Damnation Festival 2026 Adds Cult of Luna, Satyricon, Carcass, and More to an Already Stacked Manchester Lineup
TAGS: Cult of Luna, Satyricon, Carcass, Igorrr, Crowbar, Triptykon, Health, Walls of Jericho, Eyehategod, Wolves in the Throne Room, Gavin McInally, Damnation Festival, BEC Arena,
Damnation Festival just raised the bar considerably. The UK’s premier heavy music event has announced six major additions to its 2026 lineup, with Swedish post-metal titans Cult of Luna and Norwegian black metal pioneers Satyricon confirmed as headliners for the November 7-8 weekend at BEC Arena in Manchester. Satyricon’s appearance is a UK exclusive. Tickets are moving fast and the event is on course to sell out.
Cult of Luna close out Saturday night. Satyricon take Sunday. Joining them are extreme metal heavyweights Carcass, French experimental provocateurs Igorrr, US sludge icons Crowbar, and Swiss avant-garde metallers Triptykon. Six additions, every one of them headliner-caliber. Festival organiser Gavin McInally doesn’t undersell it: “All six of these bands could headline Damnation without raising an eyebrow, so to have them all play the same year is obscene.”
The new names slot in alongside previously announced acts Health, Walls of Jericho, Eyehategod, and Wolves in the Throne Room, building a lineup that spans black metal, death metal, sludge, post-metal, and experimental extremity with genuine depth at every level. McInally also confirms another 19 bands are still to be revealed, describing all of them as “gems.” With more than half of tickets already sold, the remaining inventory won’t last long.
Damnation Festival 2026 runs November 7-8 at BEC Arena in Manchester. Tickets and full details at the official Damnation website.
Damnation Festival 2026:
November 7, 2026, Manchester, UK @ BEC Arena
November 8, 2026, Manchester, UK @ BEC Arena