Damnation Festival is offering three bands the chance to win slots on this year's line-up, opening the Rock Sound, Terrorizer and Jagermeister stages in Leeds this November.

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And if sharing a line-up with The Dillinger Escape Plan, Paradise Lost, Anaal Nathrakh and Lawnmower Deth isn't enough, one of the three winning acts will also bag free studio time with legendary producer Russ Russell at Parlour Studios.

Festival director Gavin McInally said: "Dawn of Chaos, Speedtheory, Forever Never, Latitudes, Rinoa, Dead Beyond Buried... Since 2005 we've always done everything we can to balance a line-up which will attract crowds while giving rising UK bands a stage worthy of their talents.

"And down the years, some of the opening performances have been the highlights with acts like Evile, Malefice and Man Must Die having played prestigious festivals across the globe since.

"So it's with great pleasure and expectancy we throw open our three stages to three bands who impress our fans the most."

Gavin added: "The fact that Russ Russell has agreed to offer studio time and, more importantly, his own time and expertise to work with one of the winning bands is very fitting considering he has worked with Damnation veterans including Napalm Death, The Berzerker, Sikth, Lock-Up and Evile over the years.

"It's refreshing to see someone with such a high-profile in the music business willing to give up his time to work with up-and-coming musicians."

The winner will be announced the following Wednesday , September 8, to coincide with the start of the Jagermeister Stage vote.

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Shortlisted Bands are Colonel Blast, Diascorium, Ishmael, The Atrocity Exhibit and The Afternoon Gentlemen.

Announced so far: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Paradise Lost, Earthtone9, Anaal Nathrakh, Lawnmower Deth, Rolo Tomassi, Alcest, The Ocean, SSS, Hecate Enthroned, Fen, Maybeshewill, October File and Fukpig.

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