The organisers of Download Festival 2015 have made the first band announcements via their official Facebook page:
“It’s that time again. The first band to be announced and headlining the Friday night at Download is… SLIPKNOT with special guests JUDAS PRIEST, BLACK STONE CHERRY and FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH.
Bringing their new production to Donington, Slipknot storm into Download for the fifth time and the first since the release of their colossal new album .5: The Gray Chapter.
Iowa metallers SLIPKNOT have announced a UK tour with KORN starting in January 2015. Tickets go on-sale this Friday at 9am local time. Sign up for fan club pre-sale access at the bottom of www.slipknot1.com.
Check out the dates on the poster below:
SLIPKNOT are due to release their first album in six years, “.5: The Gray Chapter”, on 20th October. Check out one of the new tracks ‘The Devil In I’ below:
Tickets for SLIPKNOT’s highly anticipated “Prepare For Hell” North American headline tour are available for purchase via Slipknot1.com, reports Roadrunner Records. All online tickets purchased for KNOTFEST and tickets purchased before October 5th for the “Prepare For Hell” tour will INCLUDE a digital download of the group’s long awaited fifth studio album, “.5: The Gray Chapter” a day prior to release day, October 21ST. VIP ticket packages are also available. For tickets please visit: Slipknot1.com.
The “Prepare For Hell” tour will see Slipknot joined by special guests Korn and openers KING 810, kicking off October 29TH in El Paso, TX.The nationwide run will follow Slipknot’s US live return at their own KNOTFEST, with two unique sets at their very own three-day metal and heavy music destination festival slated for October 24th through 26th at San Bernardino, California’s San Manuel Amphitheater & Campgrounds. Powered by Rockstar Energy Drink and curated by Slipknot themselves, KNOTFEST will see Slipknot headline the Main Stage on both Saturday, October 25th and Sunday, October 26th, offering fans a taste of the upcoming album with a unique concert experience each night. KNOTFEST will feature over 60 bands – including Danzig, Five Finger Death Punch, Volbeat, Anthrax, Killswitch Engage, Tech N9ne, Of Mice & Men, Black Label Society, Testament, Hatebreed, Atreyu, In This Moment, Carcass, and many others – performing on five stages on Saturday and Sunday, as well as a Friday Night VIP Pre-Party Bash (featuring Slipknot’s DJ Sid), band performances, and other activities for those that purchase VIP or Camping Packages. A truly immersive experience, KNOTFEST attendees will descend into an apocalyptic underworld featuring over 20 attractions including a Slipknot Museum, carnival rides, a zip line across the festival grounds, drum circles, pillars of fire, freaks, fire-breathers, stilt-walkers, and much more. For details, including complete ticketing information, please see Knotfest.com.
10.25 San Bernardino, CA @ Knotfest
10.26 San Bernardino, CA @ Knotfest
10.29 El Paso, TX @ El Paso County Coliseum
10.31 Dallas, TX @ Gexa Energy Pavilion
11.01 Corpus Christi, TX @ American Bank Center
11.02 San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
11.04 Little Rock, AR @ Verizon Arena
11.05 Oklahoma City, OK @ Chesapeake Energy Arena
11.06 Omaha, NE @ CenturyLink Center
11.08 Madison, WI @ Alliant Energy Center
11.09 Sioux Falls, SD @ Denny Sanford Premiere Center
11.11 Denver, CO @ Denver Coliseum
11.19 Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Arena
11.21 Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
11.22 Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena
11.23 Ft. Wayne, IN @ Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
11.25 Moline, IL @ iWireless Center
11.26 Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
11.28 Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena
11.29 Detroit, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills
11.30 Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
12.02 Reading, PA @ Santander Arena
12.03 Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
12.05 Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun
12.06 East Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center
12.07 Boston, MA @ Paul E. Tsongas Arena
SLIPKNOT have announced the dates for their upcoming headline tour with KORN and KING 810 , issues Roadrunner Records, tickets go on sale September 5th at slipknot1.com.
10.25 San Bernardino, CA @ Knotfest
10.26 San Bernardino, CA @ Knotfest
10.29 El Paso, TX @ El Paso County Coliseum
10.31 Dallas, TX @ Gexa Energy Pavilion
11.01 Corpus Christi, TX @ American Bank Center
11.02 San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
11.04 Little Rock, AR @ Verizon Arena
11.05 Oklahoma City, OK @ Chesapeake Energy Arena
11.06 Omaha, NE @ CenturyLink Center
11.08 Madison, WI @ Alliant Energy Center
11.09 Sioux Falls, SD @ Denny Sanford Premiere Center
11.11 Denver, CO @ Denver Coliseum
11.19 Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Arena
11.21 Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
11.22 Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena
11.23 Ft. Wayne, IN @ Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
11.25 Moline, IL @ iWireless Center
11.26 Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
11.28 Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena
11.29 Detroit, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills
11.30 Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
12.02 Reading, PA @ Santander Arena
12.03 Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
12.05 Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun
12.06 East Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center
12.07 Boston, MA @ Paul E. Tsongas Arena
Global rock juggernauts SLIPKNOT have released their latest track “The Devil In I” from the upcoming album, .5: The Gray Chapter, on Roadrunner Records. Pre-order the album in iTunes or from their webstore.
Furthermore Slipknot have announced the next phase of their uncompromising history -– the release of .5: The Gray Chapter – on October 21ST, while their North American “Prepare For Hell” tour is set to kick off immediately following the band’s previously announced Knotfest (October 24-26th). .5: The Gray Chapter is available now for pre-order on the iTunes Store, with all pre-orders receiving instant downloads of the album’s powerful new song ‘The Devil In I’ as well as ‘The Negative One.’ .5: The Gray Chapter is also available in a wide range of distinctive versions, including standard and special edition CDs (2 bonus tracks and expanded packaging) as well as limited edition, colored vinyl double LP set. Slipknot unleashed “The Negative One” earlier this month, marking the groundbreaking band’s first new music in more than six years. The song immediately hit #1 on Billboard’s Trending 140 chart, with the band and track both quickly becoming trending topics on Twitter globally and in the US. The track is currently sitting atop the metal singles chart for its third straight week and counting. Meanwhile its nightmarish companion video – directed by the band’s M. Shawn Crahan – has quickly drawn more than 2 million individual views at Slipknot’s official YouTube channel.
Slipknot have also announced the “Prepare For Hell Tour”- a major North American headline tour with very special guests Korn and openers KING 810 – kicking off October 29th in El Paso, TX and traversing North America through December 7th.
“We’ve been waiting a long time for this,” stated Slipknot’s Corey Taylor. “Not only do we get to tour with friends who we respect, we’ve also chosen a band that represents the fury of the future. Slipknot is coming to your town. And hell’s coming with us.”
The nationwide run will see Slipknot coming hot off the heels of their US live return at their own KNOTFEST, with two unique sets at their very own three-day metal and heavy music destination festival slated for October 24th through 26th at San Bernardino, California’s San Manuel Amphitheater & Campgrounds. Powered by Rockstar Energy Drink and curated by Slipknot themselves, KNOTFEST will see Slipknot headline the Main Stage on both Saturday, October 25th and Sunday, October 26th, offering fans a taste of the upcoming album with a unique concert experience each night. KNOTFEST will feature over 60 bands – including Danzig, Five Finger Death Punch, Volbeat, Anthrax, Killswitch Engage, Tech N9ne, Of Mice & Men, Black Label Society, Testament, Hatebreed, Atreyu, In This Moment, Carcass, and many others – performing on five stages on Saturday and Sunday, as well as a Friday Night VIP Pre-Party Bash (featuring Slipknot’s DJ Sid), band performances, and other activities for those that purchase VIP or Camping Packages. A truly immersive experience, KNOTFEST attendees will descend into an apocalyptic underworld featuring over 20 attractions including a Slipknot Museum, carnival rides, a zip line across the festival grounds, drum circles, pillars of fire, freaks, fire-breathers, stilt-walkers, and much more. For details, including complete ticketing information, please see Knotfest.com. Additional news and updates can be also be found at both Facebook and Twitter .
“KNOTFEST is a chance for Slipknot to bring the sensory overload of a wild European festival and now we’re coming for you, California,” says Slipknot’s M. Shawn Crahan (Clown). “Playing two different sets over two nights at one location is a new experience in the history of this band. This year’s KNOTFEST is going to be on another level.”
KNOTFEST tickets are available now at Knotfest.com, while tickets for the “Prepare For Hell Tour” go on sale September 5.
All fans who purchase their tickets through October 5 will receive a digital download of “.5: The Gray Chapter” upon its official release.
According to Rolling Stones.comSLIPKNOT have posted the speedy new song, “The Negative One” streaming on their website HERE, which ostensibly offers a preview of what fans can expect on their upcoming fifth LP, their first since 2008’s All Hope Is Gone. Over a slithery guitar riff and chunky rhythm, vocalist Corey Taylor sings about the “Lord of Lies” and a chorus that ends with “opposing sides, your choices are the negative one and me.” The group will release a video for the song on August 5th.
Taylor has been teasing the album’s release over the summer, and most recently told Loudwire that the LP was “98 percent done” in July. “It’s been a real positive experience just from an artistic and lyrical standpoint,” he said of making the record. “There’s something very vital with what we’re trying to do. There’s something very visceral with the emotion we’re playing with and trying to tell the story of a band that’s gone through hell, and yet we’re back. It’s been really fulfilling.”
The album will be the group’s first since the 2010 death of bassist and songwriter Paul Gray and the departure of founding drummer Joey Jordison this past December. The group has yet to reveal who will be performing in the rhythm section on the album, though Donnie Steele, a guitar player from one of the group’s early lineups, has been playing bass at their concerts since 2011.
Although the band has yet to reveal a release date for the album, all attendees of its Knotfest this October will receive a digital copy of the record when it comes out. Slipknot will headline two days of the three-night festival playing unique set lists that will showcase new songs and a new stage set. Other performers on the fest include Danzig, Five Finger Death Punch, Volbeat and Anthrax.
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