There’s nothing cooler than a venue upgrade because your band is just too damn popular, as is the case for tonight’s death metal bill of 200 Stab Wounds, with epic support from Celestial Sanctuary and Mutagenic Host.

Outbreak host the world’s favourite rising metalcore act, Showing Teeth, for their first-ever headline show at Barfly Camden, following their incendiary, crowd-winning support slot for Bring Me the Horizon just three days prior.

Nottingham’s favourite noise rock duo, Haggard Cat, bring two bands bred from only the most addictive corners of the chaos realm, Chaos Reigns and Every Hell, to headline The Black Heart.

The tribute to Quorthon and the music of Bathory in Blood Fire Death’s exclusive UK appearance is where this year’s festival really casts its spell. The all-legend lineup is a fever dream to more than just black metal’s most devout followers, and not even some misbehaviour from the drum channels can put a dampener on just how incendiary this year’s headliners are. We also look at the set from Swedes, Grave.

Thousands of black metal fanatics and death metal diehards descend upon Camden Town to bask in 10 glorious hours of ear-rotting darkness at the UK’s most extreme metal festival: Incineration Festival. Here is part one of our review of the day.