UK Deathfest - Akercocke, The Rotted, Dam

[JDillinger]

The inaugural UK DEATHFEST will take place in Leeds in May 2009.

Akercocke, The Rotted and Dam are the first of many extreme additions to play at the 16 band, two-stage event at the Leeds University Union on Bank Holiday Sunday, May 3, 2009, which is being organised by the team behind Damnation Festival.

And in a bid to beat the misery of the credit crunch and gloom of recession, a 'January Sales' offer will see tickets put on sale tomorrow morning at 9am for just £14.50 until the end of the month.

Festival organiser Gavin McInally said: "Following the continued success of our Terrorizer Stage at Damnation Festival over the past four years, we felt it was time to give some of the UK's most brutal talent the main stage to themselves.

"The first of hopefully many UK Deathfest events will feature two stages; a main stage of predominantly death metal and an alternative second stage crammed with doom, sludge, grind and even some thrash if we can squeeze it in.

"We're delighted that Akercocke, The Rotted and Dam are already on board and we promise further stellar announcements in the coming weeks."

Doors will open early in the afternoon at UK Deathfest with bands being staggered between the stages throughout the day.

Gavin added: "In recognition of Britain's sorry financial state right now, we've kept our ticket prices to a bare minimum and friends sharing Travel Lodge rooms in Leeds can get booked in for as little as £10 each right now so we hope to enjoy the support of the UK's extreme metal fan base without putting a dent in wallets!"

UK Deathfest will take place on Sunday 3rd May at Leeds University Union with Akercocke, The Rotted and Dam confirmed with more bands to be announced.

'January Sales' tickets are on sale tomorrow morning at 9am and cost £14.50 until 31st January 2009, available from http://www.leedstickets.com/ , http://www.ticketline.co.uk/ and http://www.seetickets.co.uk/

Tickets are also on sale in Leeds at stores including Crash and Jumbo.

For more information visit: www.deathfest.co.uk or www.myspace.com/ukdeathfest

[tom.a7x]

I will be keeping an eye on this, just gonna convince my mates to go. not a bad price though.

[JDillinger]

I will be keeping an eye on this, just gonna convince my mates to go. not a bad price though.

[JDillinger]

Kansas death metallers ORIGIN will invade British shores bringing their technical brutality to UK DEATHFEST.

They will be joined by legendary Brummies BENEDICTION and UK rising death/grind talent INFECTED DISARRAY in wreaking havoc on Leeds in May.

The trio join a bill of uncompromising extreme noise at Leeds University Union on Sunday May 3rd for the 16-band, two-stage event which is being organised by the team behind Damnation Festival.

Previously confirmed bands are: AKERCOCKE, DESECRATION, THE ROTTED, DAM, INGESTED and RETH.

The Rotted frontman Ben McCrow said: "Having played on the bill of the first Damnation Festival, I'm proper looking forward to being a part of the first of what I hope will be many Deathfests!

"Respect to Damnation for putting so much weight behind extreme music in the UK!

"This is gonna be a killer day!"

'January Sales' tickets are on sale now and cost £14.50 until 31st January 2009, available from http://www.leedstickets.com/ , http://www.ticketline.co.uk/ and http://www.seetickets.co.uk/

Tickets are also on sale in Leeds at stores including Crash and Jumbo.

For more information visit: www.deathfest.co.uk or www.myspace.com/ukdeathfest

[rabid]

Sounds nice.

[JDillinger]

DEATHFEST fans will be treated to a special one-two: legends VADER will fly in for a rare headline set while grind monsters LENG TCH'E invade for their first ever UK shows.

Glasgow's own BLACK SUN will also join what promises to be the filthiest day of music to ever disturb Leeds come Sunday May 3rd, at Leeds University Union.

Festival director Gavin McInally said: "It's becoming a real beast of a lineup!

"Vader laying waste to Deathfest will be a true sight to behold, and with Leng Tch'e making their first ever trip across and the filthy noise of Black Sun disturbing punters, fans can expect a real treat.

"We've still got a couple of cats in the bag so we're not done yet... Watch this space!"

Previously confirmed bands are: ORIGIN, AKERCOCKE, BENEDICTION, DESECRATION, THE ROTTED, DAM, INFECTED DISARRAY, INGESTED and RETH.

Tickets are only £19.50 and are available from http://www.leedstickets.com/ , http://www.ticketline.co.uk/ and http://www.seetickets.co.uk/

Also on sale in Leeds at stores including Crash and Jumbo.

For more information visit: www.deathfest.co.uk or www.myspace.com/ukdeathfest

[JDillinger]

Grindcore pioneers REPULSION will mark their first ever UK show with an exclusive performance at DEATHFEST.

The American legends will end a 25-year wait when they touch down in Leeds for what is destined to be an historic show at Leeds University Union - taking the stage alongside the likes of Vader, Origin, Akercocke and Benediction at the country's finest new extreme metal event.

Rounding off the devastatingly versatile bill will be England's purveyors of doom LAZARUS BLACKSTAR and local grind noisemakers ESCLAVAGE.

One of the most innovative bands in grindcore, Repulsion wil treat UK fans at the Terrorizer-sponsored event - which is organsied by the team behind Damnation Festival - on Bank Holiday Sunday, May 3 at Leeds University Union.

Terrorizer's James Hoare said: "Set your iTunes to random and within at least three songs you'll hear a band that owe these gorelords a debt that can never be repaid; the atmospheric bass rumble, the evocative lyrics, the throaty croak and the powerful mystique.

"Repulsion are the source of so much of death metal and grindcore's horror that if you don't catch their UK debut at the inaugural Deathfest, we'll strip your membership to Club Metal."

Festival director Gavin McInally added: "We're proud to bring Repulsion to the UK for the first time and have them billed amongst some of the best extreme metal bands from across the globe including Vader, Leng Tch'e and Origin and the best of British in the shape of Akercocke, Benediction, Desecration, and The Rotted.

"Lazarus Blackstar and Esclavage are another two fine home-grown additions more than capable of keeping the first Deathfest interesting with their mix of doom and grind.

"Despite the strong, international line-up, we've stuck to our promise of making this event as cheap as possible with full price tickets still under £20 and hotel rooms for as little as a tenner for folk sharing.

We sincerely hope that fans will support this event and prove that a high-profile extreme metal showcase can be successful on our wee island.

"If that's the case, we'll better it next year!"

The full Deathfest lineup is: VADER, REPULSION, ORIGIN, AKERCOCKE, BENEDICTION, DESECRATION, LENG TCH'E, LAZARUS BLACKSTAR, THE ROTTED, DAM, BLACK SUN, RETH, INFECTED DISARRAY, INGESTED and ESCLAVAGE.

Tickets are only £19.50 and are available from http://www.leedstickets.com/ , http://www.ticketline.co.uk/ and http://www.seetickets.co.uk/

Also on sale in Leeds at stores including Crash and Jumbo.

For more information visit: www.deathfest.co.uk or www.myspace.com/ukdeathfest

[JDillinger]

Following the massive success of the online poll for a band to win the final slot at the inaugural DEATHFEST organisers are delighted to announce that both Neuroma and Dragged Into Sunlight have been added to the bill.

The successful Liverpool bands claimed over 50 per cent of the public vote between them after more than 400 extreme metal fans voted.

Festival organiser Gavin McInally said: "After the massive amount of graft both bands and their fans had put in to make it a clear two-horse race, we couldn't just ditch one, so both will now take the stage in less than three weeks' time."

Deathfest will take place on Bank Holiday Sunday, May 3, at Leeds University Union.

The full Deathfest lineup is: VADER, REPULSION, ORIGIN, AKERCOCKE, BENEDICTION, DESECRATION, LENG TCH'E, LAZARUS BLACKSTAR, THE ROTTED, DAM, BLACK SUN, RETH, INFECTED DISARRAY, INGESTED, NEUROMA, DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT and ESCLAVAGE.

Tickets are only £19.50 and are available from http://www.leedstickets.com/ , http://www.ticketline.co.uk/ and http://www.seetickets.co.uk/

Also on sale in Leeds at stores including Crash and Jumbo.

For more information visit: www.deathfest.co.uk or www.myspace.com/ukdeathfest

[JDillinger]

Doors and Stage Times

Doors: 1pm.

TERRORIZER STAGE

NEUROMA: 1.30pm – 2pm (30 mins)

*30 minutes*

INGESTED: 2.30pm – 3pm (30 mins)

*30 minutes*

DESECRATION: 3.30pm – 4pm (30 mins)

*30 minutes*

THE ROTTED: 4.30pm - 5pm (30 mins)

*30 minutes*

BENEDICTION: 5.30pm – 6pm (30 mins)

*30 minutes*

AKERCOCKE: 6.30pm – 7.15pm (45 mins)

*30 minutes*

ORIGIN: 7.45pm – 8.30pm (45 mins)

*30 minutes*

REPULSION: 9pm – 9.45pm (45 mins)

*30 minutes*

VADER: 10.15pm – 11.15pm (60 mins)

PHD STAGE

ESCLAVAGE: 2pm – 2.30pm (30 mins)

*30 minutes*

DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT: 3pm – 3.30pm (30 mins)

*30 minutes*

INFECTED DISARRAY: 4pm – 4.30pm (30 mins)

*30 minutes*

BLACK SUN: 5pm – 5.30pm (30 mins)

*30 minutes*

RETH: 6pm – 6.30pm (30 mins)

*30 minutes*

LAZARUS BLACKSTAR: 7pm – 7.45pm (45 mins)

*30 minutes*

DAM: 8.15pm – 9pm (45mins)

*30 minutes*

LENG TCH’E: 9.45pm – 10.30pm (45 mins)

[JDillinger]

THE first 500 fans through the doors at the inaugural DEATHFEST in Leeds on Bank Holiday Sunday, May 3, will get their hands on an exclusive 'UK DEATHFEAST' CD featuring rare and unreleased recordings from the likes of Warhammer, Benediction, Man Must Die, Brujeria and Dam and a free 17 page Deathfest programme - stuffed with interviews, stage times and a complete rundown of the day's bands from Repulsion to Neuroma.

The must-have freebies - put together by the masterminds at Terrorizer magazine - are a thanks from the organisers and sponsors to the fans who have supported the UK's biggest extreme metal event in its first year.

And it's fitting that those who are there for doors opening at 1pm to support homegrown rising death metal talent in the shape of Neuroma, Esclavage and Ingested will be the ones walking off with 20 aural slabs of death and grind on the UK DEATHFEAST compilation.

Terrorizer's John Biscomb said: "UK Deathfeast is twenty tracks of brutal British death metal and grindcore designed to get people excited about music again, have them feel the way they felt staying up ‘til silly o’clock to catch a radio show or hearing mix-tape for the first time.

"Inspired by Deathfest’s grouping of awesome, exclusive big names and true underground operators, the limited compilation mixes incredible exclusives from some of the country’s death metal pioneers with some of the young bands who genuinely tear our faces off.

"UK Deathfeast will be pressed into the clammy, unsuspecting hands of the first 500 people through the doors and those 500 people will be clutching a piece of musical history!"

Tracklisting:

1. WARHAMMER 'Carnal Lust' - featuring a teenage Shane Embury from Napalm Death along with members of Unseen Terror and Heresy. Warhammer are arguably the UK’s first ever death metal band and this is the first time this song has seen any sort of CD release, previously existing only as an 1985 demo cassette!

2. BENEDICTION 'Dissembler' - Japan-only bonus track from their most recent album.

3. MAN MUST DIE 'Kill It, Skin It, Wear It' - exclusive track from their

unreleased second album.

4. EXTREME NOISE TERROR 'Divide And Rule'

5. BRUJERIA 'No Acceptan Imataciones' - exclusive rough mix from their forthcoming album, their first in nine years. It might be a stretch to consider them British, but given they feature Carcass’ Jeff Walker and Napalm Death’s Shane Embury joint citizenship is probably in order.

6. DAM 'A Wound That Never Heals (demo)' - demo song from their last album with vocals recorded especially for this release.

7. NEUROMA 'Purple Reign'

8. DEAD BEYOND BURIED 'Black Death'

9. FLAYED DISCIPLE 'Drawn Viscera'

10. DYSCARNATE 'Fuelling The Ignorance'

11. DETRIMENTUM 'Pestilence Shared With The Worms'

12. INGESTED 'Contorted Perception (rough mix)'

13. TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED 'The Dead World'

14. AGHAST 'Bang To Rights'

15. PORKFARM 'Torn Apart'

16. DAWN OF CHAOS 'Worms'

17. ROSEWEST 'Get Off Your Horse And Drink Your Milk'

18. BASEMENT TORTURE KILLINGS 'The Outback Murders'

19. THE AFTERNOON GENTLEMEN 'Suck Me Banger / Piss Town'

20. CEREBRAL BORE 'Entombed In Butchered Bodies'

THE first 500 fans through the doors at the inaugural DEATHFEST in Leeds on Bank Holiday Sunday, May 3, will get their hands on an exclusive 'UK DEATHFEAST' CD featuring rare and unreleased recordings from the likes of Warhammer, Benediction, Man Must Die, Brujeria and Dam and a free 17 page Deathfest programme - stuffed with interviews, stage times and a complete rundown of the day's bands from Repulsion to Neuroma.

The must-have freebies - put together by the masterminds at Terrorizer magazine - are a thanks from the organisers and sponsors to the fans who have supported the UK's biggest extreme metal event in its first year.

And it's fitting that those who are there for doors opening at 1pm to support homegrown rising death metal talent in the shape of Neuroma, Esclavage and Ingested will be the ones walking off with 20 aural slabs of death and grind on the UK DEATHFEAST compilation.

Terrorizer's John Biscomb said: "UK Deathfeast is twenty tracks of brutal British death metal and grindcore designed to get people excited about music again, have them feel the way they felt staying up ‘til silly o’clock to catch a radio show or hearing mix-tape for the first time.

"Inspired by Deathfest’s grouping of awesome, exclusive big names and true underground operators, the limited compilation mixes incredible exclusives from some of the country’s death metal pioneers with some of the young bands who genuinely tear our faces off.

"UK Deathfeast will be pressed into the clammy, unsuspecting hands of the first 500 people through the doors and those 500 people will be clutching a piece of musical history!"

Tracklisting:

1. WARHAMMER 'Carnal Lust' - featuring a teenage Shane Embury from Napalm Death along with members of Unseen Terror and Heresy. Warhammer are arguably the UK’s first ever death metal band and this is the first time this song has seen any sort of CD release, previously existing only as an 1985 demo cassette!

2. BENEDICTION 'Dissembler' - Japan-only bonus track from their most recent album.

3. MAN MUST DIE 'Kill It, Skin It, Wear It' - exclusive track from their

unreleased second album.

4. EXTREME NOISE TERROR 'Divide And Rule'

5. BRUJERIA 'No Acceptan Imataciones' - exclusive rough mix from their forthcoming album, their first in nine years. It might be a stretch to consider them British, but given they feature Carcass’ Jeff Walker and Napalm Death’s Shane Embury joint citizenship is probably in order.

6. DAM 'A Wound That Never Heals (demo)' - demo song from their last album with vocals recorded especially for this release.

7. NEUROMA 'Purple Reign'

8. DEAD BEYOND BURIED 'Black Death'

9. FLAYED DISCIPLE 'Drawn Viscera'

10. DYSCARNATE 'Fuelling The Ignorance'

11. DETRIMENTUM 'Pestilence Shared With The Worms'

12. INGESTED 'Contorted Perception (rough mix)'

13. TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED 'The Dead World'

14. AGHAST 'Bang To Rights'

15. PORKFARM 'Torn Apart'

16. DAWN OF CHAOS 'Worms'

17. ROSEWEST 'Get Off Your Horse And Drink Your Milk'

18. BASEMENT TORTURE KILLINGS 'The Outback Murders'

19. THE AFTERNOON GENTLEMEN 'Suck Me Banger / Piss Town'

20. CEREBRAL BORE 'Entombed In Butchered Bodies'