and most importantly the crowd went home with a smile on their face. We'd happily play Damnation again without hesitation!"

Martin Ives, Charger


"Guys and Girls of the Damnation Crew just gotta say thanks so much for allowing us to be on this year's festival. You looked after us all so well and made us feel so at home. You will never know how happy we are after the reception we got...

"Heres to further success for you all with DAMNATION 2007!!!

"Thanks again"

Madman Is Absolute
(2006)


"Hey guys, just wanna say thanks to everyone who came to the Damnation/RawNerve Pre-Show on Friday night in Leeds. All of us agree that it was quite simply the best fucking show we have ever played.

"Thanks for the full on mayhem in that pit! (Apart from the "Jimmy's a Paedo" rants from the Scottish contingent!)

"As it was our vocalist's last show it made it all the more emotional for us. Thanks again to the Damnation organisers for letting us be involved."

Madman Is Absolute
(2007)


"It was a fucking blast to say the least. We had a wicked time and got absolutely brutalised afterwards. Hats off to the organisers for pulling off such a beast of a festival and here's to many more!"

Kingsize Blues


"Thanks to everyone for the fantastic day, the support, the welcome...we have just got home so we are all completely wrecked...But wow what can we say, an amazing experience with some amazing people!!!!"

Speedtheory


"Had a fucking awesome day, well impressed with the organisation and backstage goodies. Enjoyed the gig, great crowd, easily the most pleasant gig experience we've ever had. Thanks to Gav and co. for the great festival, and thanks to the people who bought merch too, much appreciated!"

Glen, Soulfracture


"We were priviliged enough to play the first ever Damnation back in 2005, and to date it is still one of the most enjoyable shows we've had!

"An absolutely awesome festival, with equally awesome people working their arses off behind the scenes to bring the UK punter an increasingly more and more viable alternative to the more corporate and mainstream festivals on offer! In short. It's the bollocks!"

Renny, Forever Never


"Damnation was brilliant for us, it was a great opportunity to show a lot of people who we were, who hadn't even heard of us and met a lot of great friends from it. We're lucky to have been picked out of all the bands to get the chance, which we thank the organisers for! Long live Damnation!"

John, Allerjen


"Damnation Festival was huge in terms of getting DOC's name out there. Before Damnation, DOC were relatively unknown. Since making an apperance at Damnation we have been voted 7th best unsigned band in Terrorizer and had many high profile support slots. Damnation was great for DOC and being the first band to ever play the Terrorizer stage at Damnation's first year is an honour no other band can say they have done."

Dawn of Chaos