Slipknot sets Knotfest Los Angeles for Nov. 5

Slipknot will headline Knotfest Los Angeles on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, at Banc of California Stadium. The lineup also includes Bring Me the Horizon, Killswitch Engage, Fever 333, Code Orange and Vended, with a special guest appearance from Cherry Bombs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qXnhQ0p7FA Knotfest Los Angeles ticket holders will be able to sample Slipknot’s award-winning small batch Iowa whiskies at the No.9 Whiskey Bar, including...

Rocklahoma announces daily band lineups

The daily band lineups have been announced for Rocklahoma, taking place Sept. 3 to 5, 2021, at Pryor Creek Music Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma, just outside Tulsa. Previously taking place over Memorial Day weekend, the three-day camping festival, now in it 15th year, features some of today’s top rock artists, including Slipknot, Limp Bizkit,...

Bullet for My Valentine debuts new single/video ‘Parasite’

Bullet for My Valentine has released "Parasite," the second single from its recently announced self-titled album, due Oct. 22, 2021, via Spinefarm/Search & Destroy.  "For 'Parasite,' we just wanted to let the song rip," video director Fiona Garden said. "The intensity and fury of the track tears along, pure performance and vitality. Along the way, in a world defined by blinding...

Dee Snider sets streaming concert for July 29

Legendary metal vocalist Dee Snider, who will release his fifth solo album, "Leave Scar," on July 30, 2021, via Napalm Records, will present a streaming concert on July 29. The concert stream features a special concert from Snider performing live in New York on June 12. Tickets for the stream are available at www.metaldepartment.tv. All ticket-buyers...

Crowbar to tour with Municipal Waste

NOLA sludge masters Crowbar will return to the stage in November 2021 supporting Municipal Waste. The 10-date US journey will commence Nov. 13 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and come to a close Nov. 23 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Additional support will be provided by Skeletal Remains and Dead Heat. Crowbar said: “We are so excited to...

Black Label Society adds tour dates with Armored Saint

Black Label Society has announced five additional dates on the "Doom Trooping Over North America" tour taking place later in 2021. Last month, the band initially announced more than 40 dates spanning coast to coast this fall and will wrap up the tour at the end of December with Armored Saint and Prong. Tickets for the five...

Nonpoint announces September, October tour dates

Nonpoint has announced tour dates for September and October 2021. “We’re coming out of the pandemic swinging!" frontman Elias Soriano said. "The bands and the shows will leave fans talking for weeks.. Production is new, show is BRAND NEW, deep cuts from our catalog and our most Ruthless Setlist ever. ITS ABOUT TO EXPLODE, Part 1...

Venues shares ‘Whydah Gally’ video

German modern metal outfit Venues has shared the NSFW video for its latest single, "Whydah Gally," from its forthcoming album "Solace," out Aug. 27, 2021, via Arising Empire. Pre-orders for the album, including limited colored vinyl, are available here. In cooperation with videographer Marius Milinski, the story that began in videos for previous singles "Rite of Passage," "Shifting Colors," "Uncaged Birds" and "Mountains" continues. Vocalist Robin said: "'Whydah Gally' was...

Tremonti releases single/video ‘If Not for You’

Tremonti, the band led by Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti, has released a music video for "If Not for You," the first single from its upcoming fifth album, "Marching in Time." The new record is scheduled for a Sept. 24, 2021, release via Napalm Records. Fans who pre-order the album digitally will receive the new...

2021 FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT: Alien Weaponry

More and more, festivals are becoming the driving force for touring rock and metal bands. While obviously there were none in 2020, festivals are returning in force in 2021, mostly in late summer and early fall. Headliners and co-headliners include such heavy hitters as Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot, Rob Zombie, the original Misfits, Korn,...