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The fest, taking place on November 6 at Leeds University (with a warm-up night on November 5 featuring Akercocke, Orange Goblin, Raging Speedhorn and Svalbard), remain dogged in their determination to go ahead.
"It was always our fear that even if we were able to host an event this year, the Americans might not be able to join us and as the situation worsens in some states across the pond, it just wasn't worth putting people at risk,” says organiser Gavin McInally.
"But to be able to convince Carcass to play with a new record on the horizon [Torn Arteries, out September 17] was incredible. And Paradise Lost agreeing to celebrate the stunning Gothic at Damnation, 30 years since its release, was also a major coup for the festival.”