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Knotfest

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Knotfest is a music festival created in 2012 by American heavy metal band Slipknot. The event has been held both as a touring festival and a destination festival in several countries including the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, Mexico, Australia, Colombia, France and Chile. Aside from Slipknot, Knotfest has featured a diverse alumni of past performers including Deftones, Marilyn Manson, Lamb of God, Bring Me the Horizon, Prong, Deadly Apples, In This Moment, Amen, Butcher Babies and Prayers.

History[edit]

Creation[edit]

Knotfest was officially announced on June 4, 2012. Among the activities the festival offered as part of its "dark carnival experience" were circus big-top tents, pillars of fire, amusement park rides, burlesque performers, firebreathers, stilt walkers, drum circles made of junkyard cars and graffiti walls. The two shows also debuted a Slipknot museum.

"It's all about having fun and going crazy, bringing it to the standard it used to be," Slipknot's Shawn "Clown" Crahan told Rolling Stone. "It's time for us to really engulf this idea known as Knotfest where we're in control, we make a day devoted to our mindset, our ideas, the people that we want to play with, the people that we think our fans want to be around... When everyone leaves their senses [will be] overloaded, and I'm talking about smells, sights, hearing, your body, everything is overloaded with stimulation, because that's what Slipknot does."

The inaugural Knotfest was a two-city event and took place on August 17, 2012, in Council Bluffs, Iowa and August 18, 2012, in Somerset, Wisconsin. Among the line-up were bands such as Deftones, Lamb of God, and Cannibal Corpse. On March 24, 2014, it was officially announced that "Knotfest Japan" would be held in November 15 and 16 at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo. Headliners were Slipknot. Korn, Limp Bizkit, Lamb of God, Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach, Bring Me the Horizon, Trivium and In Flames. On the first date of the Mayhem Festival 2014, Knotfest 2014 was announced, with it being held at the San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernardino, California, on October 24–26. Knotfest 2015 was to be held at the same location, from October 23 through 25. In December 2019, it was announced that Knotfest would be held in the United Kingdom for the first time in 2020.

Broadcast[edit]

On July 11, Slipknot announced that their closing performance at Knotfest would be broadcast via a pay-per-view streaming website. Shawn "Clown" Crahan said, "It means everything for everyone to see the live spectacle we're creating in the flesh, but we understand some fans around the world can't be at the show. We've now made it possible for you to be there in spirit - so join us live on August 18."

Performers[edit]

2012 line-up[edit]

Friday 17 August Saturday 18 August
Main Stage Second Stage Main Stage Second Stage
Slipknot

Deftones

Serj Tankian

Prong

Lamb of God

Machine Head

The Urge

Dirtfedd

Slipknot

Deftones

Serj Tankian

The Dillinger Escape Plan

Lamb of God

Machine Head

Cannibal Corpse

Disconnect Hardcore (Ph)

Prong

Gojira

2014 line-up[edit]

California[edit]

Friday 24 October
Stage 002 Stage 003 Campground Stage
Suicide Silence

Butcher Babies

Alterbeast

The Black Dahlia Murder

Chelsea Grin

The Athiarchists
Saturday 25 October
Rockstar Energy Drink Main Stage Stage 002 Stage 003 Headbang for the Highway Stage 004 Extreme Stage 005 Campground Stage
Slipknot

Danzig

Anthrax

Black Label Society

Hatebreed

Testament

Carcass

Maximum the Hormone

King 810

Man with a Mission

In This Moment

The Devil Wears Prada

Butcher Babies

Miss May I

One Ok Rock

The Faceless

Stands with Fists

Dehumanizer

Kings of Carnage

Play for Blood

Shortfuse

Fear Factory

Otep

Prong

Amen

Immolation

The Athiarchists
Sunday 26 October
Rockstar Energy Drink Main Stage Stage 002 Stage 003 Headbang for the Highway Stage 004 Extreme Stage 005 Campground Stage
Slipknot

Five Finger Death Punch

Volbeat

Tech N9ne

Atreyu

Hellyeah

Of Mice & Men

DevilDriver

Veil of Maya

Nothing More

Killswitch Engage

Whitechapel

Upon a Burning Body

Anti Mortem

Dead for Denver

Motograter

Fire from the Gods

I, of Helix

A Threat to the Enemy

Still Not Dead

Napalm Death

Avatar

Attika 7

Exmortus

Rattlehead

The Athiarchists

Japan[edit]

Saturday 15 November Sunday 16 November
Slipknot

Limp Bizkit

Lamb of God

Papa Roach

Bring Me the Horizon

Miss May I

One Ok Rock

SiM

Crossfaith

coldrain

Meaning

Crystal Lake

HenLee

Slipknot

Korn

Trivium

In Flames

Five Finger Death Punch

Amon Amarth

Maximum the Hormone

Man with a Mission

Wagdug Futuristic Unity

AA=

Knock Out Monkey

Make My Day

Silhouette from the Skylit

2015 line-up[edit]

California[edit]

Friday 23 October
VIP + Camping Kickoff Party
Sepultura

The Faceless

Rings of Saturn

Khaotika

Motorbreath

Saturday 24 October
Rockstar Energy Drink Main Stage Stage 002 Stage 003 Extreme Stage 004 Headbang for the Highway Stage 005 Campground Stage
Judas Priest

Korn

Mastodon

Trivium

Corrosion of Conformity

Body Count

At the Gates

Red Fang

Battlecross

Gwar

Born of Osiris

Earth Crisis

Goatwhore

Kataklysm

Belphegor

Inquisition

Abysmal Dawn

Her Name in Blood

Khaotika

Fire from the Gods

Buried Under Texas

Doomsday Mourning

Born for War

A Tragedy at Hand

Grand Lord High Master

Piece in Terror

Short Fuse

Green as Emerald

Kaustik

Skyburial

This Place Is a Zoo

Chasing the Bullet

Street Drum Corps
Sunday 25 October
Rockstar Energy Drink Main Stage Stage 002 Stage 003 Extreme Stage 004 Headbang for the Highway Stage 005 Campground Stage
Slipknot

Bring Me the Horizon

Clutch

Ghostface Killah

Mobb Deep

Suicidal Tendencies

All That Remains

Beartooth

Kyng

Cannibal Corpse

Helmet

Snot

Devour the Day

Dying Fetus

Disgorge

Internal Bleeding

Green Death

The ReAktion

Kings of Carnage

I, of Helix

Proletariat

Avoid the Void

Abhor

A Threat to the Enemy

Stands with Fists

Paranova

Everybody Panic!

As Oceans

Dead Animal Assembly Plant

Speaking with Ghost

Xero for Life

The Darkest Day

Street Drum Corps

Mexico[edit]

Saturday 5 December
Main Stage Tecate Stage
Slipknot

Megadeth

Lamb of God

HIM

A Day to Remember

Trivium

Atreyu

Asking Alexandria

Tanus

Cradle of Filth

Ill Niño

The Dillinger Escape Plan

Brujeria

Resorte

36 Crazyfists

Here Comes the Kraken

Everyone Likes Cathleen

2016 line-up[edit]

"Ozzfest Meets Knotfest" California[edit]

Friday 23 September
Armored Saint

Metal Church

Exmortus

Thrown into Exile

Saturday 24 September
Lemmy Stage Monster Energy Drink Stage 001 Monster Energy Drink Stage 002 Nuclear Blast Stage
Black Sabbath

Disturbed

Megadeth

Opeth

Black Label Society

Rival Sons

Suicidal Tendencies

DevilDriver

Huntress

Hatebreed

Goatwhore

Allegaeon

Municipal Waste

Brujeria

Kataklysm

The Shrine

Still Rebel

Sunday 25 September
Lemmy Stage Rockstar Energy Drink Stage 001 Rockstar Energy Drink Stage 002 Nuclear Blast Stage
Slipknot

Slayer

Amon Amarth

Anthrax

Trivium

Motionless in White

Sabaton

Suicide Silence

Butcher Babies

Overkill

Emmure

Man with a Mission

Whitechapel

Combichrist

Carnifex

Loathe

SiM

ONI

Westfield Massacre

Mexico[edit]

Saturday 15 October
Main Stage Iowa Stage
Avenged Sevenfold

Slayer

Marilyn Manson

Disturbed

Chevelle

Alesana

Attila

S7N

Meshuggah

Killswitch Engage

Sevendust

Hatebreed

DevilDriver

The Black Dahlia Murder

Volumes

Arcadia Libre

Sunday 16 October
Main Stage Iowa Stage
Slipknot

Deftones

The Offspring

Ministry

Enter Shikari

Emmure

Thell Barrio

Fire from the Gods

Opeth

Arch Enemy

Iced Earth

Carcass

Animals as Leaders

Agora

Nothing More

Sabrina Sabrok

Joliette

Japan[edit]

Saturday 5 November Sunday 6 November
Slipknot

Deftones

Disturbed

A Day to Remember

Hoobastank

Issues

SiM

Rize

Rottengraffty

Oldcodex

coldrain

Crystal Lake

A Crowd of Rebellion

Survive Said the Prophet

Jealkb

The Sixth Lie

Slipknot

Marilyn Manson

Lamb of God

In Flames

Anthrax

Butcher Babies

Man with a Mission

the GazettE

Crossfaith

MUCC

Her Name in Blood

Crazy N' Sane

THE冠

魔法少女になり隊

彼女 in the Display

Salty Dog

2017 line-up[edit]

Mexico[edit]

Saturday 28 October
Tecate Stage Day of the Gusano Stage The Maggots Stage
A Perfect Circle

Korn

Stone Sour

Bullet for My Valentine

Cannibal Corpse

Ill Niño

Maximum the Hormone

Deadly Apples

Cerberus

Anthrax

Children of Bodom

Hatebreed

Suicide Silence

S7N

Here Comes the Kraken

Lack of Remorse

Anti-Flag

Periphery

Tech N9ne

Attila

ONI

Parazit

Ozzfest Meets Knotfest 2017[edit]

Friday November 3
Monster Magnet

Brant Bjork

Sasquatch

Lo-Pain

Saturday 4 November
Lemmy Stage Monster Energy Drink Stage 001 Monster Energy Drink Stage 002 Nuclear Blast Stage
Ozzy Osbourne

Prophets of Rage

Deftones

Children of Bodom

Orange Goblin

Kreator

Baroness

High on Fire

Iron Reagan

1349

Havok

Tombs

Night Demon

Thrown into Exile

Municipal Waste

Possessed

Kataklysm

Suffocation

Rings of Saturn

Sunday 5 November
Lemmy Stage Rockstar Energy Drink Stage 001 Rockstar Energy Drink Stage 002 Nuclear Blast Stage
Rob Zombie

Marilyn Manson

Stone Sour

Eighteen Visions

Prayers

Testament

The Black Dahlia Murder

Code Orange

Stitched Up Heart

Goatwhore

Life of Agony

Upon a Burning Body

Death Angel

Oni

Ded

Sid Wilson of Slipknot

Repulsion

Exhumed

Warbringer

Ghoul

Zombie Eating Horse