The Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival will return July 14 to 16, 2023, with with a rock and metal lineup headlined by Slipknot, Pantera and Limp Bizkit, plus more than 65 tattoo artists and haunted attractions, all on the grounds of the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. In addition to the headliners, the three-day... Continue Reading →
Korn, Five Finger Death Punch, Shinedown to headline 2022 Rocklahoma festival
Rocklahoma will return for its 15th year this Labor Day weekend, Sept. 2 to 4, 2022, at Pryor Creek Music Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma, just outside Tulsa. The three-day camping festival will feature some of today’s top rock artists, including Korn, Five Finger Death Punch, Shinedown, Evanescence, Megadeth, Seether, Three Days Grace, Cypress Hill, Jelly Roll and... Continue Reading →
Wage War to replace Jinjer on Knotfest Roadshow
Metalcore quintet Wage War will take the place of Ukrainian band Jinjer on the first leg of the 2022 iteration of Slipknot's Knotfest Roadshow tour. Jinjer has canceled all of its North American tour dates scheduled for this spring--including Knotfest Roadshow, off dates supporting In This Moment and headline shows--while band members focus on the... Continue Reading →
Slipknot announces Knotfest Roadshow 2022
Slipknot will return to the road this spring with two legs of Knotfest Roadshow 2022. The first leg will feature special guests In This Moment and Jinjer, while the second will feature special guests Cypress Hill and Ho99o9. Tickets for all shows go on sale at 10 a.m. local time Friday, Jan. 21, at KnotfestRoadshow.com. The first leg of the 38-date... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Rockville announces 2022 lineup
Following its record-breaking 2021 event that featured 161,000 fans in attendance and an at-home livestream audience of 1.2 million, promoter Danny Wimmer Presents has announced the lineup for the 2022 addition of the Welcome to Rockville festival. Set for the weekend of May 19 to 22 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, the... Continue Reading →
DED to release second album, ‘School of Thought,’ digitally on Nov. 19
DED will release its second full-length album, "School of Thought," digitally on Oct. 15, 2021, via Suretone Records. The physical release will follow on Nov. 19. "School of Thought" can be pre-ordered digitally here. "We are elated to release our sophomore album 'School of Thought,' as we really pushed ourselves outside of our comfort zone and that is where... Continue Reading →
INTERVIEW: Joe Cotela of DED (August 2021)
More than four years—and one pandemic—after releasing its debut album, “Mis-An-Thrope,” DED is set to return with its full-length follow-up in October 2021. The band has been sitting on the new record since the world shut down, and after releasing three songs in 2020, it recently dropped its first new music of 2021, the single... Continue Reading →
DED shares new single/video ‘Kill Beautiful Things’
DED, which had two top 20 rock hits from its 2017 debut album "Mis-An-Thrope" ("Anti-Everything" and "Remember the Enemy"), has released the new single and video "Kill Beautiful Things." "'Kill Beautiful Things' is about the survival of compassion and love in the modern world," frontman Joe Cotela said. "And how you navigate the path of life to not succumb... Continue Reading →
In This Moment, Black Veil Brides announce fall tour
In This Moment and Black Veil Brides will team up for a fall 2021 tour, starting Sept. 17 in Lincoln, Nebraska, and wrapping on Nov. 21 in Atlanta, Georgia. Additional support will come from DED and Raven Black. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. local time Friday, May 21. Get them here. "We... Continue Reading →