Swiss death metallers Conjonctive have released Misère de Poussière (Tenacity Music), an album that features their dual vocalists Randy Schaller from Voice Of Ruin and Sonia Kaya. Unlike many European Death Metal bands, there is a bouncing groove to their sound at times that might bring to mind the rougher moments of a band like Slipknot. Not that the band is trying to hop on the Nu-Metal revival train; things like the tremolo-picked guitars prove to the contrary. Though with ample Black Metal influence, aggression is more of a focus than a worship of darkness. They are skilled at delivering deliberate accents to provide more hooks than just battering your senses.Continue reading
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CONCERT REVIEW: Wednesday 13 – South of Salem Live at KK’s Steel Mill
Halloween might have come and gone for another year but for everyone at KK’s Steel Mill tonight for Wednesday 13, Spooky Season is still in full swing. Gothic outfits, jet black hair (for those who still have any) and corpse make-up is the order of the evening and the coffins that sit on either side of the stage for the opening act South of Salem add the finishing touch before the band even make their entrance.Continue reading
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FESTIVAL REVIEW: Louder Than Life – Live at Highlands Festival Fair Grounds
Danny Wimmer Presents is an acclaimed music festival production company that hosts some of the top entertainment experiences in the country. The pride and joy of their collection is Kentucky’s Louder Than Life Festival. The first one was presented in Louisville ten years ago and has flourished since then. With over 170,000 attendees at last year’s event and even more this year, it has grown to be one of the biggest rock festivals in the United States. To celebrate their 10th anniversary, they pulled out all the stops for this monumental milestone. With nearly one hundred acts performing over the course of the four-day event was a mammoth undertaking and well worth it.Continue reading
Slipknot, Bring Me The Horizon, Rise Against, Sleep Token, Spiritbox, Lorna Shore, A Day To Remember, In Flames and More Booked for Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park 2025
Celebrating 40 years – Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park festivals lineups have been revealed featuring Slipknot, Bring Me The Horizon, In Flames, Spiritbox, Lorna Shore, and more. Additional bands will be announced at a later date. Both festivals, which share artists throughout their runtime, will feature these acts across the same dates. Rock im Park is set for June 6th-8th at the Zeppelinfeld in Nuremberg, Germany, while Rock am Ring will take place at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany, on the same dates. Tickets are on sale at the links below.Continue reading
Slipknot Books Knotfest Australia 2025 ft. A Day To Remember, Babymetal, Slaughter To Prevail, Polaris Within Temptation, Enter Shikari, Hatebreed, In Hearts Wake, HEALTH, and More
Slipknot has booked the 2025 edition of Knotfest Australia for next March and now announced the full lineup! Taking place in Melbourne, Brisbane, and Sydney featuring
Slipknot, as well as A Day To Remember, Babymetal, Slaughter To Prevail, Polaris
Within Temptation, Enter Shikari, Hatebreed, In Hearts Wake, HEALTH, Miss May I, Vended, and Sunami! See the links for pre-sales and general on sales below. Slipknot is currently on their “Here Comes the Pain” World tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of their self-titled debut album (Roadrunner Records), and just headlined their Knotfest Iowa festival.
Slipknot Announces Knotfest Australia 2025, Full Lineup Coming Soon
Slipknot has booked the 2025 edition of Knotfest Australia for next March! Slipknot is currently on their “Here Comes the Pain” World tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of their self-titled debut album (Roadrunner Records), and just headlined their Knotfest Iowa festival.Continue reading
Metallica, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Pantera, Ozzy Osbourne, and Slipknot are The Greatest Metal Bands of All-Time, According to Forbes
Of all the websites in the world, financial magazine and website Forbes has released a list of the top 38 metal bands of all-time. The list actually has no real surprises. All the top most popular bands of all-time are present, topped by Metallica, with virtually no other surprises in terms of major underground bands. In picking their list Forbes wrote that it’s “impossible to include all metal sub-genres in this type of list, the sub-genres that are most prominent and influential across metal today were considered with priority.” They added that all 38 bands were chosen due to having “the most significant impact in the metal genre, and a number of these bands are among the genre’s most famous and revered bands.”
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Coal Chamber Pulls Out of Aftershock 2024, Due to Dez Fafara’s Ongoing Health Issues
Coal Chamber has announced they have canceled their appearance at Aftershock 2024 next weekend. This is following the postponement of their fall 2024 tour dates until spring 2025 due to ongoing health issues suffered by frontman Dez Fafara. The band has been replaced on the bill by their frequent touring mates Dope. The fest still features Slayer, Slipknot, Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Pantera, Judas Priest, FFDP, Disturbed, Biohazard, Shadows Fall, and 130 more of your favorite artists. Continue reading
Watch Corey Taylor and M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan of Slipknot Eat “Death Wings” on “Hot Ones”
Joining the ranks of countless celebrities, actors, politicians, and other musical artists, Corey Taylor and M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan of Slipknot faced off to the death on Hot Ones by First We Feast on YouTube! Asking each other a series of personal questions and doing some challenge rounds, we see what heat they can stand when it comes to eating “Death Wings!” Slipknot is currently on their “Here Comes the Pain” World tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of their self-titled debut album (Roadrunner Records) and just headlined their Knotfest Iowa festival. Continue reading